A 10-part drama about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II is to be screened by on-demand TV service Netflix.
The series, titled The Crown, is based on the hit West End play The Audience, in which Dame Helen Mirren portrays the monarch.
The Crown will be created by writer Peter Morgan and director Stephen Daldry — the pair behind The Audience.
British actress Claire Foy has been approached to play the young Elizabeth II, according to Deadline.com.
Foy is best known for TV dramas including White Heat, Little Dorrit, The Promise and the revived Upstairs Downstairs. She will also play Anne Boleyn in the new BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel Wolf Hall.
