THE CROWN Trailer: Netflix's New Drama is One of The Most Expensive Shows Ever

Netflix has been pumping out new shows like crazy this year. That's what spending $6 billion (with a "b") on content allows them to do, and a considerable chunk of that money has been earmarked for The Crown, the streaming service's latest drama series that's intended to trace the life of the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II from just before she takes the throne all the way up until the present day. The Crown's first season reportedly cost Netflix a staggering $156 million, which is more than Game of Thrones' $10 million per episode price tag last year and even more than The Get Down's hefty $120 million total cost for its first season. Assuming that cost remains similar throughout this show's planned six season/60 episode run (each season will take place in a different decade), this will end up as one of the most expensive shows of all time.

Peter Morgan, who wrote Frost/Nixon and made The Queen, is the creator/showrunner here, and it stars Claire Foy as Elizabeth, Matt Smith as Prince Philip, John Lithgow as Winston Churchill, and Jared Harris as King George VI.

The Crown's first season of ten one-hour episodes arrives on Netflix on November 4, 2016.

At a time when Britain was recovering from war and her empire was in decline, a young woman took the throne as a matter of duty not desire. Prepare for a world full of intrigue and revelations in The Crown.

At a time when Britain was recovering from war and her empire was in decline, a young woman took the throne as a matter of duty not desire. Prepare for a world full of intrigue and revelations in The Crown.

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