New Viking TV Show By Michael Hirst Creator of Vikings & Vikings Valhalla Confirmed
There is an exciting new upcoming historical drama which will take viewers to one of the bloodiest era of medieval and vikings history!
It was announced just earlier this week that Michael Hirst the producer of the Vikings and Vikings Valhalla tv shows will be making his third foray into viking history. This new upcoming historical drama will be based around one of historys most legendary vikings and one of the most turbulent time periods in English history. But I will clarify right from the start tho that this new historical tv series will not be set in the Vikings universe and will be its own standalone show.
Michael Hirst will be teaming up with his son Horatio Hirst to produce a new vikings based historical tv show which will be called Bloodaxe and this series will bring to life the story of the fierce viking warrior Erik Bloodaxe and his wife Gunnhild. Eric Bloodaxe was ruler of Norway from 931 - 933 AD and he would be the king of Northumbria till his death in 954. Which means we have 2 different locations and diverse parts of life that can be covered within this upcoming series, with perhaps the first season focusing on his rise to power in Norway and later seasons focusing around his turbulent rule in Northumbria. Eric Bloodaxe as his epiteth should make very obvious lived a very bloody and brutal life filled with lots of political intrigue, battles and controversies. So there is definitely a lot of potential content that could be covered over multiple seasons and make for a very fascinating and engaging watch for viewers over the years to come.
Asides from being the producers of this show, Michael Hirst and Horatio Hirst will also be penning the script for Bloodaxe and there experience in the historical world makes them great candidates to write a vikings based screenplay. Since the dialogue of Vikings was one of the best elements of the first few seasons of the show and it would be great to see them bring that same level of creativity to this upcoming period drama.
This third series on vikings history will not follow in the previous vikings inspired tv shows where Vikings started off on the history channel and Vikings Valhalla was a Netflix original series, as Bloodaxe will be an Amazon Prime exclusive. With the head of television for Amazon’s MGM Studios stating the following in regards to this upcoming historical show:
“This story is a fascinating tale of Erik Bloodaxe and we can’t wait to unveil this new chapter to transport our global customers back to a fascinating era of history. “
So it appears that Amazon is keen to make this historical tv show a success and i am sure with the amount of financial resources that Amazon has at its disposable, Bloodaxe will be a more epic, higher quality and better produced show than Vikings or Vikings Valhalla.
So that is all the information we have available in regards to the upcoming viking tv show by Michael Hirst which will be called Bloodaxe. But as i find out more details about the cast, release dates and plot points I’ll be sure to let you all know, so make your subscribed for those updates.