Alexander Dreymon and Rutger Hauer are to star in The Last Kingdom.
Filming has begun on the BBC Two adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Tales, in which Matthew Macfadyen and David Dawson also feature.
The series of historical adventure novels penned by the Sharpe creator will be adapted by Good Cop writer Stephen Butchard.
Eight-part drama The Last Kingdom - named for the first book in the series - will be made by Downton Abbey producers Carnival Films.
Emily Cox, Ian Hart (Boardwalk Empire), Tobias Santelmann (Kon-Tiki), Thomas W. Gabrielsson (A Royal Affair), Peter Gantzler (A-klassen), Joseph Millson (Penny Dreadful), Alexandre Willaume, Rune Temte, and Henning Valin Jakobsen, Tom Taylor, Jocelyn Macnab and Madeleine Power also star.
Set in the year 872, the show will follow Uhtred - a hero raised by the same Vikings who slaughtered his Saxon parents.
"Cornwell's Saxon novels combine historical figures and events with fiction in an utterly compelling way,...
Filming has begun on the BBC Two adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Tales, in which Matthew Macfadyen and David Dawson also feature.
The series of historical adventure novels penned by the Sharpe creator will be adapted by Good Cop writer Stephen Butchard.
Eight-part drama The Last Kingdom - named for the first book in the series - will be made by Downton Abbey producers Carnival Films.
Emily Cox, Ian Hart (Boardwalk Empire), Tobias Santelmann (Kon-Tiki), Thomas W. Gabrielsson (A Royal Affair), Peter Gantzler (A-klassen), Joseph Millson (Penny Dreadful), Alexandre Willaume, Rune Temte, and Henning Valin Jakobsen, Tom Taylor, Jocelyn Macnab and Madeleine Power also star.
Set in the year 872, the show will follow Uhtred - a hero raised by the same Vikings who slaughtered his Saxon parents.
"Cornwell's Saxon novels combine historical figures and events with fiction in an utterly compelling way,...
- 11/24/2014
- Digital Spy
A large international cast has been announced for the upcoming big-budget historical drama series "The Last Kingdom" for BBC America, BBC Two and Carnival Films.
The eight-episode series, an adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's best-selling books "The Saxon Stories," will combine real historical figures and events with fictional characters during the 9th century reign of Alfred the Great, the Wessex king who united many separate kingdoms to fight off a Viking invasion.
Rutger Hauer, Alexander Dreymon ("American Horror Story: Coven"), Matthew Macfadyen ("Ripper Street"), Ian Hart ("Boardwalk Empire"), David Dawson ("Ripper Street"), Emily Cox ("The Silent Mountain"), Tobias Santelmann ("Kon-Tiki"), Thomas W. Gabrielsson ("A Royal Affair"), Peter Gantzler ("Italian For Beginners), Joseph Millson ("Penny Dreadful"), Alexandre Willaume ("Over The Edge"), Rune Temte ("The Accident"), and Henning Valin Jakobsen ("The Bridge/Bron") will star.
Shooting is underway in Hungary and the UK. Stephen Butchard is adapting the script while Nigel Marchant...
The eight-episode series, an adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's best-selling books "The Saxon Stories," will combine real historical figures and events with fictional characters during the 9th century reign of Alfred the Great, the Wessex king who united many separate kingdoms to fight off a Viking invasion.
Rutger Hauer, Alexander Dreymon ("American Horror Story: Coven"), Matthew Macfadyen ("Ripper Street"), Ian Hart ("Boardwalk Empire"), David Dawson ("Ripper Street"), Emily Cox ("The Silent Mountain"), Tobias Santelmann ("Kon-Tiki"), Thomas W. Gabrielsson ("A Royal Affair"), Peter Gantzler ("Italian For Beginners), Joseph Millson ("Penny Dreadful"), Alexandre Willaume ("Over The Edge"), Rune Temte ("The Accident"), and Henning Valin Jakobsen ("The Bridge/Bron") will star.
Shooting is underway in Hungary and the UK. Stephen Butchard is adapting the script while Nigel Marchant...
- 11/24/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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