Tag: CBC

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: Amybeth McNulty has been cast in the lead role of Anne Shirley in the new Netflix and CBC series Anne, based on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic novel Anne of Green Gables.

OTTAWA: CBC has commissioned the original 8x1-hour drama 21 Thunder from PMA Productions and Generic Productions.

TORONTO: Production is now underway on the third and final season of the original Canadian drama X Company, which will air on CBC in winter 2017.

OTTAWA: Anna Paquin (True Blood, Roots, Margaret, Alias Grace) is set to star in Bellevue, a new 8x1-hour drama premiering on CBC in winter 2017.

TORONTO: Margaret Atwood's award-winning novel Alias Grace is being turned into a six-hour miniseries by Noreen Halpern's Halfire Entertainment for CBC and Netflix.

TORONTO: CBC has acquired the broadcast rights to air seasons three, four and five of the hit drama Blackstone.

OTTAWA: CBC is moving forward on The Council (working title), a thriller set within a remote Canadian Arctic town from Emmy Award-winning showrunner and writer René Balcer (Law & Order: Criminal Intent).