In December 2020, Netflix announced it was about to start production on a 6-part series weith the working title The Empress based on the life of the Austrian Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria, nicknamed Sisi. The series would be directed by Katrin Gebbe and Florian Cossen with Bernd Lange and Jana Nandzik writing. Devrim Lingnau and Philip Froissant were announced as being cast in the lead roles.[5]