courtesy BroadcasterMagazine.com
2014-11-17
Corner Gas returns to CTV Dec. 17, it was announced today. Corner Gas: The Movie makes its super-simulcast network premiere just in time for the holidays on Wednesday, Dec. 17 on CTV, CTV Two, and CTV GO. In the not-to-be-missed two-hour film, the fine folks of Dog River, Saskatchewan return home to the network that made them household names as they face their biggest crisis ever. Corner Gas returns to CTV following its series finale on April 13, 2009.
Leading up to the network premiere of the movie is an all-new ETALK preview special, ETALK Presents Corner Gas: The Movie, premiering Friday, Dec. 12. And if that isn’t enough to fill the tanks of viewers craving more “Gas”, Corner Gas: The Movie debuts Monday, Dec. 22 on The Comedy Network, following an all-day marathon of fan favourite episodes, starting at 6 a.m. ET. A special sneak peek of the movie is also airing on The Movie Network Monday, Dec. 8.
The Corner Gas series finale will be available on CTV GO before the movie premieres in theatres on Dec. 3.
Before Corner Gas returns to its familiar home on CTV, Corner Gas: The Movie is set to open Dec. 3 to 7, 2014 at select Cineplex and Landmark theatres across the country with a new, exclusive, in-theatre experience for moviegoers. Tickets for the Cineplex Front Row Centre Event go on sale Nov. 14.
Headlined by creator and comedian Brent Butt, stars the original award-winning ensemble cast including Gabrielle Miller, Eric Peterson, Fred Ewanuick, Janet Wright, Lorne Cardinal, Tara Spencer-Nairn, and Nancy Robertson. Written by Brent Butt, Andrew Carr, and Andrew Wreggitt, and directed by David Storey, who served as key director on the series, the movie was shot in Saskatchewan from June 22 to July 22, 2014.
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