The Norwegian comedy series Vikingane has been picked up by Netflix for a July 2017 release.
The series, which is known as Norsemen in the English version, was filmed simultaneously in Norwegian and English.
Norsemen is described as a mix between Monty Python and Game of Thrones. Set in the year 790, at the start of the Viking Age, a Roman named Rufus is kidnapped and taken as a slave in the Viking village of Norheim. Back in his homeland, he was a cultural figure, but here in the land of the Vikings, they don’t care much for him.
[…] season of Norseman is about the everyday life in the village of Norheim around the year 790. The series will air on Netflix globally. The series was shot in both English and Norwegian. In the second season, more will be shot in […]