"Vikings: Valhalla" Renewed for Season 2 and 3

“Vikings: Valhalla“, the spinoff of fan-favorite historical drama “Vikings“, has been renewed for Seasons 2 and 3 at Netflix.

Each season consists of eight episodes.

“Vikings: Valhalla” season one debuted the giant streamer on February 25. It logged 113.38M hours viewed in its first week of release and 194M hours in the nine days. The series has also appeared in Netflix's top ten list in ninety countries.

The spinoff takes place a century after the original series and explores the decline of Viking culture, many years after Ragnar Lothbrok (played by Travis Fimmel) first set out to conquer the lands beyond the sea.

The second season of "Vikings: Valhalla" will the return of the main cast including Sam Corlett as Leif Eriksson, Frida Gustavsson as Leif’s sister Freydis Eriksdotter, and Leo Suter as Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson.

It has already wrapped production and is expected to premiere in 2023.

Meanwhile, Season 3 is set to begin production this spring.

Jeb Stuart created the spin-off and has signed on to return to the series for Season 2 and 3. He is set to once again serve as creator, showrunner, and executive producer on the series.

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“Vikings: Valhalla” also stars Sam Corlett, Frida Gustavsson, Leo Suter, Bradley Freegard, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, David Oakes, Laura Berlin, and Caroline Henderson.

Vikings’ creators Michael Hirst and Stuart returned for the first season of the spinoff series as executive producers, with Stuart also served as showrunner.

Steve Saint Leger, who helmed multiple episodes of the original Vikings series, also returned as a director.

Leger will share the director’s chair with BAFTA-winner Niels Arden Plev and Hannah Quinn.

The original series followed Ragnar’s adventures as he discovered new kingdoms and cultures, the spinoff set at the moment in history where the conflict between Nordic and British kingdoms is reaching a breaking point.

“Vikings” ran for six seasons. It followed the saga of Ragnar Lothbrok, a historical figure who’s described both as a hero in Norse culture and the scourge of Anglo-Saxon England and West France.

The series was inspired by the tales of Ragnar’s achievements, showing his first adventures beyond the sea, the rise of Norse armies, and the attack of far-away kingdoms.

It also explored other historical figures connected to Ragnar, including his children and wives.