![]() ![]() ![]() Interior locations are shot in a studio in Calgary. The show consists of three main shooting locations in High River, Alberta: the Ranch, which includes the house, barn, paddock and jumping area the dude ranch, which houses guests Īnd Maggie’s diner in the fictional town of Hudson. They coordinate stunts and employ techniques like TTouch, a practice that builds trust between horses and humans, a main theme The production team recruited some of the country’s best horse trainers to work with the many horses that appear on the show. ![]() Some charactersįrom the books were given different backstories to make them more compelling for a television audience, such as the addition of a criminal past for Ty Borden. New characters, such as Mallory Wells (Jessica Amlee), were introduced. Garnered the best feedback from a family audience, the CBC greenlit the series.įor the first season, writers Heather Conkie, David Preston, Leila Basen, James Nadler and Sheila Prescott pulled storylines and ideas from the first eight books. After the pilot (one of four the CBC was developing) Producers originally planned to shoot the series in Quebec,īut the success of Brokeback Mountain (2005), which was shot in Alberta, made the production team reconsider the location. Weinberg created Dynamo Films and started working with Seven24 Films to produce the pilot. ![]() Pitched the idea for a TV series based on the novels to CBC, which was looking for a family show for the same Sunday evening timeslot once filled by The Beachcombers. In 2004, Montreal investment banker Michael Weinberg purchased the rights to the series from a Hollywood producer who had intended to make a Heartland feature film. There are more than 20 novels in the series, which are set on a ranch in Virginia. The books were written by three American authors under the pen name Lauren Brooke. Heartland began as a series of best-selling novels published by Working Partners. Johnston is a co-founder of Edmonton's Shadow Theatre (photo Gordan Dumka, courtesy Shaun Johnston). In the sixth season, the family expands to include Georgie (Alisha Newton), Lou’s adopted preteen daughter. Ty Borden (Graham Wardle), a troubled young man who was hired by Marionīefore her death, stays on at the ranch as a farmhand and grows to be part of the family. Eventually the ranch opens to more horses. Together the sisters grieve for their mother and work to revive the bankrupt family ranch.Īmy begins working with Spartan and perfects her horse-whispering abilities, proving that she has a special talent for helping abused horses. Amy’s older sister, Lou Fleming (Michelle Morgan), returns from New York. Is tragically killed in the first episode while saving a horse named Spartan, 16-year-old Amy moves in with her grandfather, Jack Bartlett ( Shaun Johnston), at Heartland Teenaged protagonist Amy Fleming (Amber Marshall) and her mother, Marion (Lisa Langlois), share the ability to train and help injured or abused horses by listening to them. The series follows the Fleming-Bartlett clan through love and loss, friendship and betrayal, marriage and children. Near the fictional town of Hudson, Alberta. Heartland is a wholesome family drama set on a ranch in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, The cast of Heartland at CBC headquarters in Toronto, 26 March 2015. ![]()
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