Project 10 Productions Announces 2023/24 Development Slate
– Project 10 partners with diverse array of award-winning creators including Maninder Chana, Bret Hart, Lainey Lui, Dustin Milligan, Shelby Mitchell-Adams, Amanda Parris, Jennifer Podemski, Kathleen Robertson, and Dave and Harrison Thomas –
– Eight new series in the works as Project 10 continues to ramp up for growth –
TORONTO (July 4, 2023) – Following the recent announcement of Shonna Foster as Director of Development, Canada’s Project 10 Productions revealed today its initial 2023/24 development slate featuring eight new scripted series from an incredible lineup of emerging and established Canadian talent. The company, which specializes in scripted comedy, has partnered on projects ranging from autobiographical storytelling to innovative original concepts to digital adaptations, with many focusing on the humour to be found in Canada’s dynamic multiculturalism. Several are in development with broadcasters already.
“We are delighted to have curated a collection of fantastic projects with unique perspectives and compelling storytelling that appeal to wide-ranging audiences,” said Foster. “And to be working with some of Canada’s most-respected and award-winning voices, while providing a platform for new and flourishing talent, is a privilege for all of us at Project 10.”
Project 10’s 2023/24 Initial Development Slate:
APRÉS SKI
From creator Kathleen Robertson (BEVERLY HILLS 90210, SWIMMING WITH SHARKS) and executive producer Chris Cowles (BLOCKERS), comes the scripted, one-hour drama APRÉS SKI. Currently in development with CBC, the complex and explosive character-driven series takes place at a family-owned private resort.
@KathleenRobert7
THE GOOD NEWS
THE GOOD NEWS is a scripted half-hour comedy series created by RUN THE BURBS’ and BOLLYWED’s Maninder Chana. The series follows a brash, young, inexperienced millennial who clashes with her newly hired, hard-headed, Gen-X-er boss at a multimedia news station, as she aspires to be taken seriously as a journalist.
HIGH NORTH
HIGH NORTH brings together SCHITT’S CREEK’s Dustin Milligan and LITTLE BIRD’S Jennifer Podemski for a scripted half-hour comedy series set in the Northwest Territories. When a premenopausal housewife facing a mid-life crisis runs away from Toronto and ends up in Yellowknife, she befriends a 35-year-old struggling single dad and wannabe rapper, who is selling weed to pay the bills and facing a life crisis of his own. Brought together by chance, these two strangers form an unlikely friendship that reveals a hilarious, heartfelt story about identity and belonging. As they take one step forward and two steps back on their intersecting journeys of self-discovery, they become a family along the way.
@Deucestain
@PodemskiChick
HITMAN
Based on Bret “The Hitman” Hart’s #1 national bestselling autobiography, HITMAN follows the story of his upbringing among Calgary’s first family of wrestling, his awkward initial attempts at professional wrestling, and his struggle to rise through the ranks of the WWF to become the World Heavyweight Champion. The scripted one-hour series is created by Hart with Robyn Louie attached as co-creator and producer.
@BretHart
THE ORANGE
From father-son team Dave (SCTV) and Harrison (BETTER CALL SAUL) Thomas, THE ORANGE is a scripted half-hour dark comedy currently in development with CBC and BBC Studios. A family’s lives are turned upside down after they witness a gangland bombing and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police place them in a witness protection program in Rye, England. Things get even more complicated when the family discovers that the Mounties have been dumping all their witnesses in Rye, and now they are living next door to some of Canada’s most-hardened criminals. THE ORANGE is a comical descent into the world of crime as the family’s new friends and their need to survive blurs the lines between right and wrong.
@TheDaveThomas
@HarrisonThomasActor
RADIO BINGO
Created by Emmy Award winner Shelby Mitchell-Adams (CORNHUSK) and based on her award-winning short film of the same name, RADIO BINGO is a scripted half-hour comedy executive produced by Steven Hoffner (The Cannons). After being fired from her high-profile job in Toronto, Sage Goodleaf, a foul-mouthed radio DJ, moves back to the Indigenous reserve of Akwesasne to take care of her misfit father. In the process, she attempts to reboot her career at a struggling radio station that is utilizing a popular game to help save the business: radio bingo!
@ShelbyAdams_akw
REVENGE OF THE BLACK BEST FRIEND
From multi-disciplined award-winning creator Amanda Parris (EXHIBITIONISTS, The Death Doula) and executive produced by Jonas Diamond (CORNER GAS ANIMATED, SAVE ME) and Julian De Zotti (FOR THE RECORD), REVENGE OF THE BLACK BEST FRIEND follows Dr. Toni Shakur, a self-help guru on the rise, whose self-proclaimed mission is to cancel the entertainment industry’s reliance on token Black characters… before she gets cancelled herself. The show is based on the digital series of the same title which had a successful world premiere at Canneseries. The digital series holds a record number of Canadian Screen Award nominations – winning in the Best Web Program or Series, and Best Lead Performance categories.
@revengebbf
@Amanda_Parris
SQUAWKING CHICKEN
SQUAWKING CHICKEN is created by Elaine Lui (ETALK) and based on her #1 national bestseller Listen to the Squawking Chicken. The half-hour scripted series is a comedic love story between a daughter struggling for independence, and a mother determined to not-so-gently guide her with wisdom gained from a lifetime of hard-won experience. To anyone on the outside, the Squawking Chicken’s advice seems bizarre, superstitious, and overbearing. And to her daughter Lainey…. the same. But Lainey understands it comes from a place of love and that, for better or worse, the Squawking Chicken is always right. SQUAWKING CHICKEN is executive produced by award-winning and Emmy-nominated media executive Abby Ho.
@LaineyGossip
About Project 10 Productions Inc.
Established in 2009, Project 10 is a television production company based in Toronto specializing in scripted comedy. As a go-to partner for domestic and international creators, broadcasters, streamers, and distributors alike, the company works closely with high-profile talent to develop and produce compelling and innovative content for the worldwide marketplace.
Project 10 specializes in production and creative services and has a proven track record of generating world-class episodic television. The company is currently producing the hit comedy SON OF A CRITCH (39 x 30) for CBC. Sold internationally including to The CW in the U.S., where it will make its American debut July 24, the first season debuted as the most watched original Canadian comedy in the country and continues to be one of the most-streamed comedies on streaming service CBC Gem.
Project 10 also produced the highly anticipated return of KIDS IN THE HALL in partnership with Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video for Amazon Prime. As well, the company’s three-season hit CTV series JANN (22 x 30), co-created by and starring award-winning recording artist Jann Arden, continues to stream on the streaming service Crave. Project 10’s credits also include the sitcom SPUN OUT (26 x 30) for CTV, the Family Channel/Netflix series MY PERFECT LANDING (15 x 30), the digital series TOM GREEN’S SNOW JAM for CBC Comedy, the sports documentary series, SPORTS ON FIRE (6 x 30) for TMN and Movie
Central, and the award-winning feature documentary SPIRIT UNFORGETTABLE for HBO Canada. Principal executives for Project 10 Productions Inc. are Chief Executive Officer Andrew Barnsley, an Executive Producer on CBC/PopTV’s SCHITT’S CREEK, which won a record-setting nine EMMY Awards including Best Comedy Series in 2020; and Chief Operating Officer Brandon Davis. Learn more at www.Project10.ca.
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For more information:
Vicky Foley | 709.325.1595 | vfoley@project10.ca
