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…