Netflix has released the first official teaser for the highly-anticipated series Vikings: Valhalla. The upcoming show will act as a sequel to the popular History Channel series titled Vikings, which ended in 2020. It was most popular for its epic battle scenes, and judging by the short teaser for the upcoming show, Vikings: Valhalla will follow in its predecessor’s footsteps.
The Vikings: Valhalla teaser introduces fans to some of the characters that will be an integral part of the Netflix series. Set 100 years after the original series, Vikings: Valhalla will explore the journey of the Vikings raising their weapons to take over England in an attempt to avenge the deaths of their people. The teaser promises a lot of action, blood and gore, and offers a sneak peek into some of the battles that the Vikings will be a part of in the early 11th Century.
The Vikings: Valhalla teaser begins with a pounding sound that seems to be getting closer. “I hear drums,” Louis Davison's Prince Edmund is heard saying. “No. Shields,” Laura Berlin's Emma of Normandy corrects him. What it is in reality is the sound of impending battle as the scene shifts to a shot of the Vikings, with shields and weapons in hand, preparing to go to war.
"You have been summoned here to avenge the death of Vikings," Bradley Freegard's King Canute of Denmark is heard saying in the teaser, and essentially declaring war on England. Several shots of war follow the monologue, which are as brutal as the ones that Vikings fans have gotten used to seeing. To add to the adrenaline-pumping scenario is Leo Suter's Harald Sigurdsson, as he reminds the Vikings of the ones that they have lost. "This blood is not my blood. It is our blood. It is Viking blood,” he says.
Vikings: Valhalla will primarily follow the journey of three main characters, including Suter's Sigurdsson, Sam Corlett's explorer Leif Eriksson, and his sister Frida Gustavsson's Freydis Eiríksdóttir. The three of them feature in the show's official poster. Showrunner and creator Jeb Stuart has confirmed that there is no absolute connection between Vikings: Valhalla and Michael Hirst's Vikings. The nostalgia factor will come into play for fans of the series, but new viewers can easily tune in without having to binge-watch the original show.
The cast of Vikings: Valhalla was announced in January 2021, and some actors make an appearance in the teaser. The series will also star Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Olaf, Pollyanna McIntosh as Queen Ælfgifu, and Caroline Henderson as Jarl Haakon.
Vikings: Valhalla premieres on Netflix on February 25, 2022.
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