Since making its premiere on November 4, 2016, The Crown—which won the 2017 Golden Globe for Best Drama—has become an indisputable hit for Netflix. The 10-part series, created by two-time Oscar nominee Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon), follows the ascension and early reign of Queen Elizabeth II (played by Claire Foy, who won a Golden Globe and SAG Award for her portrayal of the legendary royal) and the challenges it creates in her personal life, particularly in her marriage to Prince Philip (played by former Doctor Who star Matt Smith). As the streaming channel’s latest binge-worthy offering, fans are already clamoring for details on the second season.
Here’s what we know.1. YES, THERE WILL BE A SECOND SEASON.
Just days after the first season of The Crown dropped in 2016, Netflix confirmed that it would be returning for a second season. Though there’s no official release date, all sources point to a similar premiere time frame, in October or November of 2017.
2. PRODUCTION ON SEASON TWO BEGAN BEFORE SEASON ONE PREMIERED.
In November, while speaking on a panel for the nonprofit organization Visionary Women, Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos confirmed that production on the show’s second season was already underway. “We’re in production now on the second season,” Sarandos said. “This is going to take Queen Elizabeth from age 29 to, presumably, the current day. We’ll see it lay out over decades. We’ve seen a lot of things about Queen Elizabeth, but we’ve already learned more about her than we ever had by watching the first 10 hours.”
In an interview with Vanity Fair, published on November 18, Foy revealed that they were already a month into shooting. “We literally pick up where we left off—in 1956,’’ she said. “I think Peter’s taking [us up to] ’63 or ’64. We get into the ’60s, and it is a whole other world happening. It’s really exciting, especially because we’ve had such a positive response and everyone’s been really encouraging. It just makes everybody, especially the crew, work even harder. When we first started shooting, and it hadn’t come out. We were like, ‘Oh god, what if they hate it?’ And then we’ll [still have to film a second season] knowing that everyone hated it.”
3. SEASON TWO WILL FOCUS ON THE SUEZ CRISIS.
Season two will focus largely on the Suez Crisis of 1956. “Initially, I thought this would only be three seasons,”…
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