TORONTO – Amazon Prime Video announced today production has started on The Lake, its first scripted Canadian Amazon Original comedy series.
The Lake is being filmed in northern Ontario from August to September and will star Jordan Gavaris (above, Orphan Black), Julia Stiles (Hustlers, The Bourne Identity) and Madison Shamoun (right, #blackAF, Black-ish).
“In The Lake, Justin (Jordan Gavaris) returns from living abroad after a break-up with his long-term partner, in the hope of reconnecting with the biological daughter that he gave up for adoption in his teens. His plans to create new memories with his city-loving daughter Billie (Madison Shamoun) at the idyllic lake from his childhood go awry when he finds out his father left the family cottage to his “picture-perfect” stepsister, Maisy-May (Julia Stiles),” a press release reads.
The show is produced by Amaze with Michael Souther and Teza Lawrence serving as executive producers (Carter, Call Me Fritz). Julian Doucet (Killjoys, St. Nickel) wrote the show and is also an executive producer on it.
Cast members include Jon Dore (Funny As Hell, Humour Resources), Carolyn Scott (Pushing Tin, Goosebumps), Natalie Lisinka (Orphan Black, The Expanse), Travis Nelson (Tucker and Dale vs Evil) and Declan Whaley (Criminal Minds).
“The Lake is the fourth announced Canadian Amazon Original series following the revival of the sketch comedy The Kids in the Hall, docu-series All or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs, and comedy-variety series LOL: Last One Laughing Canada,” the press release reads.
The show will be available exclusively on Prime Video in 2022 in over 240 countries and territories around the world.
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