The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
“BlueBolt have been fundamental to The Last Kingdom since the beginning, and with Seven Kings Must Die have once again excelled with the quality of the work they have produced, creating a realistic fully-formed 10th Century world and truly outstanding visual effects, allowing us to bring Uhtred’s story and that of the creation of England to a fitting and epic conclusion. Always a pleasure to work with, we could not have hoped for better collaborators and partners.”
BlueBolt created all the visual effects for Seven Kings Must Die, the feature-length finale of Carnival Films/Netflix's popular historical drama The Last Kingdom, having delivered the visual effects for all five previous seasons, as the sole VFX studio.
BlueBolt has delivered more than 3,500 VFX shots over the past eight years, working in close collaboration with producers Carnival Films and Director Edward Bazalgette to help achieve the tone required to create the world of Dark Ages 10th century Britain in which The Last Kingdom is set and tell the dramatic story of its protagonist Uhtred of Bebbanburg, based on the novels of Bernard Cornwell The Saxon Stories.
For Seven Kings Must Die BlueBolt created and choreographed large, complex CG battle scenes and army formations; CG horses and historically accurate CG ships, in addition to elaborate environments including turning Budapest into ancient Britain; recreating Northumberland’s Bebbanburg Castle and bringing to life scenes from Valhalla at the climax of the film.