‘The Crown’ Season 5 filming postponed until 2021: report
The last season of the Netflix series aired in 2019
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“The Crown” won’t return to Netflix until 2022 due to a production break.
Left Bank Pictures, the company that produces “The Crown,” plans to resume filming for Season 5 in June 2021, Deadline reported.
The delay in filming, however, is reportedly not related to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Sources told the outlet that the show usually takes extended breaks during filming.
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Matt Smith and Claire Foy in "The Crown." (Robert Viglasky/Netflix)
There was a two-year gap between the release of Seasons 2 and 3. Season 4 was released on Netflix in 2019.
Because Season 5 isn't beginning filming until next year, the sixth and final season won’t film until 2022, according to the outlet.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Erin Doherty, Marion Bailey, Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Watkins, Josh O'Connor, guest and Peter Morgan attend the World Premiere of Netflix Original Series "The Crown" Season 3. (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage)
The latest revelation comes after the writer and creator of the show announced that “The Crown” would have a Season 6 after it was previously announced that Season 5 would be the show’s last.
“As we started to discuss the storylines for Series 5, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons," the show’s writer and creator Peter Morgan said in a statement.
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Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip in the Netflix series "The Crown." (Netflix)
Morgan continued: “To be clear, series six will not bring us any closer to present-day — it will simply enable us to cover the same period in greater detail.”
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Olivia Colman will portray Queen Elizabeth II for Season 5 “before she passes the crown to Imelda Staunton,” Netflix revealed.
Left Bank Pictures and Netflix did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment.