From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:
Link: Wynonna Earp: Emily Andras talks “On the Road Again”
“It was important to make it feel like it was still fun and emotional and fraught and make you fear and make you cry.” Continue reading.Â
From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:
Link: Petition looks to bring Story Coordinator under Writers Guild of Canada
“On a Canadian show, the story coordinator is the ‘entry-level’ job through which many TV writers break into a writers’ room. Currently, the position is not protected by the Writers Guild and as writers, that’s where we want to be.” Continue reading.Â
From Matt Webb Mitovich of TV Line:
Link: Wynonna Earp star talks painfully cold garden, big Purgatory twist
For its season-opening trip to the Garden of Eden, Syfy’s Wynonna Earp gave the iconic location the cold shoulder — foregoing flora and fauna for a frigid tundra that seemingly stretched to the horizon. Continue reading.
From Lisa Tedesco of Curve:
Link: Why we love Wynonna Earp
Since its debut back in April 2016, Wynonna Earp has proven itself to be an ally to the LGBTQ community, uniting female fandoms across the globe. Continue reading.
From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:
Link: Melanie Scrofano says Wynonna Earp is more alone than ever before in Season 4
“She’s terrified and in her own sort of purgatory of identity.” Continue reading.
From Lauren Piester of EOnline:
Link: Wynonna Earp’s Melanie Scrofano Talks Long-Awaited Season 4: “More Wynonna-y Than Ever”
“It’s just been a really great learning experience to watch the Earpers fight for the show, and see people fight for something that they believe in, but to do it so gracefully and graciously and respectfully and lovingly.” Continue reading.
From Norman Wilner of NOW Toronto
Link: TV review: Wynonna Earp is back for season 4 and it hasn’t lost a step
Wynonna Earp has a way of bringing out the best in people, and after that enforced hiatus it’s clear the whole cast and crew are delighted to be back and ready to deliver. Continue reading.
From Tracy Brown of the L.A. Times:
Link: Money woes. Fan campaigns. COVID-19. Inside a beloved TV show ‘back from the brink’
“Wynonna Earp†makes you believe anything is possible — as long as you’re willing to fight for it. Continue reading.
From Kaitlin Thomas of TV Guide:
Link: Wynonna Earp Is Finally Back, and It’s the Perfect Escape From 2020
In Season 4, the series remains a perfect balance of humour, heart, and gunslinging Western, something that’s evident in the premiere’s opening scene. Continue reading.Â
From Sam Stone of CBR.com:
Link: Wynonna Earp: Tim Rozon Talks Returning as Doc Holliday
“Now we’re back mid-pandemic but, like always, I’m happy to be back and grateful. As different as it is, it’s still the same.” Continue reading.Â
From Lauren Sarner of the New York Post:
Link: ‘Wynonna Earp’ creator on how the show was saved
“The break between Season 3 and 4 allowed me to go back and realize what people really love about the show.” Continue reading.
From Matt Webb Mitovich of TV Line:
Link: Wynonna Earp’s Melanie Scrofano Teases an Eventful, Long-Awaited Season 4: ‘We Come Out Swinging!’
“Sometimes it’s quirkier, and sometimes it’s more like life-or-death. I mean, it’s always kind of life or death but sometimes you’re laughing while you might almost die, and sometimes you’re crying.” Continue reading.Â
From Sam Stone of CBR.com:
Link: Wynonna Earp’s Scrofano Explains the Importance of NOT Having Peacemaker
“The beautiful thing about Wynonna not having Peacemaker is that it gives her a chance to examine who she is without it and what her role in the world is. Which is beautiful to play but horrible, the loss of an identity.” Continue reading.
From Debra Yeo of the Toronto Star:
Link: Melanie Scrofano on her return to the cult hit Wynonna Earp
“There are so many parallels that I feel with her. She makes me laugh and she makes me cry. Her flawed imperfect humanity is just so touching to me … There’s nobody I love more, other than my own children.†Continue reading.Â
From a media release:
Steve Sxwithul’txw of OCM3 Productions is pleased to announce the start of production of Season 3 of Tribal Police Files, a documentary TV series on APTN, July 25 – August 15, 2020. Safety protocols for motion picture and television production will be in place to ensure a safe return to production. All reasonable precautions will be followed to protect the community, cast and crew.
