Vancouver’s own crime-comedy Wild Cards, with Giacomo Gianniotti as a cop, Vanessa Morgan as a con woman, and Jason Priestley as her father and a master con man, premieres January 10th on the CBC and January 17th on The CW.
Comedic crime-solving drama Wild Cards follows the unlikely duo of Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti), a gruff, sardonic cop and Max (Vanessa Morgan), a spirited, clever con woman, set against the backdrop of beautiful Vancouver.
Wild Cards started filming in Vancouver in late July this year and wrapped in late October, followed by a day shoot in Toronto.
Related: CBC’s Con-Cop Detectives Series Wild Cards Starts Filming in Vancouver.
Wild Cards Season One:
Vancouver filming dates: July 24 2023 – October 27 2023.
Showrunner: Michael Konyves
Cast: Vanessa Morgan, Giacomo Gianniotti.
Recurring: Jason Priestley.
Producers: piller/segan, Blink 49, Front Street Pictures, CBC, The CW.
Longer synopsis:
Wild Cards is a crime-solving procedural with a comedic twist that follows the unlikely duo of a gruff, sardonic cop and a bubbly, clever con woman.
Ellis, a demoted detective, has unfortunately spent the last year on Vancouver’s marine unit (i.e., he’s now a “water cop”), while Toni has been living a transient life elaborately scamming everyone she meets.
But when Toni gets arrested and ends up helping Ellis solve a local crime, the two are offered the opportunity to redeem themselves, with Ellis going back to detective and Toni staying out of jail. The catch? They have to work together, with each using their unique skills to solve crimes.
For Ellis, that means hard-boiled shoe leather police work; for Toni, it means accents, schemes, and generally befriending everyone in sight (while driving Ellis absolutely nuts).
Against the backdrop of beautiful Vancouver — with all its unique, charming, and even contradictory neighborhoods and subcultures — the two will have to learn what it means to trust another person and maybe actually become partners.