‘Big Love’ Creators & Talipot Studio Developing Historical Drama Series About Mexican Emperor Maximilian & Wife Carlota
Exclusive: Big Love and Getting On creators Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer are developing a three-year drama series about Maximilian of Habsburg and his wife Carlota for Talipot Studio. The series is based on the Fernando del Paso novel, Noticias del Imperio.
The as-yet-untitled project will tell the story of the final dramatic attempt of the European monarchy to impose its will in the New World.
Production will travel to Mexico, Paris, Vienna, and Rome following the Austrian archduke and his spouse’s— born the Princess of Belgium— ill-fated tenure as Emperor and Empress of Mexico during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1867), and their marriage, as well as the lives of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie de Montijo of France; Empress Elizabeth and Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria; and Mexican President Benito Juarez and First Lady Margarita Maza Juarez.
Olsen and Scheffer will serve as creators and showrunners. Mexican...
The as-yet-untitled project will tell the story of the final dramatic attempt of the European monarchy to impose its will in the New World.
Production will travel to Mexico, Paris, Vienna, and Rome following the Austrian archduke and his spouse’s— born the Princess of Belgium— ill-fated tenure as Emperor and Empress of Mexico during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1867), and their marriage, as well as the lives of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie de Montijo of France; Empress Elizabeth and Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria; and Mexican President Benito Juarez and First Lady Margarita Maza Juarez.
Olsen and Scheffer will serve as creators and showrunners. Mexican...
- 11/5/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
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