MIPCOM Spotlight: Sullivan Entertainment

CANNES: One of Canada’s most well-established production outfits, Sullivan Entertainment has developed a deep library of period dramas, including the Anne of Green Gables franchise.

“For the past two years we’ve worked with NHK restoring over 140 hours of Anne of Green Gables from the original negatives,” says Kevin Sullivan, the company’s CEO. “We’re looking at expanding [the] franchise. The last film we produced was in 2009, with Shirley MacLaine and Barbara Hershey. We’re looking at producing more episodes with Canadian broadcasters. We have all the copyright to all of our works, plus all the trademarks to Anne and all the related properties.”

The company is also working on a new period piece, Polo, set in the 1920s. “I happen to have a family of polo players, so I am well schooled in the world of the game. I thought it would be really interesting to develop that world at one of the high points of its inception in the 20th century.”

Rounding out Sullivan’s slate of highlights for MIPCOM is the documentary Out of the Shadows.