Prime Video has announced that it’s upcoming viking series Bloodaxe has been renewed for a second season. Despite the series not being released yet, the filming for the second season is set to begin in August of this year.

For those who don’t know, Bloodaxe tells a true story about a legendary viking warrior named Erik Bloodaxe and his formidable wife, Gunnhild, Mother of Kings. According to Amazon MGM Studios, the first season will chronicle the rise of these two Norse warriors. The two will fight for the throne of Norway, the land is torn apart by fierce rivals, wayward loyalties, and betrayal. The fight for the throne will draw in many ruthless kings throughout all of Scandinavia, along with a powerful English ruler.

According to Amazon MGM Studios, the showrunners Michael Hirst (Billy the Kid, Vikings) and Horatio Hirst (Billy the Kid, Vikings: Valhalla) issued this statement regarding the series, “‘As the writers and showrunners of Bloodaxe, Horatio 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. ‘We recognise 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. We should add that we are so proud of the way Bloodaxe has turned out, in terms of its incredible storylines, 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. Basically, now the cat is out of the bag, we are thrilled that we can soon offer a world-wide audience the chance to re-enter the beautiful Norse world.’”

The cast consists of Jessica Madsen (Bridgerton, Rambo: Last Blood), Ross O’Hennessy (Gracemarch, Protein), Fintan Kinsella (Bloodaxe, Me/dea), Nick Devlin (Harry Wild, Rich Flu), Tadgh Snodgrass (The Rainmaker, Sunphlowers), Keith Anthony Murphy (Young Washington, Going Dutch), Levi Miller (Kraven the Hunter, Before Dawn), Rune Temte (Agent Tørr, Alicia in Wonderland), Rod Hallett (Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, Prime Target), Ken Duken (Euphorie, Human Within), Xavier Molyneux (Neighbours, Last Days of the Space Age), Karlis Arnolds Avots (Ulya, Youth Eternal), Alina Tomnikov (Blood & Sweat, Huutamisen taito), Sisse Marie (SCP: The Infinite Mission, Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver), David Lynch (Showkids, Vikings: Valhalla), Alan Markey (Don Eugenio, A Sunken Place), Jesper Christensen (Detective Hole, Home), Marc Rissmann (Andor, The Amateur), Fiach Kunz (The Walsh Sisters, Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Buried at C), Gudmundur Thorvaldsson (Echoes of the End, Strangers in the Night), and Kai Luke Brummer (Touchdown, Professionals).

There has been no word regarding the trailer for the new series. The filming for the second season will take place in Dublin, Ireland.