
The four-part miniseries will follow the 18th century Russian monarch at the end of her reign, and explore her affair with Grigory Potemkin.
The four-part miniseries will follow the 18th century Russian monarch at the end of her reign, and explore her affair with Grigory Potemkin.
Soon we’ll be releasing the 2016 Hit List, our compilation of the best year’s best spec scripts as voted on by industry professionals. In preparation for its release, we’re taking a look back at the writers who made the Hit List in 2014 — where they were, and how far they’ve come in just one short year.
Barbra Streisand is heading behind the camera for the first time in almost twenty years as she signs on to helm Catherine The Great. The script was written by Hit List Alum Kristina Lauren Anderson.
Anderson is adapting Andrea Cremer and David Levithan’s “Infinity” for Warner Bros., and her buzzed-about spec “Catherine the Great” is in development at Atlas Entertainment.
Logline: Sophia Augusta’s marriage to Peter III, the Emperor of Russia, is anything but the fairy-tale life that she had been promised. In a thrilling historical tale of political intrigue, sex and murder, she takes control of her life, her marriage, and her kingdom, becoming Russia’s most celebrated and beloved monarch: Catherine the Great.
Logline: Sophia Augusta’s marriage to Peter III, the Emperor of Russia, is anything but the fairy-tale life that she had been promised. In a thrilling historical tale of political intrigue, sex and murder, she takes control of her life, her marriage, and her kingdom, becoming Russia’s most celebrated and beloved monarch: Catherine the Great