IDW Entertainment, in partnership with SYFY, Space and SEVEN24 Films, announced today that Wynonna Earp, The TV series based on the IDW comic created by Beau Smith, has been greenlit to start production for its fourth season later this year with filming start in 2020.
Season 4 is expected to debut in Summer 2020 on SYFY in the US and Space in Canada. Plus, Cineflix Studios has come aboard to co-produce and Cineflix Rights will handle international sales for the series.
This great news comes after months of the show being in TV limbo, or should that be purgatory. Season four should have starting shooing early 2019, but due to financial issues at IDW Entertainment the show was in the odd state of being given two more seasons at SYFY but lacked the money to shoot them.
Lydia Antonini, President, IDW Entertainment: “‘Wynonna Earp’ – the series, the comics, the characters, the story and the fans are all deeply important to IDW so we are thrilled to be able to continue to tell the Wynonna story. From the very beginning, the fans have embraced the series and have transformed their passion into an inclusive community built upon empathy and support, as well as whiskey and donuts. We are grateful to have partners who were able to help us bring it back for a fourth season so that we can continue to serve the dedicated Earpers, and entertain fans everywhere.”
Earpers, what hard core fans of the show are called, will have a panel at San Diego Comic-Con later this month to celebrate this mont. The panel will feature Andras, cast members Melanie Scrofano, Katherine Barrell, and Greg Lawson, along with comic creator Beau Smith.
“We are absolutely thrilled that we get to make more ‘Wynonna Earp,’ and are grateful to our networks and partners for working hard to ensure we can,” said Emily Andras, Showrunner and Executive Producer. “This is an enormous testament to our passionate and fierce fans, the Earpers, who remind us every day how to fight like hell for the things you love with wit, ferocity and kindness.”
Wynonna Earp has been praised for its “fierce and committed performances”*, and has received and been nominated for numerous awards including Canadian Screen Awards, GLAAD Media Awards, Directors Guild of Canada, Writers Guild of Canada and Alberta Film & Television Awards.
SEVEN24’s Jordy Randall and Tom Cox, in addition to Cineflix’s Peter Emerson and Brett Burlock, serve as Executive Producers along with Todd Berger and Rick Jacobs.
