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Netflix Announces New Bridgerton Spin-Off Based on Young Lady Violet
Shonda Rhimes will co-showrun the limited series, which adapts Julia Quinn’s Violet In Bloom and expands Netflix’s Bridgerton franchise.
- On Thursday, Netflix and Shondaland announced an untitled limited series spinoff chronicling the early life of Lady Violet and her romance with Viscount Edmund Bridgerton.
- The prequel follows the rollout model of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, drawing from Julia Quinn's novella Violet in Bloom, which explores the matriarch's childhood, romance, and marriage to Edmund.
- Shonda Rhimes and Nicholas Nardini will serve as showrunners, writers, and executive producers, while longtime creative partner Betsy Beers also executive produces and Tom Verica directs.
- While Ruth Gemmell portrays the matriarch in the original series, it remains unclear if Connie Jenkins-Greig will reprise her younger role, as Netflix has not announced the cast.
- Expanding the Bridgerton universe remains a key part of Netflix and Shondaland's relationship; Season 5 of the mothership series is currently in production, marking another major franchise investment.
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Netflix and Shondaland prepare a new ‘The Bridgerton’ miniseries about Lady Violet’s youth and her love story with Edmund Bridgerton
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Bridgerton announces spin-off series — and it's exactly the storyline we want!
Dearest gentle readers, rejoice, as the Bridgerton universe is expanding. It's the moment we've all been waiting for, and it's the storyline we've all been waiting for, as the new show will centre on beloved family matriarch Lady Violet Bridgerton. In the same vein as Queen Charlotte, the series will chronicle the early life of […]
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