Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

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Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Genre	Drama
Running time	Unknown
Written by	Kevin Sullivan
Directed by	Kevin Sullivan
Produced by	Kevin Sullivan Ray Sager
Starring	Hannah Endicott-Douglas, Barbara Hershey, Shirley MacLaine
Country of origin	Canada
Language	English
Original channel	CTV
Release date(s)	Unknown
Preceded by	Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
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Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning is the fourth film in the Anne of Green Gables film series. It is to be released as a television film in 2008 on CTV. CTV has recently acquired the rights to the entire Anne catalogue including the 1985 mini series^[1].

The film will star 12-year-old Hannah Endicott-Douglas as the child and Barbara Hershey as the adult Anne Shirley. Shirley MacLaine will play matriarch Amelia Thomas in the film. Kevin Sullivan has written a completely new screenplay for the three hour movie based on the Montgomery's characters(serving as a prequel to his early 3 mini series movies broadcasted originally on cbc)and not directly from her books ^[2]. The story follows Anne's life before she arrives at Green Gables.

[edit] External links

• Official page on the Sullivan Anne of Green Gables trilogy and prequel with a message board for fans
• Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (Sullivan Entertainment)
• An L.M. Montgomery Resource Page Resource on L.M. Montgomery and Anne's Legacy, including news on the Anne of Green Gables prequel
• Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning at the Internet Movie Database
• The L.M. Montgomery Research Group This scholarly site includes a blog, a bibliography of reference materials, and a complete filmography of all adaptations of Montgomery texts. See, in particular, the page for Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning.