‘Virgin River’ Author’s Follow-Up ‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ Unveils First-Look Photos (EXCLUSIVE)

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Holly Jones As “Virgin River” Season 4 launched on July 18 to become Netflix’s No. 1 most watched TV series in the world, its producer, Vancouver’s Reel World Management and literary source, New York Times best selling novelist Robyn Carr, are re-teaming, to launch another big bold broad global audience play, “Sullivan’s Crossing,”This time they partner with Canada’s CTV and Fremantle, which is handling international distribution.

Fremantle has shared in exclusivity with Variety first look behind-the-scenes photos of the series’ shoot.“Sullivan’s Crossing” forms part of RTL Group-owned Fremantle’s drive into English-language production both in the U.K., –  where it triumphed this year with BBC One’s “The Responder,” starring Martin Freeman – and beyond, in Australia and now Canada. “Sullivan’s Crossing” also shows yet another key global TV player, here Fremantle, moving into ever bigger mainstream swings as distributors and VOD platforms alike look to secure big audiences once broadly the domain of broadcast networks.“We’re thrilled about the English-language drama pipeline and Canada was a big goal for us.

It’s the first big show we’re working on coming out of Canada. We’ve also embarked on a limited series called ‘Little Bird,’ with Bell.

So we have two series coming out of Canada, eventually more,” said Jens Richter, CEO of international at Fremantle.“It’s a fantastic territory for us to work with and we definitely have ambitions to grow our footprint in Canada, especially with the relevance in the U.S.