French Canadian series acquired by Global Series Network (GSN) for renowned on-demand platform in U.K., Ireland, and U.S.A.
Montreal, January 20th, 2025 – Quebecor Content is proud to announce that Season 1 of the acclaimed drama series Detective Surprenant: The girl with stone eyes has been acquired by Global Series Network (GSN) for streaming on the celebrated video-on-demand platform Walter Presents. Produced by V10 Media and distributed worldwide by TVA Distribution and Incendo, the six-episode, one-hour police thriller is set to run in its original French language with English subtitles beginning Spring 2025, in U.K., Ireland, and U.S.A.
Curated by Walter Iuzzolino, Walter Presents is dedicated to hand-picking prestige foreign language drama from around the world delivering its viewers high quality, award-winning content.
“We are honored to partner with GSN, a champion of premium content who consistently showcase just what the discerning Walter Presents audience has come to expect,” said Sylvie Langlois, Senior Director, Formats & Head of International Development, Quebecor Content. “I’m so excited to see this gripping made-in-Quebec series stand shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the finest dramas from around the world.”
Walter Iuzzolino added, “Detective Surprenant: The girl with stone eyes is a sharp and engaging piece which will delight Walter Presents fans of premium international subtitled drama. A twisty, compelling story which will take audiences to the beautiful and unusual setting of Les Iles de la Madeleine for a journey they won’t forget.”
Based on a series of novels by Jean Lemieux, Detective Surprenant: The girl with stone eyes made its international debut 2024 at the “Coming next from Quebec” session at Series Mania. The series follows Detective André Surprenant, tasked with investigating the murder of a teenage girl on the Magdalen Islands. He faces hostility from an investigator dispatched from Quebec City as he seeks to unravel the islanders’ secrets to solve the crime.
About Quebecor Content:
Quebecor Content, a wholly owned business unit of Quebecor Media Inc., creates, develops, acquires, distributes and exports distinctive, high-quality audio-visual content, providing consumers with a multi-platform experience via Videotron and TVA Group services and promoting Quebec artists at home and abroad.
About Incendo:
Incendo is a Canadian company specializing in the development, production, and international distribution of compelling content for audiences all over the world. Founded in 2001, Incendo boasts an exceptional multi-genre development and production slate, extensive multiplatform programming library, expanding strategic partnerships, and unique format pipeline as a subsidiary of Groupe TVA. Incendo also handles theatrical distribution in Québec for Paramount Pictures.
With offices in Montreal and Toronto, Incendo productions include original horror films Guess Who, The Amityville Curse, romcoms Be Mine Valentine, You May Kiss the Bridesmaid, and the limited series Clean Sweep, an international co-production. For more information, please visit www.incendo.ca .
About Walter Presents:
Walter Presents launched January 2016 in the U.K. as a video-on-demand service, founded by Jason Thorp, Walter Iuzzolino and Jo McGrath. Dedicated to showcasing award winning foreign language drama, the service is named after its curator, Walter Iuzzolino, a passionate drama fan. In March 2017, Walter Presents launched as an SVOD platform in the U.S., with the New York Times hailing it as a “chic TV boutique with a foreign accent.” In November 2017, Walter Presents launched in Australia through pay-TV service Foxtel and in Italy September 2018, its first roll-out in mainland Europe, on Discovery’s Nove, Giallo and Dplay channels. In October 2018 Walter Presents partnered with PBS Distribution in the US, to make premium foreign language drama available on PBS Masterpiece on the Amazon Prime Video channel. Additionally, select top-tier titles chosen by PBS are also broadcast on PBS stations and streaming on PBS Passport, a digital member benefit available through local stations. In February 2019 Walter Presents increased its US distribution further launching on Comcast Xfinity X1 and later Walter Presents launched on the Roku Channel and Cox cable. In 2019 Walter Presents teamed up with Medialaan to make the service available to Flemish audiences on their newly launched digital channel StreamZ, and also joined forces with S4C to make its dramas available in Welsh.