CBC's new Anne series premieres March 19

CBC's new Anne series will get its two-hour world premiere March 19.

• See the new teaser trailer

The original take on Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables is written by Moira Walley-Beckett, one of the writers on the show Breaking Bad.

• Behind the scenes on the newest Anne of Green Gables series
• Meet Amybeth McNulty, star of new Anne of Green Gables series for CBC, Netflix

Fifteen-year-old Irish actress Amybeth McNulty was chosen among 1,800 girls from Canada trying out for the lead role of Anne.

R.H. Thompson and Geraldine James star as Matthew and Marilla.

• Filming new Anne series entirely on P.E.I. 'impossible,' producer says

Some of the filming for the series took place in P.E.I., where the story is set but the bulk of the shooting took place in Millbrook, Ont.

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