CTV to air new ‘Anne of Green Gables’
TORONTO – Anne of Green Gables is returning to television.
CTV announced plans Monday for a new “Anne of Green Gables” TV movie, set to air next year. The network says production has already started on the three-hour movie, called “Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning.”
It will star Oscar nominee Barbara Hershey as well as 12-year-old Hannah Endicott-Douglas, who will play Anne Shirley.
Hershey will play Anne as a woman in her 50s looking back on her younger years.
CTV says the new Anne movie will be a “prequel” to an Anne of Green Gables miniseries that aired in 1985.
The freckled, red-haired Anne is one of Canada’s most recognizable homegrown characters. CTV says the search to find an actress included a YouTube casting call and a cross-Canada audition tour.
Endicott-Douglas, who lives in Toronto, appeared in the TV movie “Samantha: an American Girl Holiday.”
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