New drama series about beloved Sisi, Queen of Hungary are coming

A second-period drama series about one of the most well-known and outstanding women in history, Sisi, the Queen of Hungary, is in the works! Production starts next year.

Actually, there is more than one group who wants to make a new period drama series about the famous empress.

Variety reports that the show will be made by Germany’s Story House Pictures and Austria-based Satel Film. They are collaborating on Sisi, a six-part drama which will go into production in 2020.

Andreas Gutzeit and Heinrich Ambrosch are producing. Writers of the show are Dorothee Schön and Sabine Thor-Wiedemann. The story will be told from the perspective of Sisi’s closest confidants, and the series takes a new look at her life, which reveals a multi-layered woman as she evolves from the youthful Sisi into Empress Elisabeth. Gutzeit said about the series:

“‘Sisi’ is a premium TV series that revives the splendor of the Habsburg monarchy and creates a memorable figure. Audiences all over the world will fall in love with her all over again.”

Picture Perfect Federation is also looking into a new Sisi project. They decided to collaborate with Amy Jenkins, a writer who has worked on Netflix’s The Crown. She will help to adapt Allison Pataki’s bestselling books into a series that will also tell the story of Sisi’s gradual embrace of her imperial power.