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Netflix is in early-stage conversations with The Crown producer Left Bank over a prequel to the smash hit royal drama. The show’s penultimate season will launch later this year, introducing a slew of new actors and characters such as Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, and sources confirmed a potential prequel is in…

The Crown may be ending after five seasons on Netflix, but producer Andy Harries has hinted that the show could go on. Harries, CEO of Sony-owned Left Bank Pictures, told a Banff Media Festival event in London that his company owns the rights to the Peter Morgan-penned drama as part of its original deal with…

EXCLUSIVE: The Crown producer Left Bank is swapping the royal family for the world of hedge funds and artificial intelligence with its latest project – an adaptation of Robert Harris' The Fear Index. Deadline understands that the project is being lined up for British pay-broadcaster Sky and discussions are underway…

The Crown is set to end with its fifth season with Imelda Staunton taking on the role of Queen Elizabeth. The surprise news comes just after the premiere of season three of Netflix’s royal drama and ahead of season four of the Left Bank-produced series. Staunton has been rumored to take on the role of Queen Elizabeth…

One of the challenges surrounding AMC and ITV drama Quiz, which explores the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? cheating scandal in the UK, was how it was going to portray the television executives at the center of it. The show, produced by The Crown producer Left Bank and starring Succession's Matthew Macfadyen, The Good…

EXCLUSIVE: Olivia Colman secured a royal win for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix's The Crown last night at the Golden Globes. But there's no rest for television's royal family as the team behind the Left Bank-produced saga are deep into production on season four. While Colman and her colleagues…

EXCLUSIVE: The Crown producer Left Bank is developing a TV adaptation of Paul Sussman's archeological thriller novels The Khalifa Mysteries. The Sony-owned company is developing a small-screen adaptation of the books with Simon Allen, who is writing BBC America's The Watch and has written on series including Sky and…

UPDATED… The third season of The Crown is set to launch on Netflix in the second half of the year – more than 18 months after its second season. Separately, fantasy drama The Witcher will launch in the fourth quarter. Netflix has not revealed a date for the launch, but in a letter to investors following its…

Gillian Anderson is set to star as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of The Crown. The X-Files star has been signed up to play the Iron Lady, although viewers will likely have to wait more than a year to see her on screens as the third season of the Left Bank drama has yet to…

Keira Knightley will lead a cast alongside Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle) and Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose) in the feature film Misbehaviour for The Crown outfit Left Bank Pictures. Pathé will launch sales on the movie at the American Film Market. Philippa Lowthorpe (Three Girls) will direct. The screenplay comes from Rebecca…

Her Royal Majesty… Olivia Colman. Netflix has released the first image of the Broadchurch and Night Manager star as The Queen in the forthcoming season of The Crown. Colman, seen in the image drinking a cup of tea, a slice of toast with marmalade placed before her, replaces Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in seasons…