This new season will be filmed in the Tsuut’ina Nation, located outside of Calgary, Alberta. This season’s thirteen half-hour episodes will take us into the heart-stopping and challenging world of tribal police officers on the frontlines of the Tsuut’ina Nation Police Service.
Steve Sxwithul’txw is a First Nations director, producer and executive producer. As a former police officer from B.C., Sxwithul’txw also has a unique perspective and unprecedented access to the community of the Tsuut’ina Nation.
Tribal Police Files follows the tribal police officers as they put their lives on the line to keep their communities safe, healthy and proud. The series will also be translated into Tsuut’ina, the language of the Tsuut’ina Nation.
Unlike traditional cop shows, Tribal Police Files will uniquely balance police interaction with community members, showcase the police officers’ personal lives, and highlight the beauty of Indigenous culture and traditional lands. Viewers will ride along with the officers as they respond to calls, not knowing the challenges that lie ahead. Tribal Police Files recognizes the police officers’ incredible work and instills pride, healing and strength in its communities.
OCM 3 Productions
Tribal Police Files is produced and directed by Steve Sxwithul’txw. His previous series, Warrior Games, won four Leo Awards for, Best Information/Reality Series, Best Host, Best Screenwriting and Best Cinematography.
Tribal Police Files is produced with the support of the Canada Media Fund, APTN and the National Bank of Canada.
From a media release:
CBC today announced the renewal of original dramas BURDEN OF TRUTH (Season 4, 8×60, ICF Films, Eagle Vision, and eOne) and DIGGSTOWN (Season 3, 8×60, Circle Blue Entertainment, Freddie Films, and Waterstar Entertainment Inc.). BURDEN OF TRUTH will start production in Winnipeg, Manitoba later this summer, with DIGGSTOWN set to return to Halifax, Nova Scotia to shoot in early 2021.
Set in Manitoba and starring Kristin Kreuk, BURDEN OF TRUTH follows Joanna Chang, a ruthless, big-city lawyer who returns to her small hometown in Millwood for a case that will change her life forever. Each season centres around a new life-altering legal case – the vulnerable plaintiffs searching for answers and the boots-on-the-ground lawyers fighting incredible odds to deliver justice.
A CBC original drama, BURDEN OF TRUTH is produced by ICF Films, Eagle Vision and Entertainment One (eOne) with executive producers Ilana Frank (Nurses, Saving Hope), Linda Pope (Nurses, Saving Hope), Adam Pettle (Nurses, Saving Hope), Jocelyn Hamilton (Cardinal, Mary Kills People), Brad Simpson (Rookie Blue, King), Eagle Vision’s Kyle Irving (Taken, Ice Road Truckers) and Kristin Kreuk (Beauty & The Beast, Smallville). Co-Executive producers are Lisa Meeches of Eagle Vision (Taken, Ice Road Truckers) and Tyson Caron (Lovesick, Wynter).
Starring Vinessa Antoine, DIGGSTOWN follows legal aid lawyer Marcie Diggs, who continues her exploration of a system fraying at the edges as she and her band of tireless colleagues fight to protect society’s most vulnerable from a capricious justice system. In Season 3, Marcie and her cohorts are pushed to the brink, frustrated by an under-resourced and overtaxed legal aid system.
A CBC original drama, DIGGSTOWN is co-produced by Circle Blue Entertainment, Freddie Films and Waterstar Entertainment Inc. Floyd Kane is creator, executive producer and showrunner, and Amos Adetuyi (Jozi-H, Jean of the Jones), Karen Wentzell (Seed), Brenda Greenberg (Being Erica) and Todd Berger (Wynonna Earp) are executive producers.
BURDEN OF TRUTH is also broadcast on The CW Network in the U.S., and DIGGSTOWN was recently acquired by BET+ in the U.S.
