Vikings rip apart the London Bridge in 'Valhalla' spin-off trailer
EW's exclusive 'Vikings: Valhalla' trailer sees Danes attacking London Bridge, while showrunner Jeb Stuart teases some ties to the original 'Vikings.'
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Vikings rip apart the London Bridge in Valhalla spin-off trailer
Showrunner and creator Jeb Stuart explains how the sequel series connects to the original Vikings.
By Nick RomanoJanuary 18, 2022 at 11:00 AM EST
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London Bridge is falling down. Yes, that London bridge.
EW's exclusive Vikings: Valhalla trailer picks up more than 100 years after the original Vikings series left off and shows exactly what happens when you cross not just one of these berserker Danes, but all of them.
You can already see how showrunner and creator Jeb Stuart — a writer on Die Hard and The Fugitive — is approaching the new show, which hits Netflix this February.
"I come from the action feature world where things are moving quickly," he tells EW. "I'm not going to give you 30 seconds to say, 'Hmm, wonder what he meant by that strange phrase?' You gotta keep up. You gotta move."
The story of Valhalla begins with a great atrocity: The St. Brice's Day Massacre. King Aethelred II of England, played by actor Bosco Hogan, ordered the genocide of the Danes on his lands, believing the Vikings of Norway and Sweden would be too distracted to notice what was going on in England. Boy, was he wrong.
"You have been summoned here to avenge the death of Vikings," King Canut of Denmark (Bradley Freegard) declares before his horde. "Bring me England!"
Further riling up the crowd is Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter), one of three primary characters the show will track. "This blood is not my blood. It is our blood," he exclaims. "It is Viking blood!"
Famed explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett) and his sister Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson) complete the principal trio.
Other faces we see in the footage include King Aethelred's son, Prince Edmund (Louis Davison), who believes that the pounding he hears in the distance is the banging of drums. Emma of Normandy (Laura Berlin) corrects him. "No. Shields," she says.
'Vikings: Valhalla' poster featuring Leo Suter, Frida Gustavsson, and Sam Corlett.
| CREDIT: NETFLIX
Stuart explains it was necessary for Valhalla to not have "any connected tissue" between his show and Michael Hirst's Vikings, which ran on History Channel from 2013-2020. Hirst returns as an executive producer on the sequel, but Stuart says the only note he offered was adding a bit of nostalgia to it.
There will be some recognizable names and locations for those who followed Hirst's six-season historical drama. Stuart makes clear you don't have to watch the original to get into the thick of the sequel.
Kattegat, the capital city of Ragnar's kingdom from Vikings, will feature in Vikings: Valhalla. Hirst had also teased that the spin-off will tie up some loose ends with Rollo (Clive Standen), whose story line was left somewhat open in Vikings, as he did not return for the final season.
Stuart says he can't get into too many specifics about that, but acknowledges some for Valhalla.
"As a fan of Vikings and a student of that particular type of history, you do know that Rollo really was part of the founding of Normandy, and Emma of Normandy comes over and becomes one of my main characters, and William the Conqueror is a descendant of Rollo," he explains. "We'd love to be able to get to that part of the story and get to that place that Michael did say you stop and you turn and nostalgically look back at the Viking era."
Vikings: Valhalla will premiere on Netflix Feb. 25.
Showrunner and creator Jeb Stuart explains how the sequel series connects to the original Vikings.
By Nick RomanoJanuary 18, 2022 at 11:00 AM EST
ADVERTISEMENT
SaveFBTweetMore
04:40
11:16
London Bridge is falling down. Yes, that London bridge.
EW's exclusive Vikings: Valhalla trailer picks up more than 100 years after the original Vikings series left off and shows exactly what happens when you cross not just one of these berserker Danes, but all of them.
You can already see how showrunner and creator Jeb Stuart — a writer on Die Hard and The Fugitive — is approaching the new show, which hits Netflix this February.
"I come from the action feature world where things are moving quickly," he tells EW. "I'm not going to give you 30 seconds to say, 'Hmm, wonder what he meant by that strange phrase?' You gotta keep up. You gotta move."
The story of Valhalla begins with a great atrocity: The St. Brice's Day Massacre. King Aethelred II of England, played by actor Bosco Hogan, ordered the genocide of the Danes on his lands, believing the Vikings of Norway and Sweden would be too distracted to notice what was going on in England. Boy, was he wrong.
"You have been summoned here to avenge the death of Vikings," King Canut of Denmark (Bradley Freegard) declares before his horde. "Bring me England!"
