Storyline (as laid out in the over-informative trailer) is that when the Vikings landed made their first foray into Nova Scotia some 1000 years ago, the raiding party (costumed most excellently, btw) accidentally left behind a young boy who is then adopted by the local native tribe.

Vikings? In Nova Scotia?? Hmmm...

AND it was shot in BC.

Sorry, you're right--Newfoundland (yes, I do know the Canadian provinces, at least, most of them!). Anyway, the trailer just says they arrived in "America."

Narrows eyes at retread of "heroic white male adopted into native society is the only one who can save them—and gets featured protagonist role!" concept.

Widens eyes at "Karl Urban in a loincloth" concept!

I'm not sure how happy I'd be, traipsing around Newfoundland in a loincloth. Gets a bit nippy, don't you think??

The movie is clearly set in July and August, when average highs are in the low 70s F: [link]

ETA: It does seems to adequately capture the damp climate of Newfoundland. Leather loincloths are so comfortable when you're battling helmet-heads in a swamp! [link]

Trust me, I've been in Newfoundland in the summer, it's not loincloth country.

Bug bites! Bug bites in new places!

Don't get me wrong; I'm all for hot young things getting the Red Sonja treatment, but.

(Also, Matt's point is kind of the real dealbreaker; that and the knowledge that the Vikings didn't even perceive the North American natives as humans.)

Horns. They're using horns on the Viking helmets. I can smell the cheese from here.

Yes, Matt's point is a very disquieting one.

I get the feeling that the producer thought up this idea on a Sunday afternoon.