Ms. Pam Westman reports

NELVANA AND LAMBUR PRODUCTIONS START PRODUCTION FOR THIRD AND FINAL SEASON OF HIT MYSTERY DRAMA SERIES THE HARDY BOYS

Corus Entertainment Inc.'s Emmy Award-winning studio Nelvana, together with Lambur Productions, has started production on the third and final season of its popular live-action series The Hardy Boys (eight episodes, 60 minutes). Based on the books by Franklin W. Dixon, the Daytime Emmy-nominated mystery drama is produced by Lambur Productions and Nelvana, in association with Corus Entertainment, and started production in September in Toronto and Southern Ontario.

"From its inception, it's been a joy to work with Lambur Productions, Hulu and YTV on The Hardy Boys and introduce these iconic characters and gripping adventures to a new generation," said Pam Westman, president, Nelvana. "The exceptional cast and crew brought the revered Hardy Boys adventures to life, successfully engaged audiences around the world, and garnered awards and critical acclaim. As this mystery comes to a close, we're looking forward to providing fans with more mystery-solving action, surprising turn of events and laughs in a wild final season."

The third season picks up where the shocking events of season 2 left off. The Hardy boys and their friends dig up even more secrets, conspiracies and threats as they piece together their great-grandfather's long-lost map and race against time to uncover a powerful ancient relic before it falls into the wrong hands.

"We're excited that we've been able to produce a compelling and complex conclusion to The Hardy Boys this season," said Joan Lambur, executive producer, Lambur Productions. "It's been an honour to work on this iconic title with an amazing cast and crew, alongside our incredibly supportive partners at Nelvana, Corus and Hulu."

Bailee Madison (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Just Go with It) guest stars on the final season as Drew Darrow, a fun but often frustrating new ally with a brilliant mind and appetite for magic and mysteries. Returning cast members of the beloved Hardy gang include Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends) as Frank Hardy, Alexander Elliot (Locke and Key) as Joe Hardy, Keana Lyn (The Yard) as Callie Shaw, Adam Swain (A Million Little Things) as Chet Morton, Cristian Perri (A Simple Favor) as Phil Cohen, Riley O'Donnell (Big Top Academy) as Biff Hooper and Krista Nazaire (Before We Crash) as Belinda Conrad.

The first two seasons received strong ratings and reviews, winning two Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series, and Best Direction, Children's or Youth, winning a Directors Guild of Canada Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for Family Series in 2021 and earning a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Young Adult Series in 2021. The first season received additional nominations for CAFTCAD's (Canadian Alliance of Film and Television Costume Arts and Design) Best Costume Design in TV Period in 2021, DGC's Craft Award for Best Picture Editing -- Comedy or Family Series in 2021, Canadian Society of Cinematographer's Award for Best Cinematography in TV Drama -- Non-commercial in 2021, and a Canadian Screen Award for Best Photography, Drama, in 2022. The series also gained a loyal fan following, with season 2 securing the No. 1 program ranking on YTV this past spring and currently the No. 1 YTV show streamed on StackTV.

Seasons 1 and 2 of The Hardy Boys are currently available to stream on Hulu (United States), StackTV in Canada and Disney+ internationally (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Latin America, and coming soon to Europe, Middle East and Africa). The final season will premiere on Hulu in the U.S. and YTV and StackTV in Canada in 2023, with more international networks to be announced.

Season 3 of The Hardy Boys is executive produced by Lambur Production's Ms. Lambur, Suzanne Wilson and Madeleine Lambur, Corus and Nelvana's Doug Murphy, Ms. Westman and Athena Georgaklis, co-showrunner and head writer Chris Pozzebon (Blindspot, Schitt's Creek), and co-showrunner and head director Jason Stone (Riverdale, The Hardy Boys). Amanda Vaughan will serve as production executive for Corus.

About Corus Entertainment Inc.

Corus Entertainment is a leading media and content company that develops and delivers high-quality brands and content across platforms for audiences around the world. Engaging audiences since 1999, the company's portfolio of multimedia offerings encompass 33 specialty television services, 39 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, a suite of digital and streaming assets, animation software, technology, and media services. Corus is an internationally renowned content creator and distributor through Nelvana, a world-class animation studio expert in all formats, and Corus Studios, a globally recognized producer of hit scripted and unscripted content. The company also owns innovative full-service social digital agency so.da, lifestyle entertainment company Kin Canada, leading 2-D animation software supplier Toon Boom and children's book publishing house Kids Can Press. Corus's roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network, HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, Magnolia Network Canada, The History Channel, Showcase, Adult Swim, National Geographic, Disney Channel Canada, YTV, Global News, the Global News website, Q107, Country 105 and CFOX, along with broadly distributed Canadian streaming platforms StackTV, Teletoon+, the Global TV app and Curiouscast.