Lauren Collins & Megan Follows To Lead Crave Short-Form Comedy ‘My Dead Mom’, LoCo Motion Pictures Producing

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EXCLUSIVE: Canadian streamer Crave has cast Lauren Collins and Megan Follows to lead a six-part short-form comedy, My Dead Mom.

The series follow Emmy, a woman questioning her life choices three years after her mother’s passing. It explores the complicated nature of grief through the filter of mothers and daughters.

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Production has begun in production in Toronto, with Follows (Anne of Green Gables, Reign) and Collins (Degrassi: The Next Generation, The Slip) starring. Rounding out the cast are Rainbow Sun Francks (High Fidelity), David Reale (The Boys), Daniel Maslany (Murdoch Mysteries), Daniel Kash (Slasher) and guest star Matt Murray (In the Dark).

Synopsis reads: “Emmy wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail after her mother died, she was just really busy. But three years on now, her grief is catching up with her. As she questions her lipstick and life choices, her dead mother, Fern, pops into her life to voice her opinions and tell her red really isn’t her color. Even death hasn’t stopped Fern from being fabulous. Emmy is trying to live her best life, but how do you let go of something that is so present?”

My Dead Mom comes from creator Wendy Litner and executive producer Lauren Corber’s LoCo Motion Pictures, which made the show in association with Crave parent Bell Media and the participation of Canada’s Independent Production Fund, Ontario Creates and the Bell Fund. Corber and Litner previously worked together on International Emmy nominated series How to Buy a Baby.

Blue Ant Media has international distribution rights. Litner is also an EP, while Chandler Levack (I Like Movies) directs.

Palmer Baranek is supervising producer and Moe Rai is co-producer. For Bell, the production executive is Kelsey-Ann Rattansey, senior production executive is Chris Kelley, Sarah Fowlie is Head of Production, Original Programming; Rachel Goldstein-Couto is Head of Development, Original Programming; Carlyn Klebuc is General Manager, Original Programming; Justin Stockman is Vice President, Content Development & Programming; and Karine Moses is Senior Vice President, Content Development & News.

“We’re excited to see Wendy and Lauren’s creative vision come to life in this comedic and witty series of shorts,” said Klebuc. “With Levack directing, and acclaimed Canadian actors Follows and Collins starring, this series continues to build on Crave’s mandate of delivering unique and high-quality original content.”

“We’re so excited to begin production on our new comedy starring the incomparable duo of Lauren Collins and Megan Follows,” said Lauren Corber, President and Executive Producer, LoCo Motion Pictures. “I’m thrilled to reunite with Wendy Litner, the brilliant mind behind it all, and to join forces with Crave to elevate My Dead Mom to uncharted comedic heights.”

Crave’s original comedies include Letterkenny and its spinoff Shoresy.

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