Multi-award-winning Helen Mirren will play the lead role in Catherine the Great, the third commission from Sky and HBO’s high-end global drama partnership.
Written by Nigel Williams for New Pictures, Helen Mirren and Philip Martin.
Catherine the Great is a four-part drama that delves into the politically-tumultuous and sexually-charged court of the most powerful female monarch in history.
Helen Mirren said: “I am very excited by the possibility of embodying a woman from history who grabbed and then wielded great power.