From a media release:

The modern world meets THE MYTHICAL UNDERGROUND IN the neW original Showcase series Lost Girl

• Premieres Sunday, September 12 at 9 pm ET/PT on Showcase
• Series features breakout cast led by Anna Silk and Kristen Holden-Reid

Bo is a succubus. One look, one touch and you’re left breathless, sometimes even lifeless. Laying low and always on the run, Bo is unable to control her urge to feed on the sexual energy of others, leaving a trail of victims in her wake. That is, until the day she comes face to face with the Fae, creatures of legend and folklore living amongst us and intent upon claiming Bo as their own, in the Canadian original series Lost Girl, premiering Sunday, September 12 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showcase.

The product of a strict upbringing, Bo (Anna Silk: Being Erica; Billable Hours) was raised to believe that sex of any kind was inherently evil. When Bo discovers her mysterious abilities after a traumatizing “first-time”, she leaves home and sets out on her own, ‘feeding’ whenever the urge becomes too overwhelming. After leaving a victim in plain sight, Bo is exposed to the world of the Fae, who take her in and help uncover her true being as a succubus. Forced to choose allegiance, between the Dark or Light clans of Fae, Bo goes rogue, refusing to belong to any world other than human. Adding to her troubles, Bo’s desire to track down her birth mother puts her even more at risk as she searches for her true origin above all else.

“Lost Girl isn’t your typical supernatural series. At its core, it’s the story of our fascinating heroine, Bo, who – due to her special powers – must contend with new relationship issues and power struggles,” said Tara Ellis, Vice President, Showcase and Drama Content, Canwest Broadcasting. “With the breadth of creative talent behind the series and tremendous performances by the cast, Lost Girl is set to take Showcase viewers by storm.”

“One of the great things about Lost Girl is the show’s ability to embrace a world where supernatural beings are real and live among us while still dealing with relatable issues,” said Jay Firestone, founder, Prodigy Pictures. “Bo is special but she’s also just like any other girl her age struggling with her identity while trying not to take herself too seriously.”

Aided by best-friend Kenzi (Ksenia Solo: Life Unexpected; Renegadepress.com; Black Swan), Bo becomes part vigilante, part mercenary as she takes on a variety of paid jobs, Fae assignments and personal missions. A sticky love triangle involving homicide detective and shape-shifting Fae, Dyson (Kris Holden-Reid: Ben Hur, The Bridge; The Tudors) and human doctor Lauren (Zoie Palmer: The Guard; Instant Star), makes navigating the worlds of Fae and human even trickier.

The fantasy noir series filmed in and around Toronto is enhanced with elaborately detailed sets, intricately decorated backdrops and top-line special effects. Lost Girl’s arresting urban-gothic styling plays a supporting role to the art and direction of the show.

From Bill Brioux of the Toronto Star:

• The stars film among us
  Lost Girl, which stars New Brunswick native Anna Silk (the same-sex temptation last season on Being Erica) as a crime-fighting succubus, just wrapped production in a warehouse in south Etobicoke, a designer shoe’s throw from Sherway Gardens. It’s a perfect home for Lost Girl, says Mohan. Multi-million-dollar studios like Filmport on the eastern lakefront are great for big-budget feature productions, he says, but for today’s $1- to $2-million-per-episode TV budgets, “it’s better to get an vacant 30,000- to 35,000-square-foot warehouse at the right price somewhere out in the west end.” Read more.

From a media release:

Lost GIRL [HD] (World Premiere) FALL 2010

Lost Girl follows supernatural seductress, Bo (Canadian Anna Silk, “Being Erica”). Growing up with human parents, Bo had no reason to believe she was anything other than the girl next door – until she drained her boyfriend to death in their first sexual encounter. Now she has hit the road alone and afraid. She discovers she is one of the Fae, creatures of millennia-old folklore that pass as humans while feeding off them in secret. Relieved yet horrified, Bo decides to take the middle path between the humans and the Fae as she embarks on a personal mission to unlock the secrets of her origin.

From a media release:

Prodigy Pictures and Canwest Announce Start of Production on New Original Canadian Fantasy-Noir series, Lost Girl

• Series to air on Showcase Fall 2010

Prodigy Pictures, in association with Canwest Broadcasting, announced today that principal photography is underway for 13 one-hour episodes of the new original Canadian fantasy-noir series, Lost Girl. Filming will take place at a West Toronto soundstage and on location in the vicinities of Toronto and Hamilton until June 25, 2010. The series is set to air on Showcase in the fall.

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