EXCLUSIVE: Starz just isn’t continuing with a 3rd season of The Serpent Queen, starring Samantha Morton as Catherine de Medici: However it’s not all unhealthy information for the forged of the historic drama collection — I hear their choices had been picked up so the actors will probably be paid for the unproduced Season 3 episodes.
There may be additionally excellent news for the loyal followers of The Serpent Queen — a derivative centering on Queen Elizabeth The First is within the works from the identical artistic staff of author/government producer Justin Haythe and government producer Erwin Stoff, sources stated. No expertise is at present connected however Minnie Driver visitor starred because the British Queen in Season 2 of The Serpent Queen and is anticipated to reprise her function, I hear.
The cancellation choice comes slightly over a month after Season 2 of The Serpent Queen ended its run on Starz. Each seasons have been effectively obtained, scoring 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and touchdown on a number of High 10 lists. However the collection, probably damage by the lengthy, nearly two-year hole between seasons, returned to decrease viewership as a few of the followers who had helped it land a Season 2 renewal forward of the Season 1 finale in October 2022, didn’t come again.
With the choices on the forged developing in March, Starz and The Serpent Queen studio Lionsgate TV exercised them, sources stated. Possible bullish on the collection’ possibilities, additionally they had commissioned scripts for a second season, together with a script for a possible Queen Elizabeth I spinoff, I hear.
Each The Serpent Queen and the proposed spinoff match into Starz’s programming concentrate on feminine company and complicated characters focusing on grownup feminine audiences.
The Serpent Queen, primarily based on the guide Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda, is a up to date spin on the lifetime of Catherine de Medici (Morton) who in opposition to all odds, grew to become one of the crucial highly effective and longest-serving rulers in French historical past.
Season 2 ended with the occasions of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Bloodbath, which I hear Starz brass finally felt supplied a passable conclusion of Catherine’s story for followers.
The forged additionally included Amrita Acharia, Barry Atsma, Enzo Cilenti, Sennia Nanua and Kiruna Stamell.
