Wolf Hall will return for a season 2 with the entire original cast

The brilliant 2015 historical series picks up the story of Henry VIII and Cromwell where it left off.

Crowned best mini-series at the Golden Globes in 2016, the saga Wolf Hall will return to our screens. Season 1, broadcast in 2015 on the BBC and in France on Arte (under the title In the shadow of the Tudors) covered the first two volumes of Hilary Mantel’s literary saga. A trilogy that season 2 of Wolf Hall will complete, by bringing to the screen The Mirror and the Light (published in 2020).

Filming will begin soon, announces the BBC, which reveals that, ten years later, Mark Rylance will reprise his role as Thomas Cromwell, while Damian LewisJonathan Pryce, Kate Phillips and Lilit Lesser are also confirmed, who respectively play King Henry VIII, Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour, and Princess Mary (Henry’s daughter and first wife Catherine d ‘Aragon).

Wolf Hall will be produced again by Peter Kosminskyand adapted by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).

“We are all determined to finish what we started – and to honor the final novel written by one of the greatest literary figures of our time, Hilary Mantel”comments Kosminsky in a press release.

“The Mirror and the Light picks up exactly where Wolf Hall left off, with the execution of Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. explained the director. “I’m thrilled to be able to bring together the extraordinary cast we were lucky enough to have for Wolf Hall, led by the brilliant Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis, with the original creative team of Gavin Finney (cinematographer), Pat Campbell (designer). ) and Joanna Eatwell (costume designer). The Mirror and the Light opens in May 1536, with the death of Anne Boleyn (previously played by Claire Foy). Cromwell, in turn, emerges from the bloodbath to continue his rise to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry, settles into fleeting happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour. Cromwell, a man who can only rely on his intelligence, has no large family to support him, nor a private army. Navigating the moral complexities that accompany the exercise of power in this brutal and bloody time, he is caught between his desire to do what is right and his instinct for survival…”

No release date yet.