Craig David Wallace, Charles Picco and Anthony Leo’s series Todd & The Book Of Pure Evil, developed through NSI Totally Television, has begun production in Winnipeg.

SPACE’s newest original series will be shot over 10 weeks, resulting in a 13-episode, half-hour supernatural comedy that brings the age-old phrase “high school is hell” to life.

Synopsis

Imagine, if you will, a book of awesome power. A book that will make your deepest, darkest dreams come true… but at a horrifying cost. This is The Book Of Pure Evil, and it’s loose in Crowley High. Anyone who possesses it is unable to resist the temptation to use its power for their own teen-angst fueled desires. Thankfully, one horny teenager stands between The Book Of Pure Evil and the end of the world as we know it. His name is Todd. He’s flunking math, but he’ll save our asses, whether he likes it or not.

Developed through NSI Totally Television

The TV series concept was developed over the course of 10 months through the NSI Totally Television program. A pilot for Todd & The Book Of Pure Evil was shot for SPACE last winter in Winnipeg.

NSI Totally Television is a 10-month, market-driven, professional development program.

Students learn about market conditions, trends, the viability of certain genres, marketing and pitching elements needed to sustain a television series.

The program concludes with the Banff World Television Festival where students get to pitch their TV project to broadcasters.

Todd & The Book Of Pure Evil is based on the short film of the same title written by Craig David Wallace and Max Reid, and directed by Wallace.

The short film was produced through the Canadian Film Centre’s Short Dramatic Film Program, and kicked off an international festival tour by premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2003. The TV series concept was developed through NSI Totally Television.

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