(L-R): Miku Martineau, Ayo Solanke, and Eve Edwards. Photos courtesy of Netflix
Netflix today announced the start of production in Toronto and cast for BET, a live-action series based on the hit Japanese manga, Kakegurui. Directed and developed for television by Simon Barry (Warrior Nun, Continuum), BET follows the students at a boarding school for the global elite, where underground gambling determines the school’s hierarchy. When Yumeko, a mysterious transfer student arrives, her gambling prowess puts her in the crosshairs of the powerful Student Council, while her secret quest for revenge threatens to upend the school’s status quo entirely.
The cast includes Miku Martineau (Kate, Star Trek: Section 31), Ayo Solanke (Clown in a Cornfield), Eve Edwards (The Bad Orphan, The Good Doctor) , Clara Alexandrova (Alert: Missing Persons Unit, Danger In The Dorm), Hunter Cardinal (Scout), Anwen O’Driscoll (You Can Live Forever, The Bearded Girl), Aviva Mongillo (Workin’ Moms, Don’t Talk to Irene), and Ryan Sutherland (Nick Shorts).
BET is produced by Boat Rocker. Executive producers are Simon Barry, Jeff F King (The Acolyte, The Umbrella Academy), David Fortier (Orphan Black: Echoes, The Next Step), Ivan Schneeberg (Orphan Black: Echoes, The Next Step), Jon Rutherford (The Next Step, Daniel Spellbound), and Nick Nantell (Orphan Black: Echoes, The Next Step).
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