Kicking off 2025 with a new project in the pipeline, Toronto’s WildBrain (Teletubbies Let’s Go!) is producing an eight x 44-minute live-action series called Finding Her Edge. 

Based on Jennifer Iacopelli’s 2022 YA novel of the same name, this drama will lead on a teen romance hook, but dressed up with a sporty, skating-focused storyline.

Canada’s Family Channel has commissioned Finding Her Edge and will have first-run rights domestically. Netflix has a second window in Canada and will roll the series out exclusively in all other territories worldwide. 

There’s no premiere date set yet, but the project will begin filming sometime next month. Jeff Norton (pictured) is on board to bring the vision to life as showrunner. Well-versed in storytelling for teen/YA audiences as an author and writer/producer, Norton recently executive produced last year’s hit Netflix series Geek Girl.

Targeting a similar audience, Finding Her Edge revolves around ambitious 17-year-old ice skater Adriana Russo, whose training for the World Figure Skating Championships becomes a little more complicated when she finds herself caught in a love triangle stemming from a fake relationship designed to land a sponsorship. Iacopelli’s premise is inspired by Jane Austen’s classic 1817 novel Persuasion.