The Great Season 2 Teaser Sets Return Date for Hulu Comedy Series

August 9, 2021

Hulu has finally released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming second season of Hulu’s acclaimed period comedy series The Great, confirming that the Elle Fanning-led series has been slated to make its return on November 19.

The Great Season 2 teaser, which you can check out in the player below, continues to follow the rise of Fanning’s Catherine as she now prepares for motherhood. It also highlights Catherine’s chaotic and childish war against her husband, Emperor Peter for the throne of Russia. It also provides us our first look at Golden Globe winner Gillian Anderson in her guest-starring role as Catherine’s glamourous socialite mother Joanna.

The Great is a satirical, comedic drama centered around the rise of Catherine the Great through 18th Century Russia from outsider to the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia’s history. It is being led by Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult.

The synopsis for the second season reads, “Catherine finally takes the Russian throne for her own – but if she thought coup-ing her husband was difficult, it’s nothing compared to the realities of liberating a country that doesn’t want to be. She’ll battle her court, her team, even her own mother in a bid to bring the Enlightenment to Russia. Meanwhile, she’ll also battle her heart as Peter slowly transitions from a much-hated husband to a prisoner? Ally? Lover? Ultimately, Catherine will learn that to change a country, you must let it change you, that there is a fine line between idealism and delusion, and that becoming “Great” will ask more of her than she could have imagined.”

The series also stars Phoebe Fox as Marial, Adam Godley, Gwilym Lee as Grigor, Charity Wakefield, Douglas Hodge, and Sacha Dhawan.

The Great is written and executive produced by Tony McNamara (The Favourite) with Matt Shakman (Game Of Thrones) serving as the director. Fanning and Marian Macgowan are also serving as executive producers.

For its first season, the series had earned three major Golden Globe nominations including Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy as well as Best Actress and Best Actor for Fanning and Hoult. It also received two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Writing.