A new English version of the French series “19-2” is coming to the Bravo network – it will air in 2014 and is being shot in Montreal.
Bravo announced its order of the English-language adaptation of the award-winning Quebec series at the Banff World Media Festival this past June, and those on the writing team include Bruce Smith (“Played”) and Jesse McKeown (“Rogue”), while Louis Choquette (“Rumours,” “Mirador,” “Le Gentleman”) and Érik Canuel (“Bon Cop, Bad Cop,” “Big Wolf on Campus”) are set to direct the ten-episode first season of the hour-long drama.
It was also announced today that Benz Antoine will reprise his role as Officer Tyler Joseph from the original Quebec series, joining previously announced cast members Adrian Holmes (“Arrow”) and Jared Keeso (“Falling Skies”), who star as Nick Barron and Ben Chartier respectively. Maxim Roy (“Heartland”) joins the cast as Nick’s estranged wife and fellow district detective, Isabelle Latendresse and Laurence Leboeuf (“Durham County”) joins as Audrey Pouliot, a fellow uniformed cop who is attracted to her colleague Nick. Additional cast announced today include Dan Petronijevic (“Saving Hope”) as angry beat cop J.M. Brouillard, Mylène Dinh-Robic (“The Listener”) as Tyler’s no-nonsense partner Béatrice Hamelin, Conrad Pla (“The Listener”) as straight-shooting Sergeant Julien Houle, and Bruce Robert Ramsay (“Continuum”) as the manipulative District Commander Marcel Gendron.
“We’re excited to have started rolling on the intense, gritty, and thought-provoking 19-2,” said Corrie Coe, Senior Vice-President of Independent Production at Bell Media in a press release. “Montreal serves as the perfect urban backdrop to this character-driven series, featuring our brilliant leads Adrian and Jared. We know ’19-2′ will captivate audiences from coast-to-coast-to-coast when it premieres.”
Photo: Bell Media PR/19-2
