'Bloodaxe' Viking epic renewed for 2nd season ahead of S1 premiere

June 16 (UPI) -- Prime Video announced Tuesday it has renewed its Viking drama, Bloodaxe, for a second season before Season 1 premieres.

No debut date has been announced yet.

The cast includes Xavier Molyneux, Jessica Madsen, Karlis Arnolds Avots, Levi Miller, Rod Hallett, Alina Tomnikov, Sisse Marie, Rune Temte, and Jesper Christensen.

Production on Season 2 is to begin in Ireland in August.

"As the writers and show-runners of Bloodaxe, Horatio [Hirst] and I are very excited to announce that Amazon have also already commissioned a second season of our new Norse saga for Prime Video, which begins shooting in Ireland within a few weeks," Michael Hirst said in a press release.

"We recognize how fortunate we are and we would both like to thank Peter Friedlander and Amazon MGM Studios for their belief in us and in this new incarnation of a show which means so much to millions of people across the world," he added.

"We should add that we are so proud of the way Bloodaxe has turned out, in terms of its incredible story-lines, its powerful invocation of Viking beliefs, its dramatic recreation of the way that Christianity has started to overcome the pagan world, and -- not least -- the way we use magic realism in an effort to induct the audience into a Viking mind-set."

Hirst was also the brain behind Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Vikings and The Tudors.

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This story was originally published June 16, 2026 at 8:10 AM.