Filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn is not one to repeat himself. Each of his films strikes new territory for the Danish director, whether it be Bronson, Drive, or the upcoming dialogue-light Only God Forgives. However, it appears that Refn is keen on making another sequel to one of his films (he previously helmed the Pusher trilogy), but the follow-up and the nature of its story both come as a bit of a surprise. The filmmaker recently revealed that he wants to reteam with Mads Mikkelsen for a sequel to his 2009 Viking film Valhalla Rising, but the follow-up would find Mikkelsen's character in Tokyo. Hit the jump for more on this strange yet exciting prospect. Refn recently took part in a Q&A for his upcoming Ryan Gosling re-team Only God Forgives, and after the event the folks at The Playlist caught up with the filmmaker and asked him to elaborate on previous comments that he was developing a film set in Tokyo. Little did we know that said Tokyo-set film is actually a sequel to Valhalla Rising: We spoke to Refn on the eve of the North American premiere for Only God Forgives and he revealed that project was a re-teaming with Valhalla Rising star Mads Mikkelsen, saying they had, "talked about revisiting the [One-Eye] character from Valhalla Rising again to kind of complete… because there's a similarity between Valhalla Rising, Drive and Only God Forgives. But in a way I had this idea of Mads Mikklesen to go back to the origins of ...
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