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Tricia signs Canwest pilot deal — ‘The Dealership’

Posted on: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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Categories: 'The Dealership', Television Productions

Holy smokes! More TV projects for Tricia! According to Newswire.ca, Tricia Helfer has signed on a Canwest one-hour pilot, titled The Dealership, in the lead role of Rachel Carson. More from Newswire.ca:

Series pilot The Dealership has signed on Tricia Helfer and William Devane, along with up and comer Patrick J. Adams to star in the new one-hour pilot about love, larceny and luxury used cars. [...] The pilot, which was announced by Canwest in November, will star Helfer (Battlestar Galactica, Burn Notice) in the lead role of Rachel Carson. Rachel
is the beautiful, tough as nails sales manager who runs Carson Luxury Auto Gallery, a civic institution started by her irascible father Frank, played by Devane (Jesse Stone, What About Brian).

Rachel spent the last decade waiting for her father to retire, cementing her defacto control of the dealership and holding off the banks. Now that the car industry in North America is in the grip of recession, Rachel is fighting to keep the place alive with the help (or in spite of) her unreliable younger brother played by Patrick J. Adams (Friday Night Lights, Old School). When Frank un-retires and tries to help, things go from bad to worse.

“The wide appeal and power of these actors will take this pilot to another level. In their hands, the unusual characters will spring to life,” said Christine Shipton, SVP, Drama and Factual Content, Canwest Broadcasting. “We are extremely excited about this casting announcement”. “Their talent, along with the incredible script and production team, are the right ingredients to create a show with global appeal,” said Jeffrey Tahler, VP, Acquisitions & Development, FremantleMedia Enterprises.

The Dealership is a darkly funny one-hour drama series about the dysfunctional world of Carson Luxury Auto Gallery, a family-owned, used-car dealership. Market collapse, credit crisis, the shrinking global economy – everything is conspiring against Rachel, Jack and Frank Carson. But this main street family isn’t going down without a fight and will do whatever it takes to make the sale and live for another day.

Sounds a lot different from her earlier TV work — are you excited yet? Tricia Helfer Fan congratulates Tricia on landing yet another new onscreen project!