Tag: Shaftesbury

BYUtv, Shaftesbury and Beta Film will be working together on the Canadian veterinary procedural Barton Vet.

A new report from the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and Shaftesbury has found that Murdoch Mysteries has driven more than C$1 billion in economic output in Ontario, contributed C$766 million to the Canadian GDP and provided 9,590 full-time jobs across 18 seasons.

Acorn TV has ordered a second season of its Alicia Silverstone-led drama Irish Blood following the finale of season one.

FilmRise has picked up the U.S. distribution rights to the Peacock original series Departure.

Crave and Shaftesbury have begun production on the six-episode crime drama Underbelly, starring Stephen Amell (Arrow), Hamza Haq (Transplant) and Minnie Driver (The Serpent Queen).

AMC Networks’ Acorn TV has greenlit and begun production on Irish Blood, with Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Bugonia) starring and executive producing.

Carlo Dusi, former managing director of Endor Productions, has launched the new indie Turning Point, with backing from Canada’s Shaftesbury (Departure, Murdoch Mysteries, Hudson & Rex, SisterS).

Acorn Media Enterprises (AME) and Sky NZ have commissioned the New Zealand thriller The Sounds, with all3media’s New Zealand production company South Pacific Pictures and the Toronto-based Shaftesbury co-producing.

CBC has greenlit Frankie Drake, a tentatively titled original detective series starring Lauren Lee Smith (This Life, The Listener).

EDMONTON: The Canadian pay-TV network Super Channel has slated its new original psychological thriller Slasher for an April 1 debut.