ForeverAutumn
05-27-2010, 11:24 AM
All you Yanks have no idea what you're missing.
TORONTO - Former NHL star Theo Fleury is set to lace up for the upcoming season of "Battle of the Blades."
He'll join Russ Courtnall and eight other hockey stars for a second go-round of the kitschy CBC reality show, which kicks off Sept. 26.
Fleury recently made headlines for alleging sexual abuse at the hands of former coach Graham James. The claims were detailed last year in his autobiography, "Playing With Fire."
CBC announced his involvement as it revealed a fall lineup anchored by a sitcom based on the Paul Gross curling film, "Men With Brooms"...
Meanwhile, "Men With Brooms" joins CBC's Monday-night lineup Sept. 20. The single-camera comedy is about a group of friends who hang out at the same small-town curling club that was featured in the 2002 movie.
The debut features a cameo appearance by Gross, who resumes his role as curling star Chris Cutter, but direct tie-ins to the original film ends there, says writer Paul Mather says.
"It's set in the same small town, it's got the same kind of spirit of the movie but what I keep saying is, it's a little bit like 'Star Trek: The Next Generation', " says Mather.
"We're not going out of our way to reinvent anything but we're not matching the art design of the original film. We're taking some license with that."
Shooting begins in Winnipeg at the end of June and goes through August. Curling scenes will be shot at an actual rink, the Fort Rouge Curling Club.
Hockey players on figure skates and a sit-com about curling. :lol:
TORONTO - Former NHL star Theo Fleury is set to lace up for the upcoming season of "Battle of the Blades."
He'll join Russ Courtnall and eight other hockey stars for a second go-round of the kitschy CBC reality show, which kicks off Sept. 26.
Fleury recently made headlines for alleging sexual abuse at the hands of former coach Graham James. The claims were detailed last year in his autobiography, "Playing With Fire."
CBC announced his involvement as it revealed a fall lineup anchored by a sitcom based on the Paul Gross curling film, "Men With Brooms"...
Meanwhile, "Men With Brooms" joins CBC's Monday-night lineup Sept. 20. The single-camera comedy is about a group of friends who hang out at the same small-town curling club that was featured in the 2002 movie.
The debut features a cameo appearance by Gross, who resumes his role as curling star Chris Cutter, but direct tie-ins to the original film ends there, says writer Paul Mather says.
"It's set in the same small town, it's got the same kind of spirit of the movie but what I keep saying is, it's a little bit like 'Star Trek: The Next Generation', " says Mather.
"We're not going out of our way to reinvent anything but we're not matching the art design of the original film. We're taking some license with that."
Shooting begins in Winnipeg at the end of June and goes through August. Curling scenes will be shot at an actual rink, the Fort Rouge Curling Club.
Hockey players on figure skates and a sit-com about curling. :lol: