(UTV | UNITED STATES) – Netflix has announced its release plans for its historical drama series “Vikings: Valhalla,” a spin-off/continuation of History Channel’s famed “Vikings” series.
The series chronicles the heroic adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived as tensions between the Vikings and the English royals reach a bloody breaking point and as the Vikings themselves clash over their conflicting Christian and pagan beliefs.
‘Valhalla’ initially received a 24-episode series order from the streaming service with Netflix now confirming it will be broken into three eight-episode seasons – the first of which was released two weeks ago.
That first season debuted at No. 1 on the Netflix Top 10 last week and reportedly pulled in 194 million hours viewed in its first nine days. Production on the second season has now wrapped and Netflix plans to launch those episodes in 2023. Filming on the third season will begin this spring.
In addition, it has been confirmed Jeb Stuart will return as creator, showrunner and executive producer for both upcoming seasons, along with stars Sam Corlett (”Leif Eriksson”), Frida Gustavsson (”Freydis Eriksdotter”) and Leo Suter (”Harald Sigurdsson”) among others.