Following the success of the limited series The Mare of Easttown, Kate Winslet rejoins HBO for the limited series The Palace. She will executive produce. It comes down from Succession team Will Tracy, Frank Rich, and The Queen director Stephen Frears. Tracy will serve as showrunner, writer, and executive producer. Frears directs, and executive produces, with Rich executive producing too.
The Kate Winslet HBO series The Palace goes inside the walls of a palace under an authoritarian regime that starts to crumble. It will be written by The Onion and former Late Night with Seth Meyers scribe Seth Reiss, Juli Weiner (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver), Jen Spyra (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Gary Shteyngart (The Russian Debutante’s Handbook), and Sarah DeLappe (Bodies Bodies Bodies).
Kate Winslet cast in HBO limited series The Palace
Kate Winslet reuniting with HBO for a new limited series is a good match after the success of The Mare of Easttown. The murder mystery found huge success with its four Emmy wins. It also starred Julianne Nicholson (The Outsider), Jean Smart (Hacks), Angourie Rice (Spider-Man: No Way Home), John Douglas Thompson (21 Bridges), Joe Tippett (The Morning Show), Guy Pierce (Memento), and Evan Peters (American Horror Story).
The Palace makes this the fourth HBO project for the actress. In 2011, she starred in Mildred Pierce. With Mare of Easttown, she stars, and executive produces Trust. She is getting ready to start filming the biopic Lee, based on the life and career of photographer Lee Miller, which she is producing.
Starting this December and onward, the actress will be quite busy. This December, she will star in the long-awaited sequel to Avatar, The Way of Water. Moving forward, she will star in Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin, Lee, and Fake!. Including the newest HBO series, Kate Winslet will be busy in the foreseeable future.
