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Peter Morgan has changed his mind on bringing the curtain down on The Crown after five seasons, meaning that the Netflix show will now run for six seasons. Creator Morgan said: “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…

When it first premiered in 2016, Peter Morgan's Netflix series The Crown was an instant smash. Aiming to tell the epic story of Queen Elizabeth II's record-breaking spell as Britain's longest-serving monarch, starting with her marriage in 1947 and seeing her reign through to the earliest 20th Century, it caught the…

Netflix has launched a companion podcast for The Crown with creator Peter Morgan helping a deep dive into the royal drama. The digital platform has launched The Crown: The Official Podcast, a day after the third season of the Left Bank Pictures-produced drama began streaming. It is the latest scripted series to score…

EXCLUSIVE: Louis Theroux, the cult British documentary maker behind the 2015 film My Scientology Movie, has parted ways with BBC Studios to set up his own production company. Deadline can reveal that Theroux has established Mindhouse Productions alongside his executive producer Arron Fellows, ending a contractual…

AFI Fest 2019 said Thursday that it will play host to “An Evening With Peter Morgan,” which will be followed by a gala screening of the Season 3 opener of Netflix’s The Crown. The event is set for November 16, the day before the Morgan-created hit series about the British royal family returns on the streaming service…

BBC director of content Charlotte Moore fired thinly-veiled shots at Netflix and Amazon at a gathering of some of the UK’s top writing, production and on-screen talent on Monday night. At a lavish party at London’s Sky Garden bar, overlooking some of the capital’s biggest landmarks, the BBC attempted to lay down a…

Netflix has signed a huge overall TV and film deal with The Crown creator Peter Morgan, in another sign that the streamers are prepared to spend tens of millions of dollars tying-up prominent British writing talent. We hear the pact is for at least four years. Three sources told Deadline that Netflix’s deal with…

EXCLUSIVE: Tobias Menzies has closed a deal to play Prince Philip in Season 3 of Netflix's The Crown. This is the role that Paul Bettany had been in early talks to play before he abdicated for unspecified reasons. Menzies has signed on for the next two seasons, and begins shooting this summer in the UK. Menzies…

Netflix’s The Crown is reportedly targeting Paul Bettany to play Prince Philip for its season three series. The British star, who also will appear in the films Solo: A Star Wars Story and Avengers: Infinity War later this year, would replace Matt Smith, who played the role in the first two seasons. Netflix had no…

Inspired by UK playwright Peter Morgan's critically acclaimed 2013 play The Audience—which enjoyed a brief but successful Broadway run in 2015—The Crown proved a surprise hit for Netflix when the series debuted in November of last year. Starting with the marriage of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to Prince Philip in…

Prolific British screenwriter and producer Peter Morgan is being awarded the BFI Fellowship, the org’s highest honor, for his contribution to the industry. With more than 30 awards to his name, Morgan is one of the UK's most influential screenwriters, who often uses the British establishment — its leadership and…

In the press room at the Golden Globes, The Crown‘s creator Peter Morgan teased out season 2 for the Netflix series. Tonight, the show took home best drama and best drama TV actress for Claire Foy who plays Queen Elizabeth II. “The danger of writing a story of someone with a long life is that the story goes on and on…