Mads Mikkelsen Joins Cast of ‘North’ Animated Snow Queen Adventure

Studio 100 Film and Norwegian production company PictoryLand announce that internationally acclaimed actor Mads Mikkelsen has joined the voice cast of the upcoming animated feature North. The Danish actor has recently performed leading roles in blockbuster productions such as Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.

Studio 100 Film will be showcasing the film to buyers and industry professionals during the Cannes Film Market at Résidence Le Gray d’Albion, Apartment 6B2.

Mikkelsen will lend his voice to the character Severin, the father of young Kai, who is abducted by the Snow Queen. The new character was created as an homage to Hans Christian Andersen, whose iconic fairy tale “The Snow Queen” forms the creative foundation of the film. The producers describe Severin as a figure who embodies wisdom, sorrow and the timeless magic of storytelling. As a carpenter, he builds his son a beautiful sled for Christmas — and grieves when both vanish. 

Synopsis: Young Gerda sets off into the great unknown in search of her friend Kai, who has mysteriously vanished. On her journey, Gerda makes friends with people, birds, beasts, and a kind witch, unaware that a hostile, unseen enemy — the Snow Queen and her devil apprentice, Louie — is watching her. The evil queen keeps Kai prisoner in her ice palace way up north in Finnmark, Norway. Together, Gerda and Kai escape from her clutches, arriving back home just in time for the happiest winter holiday ever.

North is directed by critically acclaimed fantasy author Bente Lohne and produced by Håkon Gundersen (Flight of the Navigator, Free Jimmy) and his company PictoryLand AS, in collaboration with the award-winning animation studio Anima Vitae. Ralph Guggenheim (Toy Story), co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, serves as consulting producer.

The producers have also announced that North will feature music by Norwegian composer Rolf Løvland (Secret Garden, You Raise Me Up), who contributes the original song “Finding You” performed by Norwegian pop singer Maria Arredondo. This lyrical ballad reflects the themes of longing and connection at the heart of the film. Raymond Enoksen, one of Scandinavia’s leading film and television composers with over 200 productions to his name, has created the full orchestral score as well as the sweeping original track “True North,” which anchors the film’s sonic identity and amplifies its dramatic narrative.