Throughout four 60-minute episodes, the series (titled Vikings, les premiers rois for the French market) covers a specific battle for power from the viewpoint of a famous Viking leader across a timeline of 80 years.
The prodco says the series will be a hybrid of drama and documentary, with the dramatic segments shot in 4K in authentic European settings. The doc segments, meanwhile, will follow present-day archaeologists in Scandinavia, England and Germany as they use cutting-edge technology to uncover elements of the Viking way of life. High-end CGI and VFX will also be used to depict Viking fortresses and fleets, villages, pagan temples and other components of the culture’s history.