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Prime Video has decided to cancel The Sticky, a heist comedy series that premiered on the streaming platform back in December with six episodes. The reason behind this decision hasn’t officially been stated, but per Deadline, it is likely due to a kind of viewership that wasn’t strong enough to warrant a renewal. This cancelation is surprising, considering The Sticky has an 80% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and received good reviews from both critics and audiences.

The series follows the story of Ruth Landry, a maple syrup farmer in Canada, who teams up with a mobster and a security guard to exact revenge on the authorities who threaten to take away her land. The official synopsis reads:

“The Sticky follows Ruth Landry, a tough, middle-aged maple syrup farmer who turns to crime when the bureaucratic authorities threaten to take away everything she loves. She teams up with the hot-tempered Bostonian mobster,...

A dark comedy crime thriller, with a solid 82% score on Rotten Tomatoes, is showing signs of success on streaming. The closing months of a year are generally not thought of as an exceptionally busy time for television, with broadcast networks going on hiatus for the holidays and streamers holding their biggest titles for the new year. 2024 may be another year that points to a shift, with several hit series debuting recently and more on the way.

Squid Game season 2 is premiering on Netflix as of December 26, making a late play to be technically one of the year's buzziest series. This is coming after Black Doves debuted in early December, very intentionally set as a holiday-themed spy saga, to acclaim from audiences and critics. Showtime's The Agency, led by Michael Fassbender, is another thriller that premiered late to a lot of attention and a quick renewal. A more low-key crime thriller may well follow that success.

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The Sticky is a Canadian heist dark comedy crime thriller series created by Brian Donovan and Ed Herro. Based on the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, the Prime Video series follows Ruth Landry, a Canadian maple syrup farmer whose farm is under threat of foreclosure and decides to steal millions of dollars worth of maple syrup as revenge with the help of a Bostonian mobster and a French-Canadian security guard. The Sticky stars Margo Martindale, Chris Diamantopoulos, Guillaume Cyr, Gita Miller, Guy Nadon, Mickaël Gouin, Suzanne Clément, Mark O’Brien, Meegwun Fairbrother, and Jamie Lee Curtis. So, if you loved the dark comedy, crime thriller elements, and compelling characters in The Sticky, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

Sneaky Pete (Prime Video) Credit – Prime Video

Sneaky Pete is a dark comedy crime drama series created...

Here is a factual statement for dear readers: Twelve years ago, Canada saw its biggest heist, the “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.” If the name brought a hint of amusement to you, along with the usual apprehension one gets from seedy crimes like robberies, then Amazon Prime’s “The Sticky” (season 1) would be the perfect choice for you. The “Fargo”-coded dark comedy, featuring a motley crew of characters portrayed by an equally diverse cast, is maddeningly hilarious and delightfully entertaining. With half-an-hour-a-piece six episodes, the season zooms through its cold crime-drama premise with oddly fitting circumstantial humor and zany dialogues. All signs of a great dark comedy.

The Sticky (Season 1) ‘Prime Video’ Recap: Introducing the Players: A Battle for Maple Syrup and Redemption

The series opens with a quick but effective introduction of our three main lead characters. Ruth (Margo Martindale) is a hell-raiser Maple Syrup farmer who immediately...

The Sticky, the six-episode Prime Video series starring Margo Martindale, is streaming now, loosely based on the true story of the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. A story that's almost too wild to believe, the heist occurred from 2011 through 2012, where C$18.1 million (Usd 12.7 million) was stolen from a storage facility in Quebec. Chris Diamantopoulos, known for his work in Silicon Valley, Mrs. Davis, The Boys in the Boat, and many, many more projects, recently spoke to MovieWeb and discussed his role in the series and the actor who was initially eyed for his part as Mike Byrne.

As it turns out, Diamantopoulos wasn't initially drawn to the project, and it took a few changes before the actor was fully onboard with where The Sticky was heading. He explained, "When I read [the script], I didn't immediately jump at it, but I had an agent who stayed on this project and kept calling me about it.

Quick Links Prime Video's 'The Sticky' Is a Delightfully Strange Dark Comedy 'The Sticky' Is a Wild and Quirky Tale Based on True Events 'The Sticky' Is Now Available to Stream

The wild and crazy world we live in can serve as some major inspiration for Hollywood creations, with reality often proving to be stranger than fiction. Case in point: the highly-buzzed-about Prime Video dark comedy The Sticky, which features the talents of prolific character actress Margot Martindale and follows a Canadian maple syrup farmer as she concocts a daring heist to steal millions of dollars worth of syrup after being wronged by the authorities.

Despite the far-fetched premise of the engrossing series, it is actually rooted in facts and was loosely based on the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist that took place between 2011 and 2012 in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Quebec. Over $18 million in maple syrup was stolen by...

