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Catherine The Great

Helen Mirren To Star In ‘Catherine The Great Miniseries For HBO & Sky

Four-part HBO/Sky miniseries Catherine the Great is set to begin filming later this year, with Oscar winner Helen Mirren (The Queen) in the titular role.

Mirren also executive produces the project, written by Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I, Wodehouse in Exile) and directed by BAFTA and Emmy-winning Philip Martin (The Crown, Mo, Prime Suspect)

Catherine the Great delves into the politically tumultuous and sexually charged court of the most powerful female monarch in history. Catherine wielded supreme power throughout Russia for nearly half of the 18th century – strong-minded, independent, brilliantly intelligent and sexually liberated, she was the definition of the modern woman.

The miniseries, produced by Origin Pictures and New Pictures, will follow Catherine towards the end of her reign and her passionate affair with Grigory Potemkin. Amid scandal, intrigue and immense conflict, this is a story of obsessive love. Unable to publicly marry and famously promiscuous, they develop a unique and devoted relationship, overcoming their adversaries and together shaping Russia as we know it today.

The project originated with Mirren who approached Origin Pictures with the idea for Catherine the Great when she was working on the company’s Woman in Gold, saying it’s a part she’d always wanted to play.

“I am very excited by the possibility of embodying a woman from history who grabbed and then wielded great power,” Mirren said. “She rewrote the rules of governance by a woman, and succeeded to the extent of having the word Great attached to her name, Catherine the Great.

Catherine the Great, produced by Origin Pictures and New Pictures, will air on HBO in the U.S. and be distributed to Canada through its output deal with Bell Media. It will air on Sky Atlantic and TV streaming service NOW TV in the UK and Ireland next year, and on Sky Atlantic in Italy, Germany, Austria and Sky’s recently launched service in Spain.

http://deadline.com/2018/01/catherine-the-great-helen-mirren-star-miniseries-hbo-sky-1202268810/

Sky Atlantic’s Helen Mirren fronted period drama Catherine The Great will premiere on Thursday October 3rd at 9pm - Source TV Wise

Galwayguy35

Should be good

memorystick

On episode 3. Thought it would be better

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memorystick wrote: »

On episode 3. Thought it would be better

Agree. The dialogue is a bit clunky and Helen Mirren is looking a bit elderly for man eater :eek: