TORONTO -- The CBC has given a series pickup to a dark 1860s Western, Strange Empire, from Durham County screenwriter Laurie Finstad.
The serialized drama portrays a ruthless individual who butchers most of the men in a Canadian frontier town and then pushes frightened women into replacing prostitutes he lost in a recent cholera epidemic.
Finstad, Timothy Johnson and Jeff Sagansky are executive producing Strange Empire from indie producer Johnson Production Group, in association with Annuit Coeptis Entertainment.
The serialized drama portrays a ruthless individual who butchers most of the men in a Canadian frontier town and then pushes frightened women into replacing prostitutes he lost in a recent cholera epidemic.
Finstad, Timothy Johnson and Jeff Sagansky are executive producing Strange Empire from indie producer Johnson Production Group, in association with Annuit Coeptis Entertainment.
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This sounds pretty dark and gritty!
ReplyDeleteI thought the headline said CBS! I had the same thing a few weeks ago when there was another post about CBC. I guess I should read the line properly before clicking on the article ;)
ReplyDeleteOnce again, this sounds like another show that should have been a 2-hour movie or short mini-series.
ReplyDeleteI'd thought it was CBS for 2 hours... I'm glad I read the comments!lol
ReplyDeleteSurprised to see a post about a CBC show on here. Is SpoilerTV going to cover CBC shows more often now? As for the show itself, it sounds like it could be interesting. CBC usually doesn't air darker shows so this could be a nice change for them.
ReplyDeleteWe post news about misc shows from time to time. If the show becomes popular on the site, we might cover it.
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting!
ReplyDeleteI really liked Durham County (at least the first 2 seasons) so I will be checking this out at least.
ReplyDeleteLike everyone else I thought this said CBS too and was wondering what happened to that other Western they had planned. haha.
ReplyDeletemore 6 episode, period drama's and this one is a bit out of my taste, so even more of a Pass.
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