VANCOUVER — Thunderbird Entertainment Group announced today production is currently underway on a second spin-off of the Highway Thru Hell franchise for Bell Media’s Discovery channel.
The working title for the new original factual series is Mud Mountain, and Discovery has ordered eight one-hour episodes, says the news release. The series is produced by Great Pacific Media, Thunderbird’s factual division, and Bell Media Studios. Bell Media will handle worldwide distribution for the series.
Mud Mountain is set in the high mountains of British Columbia, just down the road from the Highway Thru Hell, where giant logs and bigger pay days beckon men to take huge risks. No one is willing to go deeper in the mud than the Lebeau brothers, Craig and Brent, who are third-generation family loggers, with very different styles and separate operations. “Now, wicked weather, and an even more frigid economy, has forced the brothers to bury the hatchet, and work together to survive road building, logging and brotherhood on the steepest, muddiest mountains anywhere,” reads the release.
The new series will create 300 jobs, many in rural British Columbia, says the company release. Thunderbird says it has implemented strict health and safety cultures on all of its shows, which has enabled the company to remain fully operational throughout Covid-19. These protocols and measures were key to the safe development and production of the new Mud Mountain series, says the release.
“It is an important commission. In the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, our partners have showed incredible courage to support the industry in this way,” said Mark Miller, president of Thunderbird Entertainment, in the release.
