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  • ‘Bridgerton’ season 2 to arrive on Netflix in March 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: The much-awaited second season of the runaway hit Netflix series “Bridgerton” will premiere on March 25, the streamer has announced.

    Based on Julia Quinn’s bestselling novels, the show is produced by media magnate Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland banner.

    The makers revealed the premiere date for the upcoming second season on the one-year anniversary of the first chapter on Saturday night.

    “One year ago today, our buzzy Ton was born. Happy Anniversary, dear readers. This author does hope you enjoy your gift… Bridgerton returns March 25, 2022, only on Netflix,” the post read on the official Instagram page of the show.

    The series is set in the competitive world of Regency-era London high society’s Ton during the season, when debutantes are presented at court.

    Created by Chris Van Dusen, the first season of “Bridgerton” revolves around the romance and marriage between the eldest Bridgerton daughter, Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings (Rege Jean-Page).

    According to Deadline, season two follows Lord Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey), the eldest Bridgerton sibling and Viscount, as he sets out to find a suitable wife.

    Driven by his duty to uphold the family name, Anthony’s search for a debutante who meets his impossible standards seems ill-fated until Kate (Simone Ashley) and her younger sister Edwina (Charithra Chandran) Sharma arrive from India.

    When Anthony begins to court Edwina, Kate discovers the true nature of his intentions — a true love match is not high on his priority list — and decides to do everything in her power to stop the union.

    But in doing so, Kate and Anthony’s verbal sparring matches only bring them closer together, complicating matters on both sides.

    Across Grosvenor Square, the Featheringtons must welcome the newest heir to their estate while Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) continues to navigate the Ton whilst keeping her deepest secret from the people closest to her.

    The main additions to the upcoming season also include Shelley Conn (Mary Sharma), Calam Lynch (Theo Sharpe) and Rupert Young (Jack).

    They join additional returning stars Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury), Lorraine Ashbourne (Mrs Varley), Harriet Cains (Philipa Featherington), Bessie Carter (Prudence Featherington), Phoebe Dynevor (Daphne Basset), Ruth Gemmell (Violet Bridgerton), Florence Hunt (Hyacinth Bridgerton), Martins Imhangbe (Will Mondrich), Claudia Jessie (Eloise Bridgerton), Luke Newton (Colin Bridgerton), Golda Rosheuvel (Queen Charlotte), Luke Thompson (Benedict Bridgerton), Will Tilston (Gregory Bridgerton), Polly Walker (Portia Featherington) and Julie Andrews as the voice of Lady Whistledown.

    Van Dusen, in his final season on “Bridgerton”, serves as showrunner.

    He executive produces with Rhimes and Betsy Beers.

    Production on season two began this year in May and concluded in November.

  • WATCH | Netflix releases first teaser of ‘Bridgerton’ season 2

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Netflix just dropped the much-awaited first teaser of the second season of the breakout hit romantic series ‘Bridgerton’.

    The Shondaland series which is currently in production is set in Regency-era London. Netflix on Saturday, September 25, 2021, released an intriguing preview of the upcoming season, that teases a new relationship between Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) and Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley).

    The 1 minute 7 seconds teaser opens with a testy meeting between Anthony and Kate, which most certainly will turn into romance later in the season.

    The much-awaited second season of the romantic drama will reportedly shift the focus from the love story between Daphne Bridgeton (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings (Rege-Jean Page) to Daphne’s elder brother Anthony’s romance with Kate. It will be based on Julia Quinn’s novel, ‘The Viscount Who Loved Me’.

    Reportedly, viewers will see Anthony looking to find a suitable wife to settle down with, after he breaks up with his secret girlfriend, Siena Rosso played by Sabrina Bartlett. He will end up finding Kate- a smart, headstrong young woman who suffers no fools including her to-be on-screen love Anthony.

    In the novel, Simone’s character is named Kate Sheffield. However, the show’s creative team previously decided her family would be of Indian descent and changed her surname to Sharma.

    British Indian actor Charithra Chandran has been cast as Kate’s younger sister- Edwina, who would be seen as the latest diamond of the first water.

    On the other hand, the first season’s incomparable beauty Daphne Bridgeton, played by Phoebe is also reprising her role in the second season, without her Duke, played by Rege who announced his exit from the forthcoming parts of the series, in April.

    Other additions to the cast for the coming season are Shelley Conn, Calam Lynch, Rupert Young and Rupert Evans, who will play Edmund, the Bridgerton patriarch.

    The Netflix series has already been renewed through season four, so there is plenty of your period soapy obsession to come. Each season will be inspired by a different Quinn’s book in the series and will focus on each of 8 Bridgerton children.

    Producer Shonda Rhimes has earlier revealed that the first season of the much-loved series was one of the long-awaited projects as part of the eight-show deal she made with Netflix in 2017.

    Season one of the series was narrated through the lens of a mysterious gossip columnist, Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews) who presented each episode with her famous opening line “Dear Readers…”

    With a viewership of 82 million households, ‘Bridgerton’ has become the most-watched series on Netflix. The series reached No. 1 in 76 countries on Netflix. In January 2021, Netflix announced that the series was renewed for a second season.

    However, in April 2021, creator Chris Van Dusen revealed on his Twitter handle that the series had additionally been renewed for a third and fourth season too. 

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