Netflix has closed the deal to begin manufacturing on a prequel for hit sequence The Crown, based on the Daily Mail. The streaming firm has reportedly been in talks with the present’s producer, Left Financial institution Footage, for prequels since 2022, even earlier than The Crown’s final season got here out in late 2023. Now, offers have been struck, and Left Financial institution has obtained the inexperienced gentle to formally begin engaged on the challenge.
The prequel will cowl the British royal household’s lives from the time Queen Victoria died in 1901 till the beginning of the events within the authentic sequence, significantly when the then-Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten. For those who’ll recall, The Crown’s first episode was actually an outline of that royal wedding ceremony. The Each day Mail mentioned the businesses have allotted £500 million ($681 million) for the prequel’s manufacturing, which may even be helmed by The Crown creator Peter Morgan.
Morgan beforehand mentioned that he wasn’t finished with the topic but however could not think about himself eager to deal with more moderen occasions. The Crown’s final season already lined Prince William and Catherine’s relationship, in addition to King Charles and Queen Camilla’s. “I’d discover a way of coming into it from a distinct method,” he said. “For those who return in time, you at all times have that great alternative for metaphor.”
Whereas Netflix has but to verify the story, giving The Crown’s prequel the go-ahead to begin manufacturing does not sound out of left discipline. The unique present bought the lone streaming win on the SAG Awards again in 2018, and it helped Netflix dominate the Golden Globes a number of years later. It was successful with the viewers, as nicely, and constantly topped Netflix’s charts.
