Netflix has begun the method of launching a prequel to The Crown.
The hit drama, which is able to debut its fifth season on Netflix (opens in new tab) later this 12 months, will finish after its sixth season. Nonetheless, the streaming big is already on the lookout for a method to hold issues going.
In response to Deadline (opens in new tab), Netflix has begun discussions with Left Financial institution Photos, producers of The Crown, because it appears to be like to safe a spin-off for the present.
The report states that the thought behind the prequel could be to cowl the period earlier than World Struggle II or to chronicle the late Victorian period when Queen Victoria reigned. Netflix has but to touch upon the report.
The Crown’s first season chronicled Queen Elizabeth’s life from her marriage ceremony in 1947 proper up till 1955, together with her ascent to the throne coming in 1952 after the demise of her father, King George VI.
Subsequent seasons have chronicled Elizabeth’s reign, with the forthcoming fifth installment set to concentrate on the early-to-mid Nineteen Nineties, together with the tragic demise of Princess Diana.
The Crown is one in all Netflix’s largest and most costly exhibits, with every season costing round $130 million (£100 million) to provide, however it’s additionally one in all Netflix’s (no pun supposed) actual crown jewels.
Evaluation: Would a prequel to The Crown work?
Until Netflix had been to commit wholeheartedly to a brand new present based mostly across the lifetime of Queen Victoria, any prequel would have a a lot shorter life than The Crown has loved.
Within the first season of The Crown, we meet Elizabeth on the age of simply 21, so there’s not loads of life earlier than that to select via. The remaining a part of her life that is still undocumented by The Crown showrunner Peter Morgan is her actions throughout World Struggle II, the place the longer term Queen was slightly lively. As a 14-year-old, Elizabeth made her first radio broadcast to the world, providing consolation to kids who had been evacuated from the UK’s cities, and he or she later educated as a driver and mechanic.
Maybe Elizabeth – The Struggle Years could possibly be enjoyable? But when Netflix (opens in new tab)is on the lookout for one thing on the dimensions and scale of The Crown, they’re going to must look again in time.
For extra data on the fifth season of The Crown, which sees the debut of Imelda Staunton within the position of Queen Elizabeth II, with Dominic West, Lesley Manville, and Elizabeth Debicki becoming a member of the solid, click on right here. (opens in new tab)
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