{"id":12431,"date":"2019-12-03T10:30:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T15:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starz-greenlights-becoming-elizabeth\/"},"modified":"2019-12-03T10:30:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T15:30:52","slug":"starz-greenlights-becoming-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starz-greenlights-becoming-elizabeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Starz Greenlights Becoming Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starz has commissioned as a new original series <em>Becoming Elizabeth<\/em>, which will tell the story of the early life of England\u2019s most iconic Queen.<\/p>\n<p><em>Becoming Elizabeth<\/em> is created and written by award-winning playwright and television screenwriter Anya Reiss (<em>Spur of the Moment<\/em>, <em>The Acid Test<\/em>). Reiss will serve as lead writer on the eight-episode season and be joined by an all-female writing team.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Ballou (<em>Traitors<\/em>, <em>Taboo<\/em>, <em>Humans<\/em>), Anna Jordan (<em>Succession<\/em>) and Suhayla El-Bushra (<em>Ackley Bridge<\/em>, <em>Hollyoaks<\/em>) will join Reiss on the writing team. The Forge\u2019s George Ormond (<em>National Treasure<\/em>, <em>Great Expectations<\/em>) and George Faber (<em>Shameless<\/em>, <em>Generation Kill<\/em>) will also serve as executive producers alongside Reiss.<\/p>\n<p>Long before she ascended the throne, young Elizabeth Tudor was an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court. With no clear heir, the death of King Henry the VIII sets into motion a dangerous scramble for power. His surviving children find themselves pawns in a game between the great families of England and the powers of Europe who vie for control of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world of <em>Becoming Elizabeth<\/em> is visceral and dangerous\u2014judgments are rendered quickly and no one is safe,\u201d said Starz CEO Jeffrey A. Hirsch. \u201cThis series explores the Tudor Reign and young Elizabeth, who would become England\u2019s \u2018Gloriana\u2019 and one of history\u2019s most dynamic figures, through a new lens which we think viewers will find highly engaging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is Elizabeth as you&#8217;ve never seen her before, a teenager finding her way in a treacherous world, and in Anya&#8217;s hands she&#8217;s a truly electrifying character,\u201d said Ormond. \u201cStarz immediately embraced the ambition and vision of the series and we\u2019re thrilled to be collaborating with them on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reiss added, \u201cDrama seems to skip straight from Henry VIII\u2019s turnstile of wives to an adult white-faced Gloriana. Missing out boy kings, religious fanatics, secret affairs and a young orphaned teenager trying to save herself from the vicious scramble to the top. I should have found it hard to relate to 500-year-old royalty but Elizabeth lived in dangerous, polarising times and often made terrible hormone-fuelled decisions. 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