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The Golden Bachelor's (aka the fantasy suites!), The Crown's return, and Julia's second season.Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 16, starting with of Peter Morgan's Emmy-winning The Crown, on Netflix. I've heard from many of you who said you weren't as enamored with the critically-acclaimed series in season five (it heavily centered on Princess Diana's final years).

The Crown was originally going to end with season five, but the show’s creator Peter Morgan eventually thought ending with a sixth season would be better.

The Crown star Elizabeth Debicki has described shooting the scenes in the lead-up to Princess Diana‘s death as “competely unbearable.”

told Deadline that he handled it with extreme sensitivity.“We did film Diana, but very respectfully — not in a big close-up,” he said. “This enabled Dominic West to perform his scenes as her former husband Prince Charles at the hospital…It was very, very clear to us that we don’t want to see her dead body. I actually think that it was not a discussion.

EXCLUSIVE: The director of Netflix drama The Crown‘s episodes re-creating Princess Diana’s death in Paris 26 years ago has revealed the extraordinary efforts that went into ensuring it was handled with tact.

The Crown creator Peter Morgan is sharing how he managed the show’s ending following Queen Elizabeth II‘s death in 2022.

The Crown is set to delve deep into the events surrounding Princess Diana's death and the aftermath in the Royal Family in season six, as a brand new trailer has been released.The final season of the Emmy and BAFTA award-winning period drama has been highly anticipated for the last year, as fans gear up to watch Peter Morgan's groundbreaking show finally explore the last days of the Royal Family's most iconic and beloved princess of all time. But it's not been without its controversies.The trailer, set against a backdrop of a haunting rendition of Gary Jules' hit track Mad World, sees things come to a head for Diana as she becomes more and more hounded by the paparazzi.

Peter Morgan‘s “The Crown” has been one of Netflix‘s most popular and critically acclaimed series for seven years. But reviews dipped a bit for last year’s Season 5, which means all eyes will be on how the show’s sixth and final season does as it premieres.

Jaden Thompson Netflix has released the trailer for Part 1 of the sixth and final season of “The Crown,” slated for release on Nov. 16. The final season will be split into two parts, with the first four episodes exploring the new relationship between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed before their tragic car accident.

sixth and final season of “The Crown” will include a portrayal of Princess Diana’s historic landmine walk in Africa.Netflix released images Wednesday of actress Elizabeth Debicki as the Princess of Wales, embarking on the famous moment when Diana walked across a minefield in Huambo, central Angola.Diana made the trip — just months before her death — to meet with landmine survivors to raise awareness of the work being done to clear landmines worldwide.It was one of her last and most notable acts of service in her lifetime. The Princess died tragically on August 31, 1997.In the new photos, Debicki wears a nearly-exact replica of Diana’s gold earrings, swept blonde hair, protective face mask, and a white collared shirt.

Peter Morgan, the creator of Netflix’s sweeping Queen Elizabeth II series “The Crown,” is having a royal crisis. Only a tiny contingent of people sworn to secrecy have seen the show’s sixth and final season, set to premiere in November. But somehow a tabloid — as is always the case with anything related to the royal family — has got hold of a scene in which Prince Charles talks to a vision of Diana after her death.

The Windsors and The Crown, has died aged 66.Her agent confirmed that she passed away in hospital on Friday (October 20), after receiving a cancer diagnosis a month earlier.Gwynne, who played Camilla in the Channel 4 royal parody The Windsors, and Lady Susan Hussey in Season 5 of Netflix drama The Crown, also had a celebrated career on stage, receiving Tony and Olivier Award nominations.From "Billy Elliott" onstage to "The Windsors" and so much more onscreen, Haydn Gwynne was a total original. Every performance was matchless.

to the BBC, her agent said, “It is with great sadness we are sharing with you that, following her recent diagnosis with cancer, the star of stage and screen Haydn Gwynne died in hospital in the small hours of Friday 20 October, surrounded by her beloved sons, close family and friends. We would like to thank the staff and teams at the Royal Marsden and Brompton Hospitals for their wonderful care over the last few weeks.”Born in West Sussex, England, Gwynne rose to prominence in the 1980s with the drama “Nice Work” before going on to star in other British series including “Peak Practice,” “Merseybeat” “Sherlock” and the BBC series “Rome.”In her career, she played a wide range of notable public figures, including Queen Camilla and Margaret Thatcher.

Actress Haydn Gwynne died today following a recent cancer diagnosis. She was 66.

K.J. Yossman Haydn Gwynne, a stage and screen actor who starred in royal comedy “The Windsors” and also appeared in “The Crown,” died on Friday of cancer, the BBC reports.

The Crown was originally going to end with season five, but the show’s creator Peter Morgan eventually thought ending with a sixth season would be better.

McKinley Franklin editor “The Crown” will bow its final season in two parts. Netflix revealed the release plan in the first trailer, featuring Imelda Staunton‘s Queen Elizabeth II wandering past images of Claire Foy and Olivia Colman as a nod to the series’ decades-spanning journey. The first four episodes of Season 6 will debut on the streamer on Nov.

