Ovation Unveils Trailer for 'Versailles' Final Season

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Ovation Monday (July 9) released a first-look trailer at the final season of its original drama series Versailles, which debuts Oct. 6.

Season three of the series finds King Louis XIV (George Blagden) attempting to regain control of his own life, his precious Versailles, and France itself, Ovation said. But rebellion is in the air, and new challenges are brewing inside Versailles, as well as outside. 

Emboldened by his new favorite mistress, Madame de Maintenon (Catherine Walker), the king won’t relent in his quest for absolute power, convinced of his own divine powers. Meanwhile, Queen Marie-Thérèse (Elisa Lasowski) becomes intimate with her cousin, Louis’s archenemy Leopold (Rory Keenan), and Prince Philippe (Alexander Vlahos) suspects his brother is hiding a dark secret that only a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask can corroborate.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.