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Interview: Shawn Ashmore and Vincent Lam of Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

From Gayle MacDonald of the Globe and Mail:

  • The ultimate script doctor
    “Lam’s stories revolve around four main characters. The small-screen version focuses on the intertwined lives of three University of Toronto med-school graduates, across a span of 10 years, from their days as students to full-fledged practitioners. Fitz is a troubled air-ambulance doctor, with a lust for life and alcohol, who has never gotten over his love for Ming (Vancouver’s Mayko Nguyen). Ming herself is torn between Fitz and her husband Chen (Byron Mann), a seemingly even-tempered physician with a lot bubbling below the surface.” Read more.
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Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures starts production

From a media release:

Start of Production on Shaftesbury Films’ Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures Starring Shawn Ashmore

  • SHAWN ASHMORE STARS IN THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DRAMA SERIES BLOODLETTING & MIRACULOUS CURES
  • CAMERAS ROLLING ON NEW EIGHT- PART ORIGINAL SERIES FOR THE MOVIE NETWORK AND MOVIE CENTRAL
  • Based on Vincent Lam’s Award-Winning Collection of Linked Short Stories Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
  • Co-starring Mayko Nguyen and Byron Mann

ShawnAshmoreShaftesbury Films (The Listener, ReGenesis) is pleased to announce that production has begun on the highly anticipated eight-part, one-hour drama series Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures starring Shawn Ashmore (pictured). Filming began June 29 and runs until September 23, 2009, in and around Toronto and Hamilton. The series is based on the Scotiabank Giller Award-winning set of linked short stories by Vincent Lam, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, and will debut on Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral Media’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) in early 2010.

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Movie Central/Movie Network producing 7 new originals

From a media release:

MOVIE CENTRAL AND THE MOVIE NETWORK GREENLIGHT SEVEN NEW ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS

Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral Media’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) today announced that seven new Canadian original projects have been greenlit for production. Featuring some of Canada’s top creative talent, this new slate includes original series Bloodletting, Phantom, The Pillars of the Earth, Living In Your Car, Meet Phil Fitz, Durham County and the made for television movie Fakers.

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Movie Network/Movie Central original drama series

From a media release:

The Movie Network and Movie Central announce new original drama series set for production

Astral Media’s The Movie Network (eastern Canada) and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (western Canada) today announced production dates for the original drama series Sanctuary, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures and the second season of The Weight.

Currently in production in Vancouver until September 10, 2008, Sanctuary is a 13-episode series that is shot almost entirely on green screen using cutting-edge visual effects and the latest in camera technology. Sanctuary is commissioned by The Movie Network, Movie Central as well as SCI FI Channel in the U.S. and will premiere in October 2008.

Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, an eight-part drama series based on the Scotiabank Giller Award-winning best-seller by Vincent Lam, will begin production in Toronto in spring 2009 and will debut on The Movie Network and Movie Central in fall 2009.

The second season of George F. Walker and Dani Romain’s The Weight begins shooting in Toronto in July 2008 with seasons one and two premiering consecutively on Movie Central and The Movie Network in spring 2009.

“From Durham County and ReGenesis to Slings & Arrows and Terminal City, The Movie Network and Movie Central have successfully carved out a niche in Canadian television for original drama that boasts bold and intelligent story-telling, high production values and strong on- and off-air creative talent,” said Michelle Marion, Director of Canadian Independent Production, The Movie Network.

“This year’s slate of new series illustrate the kind of smart, provocative programming that our subscribers have come to expect,” said Erica Benson, Vice President, Programming, Movie Central. “And with the upcoming premieres of ZOS: Zone of Separation and The Weight, our audiences will get to experience the visions of some of the country’s finest creative talents.”

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