Academy award winner Kate Winslet is set to star in HBO's upcoming limited series, The Palace. 

Helmed by director Stephen Frears, the show has Succession writer and executive producer Will Tracy as the creator. Frears' previous credits include The Queen and State of the Union.

It is reported that the series, written by Seth Reiss, Juli Weiner, Jen Sprya, Gary Shteyngart and Sarah DeLappe, is about an authoritarian regime on the verge of unravelling. 

Apart from acting in The Palace, Winslet will also serve as one of the executive producers, and this project marks his second collaboration with HBO after Mare of Easttown. She will also star in and executive produce another HBO series, titled Trust.