It was just announced that The Great is coming back for a second season!
The satirical Hulu dramedy series, which stars Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult, has been renewed for a 10-episode season two.
The Great is about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia’s history, with only occasional historical facts.
The series was one of the top performing original comedies on the streaming service in 2020, and it only premiered less than two months ago!
Elle not only stars as Catherine the Great in the series, but she also serves as executive producer, and couldn’t hide her excitement about the news.
“I can’t hold it any longer! THE GREAT is renewed for a SEASON 2!!!!! Okay, now seriously @nicholashoult I’m going to get you this time…” she wrote on Instagram.
Elle Fanning rocks a flowing yellow dress while leaving a friend’s birthday party in Los Angeles over the weekend.
The 22-year-old The Great actress paired her look with rounded glasses, classic tennis shoes and a bold red bag. Elle was joined by her sister Dakota Fanning at the small Sweet 16 get together.
Elle and Dakota, who will be starring together in an upcoming movie as sisters, were seen chatting with some mutual friends while walking back to the car they came in.
If you missed it, the first trailer for Dakota‘s upcoming movie, Viena & The Fantomes, was just released and it looks so good!
Elle Fanning is dishing on taking on a comedic role for the first time.
The 22-year-old actress stars as Catherine, The Great in the new Hulu series The Great, alongside Nicholas Hoult.
“This is the first comedy that I’ve done, so I had to learn not to feel embarrassed,” Elle told Forbes. “[I told myself], ‘Like alright, don’t be embarrassed. Be Brave. Be Catherine. Pull a face, go for it, try this wacky thing. Do things that you would never do on a regular film set.’”
“We pride ourselves on not being historically accurate,” she added about if the comedic timing changes the factual story of Catherine, The Great.
The entire first season of The Great is now streaming on Hulu!
The World War II-based drama The Nightingale, which was expected to be released at the end of 2020, will now hit theaters on December 22, 2021 amid the global health crisis, Deadline reported on Thursday (April 30).
The real-life sisters will play on-screen sisters in the Melanie Laurent-directed story, which was adapted from the bestselling Kristin Hannah book.
Here’s a plot summary: “The Nightingale is set on the eve of World War II and follows the sisters’ struggle to survive and resist the German occupation of France. The story was inspired by the courageous women of the French Resistance who helped downed Allied airmen escape Nazi-occupied territory and hid Jewish children.”
Elle and Dakota Fanning were all set to star in their first movie together, called The Nightingale.
But now, The Wrap reports that the movie has been pulled from the release schedule for 2020.
The Nightingalestarred the real life sisters and sisters on screen, and followed them as the come of age in France on the eve of World War II and their struggle to survive the German occupation of France.
Production on the flick started in March, but was quickly stopped because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Elle and Dakota will resume filming the movie as soon as it is safe to do so.
The movie was expected to hit theaters around Christmas 2020.
Elle snapped the pic while posing in front of her bathroom mirror as she showed off her damp, pink hair.
Elle didn’t add a caption to the post, so we’re not sure if she dyed her hair for a new role, or if she’s just trying out something new. Either way, we think it’s a super cute look on her.
Check out Elle Fanning’s new pink hair in the gallery!
It’s pretty common for child actors to have their first kiss on screen and that’s just what happened to Elle Fanning!
The 21-year-old actress went on The Late Late Show on Tuesday night (March 10), and opened up about her first time kissing a boy in the movie Ginger & Rosa when she was 13.
“It was my first kiss total. Sally Potter, who was the director, she had such a spidey sense,” she revealed. “I thought I was really fooling her to be like, you know, ‘oh yeah, I’ve kissed many men.’”
“I obviously wasn’t fooling her because years later she was like, ‘just so you know, I know it was your first kiss and because of that I used the very first take, and that is in the movie,’” Elle continued. “My first kiss is on screen for eternity. I can watch my first kiss happen. It’s sweet, a bit embarrassing, but sweet.”
