Vikings Season 3 Spoilers, Trailer, Preview, And Synopsis, Ragnar Will Be King And Lead A Magnificent Raid On Paris [VIDEO]

"Vikings" Season 3 is currently under prodcution will have a release date sometime in the summer of 2015. The upcoming season promises to be different than the previous two, forgoing time jumps and adding bigger set piece battles bolstered by CGI, including a raid on Paris. If you aren't excited yet, watch the Comic Con trailer or the brand new trailer at the bottom.

The IB Times reports, "As per the official synopsis of the historic drama, Lothbrok will be leading his people to an uncertain fate on the shores of Wessex with the promise of new land from the English, reported IGN.

Meanwhile, it remains to be seen whether the new king can keep up the promises made by King Ecbert (Linus Roache) to his people in the upcoming season or not.

Apart from Fimmel, Clive Standen, Alexander Ludwig and Katheryn Winnick will also reprise their roles in the series.

Meanwhile, Kevin Durand will be playing the role of a mysterious wanderer Harbard, who has a connection with Queen Aslaug, Helga and Siggy."

The most recent news from the show is that they have released a new promo trailer, which you can watch below. Production on Season 3 has just ended. The IB Times published a list of spoilers from the new trailer, follow the link for the full list:

"1. Stones and Bones: The Seer (John Kavanagh) foresees "life" in the trailer for Season 3. "Splitting, joining, struggling. And for this you must be patient," he warns. What do you think is the message behind the Seer's prophecy?

2. Brotherly Bonding: Rollo (Clive Standen) will continue to serve the King of Denmark as a faithful warrior in the new season. Does this mean the Viking will finally get a clean slate? Since Rollo's betrayal in Season 2, Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) has grown weary of his treacherous brother. But it looks like their rocky past will finally be put behind them come February.

3. A New Enemy: Ragnar may face a new, unexpected opponent in Season 3. Although Floki (Gustaf Skarsgard) proved to be loyal to the king in the surprising Season 2 finale, the rambunctious Viking still has a bone to pick with his old friend -- or should we say a crown to pick? Floki is seen picking up and looking longingly at the royal accessory in the Season 3 trailer."

 Producer Morgan O'Sullivan told IFTN about the production of the third series: "It was kind of more challenging this year when compared to other years - everything was bigger in terms of scale and size. We had to construct a huge build of Paris as the Vikings attack Paris is this season and that was tough work. But every year we are trying to get bigger and better to compete with what's out there and this shoot went exceedingly well! We are all very chuffed with it - bring on season four!" 

"Paris was the most extraordinary city. It was still a Roman city, and it was like nothing else on earth. We're just building that, at the moment, on the backlot," Hirst explained to Collider.

"We just get bigger and better, I think," Hirst said.

The History Channel renewed the series for a 10-episode third season on March 25 earlier this year.

In season 3 you can expect to see more from Bjorn," It's definitely been a coming-of-age story," Lugwig, who plays Bjorn, explained to Zap2It. "Historically, this character goes on to do some pretty incredible things, so I think we're setting up him coming into his own and becoming a man."

"You just read these great scripts [by Michael Hirst] and he's already implemented that slowly in the third season and you'll see that," Ludwig told TV Fanatic at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. "He was a boy in the second season and I really tried to play that...and in season three he's a man. You see him learning and really taking after his father."

Members of the cast and crew made apperances during the San Diego Comic Con and gave an interview to Yahoo! TV a month ago, revealing a few details about the next upcoming season.

"It's only going to get grittier, and I think that's why fans are absolutely in love with it right now," said Alexander Ludwig, who plays Bjorn in the series. The more dramatic infighting will end and the show will return to the raids of the first season.

Katheryn Winnick, who played Lagertha, said, "Season 3 is even more epic than Season 2. If you thought you loved Season 2, Season 3 just takes it to a whole new level," Winnick said.

"We had some shield maidens last year that went into full-on martial arts training just to understand how to hold a sword properly, just so they could be background actors," she added.

In the recent San Diego Comic-Con, series creator Michael Hirst revealed that the upcoming season will feature the biggest adventure that Lothbrok and has faced yet: The Great Raid in Paris.

"Yeah, we're gonna attack Paris. Paris was the most extraordinary city. It was still a Roman city, and it was like nothing else on earth. We're just building that, at the moment, on the backlot. It will also be CGI. Ragnar attacked Paris with one hundred ships," he said in the interview with Collider earlier this year. The Paris CGI scenes are sid to be massive, featuring at least 100 ships.

"We go back to the raiding thing this year instead of all the dramas in Kattegat," Fimmel was quoted saying in an interview. "So, we'll be back together raiding."

Several new actors will be joining the cast of "Vikings" for season 3, including: Lothaire Bluteau as Emperor Charles of France; Jennie Jacques as Judith, mother of Alfred the Great; and French actress Morgane Polanksi as the Emperor's daughter Princess Gisla.

TV Guide also revealed other mysterious characters who will add more excitement to the drama. There's Harbard, who will catch the attention of Siggy, Aslaug and Helga, and Kalf, whom the Shieldmaiden Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) has entrusted her dominion with while she sailed off alongside Ragnar.

Durand told interviewers revealed that he will be playing mysterious wanderer character, he can either be a wreak havoc or be a poet.

Season 3 will also deal with Ragnar assuming power and the issues involved with that. "The first scene starts out off with all the trouble that power causes," Fimmel said at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con, according to Nerd Repository. "I think throughout this year it really becomes alive, how hard it is to be a leader and all the sacrifices you have to make and all that sort of stuff."

"Vikings" season 3 is coming in the summer of 2015, check back for more information as we get closer to the release date.

Tags
Join the Discussion

Latest Photo Gallery

Real Time Analytics