ANNE WITH AN ‘E’ IS COMING TO NETFLIX AND BACK TO THE CBC

That unmistakable ginger orphan who stumbles upon teenage life in Prince Edward Island in the 1890s is set to ruffle a few more feathers as she furthers her presence worldwide in 2017. Anne with an ‘e’ will make her Netflix debut in a joint production with the CBC on Anne, a TV series based on the Anne of Green Gables novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Breaking Bad writer and Emmy win- ner Moira Walley- Beckett will chart some new territory for the fiery teen in the eightepisode first season set to stream globally on Netflix and air simultaneously on the CBC next year. It will then be added to Netflix Canada at a later date. CBC announced that filming is scheduled to start this September in Ontario under North Country director Niki Caro.