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Netflix Announces Bridgerton Prequel About Violet and Edmund’s Romance
Netflix has announced a new show connected to Bridgerton.
It will be a prequel, which means its story happens before the main show.
The new series will follow a younger Lady Violet and her romance with Viscount Edmund.
They are the parents of the Bridgerton siblings.
Shonda Rhimes and Nicholas Nardini will write and lead the series.
Tom Verica will direct it.
The cast has not been announced yet.
One report says the fifth season is filming, while another says it will arrive in 2027.
Netflix announced a limited-series prequel focused on young Lady Violet Bridgerton and Viscount Edmund Bridgerton.
The series will explore the romance of the couple, parents of the Bridgerton siblings.
Shonda Rhimes and Nicholas Nardini are set to write and showrun the prequel.
Tom Verica will executive produce and direct, with Rhimes and Betsy Beers also executive producing.
The prequel’s cast has not been announced; reports differ on whether Bridgerton season five is filming or set to arrive in 2027.
- Who
- Netflix announced a prequel about young Lady Violet Bridgerton and Viscount Edmund Bridgerton.
- What
- A limited-series spinoff will tell the couple’s romance.
- Where
- The series is being made for Netflix.
- When
- The announcement was made on a Thursday; no release date for the prequel was given.
- Why
- The series will explore the love story of the parents of the Bridgerton siblings.
Key facts
- Format
- Limited-series prequel
- Central characters
- Young Lady Violet Bridgerton and Viscount Edmund Bridgerton
- Writers and showrunners
- Shonda Rhimes and Nicholas Nardini
- Director
- Tom Verica
- Executive producers
- Shonda Rhimes, Nicholas Nardini, Tom Verica, and Betsy Beers
- Casting
- The prequel’s cast has not been announced
- Season five
- One article says it is filming; another says it is arriving in 2027
Quotes
Bridgerton makers
The producers of the Bridgerton series, announcing the prequel on X.
“A new series, chronicling the romance of a young Violet and Viscount Edmund Bridgerton, is underway.”
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