It was announced in August 2013 at the
Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour that American television network
Fox would develop an American version of
Broadchurch, a critically acclaimed British series that had successful broadcasts in both the UK on
ITV and the US on
BBC America.
Chris Chibnall wrote the premiere episode and was executive producer of the series. Production began in January 2014 for a spot in Fox's 2014 fall season. The American adaptation was retitled as
Gracepoint. Fox executives specifically said
Gracepoint would have a different ending from
Broadchurch.
Casting On October 2, 2013,
David Tennant was confirmed to be starring as Detective Emmett Carver. Tennant also starred in the UK crime drama
Broadchurch, from which
Gracepoint is adapted. On November 18, 2013, two more actors joined, with
Anna Gunn as Detective Ellie Miller and
Jacki Weaver as Susan Wright. On December 3, 2013
Kevin Rankin was cast as Paul Coates and Virginia Kull as Beth, Danny's mother. On December 16, 2013,
Kevin Zegers joined the cast of the series; he will play the role of news reporter Owen Burke. On December 19, 2013,
Michael Peña was added to the cast to portray Mark Latimer (renamed Solano), Danny's father. On December 20, 2013,
Josh Hamilton was cast as Joe Miller, Det. Ellie Miller's husband. On December 23, 2013,
Nick Nolte joined the cast as Jack Reinhold. On January 15, 2014, Kendrick Sampson was cast as Dean Iverson. On January 16, 2014, Jack Irvine was added to the cast as Tom Miller, son of Ellie and Joe Miller, and Danny's best friend. On January 22, 2014, Madalyn Horcher was added to the cast as Chloe Latimer, daughter of Mark and Beth, sister of Danny. On January 23, 2014, Webster Talent tweeted that Darcy Laurie will play the role of Hugo Garcia. On February 12, 2014,
Sarah-Jane Potts joined the cast as Gemma.
Filming Filming began on January 28, 2014, in
Oak Bay,
British Columbia. It was filmed until late-May 2014 in the nearby locations of
Greater Victoria including the city of
Victoria, British Columbia. The marketplace at Portside Marina in
Sidney, British Columbia, Canada was portrayed as Gracepoint Police Headquarters while filming during the spring of 2014. In one episode, Nils Jensen, the mayor of Oak Bay, played himself. ==Reception==