No teenage story is safe from the CW, the network behind Gossip Girl and America’s Next Top Model, which is said to be developing a show about Mary Queen of Scots. Specifically, the series will focus on young Mary’s early life spent with her mother in France before she ascended the Scottish throne at 18. Tentatively titled Reign, the show’s creators Laurie McCarthy and Stephanie SenGupta have described the concept as “Game Of Thrones meets Marie Antoinette — if Marie Antoinette had a girl posse and was coming of age as a warrior queen.” So, yeah, I’ll be watching.
[via jezebel]
Mary Queen of Scots did not live with her mother in France. Smell Hollywood here…
Mary Queen of Scots acceded to the Scots throne at the age of 6 days, not 18 years. She returned to Scotland at the age of 18 and began her active reign at that time.