{"id":95426,"date":"2025-03-06T22:23:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T03:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=95426"},"modified":"2025-03-06T22:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T03:23:47","slug":"prime-video-orders-series-bloodaxe-from-michael-and-horatio-hirst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/06\/prime-video-orders-series-bloodaxe-from-michael-and-horatio-hirst\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Video Orders Series &#8220;Bloodaxe&#8221; from Michael and Horatio Hirst"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_95424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95424\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95424\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vikings-2013.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vikings-2013.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vikings-2013-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: &#8220;Vikings&#8221; 2013 Prime Video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today, Prime Video announced it has ordered <em><strong>Bloodaxe<\/strong><\/em> to series. 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