Hulu orders a third series of The Great
Hulu has renewed its hit historical comedy-drama The Great for a third run.
Starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult as Catherine the Great and Emperor Peter III respectively, the series was created by Tony McNamara, who also exec produces.
The “anti-historical”, satirical drama will comprise 10 episodes for S3.
McNamara also exec produces alongside Hoult and Fanning, plus Mark Winemaker, Marian Macgowan, Doug Mankoff, Andrew Spaulding, Brittany Kahan Ward, Ron West, Josh Kesselman and Matt Shakman. MRC and Civic Center Media produce for Hulu.
While the second series used Three Mills Studios as its production base, the drama involves a huge amount of location work.
Over the first two seasons, UK locations have included Hever Castle, Ham House, Belvoir Castle, Hatfield House, Castle Howard, the St Clere estate, London and York. Some scenes were also filmed in Caserta, Italy.
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