Queen Elizabeth II’s reign on the throne just got a little longer.
Thanks to The Crown creator/executive producer Peter Morgan changing his mind about the fifth season finale doubling as a series finale, the Netflix historical drama now will continue for an unexpected sixth season, the streamer announced Thursday.
“As we started to discuss the storylines for Series 5, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons,” said Morgan.
According to the EP, Season 6 will not bring the story’s timeline closer to present-day, but will allow the series to explore the same time period in greater detail.
The change comes just six months after Netflix announced Season 5 as The Crown‘s last. With the new change in place, Season 5’s Queen Elizabeth, Imelda Staunton (the Harry Potter films), follows her predecessors, Claire Foy and Olivia Colman, in portraying the royal for two seasons. Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) also will have more time to settle into her role as Princess Margaret, which was announced in early July.
The Crown‘s fourth season, the last to star Olivia Colman, is set to premiere later this year; production wrapped before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down British television production.
Glad they came to their senses and realized the original plan was the right one. Besides, by the time it airs it might just be the only Netflix Original around. 😆
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Good! Always thought it was weird to only have one season of the older queen. More Crown is always good.
Imelda Staunton isn’t getting two seasons. Olivia Colman is getting an extra one, so she will end up with three in total.
the article says that season 4 will be Coleman’s last. Is that not accurate?
Nothing in the article indicates that that is true, and in fact, it contradicts you by saying Olivia’s season 4 is her last as the Queen.
It says very clearly that Imelda is getting two seasons. Is that an edit that came after this comment or am I missing something?
Wait, my bad, I misread the info
Well, at least you admitted that. :) That’s rare around here
Glad we’ll get two seasons of Leslie Manville as Margaret.
This is a relief, it felt a bit odd and abrupt when it was said to end with 5….im glad everyone changed their mind.
Wonder if this is the full story or whether the show experience an uptick in viewership over this COVID-19 period.
I think it’s the full story. The creator had decided to stop at 5. So, it sounds like Netflix was honoring that because it was originally for 6 seasons. Since it was the creator’s decision, I think that probably is the full story.