Netflix has announced the official premiere date for the second season of Vikings: Valhalla. Serving as a continuation of Vikings, the new series is set 100 years later, taking a look at the beginning of the end of the Viking Age. The first season, consisting of eight episodes, premiered to high viewership and excellent reviews in February. Now, Netflix has revealed that season 2 will officially premiere on Jan. 12, 2023.
The streamer had high hopes for Vikings: Valhalla before the show had even premiered. It was originally given a 24-episode order, guaranteeing that there will also be a third season to come after season 2 arrives in January. A synopsis has also been revealed for season 2, so to get an idea of where the series is heading next, you can take a look at that below.
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Set over a thousand years ago in the early 11th century, Vikings: Valhalla chronicles the heroic adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived — the legendary explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett), his fiery and headstrong sister Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson), and the ambitious Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter). Season Two finds our heroes shortly after the tragic fall of Kattegat; an event that has shattered their dreams and altered their destinies. Finding themselves suddenly fugitives in Scandinavia they are forced to test their ambitions and courage in worlds beyond the fjords of Kattegat.
Vikings: Valhalla Season 2 Mixes New and Returning Cast Members
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Returning from season 2 of Vikings: Valhalla are cast members Sam Corlett (Leif Eriksson), Frida Gustavsson (Freydis Eriksdotter), Leo Suter (Harald Sigurdsson), Bradley Freegard (King Canute), Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (Olaf Haraldsson), Laura Berlin (Emma of Normandy), David Oakes (Earl of Godwin), Pollyanna McIntosh (Queen Ælfgifu), and Soren Pilmark (Sweyn Forkbeard). New cast members include Bradley James (Harekr), Hayat Kamille (Mariam), Marcin Dorocinski (King Yaroslav the Wise), and Sofya Lebedeva (Elena).
Jeb Stuart serves as showrunner of the series with MGM TV as the producing studio. Stuart also executive produces with Morgan O’Sullivan, Michael Hirst, Sheila Hockin, Steve Stark, James Flynn, John Weber, Sherry Marsh, Alan Gasmer, and Paul Buccieri.
“The whole concept of season 2 is that we take these three heroes who are in Scandinavia and blow them out of their comfort zones,” Stuart teased of what’s to come, via Tudum. “Season 2 for Harald and Leif is a road trip: It’s Thelma and Louise on the Dnieper River. The two of them will begin this incredible journey. Freydís has to go to Pomerania, which is a very difficult environment.”
He added, “Season 2 will show that sometimes when you hang out with the people that are just like you, eat like you, talk like you, you can still run into trouble. So you need to stir the pot, which I think is what the Vikings did. And they did it beautifully, better than probably any other culture out there. So we put together this motley crew of Russian nobles, Muslim astronomers and con men, and they shove off from Novgorod.”
Vikings: Valhalla will premiere on Jan. 12, 2023, on Netflix.
