Chinese actress-producer Liu Xiaoqing will star in and co-produce “Empress,” a U.S. television series in development about the seventh and eighth century empress Wu Zetian, Variet y has learned exclusively.

Variety了解到中國演員兼制片人——劉曉慶將在參演并參與制作《女皇》,這是一個美國電視劇講述的是在公元7、8世紀女皇武則天的故事。

Wu Zetian was the only empress in China’s 4,000 year history and ruled during the two decades of the Zhou dynasty. Liu will join forces with “Game of Thrones” executive producer Christopher Newman; Starlight Media; and Kia Jam, CEO of K.Jam Media.

武則天是中國4000年歷史上唯一的一位女皇帝,并且她統(tǒng)治周朝長達20年。劉曉慶這次將與《權(quán)利的游戲》執(zhí)行制片人Christopher Newman、Starlight Media、還有K.Jam Media的CEO K.Jam。

The producers are planning to begin airing the series in late 2018.

制作人們表示本劇計劃在2018年下半年上映。