Men With Brooms the TV series
Another story we’ve been sitting on is now… oot and aboot!
The 2002 curling movie Men With Brooms, recently given a positive plug by the Huffington Post, is back… on the small screen.
A pilot episode was filmed back in December, with the on-ice scenes taking place at the Dundas Granite club near Hamilton, Ontario, and word came down last week that CBC has picked up the series for the 2010-11 season.
Fans will remember the film version came out in 2002, just in time to tap into the Salt Lake City Olympic fever. In keeping with the imminence of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, here’s the CBC pickup news in German (!!), courtesy of Swiss TCN reader Martin Stucki.
Canadian media are now aware, and you can read more here and here.
The Curling News was privileged to be on set in Dundas, back in December, and we invite you to subscribe today – as we will have a full behind-the-scenes report, plus exclusive photos, in a future edition of the newspaper.
You don’t want to miss it!
Lynne Gawley-Hofstetter Said,
February 19, 2010 @ 5:08 pm
Wow awesome…can’t wait to see it!!!
Joanne Said,
May 2, 2010 @ 2:27 pm
I hope the TV series, Men With Brooms” is a lot better than the film. I can’t believe I paid money to watch such silliness.
Men With Brooms for 2010 | The Curling News Said,
May 28, 2010 @ 10:54 am
[...] we’ve known since last fall, and first revealed back in February, a new half-hour TV comedy based on the 2002 curling movie Men With Brooms has been [...]
Scott Said,
June 11, 2010 @ 6:09 pm
I agree with Joanne – the movie wasn’t much, but I just watched a promo clip for the TV series on Youtube, and it actually looks pretty good. Much better than the movie. Kind of sad that the movie gets its butt kicked by a 2 minute trailer, but…yeah.
kurtis labelle Said,
July 1, 2010 @ 10:39 am
in order to get the movie, you have to be from northern canada! so many parts reminded me of what we used to do, it wasnt about curling, it was about relationships.
MIssy Said,
November 2, 2010 @ 1:27 am
I partially agree with Kurtis. The film was about the relationships between the characters and was very very good. But I am not from Canada and I still got it. Some people don’t understand indie movies.
Gary Said,
October 11, 2011 @ 7:05 pm
I just caught the first season of Men with Brooms on Netflix. I found the writing to be smartly subtle, the acting quite capable and laughed quite a bit during the first 12 episodes. I find parallel’s with other Canadian notables such as Corner Gas and Little Mosque on the Prairie. I’m really hoping there’ll be a second season!