The Crown is a historical drama streaming television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Claire Foy portrays the Queen in the first two seasons, alongside Matt Smith as Prince Philip and Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret. For the third and fourth seasons, Olivia Colman takes over as the Queen. The fifth and sixth seasons, which will close the series, will cover the Queen’s reign into the 21st century. The estimated production budget of The Crown has been reported to be USD 260 million, making it one of the most expensive television series in history.
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The Crown is a historical drama streaming television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. It was created and principally written by Peter Morgan, and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix. The first season was released by Netflix on 4 November 2016, the second on 8 December 2017, the third on 17 November 2019, and the fourth on 15 November 2020. Claire Foy portrays the Queen in the first two seasons, alongside Matt Smith as Prince Philip and Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret. For the third and fourth seasons, Olivia Colman takes over as the Queen. The fifth and sixth seasons, which will close the series, will cover the Queen’s reign into the 21st century. Filming takes place at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, with location shooting throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. As of 2020, the estimated production budget of The Crown has been reported to be USD 260 million, making it one of the most expensive television series in history. It received accolades at the 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards, won Best Actress for Foy in the lead role and Best Actor for John Lithgow as Winston Churchill. It has secured a total of 39 nominations for its first three seasons at the Primetime Emmy Awards, including three for Outstanding Drama Series. The series was nominated for Best Drama TV Series at the 77th Golden Globe Awards. In November 2014, it was announced that Netflix was to adapt the 2013 stage play The Audience into a television series.
The fourth season is set during Margaret Thatcher’s period as prime minister and also focuses on Lady Diana Spencer. In January 2020, Morgan announced that the series had been renewed for a fifth and final season, with the final season ending after it had been intended to end in 2022. A second season was intended to span sixty episodes over six seasons, by October 2017, by the following January, production had begun on an anticipated third and fifth season. The final season is expected to be released in 2022, with an anticipated end to the series after it has been confirmed that it will end with a final season of five seasons, after the last season had been completed. The directors of the television series are Stephen Philip Martin, Julianrold, and Benjamin Carrold. The main scriptwriter for The Crown is Daldry Jarry, who was involved in the stage play The Queen and the 2006 film The Queen, and is the main writer for The Queen is the play’s director, Stephen Jarry. The second season covers the period from Elizabeth’s marriage to Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 1947, to the disintegration of her sister Princess Margaret’s engagement to Group Captain Peter Townsend in 1955. The third season covers 1964 to 1977, beginning with Harold Wilson’s election as Prime Minister and ending with her Silver Jubilee, also covering Edward Heath’s time as PM. The fourthSeason spans 1979 to the early 1990s and includes Margaret Thatcher’s tenure as PM and Lady Diana’S marriage to Prince Charles.
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