“Unspeakable”, the mini-series created by “Stargate” writer and producer Robert Cooper, and starring Michael, Shawn Doyle (“The Expanse”), Camille Sullivan (“The Man in the High Castle”) and Sarah Wayne Callies (“The Walking Dead”, “Prison Break”) has been named by the New York Times as one of the Best International Shows in their Best TV Shows of 2019 wrap-up.

The series was based on the book “The Gift of Death” by André Picard, and detailed the tragic real-life events leading to and resulting from the tainting of Canada’s blood supply during the 1980s.

Per the NY Times:

“Unspeakable” is a “straightforward dramatization of an entirely avoidable calamity: the tainting of Canada’s blood supply by H.I.V. and hepatitis C in the 1980s. It can be prosaic and sentimental at times, but its steady, no-frills approach keeps you engaged in the increasingly enraging story.”

Check out the full list of Best TV shows of 2019 on the NY Times website.

You can currently stream “Unspeakable” on Sundance Now and Amazon.

Michael Shanks in “Unspeakable,”

Michael has completed a quick Q&A with Blaine Schlecter of I'm Here With Magazine, during which he talks about the CBC series, "Unspeakable" - the finale of which is set to air tomorrow night - and reveals he has recently been working on a couple of new projects: a recurring role in the second season of "Altered Carbon", and a recurring role in a new Netflix series, "Virgin River", based on the novels by Robyn Carr.

You can check out the full interview on the I’m Here With Magazine website.

VIRGIN RIVER
Variety first reported the series was in development in September last year with Production by Reel World Management and Roma Roth. Per their website, the series is still in production. Check out their site for a logline and synopsis of the series.

Author Robyn Carr likewise shared on her website that Netflix had picked up the novels for development.

And, per a December article by TV Line, actress (and Michael’s wife) Lexa Doig and Michael's former "Saving Hope" co-star, Daniel Gillies, is also set to appear in the series.

ALTERED CARBON
Another Netflix series, "Altered Carbon" is (per Wikipedia) "a dystopian science fiction cyberpunk web television series created by Laeta Kalogridis and based on the 2002 novel of the same title by English author Richard K. Morgan. The first season consists of ten episodes and premiered on Netflix on February 2, 2018.

The second series, currently in development, will consist of 8 episodes.

No word yet on the roles Michael will play in either series, but the question has been asked!