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Canadian YouTuber Jus Reign developing new comedy for CBC

TORONTO – Independent production company Pier 21 Films announced this week it has partnered Canadian YouTube personality, Jasmeet Singh Raina (a.k.a. Jus Reign, above) on a new half-hour series Late Bloomer (working title), currently in development at the CBC. “Inspired by his own real-life experiences, Late Bloomer focuses on Raina’s journey navigating his newly found internet fame, dating, spirituality, culture, and his dysfunctional (yet loving) family. As a first-generation Indo-Canadian, his identity is constantly questioned as he struggles to find the balance between Eastern customs centered around community and the Western ideal of individualism,” reads the press release. “Jasmeet is...