Poppy Montgomery to lead new Pacific drama
Aussie star has the lead in a new US-French co-production set on a fictional island.
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Aussie Poppy Montgomery (Without a Trace, Unforgettable) has the lead in a new US-French co-production, Reef Break.
The series, to screen on ABC (US), will revolve around a woman who is a former thief who now works as a “fixer” for the governor of a fictional island in the Pacific.
The series is based on an idea of Montgomery’s, who is also an executive producer with showrunner Ken Sanzel (Numb3rs, Blue Bloods, Ironside).
“It’s an exhilarating and suspenseful ride set against some of the most beautiful locations,” said Channing Dungey, president of ABC Entertainment.
Keli Lee, managing director of international content, platforms and talent for ABC Studios International, added, “We anticipate a series that will engage audiences around the world and are thrilled to work with our partners, M6 (France) and ABC Network on this truly global initiative.”
With a straight to series order of 13 episodes it will be distributed by Disney Media Distribution, which could see it land on Seven in Australia.
Source: Variety
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Oh that’s good. It will be good to see Poppy in a new show.
Never a good sign that the setting is fictional-Tahiti or New Caledonia not good enough? Even ‘Murder In Paradise’ suffers from nonsense like left hand drive vehicles because the fictional island was supposed to be French territory in the early 19th century before traffic!
Who remembers Embassy?
Ahh…Lex ‘The Swine’ Marinos’ finest hour-Was thinking about that one as well, but of course the ABC wasn’t keen to label it as a specific country and start a real war with Malaysia or Burma or Upper Volta etc etc.
Not completely nonsense. In the US Virgin Islands they drive left hand as a remnant of Danish rule, though ironically even the Danish now drive right hand.