Director April Mullen (The Rookie, Below Her Mouth) has joined the CTV original series The Spencer Sisters as principal photography gets underway in Winnipeg.

The filmmaker (pictured top left) will direct the first two episodes of the procedural, created by executive producer Alan McCullough (Private Eyes, Rookie Blue) and produced by Entertainment One (eOne) and Winnipeg-based Buffalo Gal Pictures. Other directors on the series include David Wellington (Rookie Blue), Joyce Wong (Baroness von Sketch Show), Melanie Orr (The Hardy Boys), Doug Mitchell (Burden of Truth) and Amanda Tapping (Travelers).

McCullough and Jenn Engels (Sort Of) are executive producers and co-showrunners on the 10 x 60-minute series, which is produced with the participation of the Canada Media Fund and the Bell Fund, and is distributed internationally by eOne. Jocelyn Hamilton and Tecca Crosby serve as executive producers for eOne. Phyllis Laing and Jennifer Beasley are executive producers for Buffalo Gal Pictures.

The Spencer Sisters stars Canadian actor Stacey Farber (Virgin River) as a former police officer and Lea Thompson (Back to the Future) as her estranged mystery novelist mother.  

Newly announced cast members include Thomas Antony Olajide (Learn to Swim), Edward Ruttle (Arctic Air), Husein Madhavji (Saving Hope), Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves (Y: The Last Man), Rodrigo Massa (Urban Legends), Kaitlyn Leeb (Total Recall), and Adam Hurtig (The Ice Road).

Photo, top row left to right: April Mullen, Thomas Antony Olajide, Edward Ruttle, Husein Madhavji; bottom row left to right: Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves, Rodrigo Massa, Kaitlyn Leeb, Adam Hurtig.