{"id":2534,"date":"2014-01-15T22:01:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T22:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2014\/01\/15\/bell-media-unveils-drama-development-slate\/"},"modified":"2014-01-15T22:01:10","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T22:01:10","slug":"bell-media-unveils-drama-development-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2014\/01\/15\/bell-media-unveils-drama-development-slate\/","title":{"rendered":"Bell Media unveils drama development slate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Etan Vlessing \/ Playback Online<\/em><\/p>\n

Bell Media has 29 dramas in development, including projects penned by Paul\u00a0 Haggis<\/a>, Flashpoint<\/em> <\/a>producers Bill Mustos and Anne Marie La\u00a0 Traverse and Flashpoint<\/em> creators Mark Ellis and Stephanie\u00a0 Morgenstern.<\/p>\n

Haggis has brought CTV\u2019s Lords of Opium<\/em>, a historical drama\u00a0 about the opium trade in China to be produced by Darius Films.<\/p>\n

Mustos and La Traverse separately have untitled projects parked with Bell\u00a0 Media.<\/p>\n

And Ellis and Morgenstern are developing Salamander<\/em>, a drama based\u00a0 on a Belgian series about a detective who uncovers a shadow society, and to be\u00a0 produced by AdlibFilm.<\/p>\n

Veteran scribe Andrew Wreggitt (Borealis<\/em><\/a>) has two projects in\u00a0 development: Mortal Coil<\/em>, about a murder investigating coroner in\u00a0 Alberta, and produced by Pier 21 Films, and Siege of Quebe<\/em>c, a drama\u00a0 set in 1600s New France that involved Prosperos Pictures and Chris Lavis and\u00a0 Maciek Szcerblowski of the animated classic Madame Tutli-Putli<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Stargate SG-1\u2032<\/em>s Robert C. Cooper is at work on Soul Hunter<\/em>\u00a0 with Thunderbird Films, about a young woman who makes a pact with the Devil to\u00a0 return 100 escaped souls to Hell.<\/p>\n

Thunderbird has also parked with Bell Media AKA<\/em>, a serialized drama\u00a0 about a woman with the perfect life from Stargate SG-1<\/em>\u2018s Paul Mullie\u00a0 and Joseph Mallozi.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Saving Grace<\/em>\u2018s Nancy Miller and Annie Brunner are\u00a0 developing the previously-announced Sex, Lies & Handwriting<\/em> with\u00a0 Sea to Sky Entertainment, Lionsgate and Germany\u2019s Tandem Communications.<\/p>\n

Veteran TV scribe Suzette Couture is also developing, along with Omnifilm\u00a0 Entertainment, Deadline, <\/em>about an investigative journalist who\u00a0 uses unorthodox tools, while Stargate Universe<\/em>\u2018s Carl Binder continues\u00a0 to develop the previously-announced Echoes<\/em>, a serialized sci-fi series\u00a0 from Don Carmody Productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Etan Vlessing \/ Playback Online Bell Media has 29 dramas in development, including projects penned by Paul\u00a0 Haggis, Flashpoint producers Bill Mustos and Anne Marie La\u00a0 Traverse and Flashpoint creators Mark Ellis and Stephanie\u00a0 Morgenstern. 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