Toronto, Canada – Tricon Films & Television will be launching international sales of the new dramedy Sensitive Skin (6 x 30’), starring Kim Cattrall and Don McKellar at MIPTV 2014. The series, produced by Rhombus Media in association with Baby Cow Productions, Bell Media’s The Movie Network, and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central is based on the acclaimed BBC programme of the same name. Tricon will serve as international distributor as well as executive producer.
Kim Cattrall stars in the bittersweet comedy and executive produces along with co-star Don McKellar, who also directs all six episodes from scripts by Tony award winner and executive producer Bob Martin. Cattrall will also be taking the stage at MIPTV in a Keynote interview on April 7 to share her insights and experience in moving behind the camera to develop, executive producer and star in the series. Sensitive Skin marks Cattrall’s return to television following the conclusion of her wildly successful HBO series Sex and the City.
Kim Cattrall
Sensitive Skin is the story of Davina (Kim Cattrall), a woman of a certain age and her long-time husband Al (Don McKellar), who have sold their comfortable family home and moved downtown to an ultra-modern condo, in a transitional neighbourhood, in a conscious effort to change their lives, keep relevant, and begin again. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happens.
Based on the original British version, Sensitive Skin stars Golden Globe® Award-winner and Emmy® Award-nominee Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City), Genie and Tony Award®-winner Don McKellar (Blindness, Slings and Arrows). The series also stars Academy Award®-nominee Elliott Gould (M*A*S*H, Friends, Ray Donovan) as Al’s opportunistic physician; Nicolas Wright (White House Down) as Davina and Al’s neurotic and depressive son Orlando; Gemini Award-winner Colm Feore (The Borgias) as Davina’s brother-in-law Roger; Tony Award-winner Joanna Gleason (Last Vegas) as her conservative older sister Veronica; Gemini Award-winner Mary Walsh (This Hour Has 22 Minutes) as Sarah, a well-known radio personality; Gemini Award-winner Clé Bennett (Flashpoint) as Theodore, the friendly neighbourhood drug dealer; and Jutra Award-winner Marc-André Grondin (C.R.A.Z.Y.) as Greg. This new adaption is written by Bob Martin (Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays, Slings and Arrows).
Sensitive Skin is produced by Rhombus Media in association with Baby Cow Productions, The Movie Network, and Movie Central. The show is created by Hugo Blick (Roger & Val Have Just Got It). Niv Fichman (Rhombus Media) and Sari Friedland serve as producers with Kim Cattrall, Don McKellar, Bob Martin, Henry Normal (Baby Cow Productions), Hugo Blick, Andrea Gorfolova and Jon Rutherford (Tricon) attached as executive producers.