Further riling up the crowd is Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter), one of three primary characters the show will track. "This blood is not my blood. It is our blood," he exclaims. "It is Viking blood!"
Famed explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett) and his sister Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson) complete the principal trio.
Other faces we see in the footage include King Aethelred's son, Prince Edmund (Louis Davison), who believes that the pounding he hears in the distance is the banging of drums. Emma of Normandy (Laura Berlin) corrects him. "No. Shields," she says.
'Vikings: Valhalla' poster featuring Leo Suter, Frida Gustavsson, and Sam Corlett.
| CREDIT: NETFLIX
Stuart explains it was necessary for Valhalla to not have "any connected tissue" between his show and Michael Hirst's Vikings, which ran on History Channel from 2013-2020. Hirst returns as an executive producer on the sequel, but Stuart says the only note he offered was adding a bit of nostalgia to it.
There will be some recognizable names and locations for those who followed Hirst's six-season historical drama. Stuart makes clear you don't have to watch the original to get into the thick of the sequel.
Kattegat, the capital city of Ragnar's kingdom from Vikings, will feature in Vikings: Valhalla. Hirst had also teased that the spin-off will tie up some loose ends with Rollo (Clive Standen), whose story line was left somewhat open in Vikings, as he did not return for the final season.
Stuart says he can't get into too many specifics about that, but acknowledges some for Valhalla.
"As a fan of Vikings and a student of that particular type of history, you do know that Rollo really was part of the founding of Normandy, and Emma of Normandy comes over and becomes one of my main characters, and William the Conqueror is a descendant of Rollo," he explains. "We'd love to be able to get to that part of the story and get to that place that Michael did say you stop and you turn and nostalgically look back at the Viking era."
Vikings: Valhalla will premiere on Netflix Feb. 25.
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I liked it I enjoyed it and if Vikings is even better?
Woo boy
I liked it I enjoyed it and if Vikings is even better?
Woo boy
‘Vikings: Valhalla’ To End With Season 3 at Netflix
The voyages of Leif, Harald, and Freydis will come to a close with Season 3 at Netflix, Variety has confirmed.
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Sorry I feel the same way...
This is going to be standard operating procedures for the foreseeable future apparently
3 and out unless you a huge hit and even THEN?
with the residual still not really settled
These streamers merging and raising rates
Customer dissatisfaction
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With the streaming rates CONTINUING to increase and now it's actually MORE EXPENSIVE then capable is/was...
Could consumers/ subscribers STRIKE?
we seen fans organize for Chappelle. We seen then organize at work.
Could they organize AGAINST these streamers???
With the streaming rates CONTINUING to increase and now it's actually MORE EXPENSIVE then capable is/was...
Could consumers/ subscribers STRIKE?
we seen fans organize for Chappelle. We seen then organize at work.
Could they organize AGAINST these streamers???
Good points.
One of the podcasts I listen to was saying they jumped the gun with all the streamers. Especially with the flood of them. Consumers already couldn’t keep up with all the basic and specialty cable shows. And now even when we are juggling a handful of shows at once, we are still only seeing 1 - 5% if that ... of what’s available. And like you said ... the constant rising prices = people will not choose to stay with their chosen streamers. They will just drop them and download stuff.
And consumers striking
= people cancelling en masse, I suppose.
Exactly
Could we ever see that happening?
Especially in an organized way?
Imagine a social media campaign for EVERYONE to cancel MAX or Disney amon the SAME DAY?
what would happen to the stock?
Would the streamers cave in early?
Is the public even organized like that?
It would be interesting to see, that’s for sure.
I think the big problem is that many of them started off artificially low with their monthly prices. Instead of starting at $4 or 5 they should have started higher. People would have paid it even with the limited catalogue compared to Netflix. And they wouldn’t have to do the constant rate hikes like they do now. They could have made slower or smaller hikes ... at a later time.
But instead the suits are constantly trying to please their shareholders.
It’s all above my paygrade, fam.
And to be honest if the public paid attention most experts predicted the Disney super price hike day one.
I get it but it's a bad strategy
And the obvious timing with password security?
Like I said I really wonder if Subscribers could ever get their sh*t together and drop one particular service would it put the fear of God into these corporations?
One of my coworkers has all the hook-ups. Shared passwords for NF, Prime and Disney.
And free tickets to Seahawks, Canucks and tennis tournaments.
I gotta ask him what happens now with the damn password crackdowns, lol.
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A rushed final season with glimpses of greatness.
The writing on this show has devolved to complete sh*t