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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