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Nightingale is a 2025 American superhero film inspired by the Elder Scrolls video game franchise. The film was directed by Guillermo del Toro and produced by Zack Snyder, Gore Verbinski, and Michael Dougherty from a screenplay and story by del Toro and Snyder. The first installment in the Icelandic Warrior film series, it stars Gal Gadot in the titular vampire role along with Bella Thorne, Cillian Murphy, Antje Traue, Christian Bale, Everleigh McDonell, Lexi Rabe, Harry Lennix, Dominic Purcell, Morgan Freeman, Graham McTavish, and Mads Mikkelsen. It follows Brynhild as she must protect the world from the evil vampire Dracula, who was ruled out as dead for many years. She recruits her long-time friends Garen Marethi (Murphy) and Fura Bloodmouth (Traue), as well as, reluctantly, her family (Thorne, McDonell, and Rabe), to take down the dangerous warlord. Nightingale was released in theaters on February 18th, 2025; it was a box-office success, grossing $869 million worldwide, and received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences, who praised its acting (especially Gadot, Thorne, Murphy, Traue, McTavish, and Mikkelsen), direction, screenplay, story, action sequences, visual effects, and musical score. The film's critical and financial success reevaluated the popularization of the monster genre, and is now widely considered one of the greatest vampire movies of all time. A sequel is in development.
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  • misterwolf Plot: Heroic Nightingale warrior and vampire Lillith Brynhild, her wife Muiri, and their two daughters Sofia and Runa, are heading to their home when they are suddenly attacked by the Dawguard, a group of vampire hunters who believe that all undead are evil. Muiri begs Lillith to use her magic to conceal her and the children in an object. Reluctantly agreeing, Lillith grabs her amulet of Kynereth and casts a powerful spell on it and her family, concealing them in the amulet. She then dons her Nightingale warrior armor and escapes the city of Riften, and although not regretting her decision to become a vampire, being forever remorseful of an extremely dark past.

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  • misterwolf 4094 years later, it is now 2025; with her 5023rd birthday, also the 5000th aniversary of her vampirism, being around the corner, Lillith begins preparations for her celebration with her friends Garen Marethi and Fura Bloodmouth. However, a vampire lord whom Lillith had killed many years ago is resurrected by a vampiric cult, and he attacks New York City. Lillith, now owning a superhero style Nightingale suit, equips her gear and arms herself with Dawnbreaker, a magic sword that only she can use. She also takes her amulet, not wanting to live without her family.

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  • misterwolf Lillith recruits Marethi and Fura, and then contacts her ally Octavian Donovan, who tells her to proceed with caution, as the Dawnguard now pursues her. Muiri, whom Lillith occasionally speaks to with magic, insists on helping her and her friends fight Dracula; Lillith hesitates, as she would rather protect her family, but after she learns that Muiri has learned martial arts and studied weapon usage, she agrees.

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  • misterwolf Lillith frees Muiri from the amulet and lends her a sword and some of her gear. She then subsequently reveals that the vampire lord is Count Dracula; she was the one to hammer a stake through his heart, and has thus earned the honor and respect from many across the world over this, but it has been long forgotten and many now believe vampires are a myth. Lillith and Dracula battle, with the latter overpowering and defeated her before suddenly reversing her spell on the amulet and kidnapping Sofia and Runa. Lillith and Muiri vow to rescue them.

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  • misterwolf Dracula appears and reveals that the cult who resurrected him are servants of Molag Bal, daedric lord of Domination and creator of vampires. Bal arrives and berates Lillith for betraying the vampiric ways; he demands that she and her friends serve him, but they all refuse, preferring not to serve evil again. Enraged, Bal attacks them, but the Dawnguard leader Robert Aurelius arrives and shoots him before banishing him from the land of the living. Realizing that Lillith and her friends are not evil, he agrees to work with them. Dracula escapes, but not before revealing that he trapped Sofia and Runa in another amulet. Muiri wants to destroy the amulet, but Lillith states that even though there is a slim chance that will free the children, it is extremely likely that they will die with the amulet if it is destroyed.

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  • misterwolf Arriving at the Statue of Liberty, Lillith and group fight Dracula, who easily overpowers them and guts Marethi before beheading Aurelius. Octavian arrives and unmasks himself as Tiber Septim, known as the divine god Talos. Having turned the tide of the battle, Talos fights Bal, whose banishment has been lifted, while Lillith engages Dracula in a violent fight. Bal defeats Talos and attempts to execute Sofia and Runa, who have both realized that they were kidnapped to serve as sacrifices for the daedric lord; Muiri swiftly executes Bal and grabs the amulet. Lillith destroys Dracula, but is unable to lift his spell on the amulet. Left with no choice, Lillith destroys the amulet; Sofia and Runa are freed from the amulet as it is dismantled.

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  • misterwolf In the aftermath, Lillith thanks Talos for aiding the rescue mission before returning with her family. Five weeks later, Lillith oversees Muiri and the children training with swords at their mansion. She vows to inspire hope in New York before the end credits roll.

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  • misterwolf End Credits: Directed by Guillermo del Toro | Produced by Zack Snyder | Produced by Gore Verbinski | Produced by Michael Dougherty | Edited by Kirk. M. Morri and James Wan | Written by Guillermo del Toro and Zack Snyder | Cinematography by Zack Snyder and Michael Seresin | Costumes Designed by Michael Wilkinson | Visual Effects by John Knoll | Choreography by Rob Marshall | Story by Zack Snyder and Guillermo del Toro | Music by Hans Zimmer | Casting by Carmen Cuba | Gal Gadot | Bella Thorne | Cillian Murphy | Antje Traue | Christian Bale | Everleigh McDonell | Lex Rabe | Harry Lennix | Dominic Purcell | Morgan Freeman | with Graham McTavish | and Mads Mikkelsen | NIGHTINGALE

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  • misterwolf Cast: Gal Gadot as Lillith Brynhild | Bella Thorne as Muiri | Antje Traue as Fura Bloodmouth | Harry Lennix as Robert Aurelius | Mads Mikkelsen as Count Dracula | Cillian Murphy as Garen Marethi | Everleigh McDonell as Sofia | Lexi Rabe as Runa | Christian Bale as Molag Bal | Morgan Freeman as Octavian Donovan | Dominic Purcell as Lord Harkon | Graham McTavish as Tiber Septim / Talos

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  • misterwolf Reception: In addition to receiving widespread acclaim from critics and audiences, particularly for its cast (namely Gadot and Thorne), the visuals, and crazy action sequences, the main character of the film, Lillith Brynhild, is widely hailed as one of the greatest and most focused protagonists in cinematic history. Several have also named her as one of the most formidable fighters in superhero film history. The critical consensus reads "Thrilling and crazy as it is full of surprises, Nightingale takes the vampire genre to the next level." The films holds 92% of rotten tomatoes, indicating "universal acclaim", with 89% saying that they would "definitely recommend it."

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