'The Crown' Was Just Renewed for a Surprise Sixth Season on Netflix
Netflix has renewed The Crown for a sixth season, scrapping previous plans to conclude the series with Season 5.
"As we started to discuss the storylines for Series 5, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons," creator Peter Morgan said in a statement, per Deadline.
With Season 4 expected to debut later this year, it appears we're only halfway through Morgan's story about the royal family. Season 6 might be years ahead, but here's what we've gathered so far.
The sixth season won't include present-day royal moments.
Morgan explained that the extra season wouldn't extend the timeline of The Crown but would instead dive deeper into the planned story. "To be clear, Series 6 will not bring us any closer to present-day—it will simply enable us to cover the same period in greater detail," he said. So don't expect to see storylines pertaining to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on your screen.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the final two seasons of The Crown will follow the royal family into the 2000s, but that doesn't mean we'll get as far as the latest royal weddings or royal babies. (Sorry, Archie!)
Imelda Staunton will continue as the queen.
Staunton will assume the crown in Season 5 as Queen Elizabeth II. With another confirmed season playing queen, the Harry Potter alum will follow in the footsteps of Crown stars Olivia Colman and Claire Foy of portraying the sovereign over two seasons each. We can also expect Lesley Manville, who takes over as Princess Margaret for Helena Bonham Carter in Season 5, to get more time as the queen's younger sister in the sixth and final season.
Season 6 was part of the original plan.
Fans of The Crown were banking on six seasons from the start, given that Netflix's head of content, Ted Sarandos, said in 2016, "The idea is to do this over six decades, in six seasons presumably, and make the whole show over eight to 10 years." However, things changed when the streamer announced this past January that The Crown would bow out after five seasons instead. Morgan even said at the time that it felt like "this is the perfect time and place to stop."
Six months later, though, they're back to the original plan.
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