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Netflix, CBC renew 'Anne with an E' for Season 3

By Karen Butler

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The family drama Anne with an E has been renewed for a third season to air via Netflix and CBC in 2019.

Production on the next 10 episodes is to begin this winter on Prince Edward Island and in Ontario.

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"Our beloved Anne will be 16 years old when we return to this season full of romantic complications, bold adventures and dramatic discoveries," showrunner Moira Walley-Beckett said in a statement Wednesday. "I will explore important, contemporary themes that I hope will continue to resonate with, and inspire and uplift, our audience."

Starring Amybeth McNulty as the titular, 19th-century heroine, the show is based on the beloved, Canadian novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. It co-stars Geraldine James and R.H. Thomson.

"Season 3 here we come..." McNulty tweeted.

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