Ultimate Viking is coming to Smithsonian Channel. The series will be hosted by Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones) and his wife, presenter Gry Molvær Hivju. The living history series will follow ordinary people as they live in harsh elements in a custom-built Viking settlement. Casting has begun for participants.
revealed more about the new series in a press release.
“Smithsonian Channel has greenlit Ultimate Viking (w/t), an epic new series with an innovative format combining adventure with immersive living history to reveal secrets of Viking society as never before seen. Hosted by Kristofer Hivju, who played Tormund Giantsbane in the HBO series Game of Thrones and award-winning factual presenter Gry Molvær Hivju, the 8 x 60 new series will also include a one-hour accompanying documentary slated to air in 2021 on Smithsonian Channel. Filming has commenced and production will take place in...
revealed more about the new series in a press release.
“Smithsonian Channel has greenlit Ultimate Viking (w/t), an epic new series with an innovative format combining adventure with immersive living history to reveal secrets of Viking society as never before seen. Hosted by Kristofer Hivju, who played Tormund Giantsbane in the HBO series Game of Thrones and award-winning factual presenter Gry Molvær Hivju, the 8 x 60 new series will also include a one-hour accompanying documentary slated to air in 2021 on Smithsonian Channel. Filming has commenced and production will take place in...
- 11/18/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
ViacomCBS’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. The clans will compete against each other in a series of authentic and often extreme Viking survival expeditions, challenges, and tasks based on historical facts, literature, and archaeological evidence.
Participants must master axes and swords, learn to forage and fish in Norway’s snow-capped mountains...
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. The clans will compete against each other in a series of authentic and often extreme Viking survival expeditions, challenges, and tasks based on historical facts, literature, and archaeological evidence.
Participants must master axes and swords, learn to forage and fish in Norway’s snow-capped mountains...
- 11/17/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Tormund From ‘Game of Thrones’ Is Hosting a TV Competition About Becoming a Real-Life Viking (Video)
Kristofer Hivju, a.k.a. Tormund Giantsbane from “Game of Thrones,” is hosting a Smithsonian Channel competition about becoming a real-life Viking. The hour-long format, working-titled “Ultimate Viking,” has an 8-episode order and Hivju’s wife Gry Molvær Hivju aboard as co-host.
Filming has already begun on the production, which is set in both the UK and Norway. The latter “Ultimate Viking” coastal location comes complete with a “custom Viking settlement being constructed,” according to Smithsonian. The show is set to debut in 2021.
“This ingenious adventure series will feature a diverse cast of modern-day, highly skilled men and women who will be pushed to the extreme as they find out if they have what it takes to live as true Vikings,” the show’s not-too-modest logline reads.
Watch Tormund’s casting call via the video above.
Find more details about the series below.
Each episode is rooted in authentic Viking...
Filming has already begun on the production, which is set in both the UK and Norway. The latter “Ultimate Viking” coastal location comes complete with a “custom Viking settlement being constructed,” according to Smithsonian. The show is set to debut in 2021.
“This ingenious adventure series will feature a diverse cast of modern-day, highly skilled men and women who will be pushed to the extreme as they find out if they have what it takes to live as true Vikings,” the show’s not-too-modest logline reads.
Watch Tormund’s casting call via the video above.
Find more details about the series below.
Each episode is rooted in authentic Viking...
- 11/17/2020
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Exclusive: After battling The White Walkers, Game of Thrones star Kristofer Hivju is taking on the dangerous world of non-scripted entertainment formats for his next challenge.
Hivju, who played Tormund Giantsbane in the HBO drama, is developing survival series True Viking after striking a co-production deal with two British production companies – I Wanna Marry Harry producer Zig Zag Productions and The 1900 Island producer Wildflame.
Hivju will host the series as well as produce, alongside with his TV-presenter wife via his production company Tindefilm.
The series is a brutal endurance competition in which contestants must hone their Vikings skills and apply their mental and physical strength to endure the toughest test of their lives. The series will challenge contestants to execute authentic Viking tasks amid the desolate wilds of the unsympathetic Norwegian fjords. For five weeks contestants will eat, live, survive as Vikings – mastering new skills and pushing themselves beyond their limits.
Hivju, who played Tormund Giantsbane in the HBO drama, is developing survival series True Viking after striking a co-production deal with two British production companies – I Wanna Marry Harry producer Zig Zag Productions and The 1900 Island producer Wildflame.
Hivju will host the series as well as produce, alongside with his TV-presenter wife via his production company Tindefilm.
The series is a brutal endurance competition in which contestants must hone their Vikings skills and apply their mental and physical strength to endure the toughest test of their lives. The series will challenge contestants to execute authentic Viking tasks amid the desolate wilds of the unsympathetic Norwegian fjords. For five weeks contestants will eat, live, survive as Vikings – mastering new skills and pushing themselves beyond their limits.
- 10/7/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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