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Bravo starts shooting English-language version of '19-2'

Cast member Adrian Holmes attends the premiere of the sci-fi motion picture thriller "Elysium" at the Regency Village Theatre in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on August 7, 2013. Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds. UPI/Jim Ruymen
Cast member Adrian Holmes attends the premiere of the sci-fi motion picture thriller "Elysium" at the Regency Village Theatre in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on August 7, 2013. Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo

MONTREAL, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Production has begun in Montreal on the English-language adaptation of the Quebec police drama series "19-2," Bravo announced Tuesday.

Louis Choquette and Erik Canuel are to direct the 10-episode first season of the new version of the hourlong drama, which is to premiere on the cable network in 2014.

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Benz Antoine is to reprise his role as Police Officer Tyler Joseph from the original series, joining previously announced cast members Adrian Holmes and Jared Keeso, who star as Nick Barron and Ben Chartier respectively.

Maxim Roy joins the cast as Nick's estranged wife and fellow district detective, Isabelle Latendresse, and Laurence Leboeuf will play Audrey Pouliot, a uniformed cop who is attracted to her colleague Nick.

"We're excited to have started rolling on the intense, gritty and thought-provoking '19-2,'" Corrie Coe, senior vice president of independent production for Bell Media, said in a statement Tuesday.

"Montreal serves as the perfect urban backdrop to this character-driven series, featuring our brilliant leads Adrian and Jared. We know '19-2' will captivate audiences from coast-to-coast-to-coast when it premieres."

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