Fox Nation acquires U.S. rights to Elizabeth Taylor Rebel Superstar

Fox Nation has acquired the U.S. rights to Elizabeth Taylor Rebel Superstar, a threepart docuseries produced by Kim Kardashian that will begin streaming on the Fox News–owned service on Monday, October 6. The series, originally commissioned by the BBC and released in the United Kingdom last year, offers an intimate look at the life, career and activism of the movie star Elizabeth Taylor.

The docuseries, produced by Kardashian in partnership with Passion Pictures and distributed internationally by Fremantle, uses archival material and new interviews to explore Taylor’s rise during Hollywood’s Golden Age, the private scandals that shaped her public image, and her later work as a high profile advocate in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The project includes what is described as the first filmed interview with Taylor’s son Chris Wilding and features reflections from Dame Joan Collins, Sharon Stone and Paris Jackson. Kardashian, who conducted Taylor’s final interview in 2011, appears in the series.

According to the series logline, the three episodes focus on distinct phases of Taylor’s life. The first traces her meteoric ascent in classical Hollywood, drawing on previously unheard...