BRIDGERTON Getting Young Queen Charlotte Spin-Off and New Showrunner for Seasons 3 and 4
The hit Netflix series Bridgerton is branching out with a new spin-off series based on the younger days of Queen Charlotte, played in the series by Golda Rosheuvel. Queen Charlotte is a reimagined historical character added to the Bridgerton series who was not in Julia Quinn’s novels on which the show is based.
The series, which will also be written by TV mogul Shonda Rhimes (Bridgerton, Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal), will “center on the rise and love life of a young Queen Charlotte.” The spinoff will also tell the stories of young Violet Bridgerton and Lady Danbury. Rhimes will write the series and serve as executive producer alongside Betsy Beers and Tom Verica.
Also, Shondaland veteran Jess Brownell, who has worked on the first two seasons of Bridgerton, the upcoming Rhimes Netflix series Inventing Anna and Rhimes’ Scandal, has been named showrunner for Seasons 3 and 4 of the Regency-era drama, Netflix’s biggest series ever that attracted 82 million households around the world in its first four weeks. Brownell will take over for Bridgerton creator/executive producer Chris Van Dusen, who served as showrunner for Season 1 and is also running Season 2, now in production in the UK.
Netflix head of global TV, Bela Bajaria, said of the upcoming spin-off:
“Many viewers had never known the story of Queen Charlotte before Bridgerton brought her to the world, and I’m thrilled this new series will further expand her story and the world of Bridgerton. Shonda and her team are thoughtfully building out the Bridgerton universe so they can keep delivering for the fans with the same quality and style they love. And by planning and prepping all the upcoming seasons now, we also hope to keep up a pace that will keep even the most insatiable viewers totally fulfilled.”
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via: Deadline