Britannia Season 3 - Trailer 2021
The first series was produced by Rick McCallum, Vertigo Films and Neal Street Productions and shot on location in Czech Republic and Wales. Most dialogue in the series is spoken in English, which is used mostly to represent Vulgar Latin spoken by the Romans and Brythonic spoken by the Celts. Latin and Welsh are also used to represent Vulgar Latin and Brythonic, respectively.[citation needed]
In March 2018, it was announced that Sky Atlantic had renewed the show for a second series. Amazon was not involved in production and did not stream the second season.
The show was renewed for a third series in January 2020. In June 2020, U.S. premium network Epix announced it would partner with Sky to produce the third series. It would also air the first series beginning August 2, 2020, and the second series beginning October 4, 2020. Filming of the third series was shut down in March 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and resumed in September 2020.
"Britannia" is set in A.D. 43, when the Romans invaded Britain. Julius Caesar had failed to conquer Britain 90 years previously.
General Aulus Plautius (his second in command, Lucius is identified as the centurion who stabbed Jesus) is determined to succeed where Julius Caesar failed, by any means necessary. A savvy warrior, he establishes a fortified camp. He gathers information from captives, even children, and learns the Druids are the driving force behind the many kingdoms and tribes. He determines "you don't conquer the people, you must conquer their gods." He meets with the Druids and takes a vision quest, but soon he is talking aloud to Lokka (Loki), the Celtic god of mischief.
Young Cait of the Cantii tribe was due to ascend to womanhood when the Romans decimated her tribe. She is caught between childhood and womanhood and wanders the forest. She attaches herself to an unlikely protector, Divis "The Outcast".
Divis is a druid with some mystical powers—divination, hypnosis, visions—but seems mad and was driven into exile by Veran, leader of the Druids in Britannia. Divis scours the countryside for clues to his apocalyptic visions, and scampers willy-nilly on some mysterious "mission".
Kerra, "princess" as daughter of the Cantii King Pellenor, frets for her people's safety. The Cantii are in a perpetual feud with the Regni, a powerful and large tribe. The Cantii's only protection is an impregnable natural fortress carved in granite ravines. Yet King Pellenor makes no preparations for defense or war against the Romans, only relying on the vague hints of the Druids for policy. Kerra's brother, "prince" Phelan is weak and will make a bad king if needed. Kerra takes her own steps to address the Roman threat, calling for a parlay and venturing into Regni territory. But her actions enrage her father, who condemns her to be judged by the Druids, and possibly flayed alive, as happened to her mother.
These four people, and a host of others with their own agendas, cross and clash as the Romans entrench and disaster looms.
