The Hardy Boys (2020 TV series)

The Hardy Boys is a Canadian mystery drama television series, based on The Hardy Boys book series written by Edward Stratemeyer. It is produced by Nelvana and Lambur Productions.[1] All 13 episodes of the first season were released on Hulu on December 4, 2020.[2][3]

The Hardy Boys
The Hardy Boys Cover Art
Genre
Based onThe Hardy Boys
by Edward Stratemeyer
Developed by
  • Steve Cochrane
  • Jason Stone
Starring
ComposerEdo Van Breeman
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Joan Lambur
  • Jason Stone
  • Peter Mohan
  • Athena Georgaklis
  • Pam Westman
  • Doug Murphy
CinematographyFraser Brown
Editors
  • Aaron Marshall
  • Christopher Minns
  • Ana Yavari
  • Daniel Sadler
Production companiesNelvana
Lambur Productions
DistributorHulu (United States)
YTV (Canada)
Release
Original releaseDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04) –
present
External links
Website

The series stars Alexander Elliot, Rohan Campbell, Jennifer Hsiung, Keana Lyn, Riley O'Donnell, Bea Santos, and Adam Swain as the main characters. Filming took place mainly in Ontario, Canada, with featured locations including Cambridge, Port Hope, and Hamilton.[4]

Premise

The Hardy Boys follows two brothers, Frank and Joe Hardy, alongside their friends and father, trying to disclose the truth about something quite menacing happening right in their own town of Bridgeport.

Cast and characters

Main
  • Rohan Campbell as Frank Hardy
  • Alexander Elliot as Joe Hardy
  • James Tupper as Fenton Hardy
  • Keana Lyn Bastidas as Callie Shaw
  • Linda Thorson as Gloria Estabrook
  • Bea Santos as Aunt Trudy
  • Adam Swain as Chet Morton
  • Atticus Mitchell as JB Cox
  • Riley O'Donnell as Elizabeth "Biff" Hooper
  • Laara Sadiq as Kanika Kahn

Recurring
  • Janet Porter as Laura Hardy
  • Cristian Perri as Phil Cohen
  • Stephen R. Hart as The Tall Man
  • Saad Siddiqui as Rupert Kahn
  • Rachel Drance as Stacy Baker
  • Jennifer Hsiung as Jesse Hooper
  • Frank Licari as Paul McFarlane
  • Bill Lake as Ezra Collig
  • Philip Williams as Wilt
  • Ric Garcia as Stefan
  • Charolette Lai as Sandra
  • Jim Codrington as Sam Peterson
  • Sean Dolan as Ern Cullmore
  • Tara Peterson as Shawna Meyer
  • Joan Gregson as Anya Kowalski
  • Mark Sparks as Nigel
  • Philip Craig as George Estabrook
  • Marvin Kaye as Sergei Nabokav
  • Jivay Mehta as Ahmed Kahn

