Travis Fimmel is set to star in this movie. The project is the first feature from Facing East, the new Hong Kong and Beijing based production venture, launched by Producers Markus Barmettler and Philip Lee.
Principal photography is set to commence on September 12th in Dublin, Ireland, before moving to locations in Shanghai, China, and Chicago, Illinois.
Peter Segal said that he loved Travis' portrayal as Ragnar, King of the Vikings. He needed a modern-day Peter O'Toole, and he found him. A man who could play a character that can command a room, and make you write a huge check, before you realized he was gone, and you knew you were screwed.
Samuel L. Jackson was attached to star at one point.