“The Crown” Season 6, George C. Wolfe’s “Rustin,” David Fincher’s “The Killer” And More Highlight Netflix’s November Titles

A new sizzle reel for Netflix’s November slate has dropped, revealing a slew of high-profile upcoming films and series bowing in the coming month. One of the biggest titles is the return of The Crown season 6 (November 16), which will explore arguably the darkest, most explosive moment in the monarchy’s history as it centers on the growing relationship between Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) and Dodi Fayed (Khalid Abdalla) before their tragic car journey in Paris that rocked the entire world.

By The Credits  |  October 25, 2023

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Emmy Winner Jessica Hobbs on Why Directing “The Crown” is a Royal Treat

The 73rd Emmys shined bright over the weekend with a number of fresh faces taking home a statue, including Michaela Coel accepting the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series in a rousing speech for I May Destroy You. It was the first time a woman of color won the award.

The Crown director Jessica Hobbs was also among the newly enshrined during the live broadcast,

By Daron James  |  September 22, 2021
Emmys 2021: “The Crown,” “Ted Lasso” & More Win Big

All hail The Crown. Netflix’s royal drama was bestowed with seven awards last night during the 73rd Primetime Emmys, the most for any show, and Netflix itself tied the record for most Emmy wins with a haul of 44. The last time that happened? In 1974, when CBS took home 44 Emmys in a single year.

Yet that wasn’t the only milestone reached during last night’s telecast. Apple TV’s Ted Lasso claimed four awards,

By The Credits  |  September 20, 2021
“The Crown” Season 5 Images Reveal Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana & Dominic West as Prince Charles

The first images from The Crown season 5 reveal the season’s three most prominent new faces—Imelda Staunton is your new Queen Elizabeth (taking over for Olivia Colman), Dominic West is your new Prince Charles (taking over for Josh O’Connor), and Elizabeth Debicki is your new Princess Diana (taking over for Emma Corrin.) The newcomers are all stellar performers, which is par for the course on this remarkable show. Every two seasons, as the royals age,

By The Credits  |  August 17, 2021
“The Mandalorian” and “The Crown” Lead All Emmy Contenders

The Emmy nominations came in yesterday and it was a proper showdown between Netflix and HBO/HBO Max for who could snag the most nominations overall. The winner, by a single nomination, was HBO/HBO Max, which garnered 130 Emmy noms in total, just edging out Netflix’s 129.

The two most lauded shows, however, were Netflix’s The Crown and Disney+’s The Mandalorian, which tied with 24 apiece. For HBO,

By The Credits  |  July 14, 2021
Golden Globes 2021: Chadwick Boseman, Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland,” “The Crown” & More Win Big

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the bi-coastal, virtual 78th annual Golden Globes last night, wringing some laughs and joy out of a very unusual setup, following a very sad, unusual year.

The big winners this year included the late, great Chadwick Boseman, who was awarded for Best Actor in a Drama for his sizzling performance in Ma Rainey’s Black BottomChloé Zhao had a major night, taking home the Best Director award (in a year that featured three female nominees in the Director category) and seeing her Nomadland win Best Motion Picture,

By The Credits  |  March 1, 2021
Gillian Anderson Channels the Iron Lady in “The Crown” Season 4 Trailer

Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson)’s arrival in season 4 of The Crown is getting lots of folks very, very excited. For the members of the press who have seen screeners of The Crown season 4, there’s already consensus that she’s absolutely phenomenal as Margaret Thatcher.

I’ve watched the screeners for this season and yeah Gillian is gonna win all the awards https://t.co/Z4F4V0JuCh

— David Mack (@davidmackau) October 29,

By The Credits  |  October 29, 2020
Enter Princess Di in “The Crown” Season 4 Teaser

The Crown‘s season 4 teaser is a thing of tensely coiled beauty. Centered firmly on the pending marriage of Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor) and Princess Diana (Emma Corrin), the narration, pulled from their wedding, gravely informs the newlyweds that their journey is only just beginning. We all know the tumultuous trajectory of their marriage and Diana’s tragic fate, all of which lends season four an especially melancholy air. Yet in the years leading up to their wedding (which took place on July 29,

By The Credits  |  October 13, 2020
Gillian Anderson is Margaret Thatcher in “The Crown” Season 4 Images

The cast of the splendidly written, gorgeously produced, exquisitely attired The Crown has been so good for so long it’s almost easy to take it for granted. For example, the recent news that the extremely talented Elizabeth Debicki would be playing Princess Di for The Crown’s final two seasons added yet more acting firepower to a show that’s already lousy with it. Yet still, it’s pure joy to get a glimpse of a bevy of new photos for season 4,

By The Credits  |  September 29, 2020
Elizabeth Debicki Cast as Princess Diana for Last Two Seasons of “The Crown”

One of the most sought-after roles in all of TV has been filled.

