Jake Kanter International TV EditorViacomCBS’s Smithsonian Channel has picked up Game Of Thrones star Kristofer Hivju’s living history series Ultimate Viking (working title).
Production has begun on the show in the UK and Norway, and it is slated to air in 2021.The eight-part project was first unveiled at Mipcom last year and is a co-production between two British production companies: I Wanna Marry Harry producer Zig Zag Productions and The 1900 Island producer Wildflame.
Hivju’s Tindefilm is also producing.Cameras will follow ordinary people as they live in a custom built Viking settlement on the Norwegian coast and take part in extraordinary expeditions under harsh Nordic conditions.
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