The Wicker Man (film series) Scottish police officer, Sergeant Neil Howie (Edward Woodward), who visits the isolated island of Summerisle in the search for a missing girl named Rowan Morrison. The inhabitants of Summerisle all follow a form of Celtic paganism, which shocks and appalls the devoutly Christian sergeant. Howie discovers that the pagans, led by their laird, Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee), are planning a human sacrifice in the hopes that it will appease the gods and restore their crops. Believing that Rowan Morrison will be sacrificed, Howie strives to rescue her, only to discover that her supposed disappearance was just a ploy to lure
The Wicker Man (film series) June or July 2012. The film was planned to be shot on 35 mm film. Once the film's production was complete, Hardy planned for the sets to become a tourist attraction. According to Hardy's 2011 casting announcements, Brynne will be played by Icelandic actress Hatla Williams. Mr Odin will be played by James Mapes, the actor who played Reverend Moriarty in Hardy's previous film, "The Wicker Tree". Hardy intended to cast French actress Juliette Binoche as the murder suspect. In a 2013 Q&A session at the University of Hertfordshire, at a special screening of "The Wicker Man", Hardy confirmed that