Manchester Metropolis striker Erling Haaland is about to make his appearing debut by voicing an animated model of himself in Viking journey movie Viqueens, scheduled for launch in late 2026.
IMAGE: Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland to voice animated model of himself in a household journey movie, ‘Viqueens’. {Photograph}: Scott Heppell/Reuters
Key Factors
- Manchester Metropolis striker Erling Haaland will make his characteristic appearing debut in animated movie Viqueens.
- Haaland will voice an animated model of himself within the Viking journey film.
- The movie is directed and co-written by Harald Zwart of The Karate Child fame.
- Zwart described Haaland as a ‘real-life Viking icon’ with international enchantment.
Manchester Metropolis striker Erling Haaland is about to swap the soccer pitch for the large display screen after touchdown his first characteristic movie function in an animated Viking journey.
The Norway worldwide will voice an animated model of himself in Viqueens, a household journey movie directed and co-written by Dutch-Norwegian filmmaker Harald Zwart, greatest recognized for The Karate Child and Agent Cody Banks, in line with The Hollywood Reporter.
The film follows the journey of two younger Viking women travelling from Norway to China to return a stowaway, discovering friendship, dragon kites, fireworks and kung fu alongside the way in which.
Haaland will play a Viking character named after himself in what marks his appearing debut.
Talking concerning the casting, Zwart stated Haaland’s larger-than-life picture made him a pure match for the function.
‘Erling has already change into a sort of real-life Viking icon all over the world — highly effective, fearless and uniquely Norwegian. Bringing him into this universe as himself provides the movie an surprising power and authenticity that felt utterly proper for this story,’ he stated.
The animated characteristic is predicted to launch in late 2026.
Haaland, who joined Manchester Metropolis from Borussia Dortmund in 2022, continues to dominate on the sector as effectively and is at the moment in rivalry for the Premier League Golden Boot after scoring 26 objectives within the 2025-26 season.
