TORONTO – Bell Media’s independent production team currently has 29 drama projects in development for its stable of conventional networks and specialty channels, joining 20 comedy projects for potential new pilots and/or series.
Associated with the projects are established writers and producers including Ilana Frank (Saving Hope, Rookie Blue), Paul Haggis (Crash), Bill Mustos and Anne Marie La Traverse (Flashpoint), Salvatore Stabile (Revenge), Katie Ford (Miss Congeniality, Desperate Housewives), Steve Blackman (Private Practice, Bones), Robert. C Cooper (Stargate Sg-1, Stargate Atlantis), and Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern (Flashpoint).
The company added that, once again, it has engaged some of the most respected production companies in the country, including eOne, Shaftesbury, Omnifilm Entertainment, Thunderbird Films, LARK Productions, Darius Films, Don Carmody Productions, Prospero Pictures, Sienna Films, and Whizbang Films.
“We’re proud to be in a position to work with some of the best and most seasoned creative talent in the business, respected not only in Canada but all over the world,” said Corrie Coe, SVP of independent production, in the news release. “We look forward to continuing to work with them to develop these extraordinary projects, and we are excited to add even more to our development slate in the spring.”
