The Bridgertons Chronicle will soon be back on Netflix! One year after the launch of the series, which hit hard, the platform announced the launch date of season 2, via a funny video.
A real success. Online on December 25, 2020 on Netflix, season 1 of the series The Bridgertons Chronicle, adapted from the novels of Julia Quinn, delighted lovers of romantic comedies and costume fiction. First production of Shonda Rimes (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal) for the streaming platform, this series shed light on strong heroines, an inclusive cast and, of course, love stories that kept viewers spellbound. Without forgetting these sumptuous ballroom scenes in costumes. And the Netflix subscribers who bingewatched with pleasure these first episodes had the good surprise to learn, last January, that the platform had ordered a season 2. After a shooting which had to be postponed due to the Covid pandemic -19, Chris Van Dusen, creator and showrunner of The Bridgertons Chronicle, announced last November that the Season 2 episodes were in the box! But when will they be available on Netflix? The actors have a nice Christmas present for the fans, since they revealed the release date of this second season Saturday, December 25, one year to the day after the launch of season 1.
“Happy birthday”
In video shared on YouTube, the actors who will appear in the series, in particular Jonathan Bailey (the interpreter ofAnthony bridgerton) and Simone Ashley (who plays the new character of Kate sharma), were filmed reading a letter from the famous Lady Whistledown (whose French voice is well known to you). This woman, who is reminiscent of the anonymous voice of Gossip Girl, is a character steeped in mystery, who collects a lot of gossip to disseminate it in a newspaper. “Happy birthdayLady Whistledown first wrote. Before continuing: “It is customary for a first anniversary to offer a journal, dear readers. I hope you find this informative.” The letter ends with the announcement expected by all: “Bridgerton returns on March 25, 2022!“
The loves of Anthony Bridgerton
After recounting the adventures of Daphne Bridgerton, played by Phoebe Dynevor, and Simon, the Duke of Hastings played by Regé-Jean Page, the series will focus, in its season 2, on Anthony Bridgerton, the eldest of the Bridgerton family. And this, in accordance with volume 2 of the literary saga written by Julia Quinn. The plot will focus on the loves of the viscount, determined to find a wife, after having to give up his romance with an opera singer. He will then meet Kate Sharma, whose role was landed by Simone Ashley, whom subscribers of the platform have already seen in Sex Education. This young woman, “newly arrived in London“, is described as”intelligent, stubborn, unimpressed by any man – including Anthony Bridgerton “. Which suggests many twists and turns …
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