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Welcome to Your Life"Jason StoneSteve CochraneDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
After a fishing boat is raided and a lockbox containing a radioactive Egyptian idol is stolen, a mysterious man kills the captain and crew of the boat, with only a sailor named Ern surviving. Joe and Frank's father, Fenton, begins his day normally by investigating a corrupt construction site worker. Meanwhile, Joe and Frank's mother notices that she's being followed on her way to Frank's baseball game. After winning the game, Joe and Frank are met by a police officer who informs them that their mother is dead. Fenton arrives at the house when the kids are mourning their mother, and tells them that they will be moving to Bridgeport for the Summer with him. Though outraged, the group moves in with their Aunt Trudy. Later that day, they meet a girl who takes them to a diner and tells them her name is Biff, short for Elizabeth. She and Joe kindle a friendship, but Ern arrives at a welcome party and informs Gloria of the disaster, then accidentally scares the woman away. Then, the brothers spy on their father, who is being confronted by a strange woman, who says that her nephew said something to Laura that was the reason she died.
2"Where the Light Can't Find You"Jason StoneJason StoneDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
On a plane, one man jumps to the ground with another man's bag, taking whatever was inside with him. Back in Bridgeport, Fenton does not want Frank and Joe to investigate Ern, who ran off the previous night. However, the boys start to dig deeper into the mysterious, and Fenton leaves for the airport to investigate a case. After seeing Biff come into the store looking strange, he follows her into the woods and sees her delivering supplies to the man who jumped out of the plane. Fenton finds Laura's connection to the missing person but is attacked, though he escapes. The man Joe found gets a radio and pinpoints a location in town. His leg is injured so he sends Joe and Biff out to deliver a message. Frank and Callie visit a hotel for information, and Joe opens the letter to see what's inside. He reseals and delivers the letter, and the team finds Ern is in the basement. The tall man whose bag was stolen and raided the fishing boat, arrives to find Ern. Joe figures out who the man who jumped out of the plane is, but the guy warns Joe to stay away. At dinner, Trudy demands to know where the boys were all day. The boys find Laura's case notes.
3"Of Freedom and Pleasure"Jason StoneSandra ChwialkowskaDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
Frank finds a book from the Bridgeport library that was last checked out by his mother. However, it has a chapter missing, and Frank tells Phil and Callie about the mystery. Meanwhile, Joe accidentally breaks the artifact and discovers a little piece of metal inside it. He attends the annual carnival with Biff, who warns him about spending money to play rigged games. However, he wins every game and claims a variety of prizes. The man from the plane sneaks into Trudy's house for the idol but the Tall Man arrives, interrupting his search. Frank and his friends find the psychic who wrote the missing book chapter, but she is reclusive and does not want to talk to them. At the carnival, they see a lousy performance about how the psychic's father died when he saw a demon and go straight back to her to find out more. Frank and the psychic, Anna relate to their parents' deaths and grow closer. The Tall Man realizes that Joe took the radioactive metal bolt from the idol and searches the carnival. He chases Joe, who grows afraid until the man from the plane shows up and electrocutes the Tall Man. Anna tells Frank that her father didn't find a demon, but actually a box—the same one that Ern found during his time on the Astghik.
4"Secrets and Lies"Jeff RenfroeAvrum JacobsonDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
The police—including Jesse—investigate the man from the plane's campsite. They collect evidence, and Joe spies on them. However, he is caught by Biff, and he tells her that he worries that Jesse might find his name on one of the tools he lent the Plane Man and he will be arrested too. Meanwhile, Frank calls his girlfriend Emma to tell her that he thinks it would be best if they take some time off due to him being in Bridgeport, but she breaks up with him instead. A crestfallen Frank then goes to the library to investigate the book his mother checked out prior to her death and learns that when she came in for the book she had coffee, so Frank goes to Wilt's to investigate further. Wilt tells him that Laura was upset about "joining the family business." Meanwhile, the Tall Man remains alive at the hospital. Frank talks to Gloria, who said she and Laura had an argument about Frank's schooling the day she died, and Joe and Biff sneak into the police station and reclaim the toolbox, however in the process they learn that the police know more about Plane Man than they thought. Upon their return, Joe and Frank share their discoveries, and Trudy, worried sick, sets more boundaries with them. Later, Biff arrives with more menacing news about Plane Man and the Tall Man escapes the hospital.
5"The Drop"Jeff RenfroeMike KissDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
Frank meets with Fenton's parter, Sam, to investigate the J.B. Cox, the man from the plane, and learns that he is actually a thief for hire. Joe tries to decipher a message left by Cox while Trudy worries about Fenton. They realize that the words on the paper they have are all flowers, and they realize further that Cox and his beer will be meeting at the Matthew Brothers warehouse, that closed years ago. Joe and Frank investigate the warehouse and leave the idol as bait. The brothers witness a man coming for the idol in the warehouse, but after he smashes the object, looking for what's inside, they are chased from the building and separated. Frank finds Joe grappling with Cox, and learn that he's the man from the plane. Cox warns the boys to stop investigating the case, and The Tall Man is revealed to be working for an unknown woman. Joe and Frank return to the warehouse and score the place for evidence and come across The Tall Man, who tries to kill them. Frank shares what they've learned to his friends at Wilt's and they plot to rid themselves of The Tall Man. However, Biff feels betrayed when Joe lets slip that he doesn't think he can trust Jesse, and leaves. Joe creates a fake version of the object in the idol to lure The Tall Man away.
6"In Plain Sight"Jeff RenfroeJennifer DaleyDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
7"A Figure in Hiding"Melanie OrrSabrina SherifDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
8"What Happened in Bridgeport"Melanie OrrJay VaidyaDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
9"The Key"Melanie OrrKen CuperosDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
10"The Secret Room"Casey WalkerAvrom JacobsonDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
11"No Getting Out"Casey WalkerMike KissDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
12"Eye to Eye"Jason StoneJames HurstDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
13"While the Clock Ticked"Jason StoneSabrina SherifDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)

Production

The series was announced in September 2019 to release on Hulu the next year. At the same time, Jason Stone and Steve Cochrane were announced to be part of the series' development.[5][6][7] It is based on the fictional book series of the same name written by multiple authors. The Hardy Boys premiered on December 4, 2020, on Hulu in the United States, and will start airing in 2021 on YTV, in Canada.[8] The first season of The Hardy Boys premiered on Hulu on December 4, 2020, and consisted of 13 episodes. A trailer was released a month earlier in November 2020.[9] The Hardy Boys filmed in Ontario, Canada. Cambridge served as a featured location,[4][10] with other settings including Port Hope and Hamilton in Ontario.[11][12] Almost the entirety of the cast was announced at once when Hulu dropped the series on its streaming service provider on December 4.[13]

References
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  2. VanHoose, Benjamin. "Hulu Sets Premiere Date for New Adaptation of The Hardy Boys — Watch the First Trailer". Peoples Magazine. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  3. Lawrence, Gregory. "'The Hardy Boys' Trailer Is Less Wholesome Mystery, More 'True Detective'". Collider. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  4. "Upcoming Film Project - November 1 and 4, 2019". City of Cambridge. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  5. "Exclusive: Hulu Developing 'Hardy Boys' Series". Observer. 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  6. Inc, Corus Entertainment. "Nelvana and Lambur Productions are on the Case as Production is Underway on the New Live-Action Series, The Hardy Boys". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  7. "NELVANA AND LAMBUR PRODUCTIONS ARE ON THE CASE AS PRODUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON THE NEW LIVE-ACTION SERIES, THE HARDY BOYS". Corus Entertainment. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  8. "The Hardy Boys will debut on YTV and Hulu in 2020". Cartt.ca. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  9. "The Hardy Boys - Trailer (Official) • A Hulu Original - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  10. "Cambridge serves as a backdrop for Hulu's 'Hardy Boys'". CambridgeTimes.ca. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  11. Singh, Prerna (2020-12-04). "Where Is The Hardy Boys Filmed? Hulu Show Filming Locations". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  12. "Cambridge serves as a backdrop for Hulu's 'Hardy Boys'". CambridgeTimes.ca. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  13. Caulfield, A. J. (2020-12-04). "Exclusive clip: Meet the cast of Hulu's The Hardy Boys". Looper.com. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
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