From Scratch to Limelight

Starlings Entertainment develops world-class feature films and television programs and produces multiple projects each year.
No matter the scale of the project, we support quality, bold content, authentic voices and character-driven stories that resonate with a global audience.

DEPARTURE (TV series)

Season One (Completed)
Season Two (Completed)
Season Three (Completed)
Season Four (In Development)

Network: Peacock

A high-octane conspiracy series. Haunted by a personal tragedy, the brilliant Kendra Malley and her team investigate a series of mysterious mass transportation disasters. “A drama that will hook those who seek from their viewing a charge of adrenaline.” – Variety

2023 Canadian Screen Awards
– Christopher Plummer – Best Supporting Actor, Drama (WINNER)
– Best Drama Series (Nominee)
– Best Original Music, Drama (Nominee)
– Wendy Crewson – Best Supporting Actor, Drama (Nominee)
– Karen LeBlanc – Best Supporting Actor, Drama (Nominee)

2021 Canadian Screen Awards
– Christopher Plummer – Best Supporting Actor, Drama (WINNER)
– Best Drama Series (Nominee)
– Paul Winestock – Best Picture Editing, Drama (Nominee)
– Craig Wright – Best Photography, Drama (Nominee)

2021 Content Innovation Awards)
– Best Returning Drama Series (WINNER)

Canadian Cinema Editors Awards
– Vesna Svilanovic, CCE – Departure Wp. 101 “Vanished” (WINNER)

PANDORA (TV series)

Scripted Series
Season One (Completed)
Season Two (Completed)
Season Three (In Development)

Network: CW

In the year 2199, after the death of her parents, teenage Jax is forced to find a new home at the Space Academy where she creates a surrogate family among her fellow students and finds her calling as a spy. While her missions and the search for the truth about her parents’ death will take her to the furthest reaches of the galaxy, she’ll discover that the biggest surprises are hidden inside herself. With power she can’t imagine, she could either be humanity’s salvation or our destruction.

SHERLOCK & DAUGHTER (TV series)

Production in 2023

After witnessing her mother’s mysterious murder, young American woman Amelia discovers her missing father may be the legendary Sherlock Holmes. She journeys to England to find him, but he is not what she expected. Stymied, Holmes is unable to investigate a sinister case without risking the lives of his closest friends. Amelia must work with Holmes to solve a global conspiracy and to prove that she is in fact his daughter.

SHADOWLAND (TV series)

Production in 2023

A fierce and reclusive female wildlife activist teams up with a reticent special operations veteran to uncover a plot to ambush a rhino translocation caravan. Ultimately, the flawed pair expose a massive web of corruption, taking it apart piece by piece. Based on real people and events, Shadowland is in the end a love story set against a backdrop that is quintessentially African: beautiful and stark, fraught and hopeful, a land of life and death, of light and shadow.

TIME TAXI (TV series)

In Development with a US Studio

“Where to? And what year?” If you want to get across town, call a cab. If you want to travel back in time to course-correct a single moment from your life that went south on you, a moment you’ve always wished you could change, then find Sal, the driver of a special taxi that can help you do just that. Sal’s not just in it for the tips, though — he’s stuck driving the taxi until he can finally fix a past mistake of his own.

STORYVILLE (TV series)

In Development

From Executive Producer Usher

Set during the birth of Jazz in America’s most colorful city, New Orleans, “Storyville” is a highly serialized period drama centered around the brothel madams who ran America’s most notorious red light district – a diverse group of women who revolutionized their society and helped build the foundation for the country’s greatest musical export.

TRAP (TV series)

In Development

From Actor/Producer Don Lee (Ma Dong-seok) (Marvel’s Eternals, Train to Busan)

Based on the Korean format from OCN/CJ ENM. A retired news anchor on vacation with his loving wife and son suddenly finds himself trapped in a gruesome hunting game that ends with him severely injured and his family’s fate unknown. A veteran detective and a brilliant young profiler team up to investigate the crime, discovering a twisted underworld where nothing and no one are what they seem.