Foothills residents might recognize locations like the Big Rock near Okotoks or the Fire Hall in High River in the SyFy Network Show Wynonna Earp.

The show was primarily filmed in Didsbury, AB with parts of the foothills filling in the backdrop since its start in 2016. 

The story revolves around Wynonna Earp who has been tasked to take out Revenants, the resurrected souls of the criminals who were taken down at one time by her great-grandfather, Wyatt Earp.

It was revealed in early February 2021 that the fantasy-horror series met its demise and was canceled after four seasons. This was due to low numbers and costs related to international licensing.

However, the cancellation of Wynonna Earp might just be the second act in an ongoing story. 

Brock Skretting, Head of Advocacy for Keep Alberta Rolling says fans in Southern Alberta have started to rally for the show. 

“The networks that had hosted the show decided against doing a fifth season, so of course, but the fans are fighting for another network or a distributor in the States, primarily one of those streamers like Amazon or Netflix or Hulu, for example, to pick up the show for season five” 

He says they've started a GoFundMe to fund billboards and signs in major city hotspots to show these studios there is a reason to keep filming the series.

"They're raising money for mobile billboards, trucks, planes that fly ‘Bring Wynonna Home’ over the studio lots in LA, they're going all out."

This is no surprise for those that follow the show or its fans. 

"They have tenacity and energy that is quite rare and unmatched," says Skretting, "So we were just grateful to be able to come to be the boots on the ground for the Didsbury and Calgary part of that."

Keep Alberta Rolling, a non-profit that showcases and promotes Alberta initiatives in film, has set up a web portal for fans to submit and display fan-made digital art with proceeds from submissions split between charities in Didsbury and Keep Alberta Rolling. 

"The model train there was all funded by the fans. They raised 15 grand for their local projects in Didsbury," says Skretting.

 More filming in southern Alberta mean more job opportunities for locals and of course put's these smaller towns on the map. 

"Just because it was not picked up to the next network season does not mean that it's necessarily cancelled forever, right? So that's why you see these campaigns, and, I'm sure excited to be part of it."


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