The Yard miniseries begins production for The Movie Network/Movie Central

From a media release:

WHIZBANG FILMS ANNOUNCES START OF PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON NEW MINISERIES THE YARD FOR THE MOVIE NETWORK AND MOVIE CENTRAL

  • Starring Alex Cardillo, Shemar Charles and Quintin Colantoni and Executive Produced by Paul Gross, Frank Siracusa, David Eddie and Michael Mabbott

Whizbang Films, in association with Astral’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada), announced today that production has begun on THE YARD, a six part, half-hour miniseries about the day to day struggle for supremacy between two schoolyard gangs. Shooting will take place in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, through August 21st, 2010, and the series will premiere on The Movie Network and Movie Central in 2011.

Executive produced by Paul Gross, Frank Siracusa, David Eddie and Michael Mabbott, the original series stars Alex Cardillo (Durham County, 18 to Life), Shemar Charles (Camp Rock 2, Overruled) and Quintin Colantoni (Flashpoint, Party Down) and newcomers Kofi Payton and Sarah Cranmer. Michael Mabbott (The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico, Baxter) will direct.

“We’re very excited about the show” says Executive Producer Frank Siracusa. “Even though the cast is strictly kids – most between the ages of 10 and 13, anyone who has ever stood in a schoolyard at recess will be able to relate. Reading the scripts brought me right back to grade six, but much funnier.”

The Yard, is set in an urban elementary school, and chronicles two rival gangs vying for control of the schoolyard. In this provocatively humorous series, we follow 12-year-old Nick (Quintin Colantoni) and his crew trying to walk the razor’s edge of maintaining peace and defending their turf against the ruthless Dos Santos brothers (Daniel Lupetina, Daryn Karp), who will stop at nothing to regain control of the Yard. It’s a tough world out there: corruption, greed, violence, seduction and betrayal – and that’s just recess.

The Yard was created and written by Michael Mabbott (The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico) and David Eddie (House Broken, Globe & Mail’s Damage Control). Thom J. Pretak (Cra$h & Burn, This is Wonderland) is producer. Director of Photography is D. Gregor Hagey (Pure Pwnage, The Border) and Peter Emmink (Living in Your Car, The Line) is Production Designer. Aubie Greenberg and Kathleen Meek from Astral’s The Movie Network and Julie Di Cresce from Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central are the production executives overseeing this series.

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23 thoughts on “The Yard miniseries begins production for The Movie Network/Movie Central”

  1. Holy crap. i got mentioned for my backround work for flashpoint and the pilot of party down i was never on? why not my work in an indie film called the bike?

  2. hey i did a lot of background work for this show, i was there almost everyday of filming!!!!!!!!! hope i can be the star of a show soon too. btw Quentin you were amazing!!!!! i have so many memories from these days :D

  3. everybody jared karp is famous he goes to my school, and i know a celebrity :D

  4. Dose anyone know when this series is going to be released to itunes or somewhere to download off the internet?

    1. goto canada, record it, put it on mega video or something and there we go.

      GET IT ON THE WEB

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