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EXCLUSIVE: Canada‘s CBC and BBC Northern Ireland person greenlit Committed, a ten-part drama co-production starring Schitt’s Creek character Dustin Milligan and Derry Girls‘ Diona Doherty.
The bid will travel Milligan arsenic Canadian Peter Hooley (Schitt’s Creek, Hot Frosty) arsenic a precocious divided accountant who falls caput complete heels for Northern Irish female Julie Johnston, played by Doherty (Derry Girls, Blue Lights), aft a whirlwind play successful Toronto. He crosses nan Atlantic to state his love, only to find himself successful old-fashion and eccentric colony successful agrarian Northern Ireland.
Also formed are Ian McElhinney (Derry Girls, Game of Thrones), Dan Gordon (Blue Lights, Bloodlands), Muki Zubis (This is Going to Hurt), Seamus O’Hara (House of Guinness, Say Nothing), Patrick Buchanan (Blue Lights, Warrior), Chris McCurry (Belfast, Obituary), Athena Karkanis (Manifest, The Handmaid’s Tale) and Georgie Murphy (Stumble, Gen V).
The show comes from Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent shaper Cameron Pictures and Belfast-based Fabel Productions, and filming is underway successful County Down, Northern Ireland, pinch further scenes shooting successful Hamilton, Ontario. The bid is slated to premiere connected CBC and nan free CBC Gem streaming work successful wintertime 2027 and expected to aerial connected BBC Northern Ireland astir nan aforesaid time.
While it’s not different for accumulation companies successful Canada and nan UK, which stock English arsenic a first language, to talk co-productions, it’s rarer for taxable to travel to fruition, and particularly truthful for a comedy. The show is being made nether nan UK/Canada Co-Production Treaty and was was developed nether nan Northern Ireland Screen/Canada Media Fund Co-Development Initiative for Audiovisual Projects. Fox Entertainment Global is onboard arsenic world distributor.
Martin, Gerry Dee and Tim Loane, who is nan showrunner, are nan creators. Exec producers are Amy Cameron, Tassie Cameron and Alex Patrick for Cameron Pictures; Martin for Fabel; Loane and Dee; Jessie Gabe; and Molly McGlynn, who besides directs nan aviator and 4 episodes. Peter Huang directs 5 episodes. Co-executive producers are Milligan, Karen Tsang, Caledonia Brown and Shebli Zarghami.
Chris Martin is producer, and nan writers see Loane, Gabe and Zarghami, pinch nan supervising shaper being Kurt Smeaton and consulting shaper Linsey Stewart.
For CBC, Sally Catto is General Manager, Programming; Trish Williams is Executive Director, Scripted Content; Sandra Picheca is Director, Current Production, Comedy; and Mélanie Lê Phan is Executive successful Charge of Current Production. For BBC Northern Ireland, Eddie Doyle is Head of Content Commissioning and Jason Butler is Commissioning Editor. Additional financing was provided by nan Canada Media Fund and Northern Ireland Screen.
“Committed offers a classical fish-out-of-water drama intertwined pinch a unsocial emotion communicative that follows nan each excessively quality aftermath of a expansive romanticist gesture, alternatively than nan build-up to it,” said Sally Catto, General Manager, Entertainment, Factual and Sports, CBC. “We cognize nan show will link pinch audiences successful Canada and astir nan world acknowledgment to its bosom and authenticity, and are excited to beryllium partnering pinch BBC Northern Ireland alongside nan outstanding teams astatine Cameron Pictures and Fabel Productions.”
“Audiences are going to autumn successful emotion pinch this bold caller drama series,” said Jason Butler, BBC Northern Ireland Commissioning Editor. “We’ve a superb formed that viewers will beryllium acquainted pinch connected some sides of nan Atlantic – we’re delighted to invited Dustin to these shores starring alongside our ain Diona Doherty. And it’s awesome for BBC Northern Ireland to nexus up pinch CBC connected this innovative task helping to further create and support nan imaginative manufacture present and to bring a flavour of our Northern Ireland humour to drama fans further afield.”
“Committed brings together truthful galore of nan elements we worth successful awesome television: crisp writing, memorable characters and a communicative that bridges cultures successful a genuinely entertaining way,” said Amy Cameron, co-founder and executive shaper astatine Cameron Pictures.
“Reuniting pinch CBC connected a bid of this scope and collaborating intimately pinch Fabel Productions to bring this cross-Atlantic communicative to life, has been an energizing imaginative experience. This is simply a bid rooted successful spot and perspective, yet universally relatable, and we’re excited for audiences to autumn successful emotion pinch these characters arsenic overmuch arsenic we have.”
“To make a drama from this portion of this Island pinch each its quirks, immense hearts and ugly-beautiful glory is simply a profession highlight,” said Keith Martin, executive shaper astatine Fabel. “We’re truthful excited to stock our abrasive but loveable, overseas people and their daft wee organization pinch nan world. Wait until you spot our amazingly talented Canadian and beloved homegrown cast. A dream. Thank you to each of our partners for making nan leap successful nan sanction of emotion to a spot not often seen aliases celebrated. High hopes, drama pinch consequences and tons of animals to follow.”
Prentiss Fraser, President of Fox Entertainment Global said nan show “exemplifies nan benignant of distinctive, character-driven storytelling that travels, resonating crossed borders and cultures.”
