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AMC Networks has struck a strategic partnership with Murdoch Mysteries and Slasher producer Shaftesbury. The cable company has invested in the Canadian producer, giving it access to Shaftesbury's slate and allowing it to expand its content and development capabilities north of the border. Shaftesbury produces Murdoch M…

EXCLUSIVE: Archie Panjabi and Christopher Plummer have been set to lead an ensemble cast in the event thriller Departure. A Canada/UK co-production, the six-part drama will air on Canada's Global in 2019. Shaftesbury and Greenpoint Productions are producing in association with Corus Entertainment. Starlings Television…

The first English-language adaptation of the long-running hit international series Rex, a Cop’s Best Friend, about a police detective and his hardworking dog, is in the works at Canada’s Citytv. Production has begun on Rex (working title), a procedural drama series with a twist. The eight-episode hour-long series…

EXCLUSIVE: Toronto and LA-based production shingle Shaftesbury Films has secured TV rights to author Lesley Livingston’s Wondrous Strange YA novel trilogy, about a teenage actress in NYC who discovers she’s a Faerie princess from another realm who must embrace her heritage in time to save Earth. Wondrous Strange…