HISTORY Renews Knights Templar Drama Knightfall

HISTORY has greenlit a second season of Knightfall with Mark Hamill (Star Wars) joining the cast and Aaron Helbing (The Flash, Spartacus: War of the Damned) on board as showrunner and executive producer.

From A+E Studios, in association with Jeremy Renner’s The Combine and Midnight Radio, Knightfall goes inside the medieval politics and warfare of the Knights Templar, the most powerful, wealthy and mysterious military order of the Middle Ages. Season one of Knightfall reached 25 million total viewers in Live + 7 across total day.

Hamill will play Talus, a battle-hardened Knight Templar veteran of the Crusades, who survived captivity for ten years in the Holy Land and is tasked with training the new initiates to the order. Also joining the cast in season two are Tom Forbes (The Bastard Executioner, Wolf Hall) as Prince Louis, the violent and unpredictable son of King Philip and heir to the throne, and Genevieve Gaunt (The Royals) as Isabella, the daughter of King Philip and well on her way to becoming the woman who history would call “the she-wolf of France.”

“In the face of ever-increasing competition, we’re proud of HISTORY’s track record of producing signature drama series that are epic in scope with complex characters,” said Eli Lehrer, executive VP of programming at HISTORY. “Whether it’s the legendary Knights Templar, the extraordinary tale of medieval Norsemen, or the story of a formerly classified United States Air Force program investigating UFOs during the Cold War, these series reflect our commitment to bringing the defining, big canvas stories of history to life. We look forward to offering our viewers a grittier, darker Knightfall in season two and welcoming Mark to the cast.”