If you've been anywhere near the internet or TV lately, you've likely heard about the new film The Northman as commercials have hit the airwaves and the film's star-studded cast have begun walking red carpets at various glitzy premieres.
The sweeping Viking epic from director Robert Eggers star-studded cast includes Alexander Skarsgård and Nicole Kidman, making the film pretty hard to miss as its opening weekend approaches.
But if you get most of your advertising from the New York city subway?
Well, then you likely know something with Skarsgård and Kidman brooding in Viking garb is happening at a cinema near you, but you sure as heck don't know what it's called.
Because the film's marketing team seems to have forgotten to put the film's title on its poster.
Uh, oops.
Naturally, Twitter took notice of the bizarre omission.
The roasting of The Northman marketing team has begun—along with a wave of memes in which people have helpfully added some very creative missing titles.
See the poster below.
lol they forgot to print the title on the subway ads for The Northmanpic.twitter.com/laMA3Juc3w— JM Mutore (@JM Mutore) 1649024966
@JM3K/Twitter
It's hard to imagine how this mistake could have happened.
The cast alone makes this film release an event. You've got Skarsgård and Kidman, two of Hollywood's biggest stars at the moment whom legions of fans have been waiting years to see together again since their roles as husband and wife in HBO's binge-worthy Big Little Lies.
Then you've got Anya Taylor-Joy, star of Netflix's The Queen's Gambit, four-time Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe, Gen X icon Ethan Hawke and Icelandic music legend Björk rounding out the cast.
As the poster notes three separate times, the whole thing is written and directed by Robert Eggers, the acclaimed director of The Witch and The Lighthouse.
Surely, the team intended the title to be left off as some sort of marketing tease, right? There's no way they'd make an error this big on a film this major.
Whatever the case, Twitter took swift action to rectify the situation with the most absurd titles imaginable.
Okay really really done. It's full-blown mate-a-movie at this point.pic.twitter.com/qsULnx9k1c— Boy I'm glad that's over. (@Boy I'm glad that's over.) 1649059691
Yabba, Dabba, Doo? How about Yabba, Dabba, DIE.pic.twitter.com/8nXCFL4mi6— monkeyrotica (@monkeyrotica) 1649081214
There, fixed it.pic.twitter.com/vpfMsgEgPc— Sam Vanivray (@Sam Vanivray) 1649033969
Okay, I'm done. 'night all.pic.twitter.com/jj8rD7GvIC— Boy I'm glad that's over. (@Boy I'm glad that's over.) 1649057400
And the roasts just keep on coming.
"One ticket please"\n"What movie?"\n"Uhhh..only in theaters April 22??"— AV (@AV) 1649075363
Are you so sure there wasn't a last minute title change to CONQUER YOUR FATE?pic.twitter.com/0wNcTd9D1S— Judd Taylor (@Judd Taylor) 1649120273
thank god it tells us twice that Robert Eggers directed it though— erin mccann | (@erin mccann |) 1649080953
Ethan Hawke clearly knows something's amiss.pic.twitter.com/lyjRrYeyPC— Fletcher Munson (@Fletcher Munson) 1649077732
Did Robert Eggers have anything to do with The Northman? \nPoster credits are a bit vague.pic.twitter.com/6GbhPxXw6W— Tom Reagan\u2019s Hat (@Tom Reagan\u2019s Hat) 1649101704
Anyway, The Northman comes to a theater near you on April 22.
And it was directed by Robert Eggers, in case you haven't heard.
You can watch the trailer, complete with film title, here: