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‘Plan B’ Series declares more cast for CBC Time-Travel Drama

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Plan B Series declares more cast for CBC Time Travel Drama

François Arnaud (Surface, Midnight Texas), Joshua Close (Monica, Fargo), and Troian Bellisario (Pretty Little Liars) will join the CBC original drama series Plan B, set for a winter time of the year 2023 debut.

The series stars Patrick J. Adams as Philip (Suits, The Right Stuff) and Karine Vanasse as Evelyn (Cardinal, Revenge).

Adams is most popular for playing college dropout turned lawyer Mike Ross in USA Network’s Suits somewhere in the range of 2011 and 2019, a role that garnered him a Screen Actors Guild nomination. He as of late made his Broadway debut in Richard Greenberg’s Tony-nomination recovery of Take Me Out and starred as original Mercury 7 astronaut John Glenn in National Geographic’s  first scripted series for Disney+, The Right Stuff.

Vanasse is an award-winning actress who starred as Detective Lise Delorme in CTV’s drama Cardinal somewhere in the range of 2017 and 2020, for which she won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2019 and 2020.

The show is an adaptation of a well-known French drama series of a similar name (now filming its fourth season for Radio-Canada).

Production is presently underway in Montreal, Quebec. The English-language series will bow on CBC and CBC Gem.

Set in Montreal, the psychological drama follows a man on a quest to save his relationship – and likewise, his entire world.

The day that Philip (Adams) discovers the chance of traveling once more into the past, he doesn’t hesitate. Since Evelyn (Vanasse), the first love of his life and companion for the beyond six years, has left him, his life has lost its importance. With the tremendous power he wields thanks to Plan B, he endeavors to save his relationship, his law firm, and his dysfunctional family. Yet, Philip before long understands that even the littlest decision has repercussions on his life and the lives of others.

The CBC original production is produced by Quebec-based production organization KOTV, with international dispersion by Red Arrow Studios International.

Directed by Jean-François Asselin, Aisling Chin-Yee, and Maxime Giroux, the English adaptation was co-written by Lynne Kamm, alongside the cocreators of the first French-language series, Asselin and Jacques Drolet.

Asselin additionally fills in as showrunner and EP close by Louis Morissette. For KOTV, Louis-Philippe Drolet, Alain Chicoine, and Mélanie Viau are EPs, and Melissa Malkin is producer. For CBC, Sally Catto is general manager, Entertainment, Factual and Sports; Trish Williams is executive director, Scripted Content; Sarah Adams is director of Current Production, Drama; and Nicola Makoway is executive in charge of production.

François Arnaud is repped by Lasher Group and APA. Joshua Close by Buchwald, Impression Entertainment and Parent Management. Troian Bellisario is repped by Entertainment 360, Gersh, and Paul Hastings.

Adams is most popular for playing college dropout turned lawyer Mike Ross in USA Network’s Suits somewhere in the range of 2011 and 2019, a role that gathered him a Screen Actors Guild nomination. He as of late made his Broadway debut in Richard Greenberg’s Tony-nomination recovery of Take Me Out and starred as original Mercury 7 astronaut John Glenn in National Geographic’s  first scripted series for Disney+, The Right Stuff.

Other TV roles on Sneaky Pete, Luck, and Orphan Black, while his big screen roles incorporate science fiction include 2019 Toronto International Film Festival choice Clara, Todd Phillips comedy Old School, and 2009 Berlin Film Festival competitor Rage.

Vanasse is an award-winning actress who starred as Detective Lise Delorme in CTV’s drama Cardinal somewhere in the range of 2017 and 2020, for which she won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2019 and 2020. She likewise starred in the ABC drama Pan Am and showed up in three seasons of Revenge on a similar network and in the upcoming CBC series Bones of Crows. Her film credits incorporate Denis Villeneuve’s Polytechnique, Malek, Lea Pool’s Set Me Free, and Et au Pire, on se Mariera.

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