HBO Announces 3rd Season of The Gilded Age — Boost for RI’s Film Industry
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HBO Announces 3rd Season of The Gilded Age — Boost for RI’s Film Industry
The cable series has been a significant boost to Newport tourism and attendance at the mansions.
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is the creator of The Gilded Age.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe show just finished broadcasting its second season. In the first two seasons, Newport was the backdrop to the period piece.
“We’re so proud of what Julian Fellowes and The Gilded Age family have achieved,” said Francesca Orsi, executive vice president of HBO Programming and head of HBO Drama Series and Films. “From the costumes to the production design and performances, the show has captivated so many week after week. Along with our partners at Universal Television, we are thrilled to continue this grand tale for a third season.”
About the Series:
The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic change, great conflict between the old ways and brand new systems, and huge fortunes made and lost. From Oscar and Emmy winner Julian Fellowes, The Gilded Age follows a young woman who moves in with her old-money aunts and quickly gets entangled in the social war between them and their new-money neighbors. In a world on the brink of the modern age, will she follow the rules of society or forge her own path?
In Season 2 of The Gilded Age, Bertha inches toward a leading role in society, Marian starts teaching, Ada begins a new courtship, and Peggy taps into her activist spirit.
Creator/writer/executive producer, Julian Fellowes; executive producer, Gareth Neame; executive producer, David Crockett; director/executive producer, Michael Engler; executive producer, Bob Greenblatt; writer/executive producer, Sonja Warfield; executive producer, Salli Richardson-Whitfield. The Gilded Age is a co-production between HBO and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.