Netflix is set to do a feature film continuation of its historical drama series “The Last Kingdom”. The show’s leading man Alexander Dreymon made the announcement at London MCM Comic Con today.
Titled “Seven Kings Must Die,” the two-hour feature will be backed by Carnival Films and filming will begin early next year in Budapest. Dreymon will reprise his lead role and will be joined by many of the series cast, along with some new faces.
Next year’s fifth and final season is set to “fully conclude” the series according to producer Nigel Marchant, but “there was always one more story that we wanted to tell” which is what the movie will cover.
The series is based on Bernard Cornwell’s “Saxon Stories” and began in 2015 first as a BBC series before transforming into a Netflix show and growing its fan base steadily since.
The story is set across late 9th century England and focuses on the resistance of the Kingdom of Wessex to ongoing Viking incursions to Southern England.
Source: Deadline