Kevin Sullivan drew from both the Anne novels and the life of L.M. Montgomery for inspiration to create his Anne films. Over the next three blogs, taken from Kevin’s Foreword in the Anne of the Island novel, Kevin will explain his creative process in developing his own Anne character while trying to pay tribute to L.M. Montgomery’s novels.

Here is the final excerpt from Kevin Sullivan’s foreword in the Centennial Edition Anne of Avonlea novel in which he explains how Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel came about.

After the tremendous success of Kevin Sullivan’s first Anne of Green Gables mini-series, it wasn’t long until he was approached to make a sequel. The next two blogs are excerpts from Kevin’s foreword in the Centennial Edition Anne of Avonlea novel in which he explains how Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel came about.

The following is the second excerpt from Kevin’s foreword in the “Anne of Green Gables” Centennial Edition novel. In this segment, Kevin explains the importance of staying true to L.M. Montgomery’s visual description of P.E.I. and finding a great cast.

Adapting a beloved book like Anne of Green Gables for the screen is no easy task and it was one that Kevin Sullivan did not take lightly. In the following excerpt from Kevin’s foreword in the Anne of Green Gables Centennial Edition novel, Kevin discusses how he was first introduced to Anne and the creative process he had to go through to bring the book to the screen.

In this interview clip, Megan Follows chats about her kindred spirits, and about working on the set of Anne of Green Gables.

Megan Follows explains how she maintained continuity while filming Anne of Green Gables, and describes her strategy for staying in character by drawing on her feelings for the people around her.

In this clip, Megan Follows discusses Anne Shirley, and her storyline in Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story.

Megan Follows is staying busy, and is set to return to the stage this January, in an adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 2005 novella The Penelopiad.

Megan Follows is set to star in another literary adaptation, but this time it is of a different medium altogether.