Posted on 09/03/2009 9:40:03 PM PDT by ak267
The popular 2002 movie Men With Brooms is coming to the CBC as a sitcom pilot.
The pubcaster has given the production order to E1 Television and Serendipity Point Films for a pilot episode to loosely follow Paul Gross' curling comedy and directorial debut. The film racked up $4.2 million on theatrical release, portraying a reunited curling team overcoming personal struggles to capture a national trophy for their late coach. The offbeat comedy starred Gross, Leslie Nielsen, Kari Matchett, Molly Parker and Polly Shannon. "Men with Brooms is a known entity, and it's nice to build on that. It did have a special home-town feel," says Kirstine Stewart, GM of CBC Television
(Excerpt) Read more at mediaincanada.com ...
I’ll watch anything with Paul Gross in it...
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