TORONTO — CBC and production company 100 Dragons announced yesterday the new CBC Gem original series Hello (Again) created by Simu Liu and Nathalie Younglai has started principal photography and will continue to film until Oct. 25 in Toronto.
Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Kim’s Convenience) and Younglai (Coroner, founder of BIPOC TV & Film) are executive producers of the series, along with Alex Mallari Jr. The series is being produced by 100 Dragons founder Teresa M. Ho (Frankie Drake Mysteries, Departure, Anne with an E).
Hello (Again) is directed by Melanie Chung and stars Mallari (Workin’ Moms, Ginny & Georgia) and Rong Fu (Workin’ Moms, Hudson & Rex).
“When I pitched CBC three years ago, I was trying to carve out a path as a creator and craving a love story that was unapologetically Asian. They were totally on board,” says Liu, in a press release.
“Co-creating Hello (Again) with Nathalie Younglai has been fulfilling. I’m excited the project is going to camera.”
“When Simu approached me with this project, I was all in,” says Younglai. “It was fun for Simu and I, along with writers Leif Ramsaran and Leonard Chan, to pen a John Hughes-inspired rom-com without the racist Asian tropes.”
Hello (Again) was developed in association with CBC, produced with the financial participation of the Bell Fund and made possible with the support of Ontario Creates, the release says.
The international sales agent for the series is Todd Lituchy at New Media Vision.
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Hello (Again) logo borrowed from the series Twitter account.
