TORONTO — Corus Entertainment’s W Network and Toronto-based production company Nikki Ray Media Agency announced today the greenlight and start of production on a set of romantic made-for-TV movies, The Love Club (4 x 120 min).
The four interconnected movies are being produced by Nikki Ray Media Agency for W Network in association with Corus Studios, with the participation of the Canada Media Fund. Corus Studios will distribute the movies internationally.
The Love Club is written by Canadian Screen Award winner Barbara Kymlicka (Glass Houses) and directed by Jill Carter (The Bold Type). The movies star Brittany Bristow (Holiday Date), Lily Gao (Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City), Chantel Riley (Frankie Drake Mysteries) and Camille Stopps (Running with Violet).
All the movies are shooting back-to-back until July, according to a press release. The first is currently filming in the Hamilton area.
The four movies are slated to premiere in winter 2023 and onwards on W Network. They will also be available to stream live and on demand on Corus’ multi-channel streaming service StackTV.
“With The Love Club, this is the first time we’ve commissioned four made-for-TV movies at the same time and it is an exciting direction for us as we look to develop more scripted content and diversify our catalogue of programming for audiences in Canada and globally,” said Lisa Godfrey, Corus’ senior vice-president of original content and Corus Studios, in the press release.
“We are thrilled to be working with the talented team at Nikki Ray Media Agency to bring these unique, modern love stories to life,” Godfrey said.
“At a New Year’s Eve college party, four women, each dealing with their own dating debacle, take a vow as the clock counts down to call on one another if they are ever in romantic trouble again — a vow that has them resurrecting their ‘Love Club’ ten years later as each of them search for their unique happily-ever-after,” reads a description in the press release.
Over the course of four distinct movies, Nicole (played by Bristow), Sydney (Gao), Lauren (Riley) and Tara (Stopps) “each are the lead in their own love story, while their friends are involved in helping them find true love,” the release explains.
“Each movie, told from the point of view of one of the Love Club women, will thematically open with a flashback that takes viewers back ten years earlier to the fateful New Year’s Eve party where the women meet and form the Love Club. Ten years have passed since the Love Club women made their vow and while they have remained friends, their busy lives have led them to go their separate ways, until now.”
The Love Club also stars Marcus Rosner (Arrow), Jesse Hutch (Batwoman), Andrew Bushell (Jump) and Brett Donahue (Private Eyes).
“The Love Club is an incredible project being made by an incredible team,” said Tanya Linton, executive producer, Nikki Ray Media Agency. “We are so excited to be once again working with Corus on this original project of inter-connecting made-for-TV movies.”
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