Industry insiders were … The Great showrunner Tony McNamara talks about Season 1 of the Hulu comedy, casting Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult, the finale ending, and more. Tony McNamara, The Favourite’s screenwriter and also the genius behind The Great (that was Emmy-nominated for ‘outstanding writing’), said they had ‘roughly’ planned to introduce key historical figures in Catherine’s life, like the Orlov family. Academy Award-nominated writer Tony McNamara (The Favourite) on developing The Great from a play to a feature to the TV series, working with US studios, writing process and more.Tony McNamara on the set of The Great. Tony McNamara, who co-wrote Oscar darling The Favourite, certainly sees the humor in it. Before becoming a playwright, screenwriter and showrunner, Tony McNamara was a stockbroker who had failed year 11 English. Over a decade later, the couple share two children (aged four and six), and a 21-year-old stepdaughter from McNamara's first marriage. Belinda Bromilow as Aunt Elizabeth in The Great. Tony McNamara’s dramedy The Great, previously seen on Hulu, comes to Channel 4 on Sunday, 3 January 2021. Tony was born in Kilmore and educated at Assumption College. Il s'agit d'une libre adaptation de la vie de l'impératrice russe Catherine II, surnommée « Catherine... avec Elle Fanning, Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox. The Great starring Elle … Inicialmente iludida com um casamento amoroso, ela se depara com um marido depravado, infiel e fútil. The Great, Australian screenwriter Tony McNamara's hilarious take on the life of Russian sovereign Catherine the Great, does none of that. Tony McNamara reveals why he changed 'The Great's script from a film to a series, what lines he's not willing to cross, and the biggest writing challenges presented by the show. Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult star in 'The Favourite' co-writer Tony McNamara's take on Catherine the Great for Hulu. The Great est une série de comédie dramatique américaine de 10 épisodes, créée par Tony McNamara. “For me, period stuff was always very polite and I wasn’t a huge fan of politeness,” admits creator and showrunner Tony McNamara about his new period comedy “The Great,̶… Interestingly, while The Favourite preceded The Great by two years, it was McNamara’s pilot script for the series that landed him the former gig. The Great is Tony McNamara's distinctive comic take on the rise and reign of Catherine the Great of Russia. McNamara has also served as a writer on some Australia’s most memorable television series, including The Secret Life of Us, Doctor Doctor, and Spirited. The series stars Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult as the Empress Catherine II and Emperor Peter III of All Russia, respectively. Tony McNamara. TONY MCNAMARA’s THE FAVOURITE snatching up 8 prizes at the 2019 European Film Awards; AWGIE Nominations; Hulu commissions THE GREAT; Tony McNamara and Fiona Crombie win at the BAFTA’s! Screenwriter Tony McNamara made bigger waves on our screens after he penned the Oscar-winning screenplay for The Favourite for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. As a playwright and screenwriter, Tony McNamara was never particularly interested in scripting the period piece. After a brief and despised period working in the financial markets, he studied writing at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and then scriptwriting at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. TONY MCNAMARA’s ‘THE GREAT’ is due to premiere on Hulu in the U.S. in May! Hulu’s The Great is a history lesson turned on its head, and no one does that type of storytelling like Tony McNamara. The Great, de Tony McNamara. Originating in 2008, as a play performed at the Sydney Theatre Company, The Great was adapted first as a film, before McNamara recognized that the story at hand was better suited to the expanse of TV. Now, after being nominated for an Oscar for The Favourite, he brings his acerbic dialogue and honest storytelling to his new TV series, The Great. The Great, with Elle Fanning playing … The first season of The Great was created, written and executive produced by Tony McNamara and executive produced by Marian Macgowan, Thruline’s Josh Kesselman and Ron West, Echo Lake’s Brittany Kahan Ward, Doug Mankoff and Andrew Spaulding, Elle Fanning, Mark Winemaker and Matt Shakman. Catarina, uma bela jovem da nobreza, é escolhida para casar-se com o czar Pedro III, imperador da Rússia. The Great is a 2020 comedy-drama television series loosely based on the rise of Catherine the Great, Empress of All Russia.All 10 episodes of the first season were released on Hulu on May 15, 2020. "The Great" is based on Tony McNamara's stage play that premiered in Sydney in 2008. Writer Tony McNamara reflects on how his pilot script for The Great landed him a gig with Yorgos Lanthimos despite a distaste for period. His script for The Favourite was one of the most lauded screenplays in the last ten years, and he has an effortless knack for charging history with a dark, twisted humor that makes any kind of school lesson more bearable. Kaitlin is joined remotely by Tony McNamara—the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning screenwriter and writer-creator of the satirical Hulu series THE GREAT—to discuss The Great’s journey from theater to television, how smart women take on the status quo, and why the show’s depiction of sex is so refreshing. While promoting his Oscar-nominated work on 2018’s The Favourite, writer Tony McNamara expressed a dissatisfaction with period drama. “I saw a lot of Pinter, a lot of Mamet, Caryl Churchill … I was struck by how visceral it was, how you could "The Great" is the cheeky post-enlightment balm we've been waiting for Hulu's new period piece from Tony McNamara is an absolute delight and in our anti-intellectual age, a comfort Creator Tony McNamara explains the depraved games of the Hulu's "The Great," with Elle Fanning as Catherine the Great and Nicholas Hoult as her manchild spouse. Creator Tony McNamara of “The Favourite” on the origins of his “occasionally true” story about Catherine the Great, which stars Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult and is now available on Hulu. Notoriously fond of horses, Tony reveals that she also had a soft spot for bears. TONY MCNAMARA’s ‘THE GREAT’ – trailer out now! In the play he mines the comedy and sadness of her passage from sweet innocent abroad, through the pain of a disastrous arraned marriage, to the very apogee of Russian demagoguery. Aussie writer/director Tony McNamara is the creator, showrunner and executive producer of Hulu's The Great, the new 10-episode series starring Elle Fanning as Catherine the Great and Nicholas Hoult as Russian Emperor Peter the Third.