Elander Moore (Kaos, Interview with the Vampire) and Jason Forbes (My Woman Jane, A Gentleman in Moscow) have joined the solid of the BBC and CBS‘ joint interval undertaking King & Conqueror, concerning the Battle of Hastings.
They be a part of a beforehand confirmed star-studded line-up together with James Norton as Harold, Earl of Wessex, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William, Duke of Normandy, Emily Beecham as Edith Swan-neck, Harold’s spouse, and Clémence Poésy as Matilda, William’s partner.
Because the collection formally wraps filming in Iceland, the newest solid information additionally contains Indy Lewis (Business, La Fortuna), Ines Asserson (Royalteen, Skam), and Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson (Heartstone, Summerlight…And Then Comes The Evening) alongside the already-announced Eddie Marsan, Juliet Stevenson, Jean-Marc Barr, Luther Ford, Geoff Bell, Elliot Cowan, Bo Bragason, Bjarne Henriksen, Olivier Masucci, and Clare Holman.
Moore stars as Morcar, the son of the Earl of Mercia, one-third of England’s energy, and inheritor to the Mercian Earldom, whereas Lewis is Margaret, a sheltered younger lady from Mercia, who should discover her voice with a view to survive in an exploitative world. Forbes takes on the function of Thane Thomas, a loyal servant to the Godwins who protects the household fiercely, and Asserson stars as Judith. Cousin of Matilda and niece of Baldwin, Judith is paraded across the marriage market of Europe, till she meets and falls for an eligible man. Gunnarsson is the fearsome warrior and notorious Viking chief Hardrada. The function of Fitzosbern will now be performed by Ingvar Sigurdsson (The Northman, Godland)
William’s protector since he was a boy.
Written by Michael Robert Johnson (Sherlock Holmes), the eight-episode collection will see Norton additionally function an govt producer by his manufacturing firm Rabbit Monitor Footage. Coster-Waldau is directing an episode and likewise serves as govt producer. Baltasar Kormákur (Everest, 2 Weapons, Trapped) will direct the premiere episode and, as govt producer, steer the inventive throughout the collection. The collection is produced by The Growth Partnership, Rabbit Monitor, Shepherd Content material, RVK Studios and CBS Studios, in affiliation with the BBC. It’s created and executive-produced by Johnson.
“King & Conqueror is the story of a conflict that outlined the way forward for a rustic – and a continent – for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch again a long time and prolong out by a pair of interconnected household dynasties, struggling for energy throughout two nations and a raging sea,” a plot synopsis reads. “Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy have been two males destined to satisfy on the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne, who discovered themselves pressured by circumstance and private obsession right into a struggle for possession of its crown.”
The BBC has acquired broadcasting rights for the collection on BBC One and BBC iPlayer within the U.Okay. The collection will likely be distributed outdoors of the U.Okay. by Paramount World Content material Distribution.
