After binge-watching another brilliant season, the fans are already crying out for The Last Kingdom Season 5. The fans want to see more of Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his adventures. The fourth season of this show came after a long wait of one and a half years. Hence, everyone can’t help themselves binge-watching the whole season in a single day. All the previous seasons of this show got a fantastic response from the fans and the critics. And the latest season is also following the footsteps of the previous instalments. In this article, our viewers will read every single detail we know so far about the fifth season of this show.
The Last Kingdom is a British fictional historical TV series. It is the remake of Bernard Cornwell’s The Saxon Stories series of novels. The initial two seasons of this series were co-produced by Netflix and BBC America. From the following season, this program became a Netflix exclusive after the exit of BBC. The third season released in November 2018 and became an instant hit. It also bagged a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The latest instalment of this series released on 26 April 2020.
The Last Kingdom Season 5: Renewed?
The official renewal for the fifth season is yet to come from Netflix. They usually take a month or two to analyze the performance of the show before renewing it. The Last Kingdom Season 5 is more likely to get a renewal because this show cemented itself as one of the best Netflix originals on the platform. Also, the creators have more than enough source material for developing another season. The story is also not completed, and there is still a lot to show the viewers. The renewal for the fourth season came after a month of the release of the third season. The fans can expect Netflix to follow the same pattern again.
The Last Kingdom Season 5: What Will Happen?
There are plenty of directions in which the story of the next season could go. But the one thing that the fans are most eagerly waiting to find out is whether Aelswith dead or not. The fifth season will reveal her status after getting the poison from King Edward’s wife and father-in-law. The latest season was about Uhtred’s efforts to reclaim Bebbanburg from Aelfric. The fans can expect to see this storyline in The Last Kingdom Season 5 also. The creators can also treat the fans with an epic new battle between the Saxons and the Vikings. The fifth season will get even bloodier and better than the previous ones.
How Books Will Influence The Show?
The Last Kingdom Season 5 will continue to follow Cornwell’s “The Saxon Stories.” All the previous seasons of this show adapted two books each. And the latest season followed the 7th and 8th books of this novel series. Hence the fifth season will adapt books no. 9 and 10. It will follow “Warriors of the Storm” and “The Flame Bearer.”
In the 9th book, Uhtred controls northern Mercia from Chester, but the enemies started to rise against him. This thread will continue all the way through the 10th book. In The Flame Beared, Uhtred finally has the opportunity to take his ancestral home back from his traitorous uncle.
The Last Kingdom Season 5: Release Date
All the previous seasons of this series took around 18 months for its completion. So, if the renewal comes on time, we can expect to see the fifth season by October 2021. However, because of the Coronavirus outbreak, the production of all the shows are stopped. Hence, there might be a chance that the fans can see the delay in the release of this show too. Therefore The Last Kingdom Season 5 will most probably release sometime in 2021.