Netflix’s lush period drama The Crown has two more seasons to go. This past season introduced the great Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth, stepping in to replace the also splendid Claire Foy as the Queen in middle age. Now, the role that fans have been waiting to see filled—that of the Queen’s most famous in-law of them all,

By The Credits  |  August 17, 2020

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Amy Roberts on the Subtly Changing Fashion in Season 3 of “The Crown”

The third season of The Crown, Netflix’s lavish, semi-fictionalized series about Queen Elizabeth II and her family, sees the monarch, Prince Philip and Princess Margaret entering middle age. Claire Foy hands off the role of Elizabeth to Olivia Colman, with Helena Bonham-Carter and Tobias Menzies joining the cast as her sister and husband. Kicking off in 1964 with a Soviet spy scandal ripped from the headlines and ending with the Queen’s 1977 Silver Jubilee,

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  July 23, 2020
Olivia Colman is the Queen in The Crown Trailer

Finally, our first good look at the great Olivia Colman in the role of Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’s The Crown. Colman steps in for Claire Foy, who portrayed the younger Queen for the first two seasons. Colman is coming off winning an Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of another Queen—the occasionally bilious Queen Anne in last year’s fantastic The Favourite. In The Crown,

By The Credits  |  September 20, 2019
Olivia Colman is Queen Elizabeth in First Teaser for The Crown

This will be one of those Tweets heard around the (TV) world. The great Olivia Colman, fresh off winning an Oscar for Best Actress thanks to her delicious turn as Queen Anne in The Favouriteis queen once again. This time, Colman is Queen Elizabeth, taking over for Claire Foy in season three of Netflix’s The Crown. Folks are excited. Very excited. Netflix dropped the first teaser on Twitter,

By The Credits  |  August 12, 2019
Olivia Colman Looks Truly Regal in First Photo from The Crown Season 3

Time goes on and so does the Queen. Olivia Colman is stepping into the role of Her Royal Majesty to tackle the 2nd decade of her reign. The Crown tweeted out the first look today with a pointed message to fans, “Patience.” Season 2 dropped in December, but we likely won’t be seeing the next era until 2019. The production still indicates, however, that filming is underway.

Patience. pic.twitter.com/7F2f2aBON3

— The Crown (@TheCrownNetflix) July 16,

By Kelle Long  |  July 16, 2018

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Costume Designer Jane Petrie on the Royals Step Into Modernity in Season 2 of The Crown

Lushly shot, exquisitely produced, expensive and popular, Netflix’s The Crown is praised not just for its (mostly) accurate rendering of major and minor events in the history of Britain’s royal family, but for its credible portrayal of their homes and haunts and the clothes they wore there. The period costumes, executed in attentive, realistic detail by Michele Clapton and Timothy Everest in the first season, and by Jane Petrie in season two,

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  June 12, 2018
Helena Bonham Carter In Talks to Play Princess Margaret In The Crown

Due to both it’s popularity and critical acclaim, The Crown is becoming the ‘it’ show for actors to appear on. The luster seems to have attracted the eye of Helena Bonham Carter, who is reportedly nearing a deal to play Princess Margaret, according to EW.

The series intends to chart the Queen’s lifespan, she’s 91 now, over six seasons. That’s a lot of ground to cover in just a few years,

By  |  January 5, 2018

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The Crown‘s DP on Capturing TV’s Most Lush Period Drama

The beautifully shot and lavishly produced Netflix series The Crown has raised the bar in terms of the quality that we can expect from a television series. Cinematographer Adriano Goldman chats to The Credits about how he went about achieving this, creating intimacy in grand locations and why he approached the story as though it was fiction. 

Congratulations on your work on The Crown.

By  |  June 5, 2017

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Matt Smith on Playing Petulant Royalty in Netflix’s The Crown

One of television’s priciest shows to date, the first season of The Crown offers a faithfully detailed portrait of Elizabeth II’s early years as sovereign. Claire Foy plays the graceful if young queen; the difficult glory faced by her husband, Prince Philip, is portrayed equally well by the British actor Matt Smith (previously one of the doctors on Dr. Who). A lauded naval officer during World War II, Philip had to give up his career as he transitioned into being,

By  |  May 30, 2017

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The Crown & Game of Thrones’ Costume Designer Michele Clapton

Costume designer Michele Clapton, who won an Emmy for her work on Game of Thrones, swapped the diabolical Lannister family for the Windsors to work on Netflix’s The Crown. We talk to Clapton about why a man’s shirt was one of the most pivotal pieces Claire Foy’s Elizabeth wore, why she hates costumes that look like costumes and how she was drawn back to Game of Thrones.  

By  |  May 30, 2017

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Director Stephen Daldry on The Creation & Execution of Netflix’s Brilliant The Crown

Rumoured to be the most expensive television show ever produced, the first series of Netflix’s lush period drama The Crown delves deep behind the palace doors into the events around Queen Elizabeth II’s ascension to the throne. Director Stephen Daldry (The Hours, Billy Elliot), chats to The Credits about how the idea for The Crown came about, diverting from the truth,

By  |  May 26, 2017