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TV Adaptation of 2000 Cult Classic HIGH FIDELITY, Starring Zoë Kravitz, Announced as a STARZ Exclusive for Canada

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– All 10 episodes of HIGH FIDELITY drop on Friday, February 21 –

“Zoë Kravitz Shines in This Effortlessly Cool Comedy” – Decider

“..A proper modern love letter to a Gen X Rom-Com Classic” – Paste Magazine

“…we get to see women, queer people, and people of color to whom music matters just as much as it does to the archetypal straight, white, man-child record collector” – TIME

Tags: @STARZCA, @STARZCanadaPR, @CraveCanada, @Crave_PR TORONTO (February 19, 2020) – The highly anticipated Hulu Original comedy HIGH FIDELITY is coming to Canada as a STARZ exclusive through a licensing agreement with Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International. A departure from the beloved 2000 film, the gender-flipped reboot of Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel begins streaming Friday, Feb. 21 on STARZ. In Canada, STARZ is available through most television service providers, directly to consumers as an add-on to Crave, and through Amazon Prime Video Channels and Apple TV Channels. For more information, visit www.starz.ca. HIGH FIDELITY centres on Rob (Zoë Kravitz), a female record store owner in the rapidly gentrified neighbourhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn who revisits past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love. The series also stars Da’Vine Joy Randolph (DOLEMITE IS MY NAME), David H. Holmes (LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, MINDHUNTER), Jake Lacy (GIRLS), and Kingsley Ben-Adir (NOELLE). HIGH FIDELITY rolls out in Canada as follows:
  • All 10 episodes drop on the STARZ streaming platform and On Demand platforms on Friday, 21
  • Season 1 premieres on the STARZ TV channels with two episodes on Sunday, February 23 at 10 p.m. ET, and continues with two episodes weekly Sundays at 10 p.m. ET
HIGH FIDELITY is developed for television by writers Veronica West and Sarah Kucserka, both known for their work on UGLY BETTY, HART OF DIXIE, STATE OF AFFAIRS, and CHICAGO FIRE. Series star Zoë Kravitz (BIG LITTLE LIES) serves as executive producer, alongside West and Kucserka. Midnight Radio’s Scott Rosenberg, Josh Applebaum, André Nemec, and Jeff Pinkner are also executive producers, as well as Nick Hornby, Jeffrey Reiner, and Jesse Peretz. The series is produced by ABC Signature Studios, a part of Disney Television Studios.

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