After the premiere of its first two seasons, Netflix had unprecedented success with its Regency drama Bridgerton. The streaming service wasted no time in purchasing further seasons and a prequel series centred on a youthful Queen Charlotte to add to the already massively successful franchise. Production on the Bridgerton Queen Charlotte prequel series has concluded, which is great news for the many of us who enjoy period dramas set in that era. Prequel series director Tom Verica announced the show’s completion of production in a tweet. Verica uploaded a shot with the title “QUEEN CHARLOTTE,” with director credit and praise for the actors and team.
Finally, we can say, “It’s all over. “Just wait till you see this cast and crew in action,” the caption reads. For the time being, we shall patiently wait. The young Queen Charlotte (India Ria Amarteifio) and “how the young Queen’s marriage to King George spurred both a magnificent love story and a cultural upheaval, establishing the world of the Ton inherited by the people in Bridgerton” will be the centrepiece of the upcoming Bridgerton universe expansion. The series will focus mostly on the queen, but it will also explore the stories of the other characters. With the original Queen Charlotte, Golda Rosheuval, returning, the series will also centre on Violet Bridgerton and Lady Danbury, played by Adjoa Andoh and Ruth Gemmell in Bridgerton, and Arsema Thomas and Connie Jenkins-Grieg in the prequel.
The show will follow their younger selves. At the time of the announcement of the upcoming series, Netflix’s president of global TV, Bela Bajaria, talked with Deadline about her delight at the prospect of expanding the scope of Bridgerton to include more of Queen Charlotte’s narrative. Fans, Bajaria said, have every reason to be thrilled by the universe Shonda Rhimes and her colleagues are creating.
This is the whole statement: “I’m very excited that this new series will further develop Queen Charlotte’s tale and the world of Bridgerton. Many people had never heard of her before Bridgerton introduced her to the globe. Shonda and her crew are expanding the Bridgerton world in a methodical manner to ensure that they can continue to provide their devoted audience with the same high-calibre content they’ve come to expect from the show. Moreover, we want to maintain a pace that will keep even the most ravenous fans completely satisfied by planning and preparing for all the next seasons in advance.
Arsema Thomas, Corey Mylchreest, Connie Jenkins-Greig, Katie Brayben, and Kier Charles will round out the cast of the series. Michelle Fairley, Sam Clemmett, Hugh Sachs, Richard Cunningham, Tunji Kasim, Rob Maloney, and Cyril Nri are also a part of the cast. Rhimes will serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner on the spinoff series, along with Betsy Beers and the director Verica. A companion novel to the Bridgerton offshoot series is currently being written and scheduled for publication at the same time. There is currently no set premiere date for the next prequel series.