''L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables'' is a Canadian television film based on

Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with '' Anne of Green Gables''. Sh ...

's 1908 novel of the same name. It first aired on YTV on February 15, 2016 and starred Ella Ballentine,

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and Sara Botsford. Montgomery's granddaughter, Kate Macdonald Butler, was one of the film's executive producers. The film's world premiere was held February 2, 2016 at the

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. The 90-minute film replaced the previously announced 13-part series that had been set to film in 2013. It was filmed in

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and

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Cast

* Ella Ballentine as Anne Shirley *

as Matthew Cuthbert * Sara Botsford as Marilla Cuthbert *Julia Lalonde as Diana Barry * Kate Hennig as Rachel Lynde *Stefani Kimber as Josie Pye *Drew Haytaoglu as

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*Kyle Gatehouse as Mr. Phillips *

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as Mrs. Barry *Zoe Fraser as Ruby Gillis

International distribution

The film was released theatrically in Australia and New Zealand on June 9 and July 7, 2016, respectively, by

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. The company also released it on DVD on October 10, 2016. In the United Kingdom, the movie aired on

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on August 28, 2016 and was later released on DVD on March 20, 2017 by Second Sight Films. US rights were acquired by

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, and the film was released on DVD on November 8, with the channel broadcasting it on November 24, 2016 (

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). The network claims the television run was seen by more than 3.2 million viewers, with an additional 230,000 watching online. The film has also seen a release in Germany, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Italy. In Japan, it was released theatrically on May 6, 2017 and later home video, by

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and Synergy Entertainment.

Sequels

On September 19, 2016, YTV's parent company,

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announced that they had approved two sequels; ''Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars'' for broadcast in 2017, and ''Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew'' in 2018. ''The Good Stars'' premiered on February 20, 2017. Bumped up from its original 2018 release window, ''Fire & Dew'' premiered on July 1, 2017. PBS has also picked up both followups.

References

External links

* {{John Kent Harrison Anne of Green Gables films English-language Canadian films 2016 television films 2016 films Canadian drama television films Films directed by John Kent Harrison 2010s Canadian films