'This is going to be a big production': Amazon Studios sci-fi TV series to film in Manitoba

A multimillion-dollar Amazon TV series,Tales from the Loop, is coming to Manitoba.

Thedrama is spawned from the work of Swedish artistSimon Stalenhag,who blends elements of futuristic science-fiction with images of rural life.

It is a very large series and there will be a number of sets built.- NicoleMatiation, On ScreenManitoba

According to Variety, the series is to be executive produced by NathanielHalpern, who is the writer behind the FX superherofantasyTV seriesLegion.

There's no word yet on when it will start shooting orwho will star in the series.

But NicoleMatiation, executive directordirector of theindustry associationOn ScreenManitoba, said the production co-producedwith Fox 21 Television Studios is a serious coup for the province and will result in hundreds of skilled jobs.

"We know that they're going to be shooting in multiple locations. They're in a variety of different spaces in Winnipeg, building sets, because it is a very large series and there will be a number of sets built," she said.

"This is going to be a big production."

According to a description of the Tales from the Loopnarrative art book, the story is a "journey through various country and city landscapes from small towns in Sweden and the deserts of Nevada to the bitter chill of Siberiawhere children explore and engage with abandoned robots, vehicles, and machinery large and small, while dinosaurs and other creatures wander roads and fields."

Stalenhag's paintings and stories take place in an alternate version of Sweden in the '80s and '90s and involve thedevelopment of the Loop, a large particle accelerator, and its side effects.

Matiation believes Manitoba was chosen because the province's tax credit for film and video productions is now permanent and producers can count on it year after year.

The province has also recently been the shooting location for TV series likeCBC's Burden of Truth and NBC's Channel Zero.

Amazon Studios has producedacclaimed TV series such asThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel andTheMan in the High Castle.