Vikings is a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst for the History channel. Filmed in Ireland, it premiered on March 3, 2013, in Canada. Vikings is inspired by the sagas of Viking Ragnar Lothbrok, one of the best-known legendary Norse heroes.
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Vikings is a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst for the History channel. Filmed in Ireland, it premiered on March 3, 2013, in Canada. A sequel series, titled Vikings: Valhalla, is in development for Netflix. Vikings is inspired by the sagas of Viking Ragnar Lothbrok, one of the best-known legendary Norse heroes and notorious as the scourge of England and France. The series begins at the start of the Viking Age, marked by the Lindisfarne raid in 793. It broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar and his crew, family and descendants, as notably laid down in the 13th-century sagas Ragnars saga Loðbrókar and Ragnarssona þáttr. In the later seasons, the series follows the fortunes of his sons and their adventures in England, Scandinavia and the Mediterranean. The first season’s budget was reported as US$40 million. The production team included cinematographer John Bartley, costume designer Joan Bergin, production designer Tom Conroy, composer Trevor Morris and Irish choir Crux Vocal Ensemble, directed by Paul McGough. The second season undergoes a jump in time, aging the young Björn into an older swordsman portrayed by Alexander Ludwig. Edvin Endre and Anna Åström signed up for roles in the second season. This season was produced by Steve Wakefield, Bill Goddard and Séamus McInerney.
The second half of the sixth and final season will be released in its entirety on Prime Video in Ireland on December 30, 2020, ahead of its broadcast on History in Canada and on Netflix in the U.S. A second season of Vikings was renewed for a ten-episode second season on April 5, 2013. Jeff Woolnough and Kari Skogland joined Ken Girotti and Ciaran Donnelly as directors of the secondSeason. Two new series regulars were announced on June 11, 2013 Alexander Ludwig, portraying the teenage BjörN, and Linus Roache, playing King Ecbert of Wessex. The third season is expected to air in the spring of 2014. The fourth, fifth, seventh and ninth episodes, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth episodes,Fourth, fifth and sixth, sixth and eighth episodes, and tenth, eighth, ninth and tenth episodes, were filmed in Ireland. The seventh and eighth season was filmed in the Wicklow Mountains, with longship scenes filmed at Luggala, as well as on the Poulaphouca Reservoir. The ninth and 10th season was filmed in western Norway, with some additional background shots done in western Norwegian. The 11th and 12th seasons will be filmed in Scotland, Norway and the United Kingdom. The 12th and 13th seasons are set in England and the Middle East. The 13th and 14th seasons were filmed in Scandinavia.
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