{"id":5758,"date":"2016-03-17T09:01:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T13:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cbc-greenlights-rene-balcer-drama\/"},"modified":"2016-03-17T13:44:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T17:44:13","slug":"cbc-greenlights-rene-balcer-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cbc-greenlights-rene-balcer-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"CBC Orders Ren\u00e9 Balcer Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA: CBC is moving forward on <em>The Council<\/em> (working title), a thriller set within a remote Canadian Arctic town from Emmy Award-winning showrunner and writer Ren\u00e9 Balcer (<em>Law &amp; Order: Criminal Intent<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>From Lark Productions and Keston International Productions, the ten-episode series is set against the unfolding drama of our changing planet and draws inspiration from the true-to-life fight over the vast and valuable resources of the Arctic. The drama traces the journey of two cops who uncover a small-town murder that is at the heart of a global conspiracy. Production kicks off this summer, shooting in Resolute, Iqaluit, London, Copenhagen and Manitoba, with a fall launch slated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to be partnering with such a strong team to bring Canadian audiences this riveting and relevant drama series,\u201d said Sally Catto, the general manager of programming at CBC Television. \u201cIt is an honor to be working with the remarkably talented Ren\u00e9 Balcer, who brings his unique voice and passion for the subject matter to shine a light on the Canadian north.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 Ren\u00e9 Balcer (Law &amp; Order: Criminal Intent).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[564,565,566],"class_list":["post-5758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-cbc","tag-rene-balcer","tag-the-council","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CBC Orders Ren\u00e9 Balcer Drama - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cbc-greenlights-rene-balcer-drama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CBC Orders Ren\u00e9 Balcer Drama - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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 Ren\u00e9 Balcer (Law &amp; 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