“DUN DUN”: CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED CITYTV ORIGINAL SERIES LAW & ORDER TORONTO: CRIMINAL INTENT

October 16, 2023 / Community

– The all-Canadian iteration of the global smash-hit stars Aden Young, Kathleen Munroe, Karen Robinson, K.C. Collins, Nicola Correia-Damude, and Araya Mengesha –  

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TORONTO (October 16, 2023)Lark Productions and Cameron Pictures Inc., in association with Citytv, announce casting for the highly-anticipated crime drama Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent. The Canadian iteration of the longest-running scripted drama brand in TV history features an all-Canadian ensemble cast that includes Aden Young (Rectify, Black Robe) as Detective Sergeant Henry Graff, Kathleen Munroe (City on Fire, Patriot) as Detective Sergeant Frankie Bateman, Karen Robinson (Schitt’s Creek, Echoes) as Inspector Vivienne Holness, K.C. Collins (The Cleaning Lady, White Dog) as Deputy Crown Attorney Theo Forrester, Nicola Correia-Damude (Shadowhunters, Resident Alien) as Forensic Pathologist Dr. Lucy Da Silva, and Araya Mengesha (Nobody, Anne with an E) as tech expert Mark Yohannes.

A psychological thriller wrapped in a criminal investigation, the Canadian adaptation follows two elite detectives from the Specialized Criminal Investigations unit as they investigate high-profile crimes and homicides in metro Toronto. Production on the 10 one-hour original episodes is underway in Toronto and is slated to air on Citytv in Spring 2024.

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, based on the classic series created by Dick Wolf for Universal Television, follows the Criminal Intent format the international brand is known for, showcasing original Canadian stories written, produced by and starring Canadians.

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent is produced by Lark Productions and Cameron Pictures Inc. in association with Citytv and distributed by Universal Television. Tassie Cameron (Pretty Hard Cases, Mary Kills People, Rookie Blue) is the series Showrunner. Tassie, Erin Haskett, Amy Cameron, David Valleau, Alex Patrick and Holly Dale serve as Executive Producers. Tex Antonucci and Jillian Locke are Co-Executive Producers, Wanda Chaffey is Producer and Caledonia Brown is Co-Producer.

Award-winning filmmaker Holly Dale (Transplant, Mary Kills People, Law & Order SVU) directs the premiere episode, episode 103, and the finale. Additional directors tapped for this season are Peter Stebbings (102), David Wellington (104), Sudz Sutherland (105), Rachel Leiterman (106), Winnifred Jong (107), Sharon Lewis (108), and David Straiton (109).

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent is produced under the jurisdiction of ACTRA and the WGC in Canada.

Cast representation includes Aden Young: The Artist Representation Company, Buchwald, Shanahan Management; Kathleen Munroe: Gary Goddard Agency (GGA), Authentic Talent & Literary Management, The Kohner Agency and The Nord Group; Karen Robinson: Oscars Abrams Zimel (OAZ), Innovative Artists; K.C. Collins: Noble Caplan Abrams, The Kohner Agency, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Nicola Correia-Damude: Principals Talent, Catalyst TCM; and Araya Mengesha: GGA, Buchwald, Identity Agency Group (IAG).

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Cast Social Media Links:
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About Lark Productions
Lark Productions is a Vancouver-based television production company that creates and produces scripted and unscripted content. Lark enjoys a distribution and development deal with Universal International Studios.

Established in 2010, Lark is currently in production on the highly anticipated Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent for Rogers Media and Universal Television, as well as the new original police procedural Allegiance for CBC in association with Universal International Studios. Lark’s other scripted series include legal drama Family Law for Corus/The CW Network and eOne, spy drama Fortunate Son for CBC in association with Universal International Studios, and multiple seasons of Motive (CTV, ABC, USA Network).

On Lark’s unscripted slate, season two of Farming for Love is underway for Bell Media based on Fremantle’s international hit format Farmer Wants a Wife. Past productions include the hit formats The Real Housewives of Toronto and Vancouver (Slice), Paramedics: Life on the Line (Knowledge Network), and Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH (Knowledge Network, Discovery Fit).

About Cameron Pictures Inc.
Cameron Pictures Inc. is an independent Canadian television production company with a focus on scripted content. Based in Toronto, Cameron Pictures is helmed by sisters Amy Cameron, a television executive, writer, and producer, and Tassie Cameron, an award-winning showrunner and executive producer. The company is managed by the Camerons along with executive producer Alex Patrick, who provides expertise in strategy and business & legal affairs. Among Cameron Pictures’ award-winning series are Mary Kills People (Global/Lifetime, co-produced with eOne) about an ER doctor who moonlights as an underground angel of death performing illegal assisted suicide; the comedy Little Dog (CBC, co-produced with Elemental Pictures) about a washed-up boxer trying to reclaim his life; and the comedic buddy cop drama Pretty Hard Cases (CBC/NBCU) starring Meredith MacNeill and Adrienne C. Moore.

About Citytv
Citytv and Citytv.com offer viewers intensely-local and diverse content through its seven television stations in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, and Montreal, along with the award-winning Citytv app, which is available on iOS, Android, Samsung TV, Apple TV, and Fire TV Stick devices, plus Citytv+ available with Prime Video. Citytv delivers an entertaining mix of Canadian and acquired prime-time programming, news, and lifestyle content from influential brands such as Breakfast Television, Cityline, and CityNews. Citytv is part of Rogers Sports & Media, which is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications. (TSX, NYSE: RCI).

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