Rita Ora to Voice Animated Adventure "ViQueens"

Rita Ora and Ella Purnell are set to lead the voice cast of Harald Zwart’s animated viking girls adventure "ViQueens".

Billed as a high-energy adventure-comedy, "ViQueens" follows two fearless Viking girls, Hedvig (Ora) and Ingrid (Purnell), as they defy tradition to return a stowaway boy to China. Their journey spans icy fjords, Byzantine intrigue, and the fabled Silk Road, blending Viking grit with ancient Chinese wisdom, unexpected alliances, and a touch of magic.

Annie Award-winning composer Christophe Beck, whose scores for "Frozen I and II" and "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" are known to hundreds of millions worldwide, has written the original score for the film.

Sola Media has unveiled a first look at the film as it gears up to launch international sales at the AFM in L.A.

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The project marks Dutch-Norwegian director Zwart’s first animated feature after live-action titles such as World War Two drama "The 12th Man"; fantasy adventure "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones," and "The Karate Kid", starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith.

Purnell arrives fresh from "Yellowjackets," with past voice roles including Jinx in the hit animated series "Arcane," while UK pop artist Ora lent her voice to the character of Wondering Blade in the "Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight" series and was also in the voice cast of "Pokémon: Detective Pikachu".

Sola Media will unveil an exclusive teaser at the AFM for the film, which is scheduled for delivery in the last quarter of 2026, with a home territory release slated for December 26, 2026.

Additional cast includes Steve Speirs as King Erik, Anton Lesser as the scheming brother Lars, and Alan Carr as the Bard, a lyrically challenged royal scribe.

"ViQueens" is produced by Veslemoey Zwart of Zwart Arbeid (The 12th Man, Troll, and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones), with executive producers Torgeir Sanders of Gimpville (Troll, Troll Hunter), Robert Chandler of Space Age Films (The Amazing Maurice, The Canterville Ghost), Peter Clausen of OPCM (Lilyhammer, Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole, Troll and Billionaires Island), and Andrew Williams of Vamonos and Solveig Langeland of Sola Media.

Zwart Arbeid – a tongue-in-cheek name that means “under-the-table work” in Norwegian – is the joint company of wife and husband team Veslemoey Ruud Zwart and Harald Zwart.

With countless award-winning commercials, music videos and features to their name, the Zwarts have built a reputation for high-quality storytelling across genres.

Zwart Arbeid also produced Long Flat Balls, the most successful comedy franchise in Scandinavian cinema, as well as World War Two epic "The 12th Man," which sold to over 100 countries and remains one of the highest-grossing films in Norwegian box office history.

The company operates offices in L.A. and Norway.