We've had the idea for a sitcom about life in Fort McMurray for quite some time. When Telus held an information session regarding their Storyhive funding program, we knew the time was right to pounce. We assembled our team, created our pitch, built our online presence, engaged the community to drive interest and support for the project with several multimedia elements. We were successful in winning our funding to produce our pilot, then the wild fire forced the evacuation of Fort McMurray.

Being kept from home and having cast/crew scattered across Canada created some serious challenges for our production, but nothing was going to stop us! We moved the production to Edmonton, found new resources and locations and made some new friends along the way. Our desire to make a comedy about Fort McMurray came from a belief that the community needed a more balanced image presented to the world. We feel Rig Pigs accomplishes this and are persuing funding for future episodes.