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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.

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With Bo out of the picture and Harvest Day rapidly approaching, were Ruth, “Lollipop” and Remy able to escape with the goods? That answer is a resounding “yes,” but that doesn’t mean loved ones in their orbit were safe from the fallout.

The Sticky’s first season finale on Prime Video opens with the trio stuffing Bo’s body into a deep freezer, only she had already alerted Mike’s Boston crime family about his goings-on in Canada. Needless to say, the heat is on and the clock is ticking. Rather than remove the maple syrup barrels from the site,...

Exclusive: Chris McCumber is departing Blumhouse Television after three years as President. The unit’s President of Production, Jeremy Gold, will step into the top role on an interim basis. A search is underway for a new head of the TV group, which is getting downsized, with several people — believed to be fewer than 10 — being laid off today. (Blumhouse’s total headcount in film and TV is almost 100.)

The staff reductions are coming mostly from the TV division’s Creative and Business Affairs departments, sources said. The unscripted group, led by Gretchen Palek, will remain intact, as will Blumhouse’s shared services groups including Production, Casting, Hr, Marketing and Finance.

Blumhouse TV scripted head Chris Dickie (EVP Scripted Programming and Development) is staying put and will be assisting Gold during the transition, with Gold stepping up his role on the slate of Blumhouse TV series that are expected to go...

Breaking Bad's Anna Gunn has been cast in the Chunk & Bean TV series comedy pilot at ABC. She joins the previously-cast Adam Rodriguez. The comedy hails from writers Ed Herro (of the cancelled series, The Neighbors) and Brian Donovan, who will executive produce with Dave Hemingson (of the cancelled Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23 TV show). Grandfathered's Chris Koch is set to direct.

Chunk & Bean features the friendship of misfits named Chunk and Bean, who reap the blessings of having two contrasting families living next door. Per TV Line, Gunn will play Chunk's tough but fair psychologist-mom, Connie Dawson, who works in her home office.

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ABC has ordered pilots for two new comedy TV series: Chunk & Bean, from writers Ed Herro and Brian Donovan, who will Ep with Dave Heminsgson. Donovan hails from cancelled sitcom, The Neighbors, while Hemingson is from the cancelled Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23 TV show.

Square Roots was created by Vijal Patel, who will write and executive produce. You may recognize Patel as a writer and co-executive producer from the credits of ABC's Black-ish sitcom.

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