White Queen gives rise to White Princess sequel
2013 drama about the War of the Roses is getting a sequel.
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2013 BBC / Starz drama The White Queen has spawned and heiress with confirmation of The White Princess sequel.
Adapted from Philippa Gregory’s best-selling novel, The White Princess concludes the story of England’s War of the Roses and charts the rise of the House of Tudor through the tortuous marriage between Princess Elizabeth of York and King Henry Tudor. The year is 1485 and Princess Elizabeth, daughter of The White Queen, has been pledged in marriage to the newly anointed King Henry Tudor in hopes that it will bring peace to a war-torn country.
While Starz has greenlit an 8 part limited series, the BBC is not participating.
“The White Queen was a phenomenal performer at Starz, averaging 4.8 million multiplatform viewers per episode in the United States,” said Carmi Zlotnik, Managing Director for Starz, citing internal estimates. “There is a dearth of programming that tells women’s stories and The White Queen was embraced with great success by audiences worldwide.”
The White Queen writer Emma Frost is returning as showrunner.
Source: Deadline
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It’s been a while since The White Queen was shown, but I guess the BBC had to have due process with their programing, at least you wont have to struggle remembering past seasons like you did with the remake / sequel of ‘Heroes reborn’, it is essentially a new historical drama and worth looking forward to albeit without Rebecca Ferguson which is a shame.
thank you, for the prompt reply!
David, a tad off topic… but is abc or bbc first showing The Hollow Crown series this year?
thanks.
I haven’t been advised but I fully expect BBC First.