Pablo Sandoval As earning significant profile for shows in a packed marketplace has become one of Europe’s most pressing industry concerns, a new and ambitious TV series festival is launching in Cadiz, southern Spain, as an initiative of Mediaset España and backed by shows from other key players on the Spanish TV scene, such as The Mediapro Studio and Movistar Plus+. Speakers announced by the festival include Peter Morgan’s “The Crown,”“Billy Elliot’s” Stephen Daldry and “Fleabag” creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran executive and producer Nina Wolarsky, who helped put Netflix on the original series map, has joined Plan B Entertainment as the company’s first ever President of Television.

An executive producer of The Crown has said Diana, Princess of Wales’s death in season six will be recreated sensitively. Speaking as part of a panel at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Suzanne Mackie told the Edinburgh Book Festival it was important for the team behind the hit series to be “sensitive”. She said: “The show might be big and noisy, but we’re not.

EXCLUSIVE: Patriots, the hot new play by The Crown’s Peter Morgan, has recouped during its 12-week run in London’s West End, making a move to Broadway more than likely.

Elizabeth Debicki is looking back on the “heaviness” she felt playing the beloved Princess Diana in season 5 of Netflix’s hit historical drama “The Crown”.

McKinley Franklin editor Season 5 of Netflix’s historical drama “The Crown” covers Peter Morgan’s reimaginations of some of the most polarizing experiences endured by the royal family in the ‘90s. Elizabeth Debicki, who plays the beloved Princess Diana, tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast that she felt the “heaviness” and “weight” of playing the late icon. “It’s a unique experience playing a character where this tragedy is looming,” says Debicki. “It’s a strange, heavy place to exist in.” On this episode of the podcast, “The Crown” star Elizabeth Debicki talks to Adam B. Vary about playing a tragic real-life figure like Princess Diana, including the research that went into the role, and how she captured the voice of the former Princess of Wales. But first, on the Awards Circuit Roundtable, we look at the race as Emmy phase 1 voting begins. What shows benefitted from the FYC campaigns? And so much more. Listen below:

Editor’s note: Deadline’s It Starts on the Page features 10 standout drama series scripts in 2023 Emmy contention. It showcases the critical role writers’ work plays in a show’s success. All materials (the script and writers intro) were submitted before the WGA strike began on May 2.

EXCLUSIVE: Luther Ford, who is playing Prince Harry in the upcoming final season of The Crown, has signed with talent agency Hamilton Hodell.

All good things must come to an end. And in the case of Netflix‘s “The Crown,” that means its upcoming sixth season is also its final one.

Netflix has unveiled first-look images of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s budding romance in The Crown Season 6.

Peter Morgan (The Crown) was among the top winners at this year’s Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards with his latest production, Patriots, which took home the coveted Michael Billington Award for Best New Play.

*WINNER.   ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert *WINNER“The Fabelmans,” Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner “The Menu,” Written by Seth Reiss & Will Tracy “Nope,” Written by Jordan Peele “Tár,” Written by Todd Field   ADAPTED SCREENPLAY “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Screenplay by Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole, Story by Ryan Coogler, Based on the Marvel Comics “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” Written by Rian Johnson “She Said,” Screenplay by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Based on the New York Times Investigation by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey and Rebecca Corbett and the Book She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey “Top Gun: Maverick,” Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks, Based on Characters Created by Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.

*WINNER.   ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert “The Fabelmans,” Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner “The Menu,” Written by Seth Reiss & Will Tracy “Nope,” Written by Jordan Peele “Tár,” Written by Todd Field   ADAPTED SCREENPLAY “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Screenplay by Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole, Story by Ryan Coogler, Based on the Marvel Comics “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” Written by Rian Johnson “She Said,” Screenplay by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Based on the New York Times Investigation by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey and Rebecca Corbett and the Book She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey “Top Gun: Maverick,” Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks, Based on Characters Created by Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.

FILM FINALISTS Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale, and Matthew Robbins for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” based on the fairy tale “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi Kazuo Ishiguro for “Living” based on the novella “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Leo Tolstoy Rebecca Lenkiewicz for “She Said” based on the nonfiction book “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement” by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey Screenwriter Sarah Polley and novelist Miriam Toews for “Women Talking” *WINNERWITHDRAWN NOMINATION: Peter Craig, Ehren Kruger, Justin Marks, Christopher McQuarrie, and Eric Warren for “Top Gun: Maverick,” based on characters from the 1983 “California” magazine article “Top Guns” by Ehud Yonay     TELEVISION FINALISTS Peter Morgan, for the episode “Couple 31,” from “The Crown,” based on his stage play “The Audience” Taffy Brodesser-Akner for the episode “The Liver,” from “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” based on her book of the same name Will Smith for the episode “Failure’s Contagious,” from “Slow Horses,” based on the novel by Mick Herron *WINNERJ. T.

Paul Mescal has clocked his first Olivier Award nomination for his leading performance in Rebecca Frecknall’s buzzy stage adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire. Scroll down for the full list of nominees.

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Morgan — the Academy Award-nominated producer of American Sniper formerly serving as a production exec at Katalyst Films and Gilbert Films — has announced the launch of TantrumPM, a development and production company that will look to produce uniquely accessible and important, A-list driven content.

Ready to close the chapter. After starring as Princess Margaret on The Crown in seasons 3 and 4, Helena Bonham Carter doesn’t believe the Netflix drama should continue.

Helena Bonham Carter is so done with The Crown!

Helena Bonham Carter appeared in two seasons of The Crown and as the Netflix drama approaches current times, the actor feels that the series shouldn’t continue.