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    Netflix will offer an 'Anne of Green Gables' series in 2017

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    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    08.22.2016

    Netflix is fond of rekindling childhood memories, and its latest nostalgia trip is a big one. The streaming service is partnering with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Anne, a TV series based on the classic Anne of Green Gables novels you may well have read growing up. It'll revolve around its namesake fiery, imaginative orphan and the effect she has on her small town. It won't be shot on Prince Edward Island, alas (Ontario will have to do), but it will have some veterans aboard. Breaking Bad writer Moira Walley-Beckett is penning the first eight-episode season, while Whale Rider's Niki Caro is directing and Beginners' Miranda de Pencier is producing. You should see Anne both on Netflix and CBC TV in 2017.