History announced Vikings Season Two – The Raid Continues will premiere on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 10pm ET/PT. Starring Travis Fimmel and created/written by Michael Hirst, season one of Vikings averaged 4.3 million viewers and was the #1 new cable series of the year.
Vikings season two consists of 10 new episodes.
The Plot:
The hit scripted drama series centers on Ragnar (Fimmel), a restless young warrior and family man who longs to find and conquer new lands across the sea and claim the spoils as his own. Now he is an Earl, allied with King Horrik (Donal Logue). With more power than ever before, his desire to sail west and explore new kingdoms remains unquenchable.
Yet there’s a heavy price to pay for Ragnar’s ascent to greatness. Season two brings crises of faith, of power, of relationships. Brothers rise up against one another. Loyalties shift from friend to foe, and unlikely alliances are formed in the name of supremacy. Ragnar’s indiscretions threaten his marriage to Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick), tearing him and his beloved son apart. Plots are hatched, scores are settled, blood is spilled…all under the watchful eyes of the gods.
New to the cast of Vikings are Alexander Ludwig (The Hunger Games) as Bjorn, the intelligent and bold warrior son of Ragnar Lothbrok, and Linus Roache (Law & Order) as Ecbert, King of Wessex, a man of strength, knowledge and undisguised ambition. They join Travis Fimmel as Ragnar Lothbrok; Katheryn Winnick as Lagertha, a fierce shield maiden and Ragnar’s wife; Clive Standen as Rollo, Ragnar’s impulsive, wild, care-free brother; George Blagden as Athelstan, a young and not-so-innocent Monk; Jessalyn Gilsig as Siggy, beautiful wife of the late Earl Haraldson; Donal Logue as King Horrik, who desires to make the increasingly famous Earl Ragnar an ally and supporter; Gustaf Skarsgard, a ship builder who designs the new generation of Vikings ships; and Alyssa Sutherland as Princess Aslaug, Ragnar’s new love interest.
Vikings Cast Interviews:
Travis Fimmel and Clive Standen
Katheryn Winnick and Jessalyn Gilsig
Gustaf Skarsgard and George Blagden
Marvel, Vin Diesel, and director James Gunn have confirmed Diesel will be voicing Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy. Diesel joins the cast which is led by Chris Pratt as Star-Lord and features Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax, Benicio del Toro as The Collector, Lee Pace as Ronan The Accuser, Michael Rooker as Yondu, Djimon Hounsou as Korath The Pursuer, Karen Gillan as Nebula, and Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon.
Stumble It! 
After members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who make up the Phase I committee viewed the selection of 76 films submitted for the Foreign Language Oscar, the field has been narrowed to nine potential Oscar candidates. The Phase I committee members chose six films to move forward and the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee contributed three films to the list. The next step is for “specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles” to view three films per day from January 10 through January 12th to decide the five nominees.
