Netflix Period Drama 'La Revolution' Will Offer a Reimagined History of France

Alternate histories are all the rage at the moment, but Netflix's upcoming period drama La Revolution sounds particularly intriguing. Set during the latter years of the 18th century, the French-language series will reimagine the history of the French Revolution. But this time, instead of a starving populace rising up against the opulent court of King Louis XVI, the story will be centered around a strange disease - known as Blue Blood - that not only turns their blood a different color but drives the aristocracy to murder commoners.

(Which, you know, is probably reason enough for them to try and rise up to overthrow the elites if that's still where we're going with all this. Just guessing.)

Whether the strange disease that literally turns people's blood blue is caused by supernatural forces or something more human is yet to be determined, but wherever it comes from, something truly sinister appears to be at work. Thankfully, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin - yes, the man who would go on to invent France's most famous killing machine, the guillotine - is on the case and attempting to investigate what's happening.