Reopening Hollywood North.
They say Montana is like no place on Earth. People come here to relax, unwind or even just….disappear.
David E. Kelley’s Big Sky series for ABC starts filming in Vancouver, after deciding to move production north of the border amid surges in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cast: Kylie Bunbury, Katheryn Winnick, Ryan Phillippe, John Carroll Lynch, Dedee Pfeiffer, Brian Geraghty, Natalie Alyn Lind, Jesse James Keitel, Jade Pettyjohn, Valerie Mahaffey.
Cast have been doing their Canadian government-mandated 14-day quarantines and Ryan Phillippe has been keeping a quarantine diary of sorts in West Vancouver.
Target filming dates: August 27th – January 13th, 2021.
Related: David E Kelley’s Big Sky Series For ABC Shifts Production This Summer to Vancouver From the U.S.
Private detectives Cassie Dewell (Kylie Bunbury) and Cody Hoyt (Ryan Phillippe) join forces with his estranged wife and ex-cop, Jenny Hoyt (Katheryn Winnick) to search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. But when they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the killer before another woman is taken. Based on the C.J. Box book The Highway.
Kylie Bunbury is private detective Cassie Dewell.
Ryan Phillippe is private detective Cody Hoyt.
Katheryn Winnick (Vikings) is ex-cop Jenny Hoyt and Cody’s estranged wife.
Natalie Alyn Lind is Danielle Sullivan, the older of the two kidnapped sisters.
Jade Pettyjohn (Little Fires Everywhere) is Grace Sullivan, the younger of the two kidnapped sisters.
Brian Geraghty is Ronald Pergman.
Valerie Mahaffey is Ronald’s mother Helen Pergman.
Dedee Pfeiffer (David E. Kelley’s sister-in-law) is Denise Brisbane.
Jesse James Keitel is Jerrie.
John Carroll Lynch plays the grizzled Montana state trooper Rick Legarski.
Showrunner: David E. Kelley.
ABC ordered the series in February and it will launch on the network in the Fall of 2020.
Quarantine Life:
Ryan Phillippe.
Back on a set for the first time in 5 months. In spite of the protocols and necessary precautions, it was nice to be filming something. The crew was on point and persevered through the limitations of their PPE and distancing. We all felt safe. Credit to @disneystudios @20thcenfoxtv and @abcnetwork for making it that way and special thanks to homeboy @aarontheking for the stylin. #BigSky coming soon… 🌫
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𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠. 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐿𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡.🙏
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The sun is strong and there is no AC here, so I’m really getting into the spirit of things (help)
Natalie Alyn Lind.
Cast instagrams.
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Jesse James Kietel in Vancouver.