The giant strides into Mead Hall and bellows, “I am Beowulf, and I’m here to kill your monster.” That’s how Hollywood turns a Danish warrior from an eighth-century Old English epic into a movie hero.

The Angelina Jolie-led Beowulf brought the epic poem to animated life, but how accurate was its portrayal of the deadly ...

Among the horrors perpetrated by the Isis brain trust last year was one that took me longer than usual to process. This particular PR stunt didn’t produce dead bodies. It didn’t have a catchy, ...

The new film version of Beowulf is upon us, directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Angelina Jolie, and Crispin Glover, with Ray Winstone as Beowulf. Zemeckis, whose ...

Jeff Bridges and Dave Bautista have been cast in Grendel, a new live-action Beowulf adaptation that comes from The Jim Henson Company. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Bridges will play the titular monster ...

Gerard Butler is probably most famous for his string of action flicks in the early 2000s and 2010s, but all of these projects pale in comparison to his work in 300. The Zack Snyder-directed film took ...

Saxon story of Beowulf told in 3 short animated episodes for KS2 pupils. Resources to support study of Beowulf. BBC School Radio. BBC Teach.

In "Beowulf & Grendel," the first epic poem in the English language receives a rendition that's about half as good and half as harsh as it needed to be. Icelandic-shot version of the legendary revenge ...