Deadline is reporting that Starz has given the green light to The White Princess, an eight-episode sequel to the 2013 historical drama The White Queen, which will be adapted from Philippa Gregory’s novel of the same name. The White Queen writer Emma Frost (no, not the X-Men character) will serve as showrunner on the project, which is now in pre-production.
“The White Queen was a phenomenal performer at Starz, averaging 4.8 million multiplatform viewers per episode in the United States,” states Carmi Zlotnik, Managing Director for Starz. “There is a dearth of programming that tells women’s stories and The White Queen was embraced with great success by audiences worldwide.”
The White Princess “concludes the story of England’s War of the Roses and charts the rise of the House of Tudor through the tortuous marriage between Princess Elizabeth of York and King Henry Tudor. The year is 1485 and Princess Elizabeth, daughter of ‘The White Queen,’ has been pledged in marriage to the newly anointed King Henry Tudor in hopes that it will bring peace to a war-torn country. England is united, but their marriage is soon divided, as rumors circulate that Elizabeth’s long-lost brother Prince Richard is alive and planning to take the throne. Now she must choose between Tudor wife and York princess, between her new husband and the boy who claims to be her own blood and the true heir to the crown.”
The White Queen was produced by Starz and the BBC, although the latter will not be involved with the follow-up, having stated in 2013 that it was always intended as a one-off series.
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Originally published February 12, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.
