Plan B (2023 TV series)
Plan B is a Canadian television drama series, that premiered on CBC Television on February 27, 2023.[1][2]
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Genre | Time travel |
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Based on | Plan B |
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Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Production companies | KOTV Productions Seven.One Studios |
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Original network | CBC |
Original release | February 27 – April 10, 2023 |
An adaptation of the French-language Québécois series Plan B which premiered on Ici Radio-Canada Télé in 2017, the series is an anthology centred on a mysterious agency that allows people to travel back in time to change their lives, with each season telling a different self-contained story.
Premise
The first season stars Patrick J. Adams as Phillip, a man who is offered the opportunity to go back in time to make different choices in life to salvage his marriage to Evelyn (Karine Vanasse) and his career after a major personal setback.[3]
The second season will star Vinessa Antoine as Mia Coleman, a police officer who wants to change her actions after her intervention in a domestic dispute between Paul (Vincent Leclerc) and Keri (Sarah Booth) Whitman goes disastrously wrong.[4] The second season of the English series is adapted from the third, rather than the second, season of the French series,[5] and will see two actors, Leclerc and Patrick Emmanuel Abellard as Mia's police partner, reprise the same roles they played in French.[6]
Cast
Season 1
Actor | Character | Original French analogue | Original French actor |
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Patrick J. Adams | Phillip Grimmer | Philippe Girard | Louis Morissette |
Karine Vanasse | Evelyn Landry | Évelyne Lalonde | Magalie Lépine-Blondeau |
François Arnaud | Patrick Landry | Patrick Lalonde | Émile Proulx-Cloutier |
Josh Close | Andy Tremblay | André Dumais | Fabien Cloutier |
Troian Bellisario | Miranda Delano | Marie Denoncourt | Julie Le Breton |
Season 2
Actor | Character | Original French analogue | Original French actor |
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Vinessa Antoine | Mia Coleman | Mylène Clermont | Anne-Élisabeth Bossé |
Vincent Leclerc | Paul Whitman | Bruno Bernier | Vincent Leclerc |
Sarah Booth | Keri Whitman | Caroline Nadeau | Mélanie Pilon |
Patrick Emmanuel Abellard | Tyler | Patrick Grimard | Patrick Emmanuel Abellard |
Rossif Sutherland | Bryson | Guillaume Raymond | Pierre-Luc Brillant |
Episodes
No. | Title [7] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [7] |
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1 | Episode 1 | Maxime Giroux | Teleplay by : Lynne Kamm & Jean-François Asselin Story by : Bruce Smith | February 27, 2023 |
2 | Episode 2 | Maxime Giroux | Teleplay by : Lynne Kamm & Jean-François Asselin Story by : Bruce Smith | March 6, 2023 |
3 | Episode 3 | Aisling Chin-Yee | Lynne Kamm | March 20, 2023 |
4 | Episode 4 | Aisling Chin-Yee | Teleplay by : Lynne Kamm & Jean-François Asselin Story by : Bruce Smith | March 27, 2023 |
5 | Episode 5 | Aisling Chin-Yee | Lynne Kamm | April 3, 2023 |
6 | Episode 6 | Jean-François Asselin | Teleplay by : Bruce Smith and Lynne Kamm & Jean-François Asselin & Jacques Drolet Story by : Bruce Smith | April 10, 2023 |
Production
Development
The series is produced by KOTV, directed by Jean-François Asselin, Aisling Chin-Yee, and Maxime Giroux. The English adaptation was written by Lynne Kamm; the co-creators of the original French-language series are Jean Francois Asselin and Jacques Drolet.[3][8]
Casting
In June 2022, the casting of Patrick J. Adams and Karine Vanasse in the lead roles was announced.[9] In August 2022, it was announced that François Arnaud, Josh Close and Troian Bellisario would be joining the cast in undisclosed roles.[8]
Broadcast
International
International distribution rights to the series have been acquired by Seven.One Studios through Red Arrow Studios International.[10]
References
- Greg David, "CBC UNVEILS 2022-23 PROGRAMMING SLATE". TV, eh?, June 1, 2022.
- CBC UNVEILS WINTER 2023 SLATE ACROSS NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT, FEATURING NEW ORIGINAL STORYTELLING REFLECTING MORE PEOPLE, PLACES AND PERSPECTIVES ACROSS CANADA
- Whittock, Jesse (June 1, 2022). "Patrick J. Adams & Karine Vanasse Cast In CBC's English-Language Adaptation Of Time-Travel Drama Plan B". Deadline Hollywood.
- Greg David, "Vinessa Antoine, Vincent Leclerc and Sarah Booth to star in the second season of the CBC original drama series Plan B". TV, eh?, September 20, 2023.
- "Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, tête d’affiche de la prochaine saison de Plan B". Ici Radio-Canada, February 17, 2021.
- Guillaume Picard, "Dans la version anglophone de «Plan B»: Vincent Leclerc reprendra son rôle de père qui tue toute sa famille". Le Journal de Montréal, September 20, 2023.
- "Plan B – Listings". Zap2it. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
- Haring, Bruce (August 3, 2022). "'Plan B' Series Announces Additional Cast For CBC Time-Travel Drama". Deadline. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- Whitlock, Jesse (June 1, 2022). "Patrick J. Adams & Karine Vanasse Cast In CBC's English-Language Adaptation Of Time-Travel Drama 'Plan B'". Deadline. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- Kelly Townsend, "Red Arrow Studios Int’l picks up global rights to CBC’s Plan B remake". Playback, June 6, 2022.