Ken Kabatoff and Christopher Nash created the series about a diverse group of doctors and nurses navigating the daily challenges of life, death, and medicine in the underfunded halls of a Vancouver hospital.
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Cross-media outfit Titan1Studios, who earlier this year entered the procedural arena with Playback Top 10 to watch writer Abdul Malik and his global climate catastrophe drama BREAKING POINT, is looking closer to home for their next offering. The studio announced today that they have begun development on a Vancouver-based medical drama titled PACIFIC GENERAL.
Created by TRAVELERS veteran Ken Kabatoff and his writing partner, independent filmmaker Christopher Nash, PACIFIC GENERAL is a modern ER drama for a Canadian audience. It highlights the resiliency of the human spirit amidst the complexities of Canada’s universal healthcare system by following a diverse group of doctors and nurses charged with the difficult task of opening a new hospital in Vancouver’s lower east side.
The series will be Executive Produced by Kabatoff & Nash alongside Titan1Studios CEO Rathan Moorthy and VP Content Wes Ambrecht.
“We are delighted to be in business with Kabatoff and Nash, a dynamic writing team that share our sensibilities and passion for storytelling,” said Moorthy. “Pacific General will examine the real dichotomy of societies that exists in Vancouver’s east end, a community replete with both opulence and homelessness, explored through the lens of Universal Healthcare.”
“We are thrilled to be developing Pacific General with Titan1Studios. Rathan and Wes are dynamic and supportive partners who understand the gravity of our national healthcare crisis and how the stories in Pacific General speak to each and every Canadian” added Kabatoff & Nash. “The healthcare system is a constant source of fear and hope for all of us. Pacific General sheds light on the challenges burdening our current system, like underfunded hospitals and doctor and nurse shortages, but it also presents a glimpse of its true potential—if we simply cared for one another a little bit more.”
High school friends in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Kabatoff & Nash first bonded over their shared love for filmmaking. Their paths have diverged over the years with Kabatoff achieving recognition as a writer and co-producer on the critically acclaimed Netflix series TRAVELERS and Nash working across academia and no-budget filmmaking to accumulate over 16 million views on Youtube for his projects. They formally re-teamed amidst the pandemic.
About TITAN1STUDIOS
Founded in 2016, TITAN1STUDIOS is an award-winning Cross-Media Content & Technology Studio specializing in Original IP. The studio embraces diversity and representation across all facets of the creative process, which is reflected in our executives, artists and technology talent.
While our stories span the far reaches of time and space, our themes often hit much closer to home with a key emphasis on family, identity, mental health, and building a better tomorrow.
Our initial wave of comics and graphic novels included the KNIGHT GUARDIANS OF RELATIVITY and the all-ages hit ZOMBEN, properties that served as a bedrock of two separate and distinct universes: the Relativity Universe and the Multipocalypse Universe.
In TV, the company has an eclectic slate that includes an all-ages animated adaptation of ZOMBEN, a live action take on the successful YA novel series THE COSEEMA SAGA, and an adult drama inspired by the upcoming EVENTS AT UNITY FARM video game. Titan1Studios also recently launched a new animation outfit, Missing Socks Entertainment, based out of Calgary, with a slate of adult animation titles including MODERN ROGUE based on the hit YouTube channel, a medieval workplace comedy entitled DRAGONS & WARTS, and WTF! WRESTLING THE FEDERATION from creators Kanja Chen (Fraggle Rock) and Atul Rao (Deepa & Anoop, Ghee Happy).
In Video Games, the studio has a variety of projects in production. EVENTS AT UNITY FARM, a fresh take on open-world virtual reality, with magic shooting combat, puzzle solving, exploration, and a rich narrative, is in the late stages of production with a scheduled release in October 2023 on all major VR platforms. Also, production is underway on LOVE IS A ROUGELITE, a turn-based action game set within a procedurally generated love story, slated for release on Valentine’s Day in 2024.