{"id":17777,"date":"2022-10-28T10:42:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T14:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-renews-serpent-queen-second-season\/"},"modified":"2022-10-28T10:42:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T14:42:24","slug":"lionsgate-renews-the-serpent-queen-for-second-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-renews-the-serpent-queen-for-second-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate+ Renews The Serpent Queen for Second Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lionsgate+ has renewed its Catherine de Medici series <em>The Serpent Queen<\/em> for a second season ahead of the season one finale on October 30.<\/p>\n<p>Starring Samantha Morton, the historical drama puts a contemporary spin on the story of de Medici, who, against all odds, became one of the most powerful and longest-serving rulers in French history.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Serpent Queen<\/em> is based on the book <em>Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen<\/em> by Leonie Frieda and is from writer and executive producer Justin Haythe (<em>Revolutionary Road<\/em>, <em>Red Sparrow<\/em>, <em>The Lone Ranger<\/em>). It is executive produced by Francis Lawrence (<em>The Hunger Games: Catching Fire<\/em>, <em>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay<\/em>, <em>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2<\/em>) and Erwin Stoff (<em>The Matrix<\/em>, <em>13 Hours<\/em>, <em>Edge of Tomorrow<\/em>). Lionsgate Television and 3 Arts Entertainment produce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The Serpent Queen<\/em> is distinctly modern, darkly comedic and completely unexpected,\u201d said Kathryn Busby, president of original programming at STARZ. \u201cCatherine de Medici\u2019s story is the perfect complement to our female-forward slate, and Samantha Morton\u2019s brilliant portrayal of this ruthless, charming and savvy queen anchors the whole production. We\u2019re thrilled to unveil more of her incredible life and reign in season two, which promises to be even more provocative and sublime.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionsgate+ has renewed its Catherine de Medici series The Serpent Queen for a second season ahead of the season one finale on October 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":17778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[5231,211,593],"class_list":["post-17777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-3-arts-entertainment","tag-lionsgate","tag-lionsgate-television","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lionsgate+ Renews The Serpent Queen for Second Season - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-renews-the-serpent-queen-for-second-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lionsgate+ Renews The Serpent Queen for Second Season - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lionsgate+ has renewed its Catherine de Medici series The Serpent Queen for a second season ahead of the season one finale on October 30.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-renews-the-serpent-queen-for-second-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-28T14:42:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/Lionsgate-TheSerpentQueen-1022.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-renews-the-serpent-queen-for-second-season\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-renews-the-serpent-queen-for-second-season\/\",\"name\":\"Lionsgate+ Renews The Serpent Queen for Second Season - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-28T14:42:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-28T14:42:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-renews-the-serpent-queen-for-second-season\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-renews-the-serpent-queen-for-second-season\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-renews-the-serpent-queen-for-second-season\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lionsgate+ Renews The Serpent Queen for Second Season\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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