Netflix unveiled Tuesday the first glimpse at "Vikings: Valhalla", the highly-anticipated spinoff of fan-favorite historical drama "Vikings".
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 footage introduced the main cast of the spinoff series, featuring the legendary explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett), his sister and Old Norse religious leader Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson), and the ambitious Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter).
It also teases the cultural conflict inside the Nordic kingdoms, as Christianity and pagan beliefs fight for the Vikings’ hearths.
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"Vikings: Valhalla" also stars Bradley Freegard, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, David Oakes, Laura Berlin and Caroline Henderson.
Vikings' creators Michael Hirst and Jeb Stuart will return for the spinoff series as executive producers, with Stuart also serving as showrunner.
Steve Saint Leger, who helmed multiple episodes of the original Vikings series, also returns 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.
"Vikings: Valhalla" debuts on Netflix on February 25.
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