The fifth season of Vikings will debut in November, but the historical drama television series has already got a green signal for the sixth season. The show’s creator, Michael Hirst, says the team is going to Russia for the season and is excited to explore a new world with the story once again.
“It has just been announced that we are doing a sixth season. In fact, we are already prepping and we start shooting on Friday. This season we are going to go to Russia, because Russia is called Russia because it was formed by the rough Vikings,” Hirst told IANS over phone from Los Angeles.
“We love going to different lands and countries. Last season, we went to Iceland and Morocco because the Vikings went there. It is always amazing to go into new worlds with the cast. It is very exciting time,” added Hirst, also the writer and executive producer of the show.
Vikings takes the audience to the world of ancient Norse raiders. First it narrated story of Ragnar Lothbrok, a legendary Viking hero.
Lothbrok died in the fourth season, and the storyline is now focusing on the new generation of the Vikings. The show’s season 1 to 4 will air in India on AXN from September 18. Hirst says his excitement about the show is intact even after five seasons. “I am surprised that I am still as excited now as the time when we began… I have written 70 episodes so far and now I am writing 20 episodes, but I am still as engaged with the show as I ever was. I think it is an amazing show with lots of talented people,” he added.
The first half of season 5 will premiere internationally on November 29, with the second half will go on air in 2018. According to ew.com, series regular Katheryn Winnick will make her directorial debut by helming one episode of season 6. The new season will also feature a new character, Bishop Heahmund, played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Talking about the show, Hirst, who also wrote Emmy Award-winning television series The Tudors and Shekhar Kapur’s Elizabeth, said, “(Working on the film) has been a brilliant experience because we shoot most of it in Ireland and it is a great joy to work with Irish cast and crew.”
He says he enjoys telling the story of the Vikings. “I have enjoyed trying to correct all the terrible cliches about them (that we had) as we grew up, certainly I did when I was younger, that they were just blood thirsty savages who went around murdering and killing everyone.
Vikings to go to Russia in season 6, says creator Michael Hirst
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He's one of the UFC's most recognisable and popular faces, but Jon Jones is now facing an uncertain MMA future. On Tuesday evening, the UFC released a statement relating to a "potential Anti-Doping Policy violation" by the fighter.
The sample was collected after the American's weigh-in on 28 July, a day before he defeated Daniel Cormier for the light-heavyweight belt in Anaheim, California at UFC 214.
Following the announcement, UFC president Dana White was on hand to answer the media's questions.
A visibly downbeat White stated "It's brutal. It's unbelievable."
It was hoped the enigmatic fighter had left his troubled past behind him.
After being involved in a hit-and-run incident in 2015, he had been stripped of his title. Just a year later at UFC 200, he was stripped of the interim title after failing an anti-doping test.
It seemed UFC 214 - billed as one of the biggest ever grudge-matches - had been somewhat of a redemption story for the fighter. Despite a war of words between Cormier and Jones in the build-up to the fight, Jones had used his post-fight press conference and follow-up interviews to compliment his former foe, describing Cormier as "a model champion, a model husband, a model father, a team-mate, leader, and I aspire to be a lot more like that man because he’s an amazing human being."
After the potential violation was announced, Cormier spoke to MMAFighting.com. After revealing the situation is "very emotional" he stated, “In my mind, on 29 July, I competed and I lost. I thought Jon Jones was the better man that day. I don't know what to think anymore. I can’t believe we are going through all of this again. We will see what happens next."
Jones' manager Malki Kawa said: "We are all at a complete loss for words right now. Jon, his trainers, his nutritionists and his entire camp have worked tirelessly and meticulously the past 12 months to avoid this exact situation. We are having the samples tested again to determine the validity or source of contamination.
"Jon is crushed by this news and we are doing whatever we can as a team to support him."
UFC's statement also explains this is far from over.
"Under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full and fair legal process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed."
Yet Dana White admitted if he is found guilty "it might be the end of his career".
Jon Jones has 'potentially' failed his UFC 214 drug test
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