Exclusive: Canadian prodcos Pillango Productions and Aircraft Pictures have just wrapped Gangnam Project, a new tween dramedy series set in the world of K-pop, with co-commissioning broadcasters CBC Kids and Cbbc.
The 10×30’ series, which was shot in Toronto and South Korea, is a coming-of-age story, inspired by Pillango Productions producer Sarah Haasz’s personal journey. Set in Korea, Gangnam Project tells the story of Hannah Shin (Julia Kim Caldwell) a spirited Canadian/Korean teen with dreams of becoming a K-pop star and connecting with her Korean heritage. One summer, she accepts a job as an English tutor and flies to South Korea to work at an elite K-pop training school and ends up getting much more than she bargained for. Hannah is tasked with tutoring one of the school’s top students Chan-Mi, who is proving a little challenging.
In a bid to win her and the other students over,...
The 10×30’ series, which was shot in Toronto and South Korea, is a coming-of-age story, inspired by Pillango Productions producer Sarah Haasz’s personal journey. Set in Korea, Gangnam Project tells the story of Hannah Shin (Julia Kim Caldwell) a spirited Canadian/Korean teen with dreams of becoming a K-pop star and connecting with her Korean heritage. One summer, she accepts a job as an English tutor and flies to South Korea to work at an elite K-pop training school and ends up getting much more than she bargained for. Hannah is tasked with tutoring one of the school’s top students Chan-Mi, who is proving a little challenging.
In a bid to win her and the other students over,...
- 10/3/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: CBC/Radio-Canada has boarded the upcoming Spellbound, a live-action tween drama from the team behind Find Me in Paris.
The Canadian national network has acquired local rights to the show from Federation Kids & Family and Zdf Studios, which are jointly distributing worldwide.
Hulu, Germany’s Zdf and France Télévisions are already attached as co-production partners, with Federation-owned Cottonwood Media producing in association with Opéra National de Paris and Zdf Studios. The same partners, bar France Télévisions, teamed for sci-fi kids dramedy Find Me in Paris between 2018 and 2020.
Filming on the 26-part Spellbound, which has a budget of €15.3M ($16.6M), has now wrapped ahead of a debut later this year. CBC’s English-language streamer CBC Gem will launch it later this year, before French-language service Ici Tou.TV runs it during the 2023/24 broadcast season.
The show follows Cece Parker Jones (Hailey Romain), a vivacious teenager who relocates to Paris from...
The Canadian national network has acquired local rights to the show from Federation Kids & Family and Zdf Studios, which are jointly distributing worldwide.
Hulu, Germany’s Zdf and France Télévisions are already attached as co-production partners, with Federation-owned Cottonwood Media producing in association with Opéra National de Paris and Zdf Studios. The same partners, bar France Télévisions, teamed for sci-fi kids dramedy Find Me in Paris between 2018 and 2020.
Filming on the 26-part Spellbound, which has a budget of €15.3M ($16.6M), has now wrapped ahead of a debut later this year. CBC’s English-language streamer CBC Gem will launch it later this year, before French-language service Ici Tou.TV runs it during the 2023/24 broadcast season.
The show follows Cece Parker Jones (Hailey Romain), a vivacious teenager who relocates to Paris from...
- 4/4/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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