'Bridgerton' prequel about Lady Violet headed to Netflix
Netflix and Shondaland have announced a new prequel series to 'Bridgerton' focusing on the early life and romance of Lady Violet. The project will be led by Shonda Rhimes and Nicholas Nardini, expanding the popular Regency-era franchise.
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The expansion of the 'Bridgerton' universe highlights the continued success of franchise-based streaming content and the influence of Shondaland in the television industry.
Dearest gentle "Bridgerton" viewers — rejoice, for a new prequel series about Lady Violet is headed to Netflix. The streamer and Shondaland announced Thursday that an untitled spinoff about the early life of the future matriarch of the Bridgerton clan is in the works. Shonda Rhimes and Nicholas Nardini will write and serve as showrunners on the limited series, which will tell the story of young Lady Violet's romance with her future husband, Viscount Edmund Bridgerton. The show will be the second spinoff set in the expanding world of the popular Regency romance following the 2023 prequel series "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story," which explored the early days of the eponymous queen's marriage to King George III.
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