#FIRSTLOOK: TWO NEW CANADIAN ORIGINAL DOCU-SERIES COMING TO PRIME VIDEO – “HARD NORTH” AND “IN COLD WATER: THE SHELTER BAY MYSTERY”

Prime Video today unveiled the trailers and key art for two new Canadian Original docu-series set for release this November, In Cold Water: The Shelter Bay Mystery and Hard North.

In Cold Water: The Shelter Bay Mystery is a three-part series that recounts the case and investigation of the drowning of school teacher Laura Letts-Beckett in icy-cold water while on a fishing vacation in the Canadian Rocky Mountains set to premiere on November 12. The only witness to the mysterious accident is her husband—a larger-than-life former New Zealand city councilor named Peter Beckett. A year later, her husband is arrested and charged with murder. Amid conflicting opinions and swirling suspicions, more shocking allegations of murder are made against a paranoid Peter who is locked in the fight of his life. What unfolds after his arrest is almost unbelievable. Was it a death shrouded in mystery, or was it something more sinister? This gripping true crime story takes viewers on a journey around the world and back. In Cold Water: The Shelter Bay Mystery is directed by Trish Neufeld and executive produced by Pablo Salzman, Michael Kronish, Suze Hannagan, Thomas Robins, Kim Roberts and Benjamin Duffield. The series will be available in over 240 territories globally on Prime Video.

Trailer here.

● Premiere Date: November 12, 2024

● Total Episodes: 3

● Cadence: Binge

● Executive Producers: Pablo Salzman, Michael Kronish, Suze Hannagan, Thomas Robins, Kim Roberts, Benjamin Duffield

● Producer: John Ritchie

● Director: Trish Neufeld

Hard North streams November 29 on Prime Video in Canada, following a diverse group of young Canadians as they embark on a challenging four-season mission: to build a life in the vast and unforgiving Canadian wilderness. The series takes viewers on an adventure through some of the country’s most remote and rugged landscapes as these aspiring homesteaders face the harsh realities of living off the land and strive to not just survive – but to thrive in these wild places, they now call home.

Created by Paul Kilback (Tornado Hunters, Mysteries from Above, Life Below Zero Canada), Hard North is an eight episode series following aspiring homesteaders Matty Clarke in Lake St. John, Newfoundland; Margot Bossus in Plata Trap-Line, Rogue Range, Yukon Territory; Billy Rioux in Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec; and couple Emily Veilleux and Gilbert Chookomoolin in Peawanuck, Ontario. Executive Producers for Blue Ant Studios are Matthew Hornburg, Mark J.W. Bishop, Tara Elwood and Donna Luke. The series is made with financing participation from Rogers Cable Network Fund and the Canada Media Fund. The series is co-commissioned by APTN in Canada and is distributed by Blue Ant Studios.

● Premiere Date: November 29, 2024

● Total Episodes: 8

● Cadence: Binge

● Executive Producers: Matthew Hornburg, Mark J.W. Bishop, Tara Elwood and Donna Luke

● Showrunner: Paul Kilback

These series join the critically acclaimed and award-winning slate of documentary content produced by Prime Video including, I Am: Celine Dion and TIFF 2024 People’s Choice Documentary Award Winner The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal. Additional Canadian Original productions including TIFF 2023 People’s Choice Documentary Award and Canadian Screen Award-winner Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe, Luxe Listings: Toronto, LOL: Qui rira le dernier?, Three Pines, Saving Sakic, All or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs, The Kids in the Hall, The Lake, LOL: Last One Laughing Canada, and The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith.

Since 2015, Amazon MGM Studios, as well as MGM Television and MGM+ Studios have commissioned more than 40 series and films that have been shot in Canada, including The Boys, Gen V, Reacher, and The Handmaid’s Tale in Ontario; Fargo and Billy The Kid in Alberta; The Man in the High Castle and Upload in British Columbia; Tales from the Loop in Manitoba; as well as parts of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and The Voyeurs in Quebec.

Trailer here.