Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has a new stateside project. Fresh off the season four renewal of his U.K. hit, which airs on PBS in the United States, Fellowes has signed with NBC and Universal Television to develop a new period drama.
He'll write and produce The Gilded Age, a Downton Abbey-eseque drama that follows the millionaires of 1880s New York.
“We at the network are all so thrilled to be working with the immensely talented Julian Fellowes, who is universally admired for his critically and commercially appealing productions,” said NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke. “Having him on our team represents a major creative coup and everyone is looking forward to his first NBC project in The Gilded Age.”
Salke announced the news with Universal Television EVP Bela Bajaria.
“Having been thoroughly impressed by Julian’s wit, eloquence, vast historical knowledge and collaborative nature in my past development experience with him, I’m thrilled to be continuing our relationship at Universal Television,” said Bajaria. “The opportunity to work with him again was a goal of mine at Universal Television and I’m very excited about this potential new series.”
"This was a vivid time," Fellowes said of the project, "with dizzying, brilliant ascents and calamitous falls, of record-breaking ostentation and savage rivalry; a time when money was king."
More to come.
