The horror comedy is produced by Great Pacific Media, Modern Story Company, December Films and Cineflix Studios.
The longtime industry executive has been named SVP of scripted at the Montreal-based company.
The procedural will shoot in Vancouver and also has backing from France’s TF1 and Prosiebensat.1 in Germany.
The industry mogul comes on board the Vancouver-based indie, which also has 50-50 partnership Sea to Sky Studios with Lionsgate to produce TV series for international broadcast and cable networks.
The ex-CTV and Take 5 development head will bring a joint venture between Lionsgate and Thundebird Films closer to creating a full-service studio alternative for Canadian networks.
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Take 5 Productions’ new TV division will focus on developing Canadian content, created by Canadian talent.
The broadcaster is now looking through new hires to reorganize development across genres, rather than channels.