Matthew Perry looked so lively just 24 hours before his death… It’s wild how fast things can change.
12.10.2023 - 18:21 / deadline.com
The CW has picked up two scripted imports from Canada called Wild Cards and Sight Unseen for 2024.
Wild Cards is a crime-solving procedural with a comedic twist that follows the unlikely duo of a gruff, sardonic cop and a spirited, clever con woman. Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti of Grey’s Anatomy) plays a demoted detective who has spent the last year on the maritime unit, while Max (Vanessa Morgan of Riverdale) has been living a transient life elaborately scamming everyone she meets. But when Max 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 Max staying out of jail. The catch? They have to work together, with each using their unique skills to solve crimes.
Sight Unseen, in partnership with Bell Media’s CTV, follows Tess Avery (Dolly Lewis, The Dutchman’s Pipe), a top homicide detective who is forced to quit the job she loves after nearly killing her partner and being diagnosed as clinically blind. Reluctant to accept help, Tess uses an assistance app and connects with Sunny Patel (Agam Darshi, DMZ), a professional seeing-eye guide and an agoraphobe living 3,000 miles away. After losing her vision, Tess is haunted by the unsolved cases she left behind. Using a hidden camera and earpiece, Sunny remotely steers Tess through life’s obstacles – and crimes – as the two challenge preconceptions about ability, trust and where to draw the line. Inspired by one of the co-creators’ experiences with sight loss, viewers join Tess and Sunny as they bring a fresh perspective to solving crime.
Wild Cards is from Blink49 Studios, Front Street Pictures, Piller/Segan and commissioning broadcaster CBC, while Sight Unseen fares
Matthew Perry looked so lively just 24 hours before his death… It’s wild how fast things can change.
wrote. “I share the same sadness with all our film and TV community who shared time with Matthew.”“As you can see, to know him was to adore him,” continued the “Almost Famous” star.
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Just under one year prior to his tragic passing on 28 October, Matthew Perry made a shocking premonition about his death in his memoir Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing. The actor, who shot to fame in the 1990s for his portrayal of Chandler Bing in hit US sitcom Friends, opened up about his life on and off screen in his memoir, which was published in November 2022, as well as his struggles with addiction. Matthew made an eerie confession in the book, writing: "Not only do I have the disease, but I also have it bad.
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Selome Hailu The CW has ordered two scripted series set to premiere in the fall of 2024: crime-solving dramas “Wild Cards” and “Sight Unseen.” Both are produced in partnership with Canadian studios. “Wild Cards” is a procedural starring two alumni of the CW: Vanessa Morgan (“Riverdale”) and Giacomo Gianniotti (“Reign”).
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