Osric Chau, Luisa D’Oliveira, Sachin Sahel Set For Vancouver Dramedy – CB

EXCLUSIVE: Luisa D’Oliveira (The 100), Osric Chau (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Company), Sachin Sahel (The 100) and Bethany Brown (Charmed) are amongst solid connected to Vancouver-set dramedy pitch Vancity, which is being shepherded by writer-creators Brady Roberts and Krista Jang, who can even star.

Roberts tells us the sequence will comply with the intertwined lives of six thirty somethings making an attempt to juggle what life throws at them whereas working within the native leisure trade.

Luisa D’Oliveria will play Sam, an aspiring actress who strikes to Vancouver to chase her goals. Bethany Brown performs Jessi, a profitable actual property agent, sad in her present profession and making an attempt to grow to be a DJ. Osric Chau is enjoying Luke, an actor reaching a small stage of success and exploring a bisexual throuple. Sachin Sahel is enjoying Sid, a hipster filmmaker, trying to get away together with his first characteristic. Brady Roberts performs Jordan, an actor who booked the lead position in a superhero sequence, however loses the position and spirals into despair. Krista Jang will play Olivia, an Instagram influencer who’s secretly working as a sugar child to fund her lavish way of life.

“We simply shot a brief movie which can function the premise for the sequence,” Roberts says. “We’ve a full pilot and pitch deck we’re buying.”

Producers are Matthew Corridor, Mike Howorun, and Brady Roberts at Rogue Panda Photos. Rogue Panda produced the Telus Unique sequence Paper Champions and is presently producing scripted podcast Escaping Denver for Corus Leisure.

Roberts, who’s a wrestler turned writer-producer who has additionally labored as a private coach within the trade, added: “So many reveals and movies are shot right here in Vancouver however hardly ever are they ever set in Vancouver, and actors listed below are usually relegated to small bit elements because the leads are solid in LA. We needed to create a present set right here showcasing a few of our greatest expertise in lead roles and coping with points we take care of, like struggling to afford Vancouver lease and deciding whether or not or to not proceed pursuing the dream.”