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EXCLUSIVE: The Crown season three scooped up a record haul of Golden Globes nominations earlier this week, and now the Netflix juggernaut and shows like White Lines have helped boost producer Left Bank Pictures’ earnings to an unparalleled high. According to earnings filed at Britain’s Companies House, Left Bank’s…

Netflix’s new-look third season of The Crown has been rewarded with a record haul of Golden Globes nominations. The lavish Left Bank Pictures-produced drama about the British royal family received four nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Monday, beating its first and second season, which…

Updated with source confirmation: Imelda Staunton is in talks to replace Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II in seasons 5 and 6 of critically praised Netflix drama The Crown, a source has told Deadline. Netflix has refused to confirm reports about the casting, but it is understood that Staunton is in discussions with L…

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…

The live impeachment hearings that could paralyze Donald Trump's presidency took over cable news and most of the Big 4 networks today. Yet, believe it or not, there are other things on television this week besides Impeachment Apprentice. With offerings from the newly launched Disney+, Amazon, Spectrum Originals and a…

Netflix is continuing to experiment with a new trick to entice first-time subscribers — making the first episode of season three of The Crown available for free in the UK. Netflix has carried out similar tests with other shows in India and South America, and the hope is that by giving British viewers a taste of its…

"Age is rarely kind to anyone… nothing one can do about it. One just has to get on with it," says Olivia Colman's Queen Elizabeth in a new behind-the-scenes video on season three of The Crown. Colman, Helena Bonham Carter, who plays Princess Margaret, Tobias Menzies, who plays Prince Philip all discuss the new season…

The way that high-end drama is produced in the UK, including on shows such as The Crown and Game of Thrones, is set to change after the British Parliament made a number of recommendations in a wide-ranging review of the television business. The House of Lords, the upper chamber of the British Parliament, has…

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…

"We're ready for you, your majesty…" opens the first trailer for Season 3 of The Crown. Olivia Colman makes her debut in the third season, replacing Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth, with Tobias Menzies replacing Matt Smith as Prince Philip and Helena Bonham Carter replacing Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret. The…

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…

Andy Harries, boss of The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures, is "philosophical" about losing writer Peter Morgan to an overall deal with Netflix. Morgan closed a massive overall deal with the streamer last week that Deadline understands is well into the eight figures. Harries told Deadline at a BFI London Film…