Cate Blanchett To Play Elizabeth Again

Actress Cate Blanchett is set to reprise her role as Elizabeth I in a follow up film to the Oscar nominated Elizabeth.

Blanchett was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar in 1998 for the role and has now agreed to play the Queen again in new film ?The Golden Age?.

?The Golden Age? will aim to recapture the turbulent period, picking up 15 years later then where is left off.

It will portray Elizabeth relationship with her cousin Mary Queen of Scots who will be played by Samantha Morton.

Director Shekah Kapur will work his magic on ?The Golden Age? which according to the BBC will be made by Working Title Films.

Geoffrey Rush will be joining Blanchett and Kapur on the set of ?The Golden Age?, as will Clive Owen, Rhys Ifans and Michael Sheen.