Starz Developing Eleanor Of Aquitaine Series With Susie Conklin & Playground Entertainment

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Also Read: Fall TV 2020: All the Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows - So Far (Photos)Starz said “additional properties” will be added to the anthology’s development lineup following the acquisition of the rights to Weir’s Eleanor of Aquitaine works.Conklin will executive produce the “Eleanor of Aquitaine” series alongside Scott Huff and David Stern, who will oversee development on the potential show for Playground.Starz senior vice president of original programming, Karen Bailey, is

Starz is developing an anthology series about “lesser known” but “extraordinary women of history” from Lionsgate Television and Colin Callender’s Playground, with the first installment being a show about Eleanor of Aquitaine.The potential series about “one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages” will be written by Susie Conklin (“A Discovery of Witches,” “Cranford”), who is adapting the project from historian Alison Weir’s biography “Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life” and its companion novel

Will Thorne Staff WriterStarz is delving far into the past once again for its latest project.Fresh off the success of “The Spanish Princess,” the network is developing another historical drama based around the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

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