As each episode of “The Sticky” declares, Prime Video’s twisted comedy series about a maple syrup heist in Canada, is definitely not accurately depicting the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. But can you blame creators Brian Donovan and Ed Herro for hearing an event title like that and wanting to let their imaginations run wild?

Across six episodes (and it deserved eight!), “The Sticky” presents an excellent case for television taking completely wild liberties with true events. With that episodic disclaimer explicitly absolving the showrunners of misinforming viewers, they’re essentially creating an original story based on a fun idea. So what if that idea happened in real life, but differently? What if it went this way instead?

The final episode, written by Donovan and Herro and directed by Michael Dowse, sees Ruth (Margo Martindale), Mike (Chris Diamantopoulos), and Remy (Guillaume Cyr) finally follow through on their big plans,...

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Prime Video is ready with an entertainment-packed December this year. The upcoming month will see the beginning of some of Prime Video’s best original shows including Secret Level and also the return of hit movies like Your Fault. Just like every month, Prime Video is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the best 7 new movies and TV shows coming to Prime Video in December 2024.

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The Red Virgin is a Spanish drama film directed by Paula Ortiz from a screenplay co-written by Eduard Sola and Clara Roquet. The 2024 film is set in the 1930s during the Second Spanish Republic in Spain and it follows a precocious and prolific writer who is raised by her mother to become the model of future women.

"This is our chance... to show 'em who's boss!" Prime Video has unveiled an official trailer for a new comedy crime / heist thriller series called The Sticky, which will be streaming starting in December later this year. It's inspired by the true story known as the "Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist" - which really happened in 2011 & 2012. Officially, according to the numbers, it is the "most valuable heist in Canadian history!" How dare anyone steal that precious liquid gold. "Mayhem, murder, and maple syrup." The Sticky is a comedy-drama series about Ruth Landry, a maple syrup farmer who, in defiance of a heartless system, assembles a team of misfits to undertake the Canadian heist of the century. The target: the country's multi-million dollar maple syrup surplus. The acclaimed Margo Martindale stars as Ruth in this, with a series cast featuring Chris Diamantopoulos, Guillaume Cyr, Guy Nadon, Gita Miller, Mickaël Gouin, and Suzanne Clément.

Amazon Prime Video has unveiled the first trailer for the dark comedy series “The Sticky.”

According to the official logline, the show “follows Ruth Landry (Margo Martindale), a tough, middle-aged maple syrup farmer who turns to crime when the bureaucratic authorities threaten to take away everything she loves. She teams up with the hot-tempered Bostonian mobster (Chris Diamantopoulos), and a mild-mannered French-Canadian security guard (Guillaume Cyr) to carry out a multi-million-dollar heist on Quebec’s maple syrup surplus.”

As Variety exclusively reported, all six episodes of the half-hour show will debut on Dec. 6. It is based on the real Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, but makes it clear in the trailer that “this is absolutely not the true story.”

Watch the full trailer below.

Other cast members include Gita Millier, Guy Nadon, Mickaël Gouin, Suzanne Clément, Mark O’Brien, Meegwun Fairbrother, and Vickie Papavs, with Jamie Lee Curtis appearing in a guest role.

2020 continues, as a first trailer for the Quebec remake of Brooklyn Nine-Nine has now been released. Yes, you read all of those words correctly. Do not adjust your screen.

Escouade 99 (Squad 99 in English) really does appear to be a near shot-for-shot remake of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, with its original cast replaced by the likes of Mickaël Gouin, Bianca Gervais, Mylène Mackay, Widemir Normil and Guy Jodoin. The Quebec version was directed by Patrick Huard (Bon Cop Bad Cop) and it follows “a group of endearing and out of the ordinary detectives who fight crime at Escouade 99 in Quebec City.”

Quebec broadcast company Quebecor Content purchased the rights to the Andy Samberg-led comedy series last year, and this is the first time that the team behind Brooklyn Nine-Nine have authorized an adaptation of outside of the U.S., according to HuffPo. So, from next month, the often shamelessly weird and predominantly...

Exclusive: French-Canadian drama Nelly is set for a U.S. release after Cinema Libre Studio picked up the rights to Anne Émond’s feature film.

The company, hot on the heels of picking up Vanessa Filho-directed and Marion Cotillard-fronted Angel Face, has taken U.S. rights from eOne’s Seville International.

The film, which stars French-Canadian actress and Toronto International Film Festival Rising Star Myléne Mackay (Endorphine), tells the story of Nelly Arcan, a sex worker in Montreal who wrote a semi-autobiographical novel Putain, based on her experiences.

Arcan, who wrote about self-destruction and feminine beauty as obsessive themes in all of her books, was fixated on being an object of desire herself and she killed herself in 2009, four days after submitting the last edits to her fourth book.

The film, which premiered at Tiff, was produced by Go Films’ Nicole Roberts and was written by Émond. It...