Last week Canadas Bell Media announced that production had begun on seasons ten and eleven of hit comedy Letterkenny. In addition to filming two seasons at once Letterkenny actors and co creators Jared Keeso 19-2 Monster Warriors and Jacob Tierney Dracula The Series Are You Afraid of the Dark? will be developing the series first official spin off Shoresy.
While Bell Media has billed hockey comedy Shoresy as Letterkennys first official spin-off, the Canadian comedy did produce an off shoot series of animated shorts dubbed Littlekenny in 2019. Shoresy will thus serve as the first full length spin off focusing on the unseen hockey player chirped by Keeso.
According to the Toronto Star vice president of content development and programming at Bell Media Justin Stockman has been pursuing a Letterkenny spin off for quite some time due to the series success as an international phenomenon with celebrity fans including Brad Pitt. While at first a spin off about Shoresy struck Stockman as the most bizarre idea he also contemplated the minor characters impact as the No. 1 character associated with Letterkenny merchandise Toronto Star. Why not take a character that people know so little about and make the entire show about them? the Toronto Star quotes Stockman it gives us a lot more opportunity.
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