Alexander Skarsgård's New Film "Wicker": A Husband Woven From Wicker

Dating in the modern age is hard — so hard that people are drifting away from flesh-and-blood partners toward digital companions. 'Wicker' takes a medieval spin on this phenomenon.

Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Debicki, and Peter Dinklage, the film follows an unlucky-in-love fisherwoman (Colman) who asks the village basket weaver (Dinklage) to weave her a husband. The weaver obliges without hesitation, producing a handsome, surprisingly skilled spouse made entirely of wicker.

The trailer shows the film approaching the "loneliness epidemic" conversation from an unusual angle. Colman's character discusses her sex life openly with the villagers; visibility for the desires of women in their forties remains genuinely radical, especially in a period film.

With 'Pillion' and 'Murderbot' ushering in his "weird and charming" era, Skarsgård's wicker husband seems to lean toward a sweeter, romantic-comedy tone, unlike recent dark "monster romance" films like 'Nosferatu' and 'Frankenstein.'

An Elevation Pictures release, the film has become one of the most anticipated oddball titles of festival season following its first trailer.