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Production starts on season two of Pretty Hard Cases


TORONTO — CBC, Cameron Pictures and NBCUniversal International Studios announced today production is underway on the second season of CBC’s buddy-cop drama Pretty Hard Cases, which is set to premiere in winter 2022.

Being filmed in and around Toronto, this season (12 episodes x 60 minutes) will see new faces joining the cast, including Sonja Smits (American Gods, Eleventh Hour), K.C. Collins (Clarice, The Strain) and Ben Bass (Rockie Blue, Burden of Truth).

The series stars Meredith MacNeill (above left, Baroness von Sketch Show) as Detective Sam Wazowski and Adrienne C. Moore (above right, Orange is the New Black) as Detective Kelly Duff. This season finds the pair in brand new territory working as official partners for the first time.

Reprising their roles are Karen Robinson (Schitt’s Creek) as Unit Commander Edwina Shanks, Al Mukadam (Miss Sloan) as Detective Taai Nazeer, Percy Hynes White (The Gifted) as Sam’s son Elliot Wazowski, Katie Douglas (Ginny & Georgia) as Elliot’s girlfriend Jackie Sullivan, and Daren A. Herbert (Kim’s Convenience) as Detective Nathan Greene.

A CBC original series, Pretty Hard Cases is produced by Cameron Pictures in association with CBC and NBCUniversal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group.

The series is co-created by Tassie Cameron (Mary Kills People, Ten Days in the Valley, Rookie Blue, The Robber Bride) and Sherry White (Little Dog, Frontier, Ten Days in the Valley, Rookie Blue).

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