According to the Edition of the Deadline in the exclusive material, the release of the fifth season of the British television series "Crown" about the life of Queen Elizabeth II will take place not earlier than 2022. According to the source, the Netflix stream service and the Left Bank Pictures television company decided not to shoot the series this year. The work should be resumed in June of the next year, when the shooting of the fifth season starts. At the same time, it is reported that the proceedings in production was scheduled for a long time and is not a consequence of a Pandemic COVID-19 or any other problems.
Previously, the creators of the "crown" were already resorted to a similar break, which took place between the second and third seasons of the show. Then the "holidays" lasted two years, after which Olivia Colman changed Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth. Given that the fifth season will be filmed in June 2021, the sixth and final season "Crown" will be filmed in 2022.
In two final seasons, the "crown" Queen Elizaven will play another actress - she will be 64-year-old Imelda Stanton. For the role of Princess Margaret was approved Leslie Manville. On other changes in the cast NetFlix will be announced later. As for the upcoming fourth season, he will be broadcast until the end of 2020.