The trailer for Canal+’s upcoming TV series, Marie Antoinette (2022), just dropped, and it’s not as bad as I feared! The series stars German actress Emilia Schüle as the legendary French queen, while the creator and writer is Deborah Davis, who wrote The Favourite (2018). It’s being billed as a feminist take on Marie-Antoinette, according to Vogue.
I totally stand by my rant about the first real still from the film, but luckily it doesn’t look like the whole thing will be a Disneyfied sparkle-motion princess disaster like that first ensemble implied.
Let’s take a look at some of the trailer’s highlights:
You know I’ll be watching and reviewing the shit out of this as soon as it drops! So, stay tuned, and share your thoughts in the comments.
Love your source illustrations (and citations!)
Any idea if this will air in the States???
The BBC has picked it up, so I’m sure it will eventually.
I understand why they’re sticking to one, obviously adult actress. It would still be nice if they hired someone baby-faced to play Marie Antoinette in her earliest days at Versailles, underscore SHE WAS 14 when she first had to navigate this world.
Is Mary any relation to the fab British actor Bill? We need a Man Candy on him. Not sure on this Marie Antoinette bc no daughter of Maria Theresa would be caught dead with skirt hiking (er maybe with getting on a horse) or beachy waves. Looks very Woke. Yeck
She’s his daughter.
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The pic with the (possible) Chevalier de Saint-Georges reminds me there was a movie about him in the making, but I haven’t read anything about it in ages. Does anyone know about this?
It actually just showed at the Toronto Film Festival! There are reviews on Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chevalier_2022
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better casting choice for the future Louis XVI. Nice that they seem to be giving him some depth
The pic of her in the sheer white, the stars in her hair remind me of the same do for the silver ‘Rocket Gown’ from the 1938 Norma Shearer movie!
So this looks like it’s one of these strange multi-national productions, like ‘Borgia’ and ‘Versailles,’ where it’s filmed in English despite the actors countries of origin and then dubbed for various markets. According to IMDb, an executive producer on this was also one on ‘Versailles,’ therefore, considering the highest quality part of that show was its opening title sequence, I’m not holding my breath for a masterpiece.
I’m not kidding myself either – I will probably watch this to the bitter end.
The costumes do not look bad but I’m tired of the poor teenagy take on her, just to make a « cool » show… that was original in 2006 with Coppola, now it just feels so cliché.
The thing that has me the most worked up/worried is James Purefoy as Louis XV. Why? I mean, I love him, but who is his agent?
The young Louis XVI looks scary good! I cannot wait to see him
Am I the only one that already hates it? And I am a Marie Antoinette die hard. I really hate the style and the casting of Marie Antoinette . The hair color, eyes and the nose! This really makes me want to cry.