This July Richard Roy, whose feature film Café Olé opens on Friday, will begin filming a television series about bikers starring Michael Ironside, Marina Orsini and Roy Dupuis.

Entitled The Last Chapter, each of the series’ three 2-hour long episodes has been written by Luc Dionne (who wrote Omertà) and will be produced by Claudio Luca (of Télé-Actions Productions).

Filmed in French and English in Montreal and Toronto, the series will be broadcast by Radio Canada and CBC in 2002.

Michael Ironside and Roy Dupuis play two friends, members of a biker gang who want to extend their territory to Ontario.

Marina Orsini, most recently seen in the title role of Dr Lucille, will play Michael Ironside’s wife.

In the drama which will be filmed over 75 days, actress Maxim Roy will play a policewoman. Other well known Quebecois performers are being considered for roles in the series but their involvement remains to be confirmed.

The series is reminiscent of the feature film Hochelaga, directed by Michel Jetté, which was nominated for a Jutra in 7 categories last February.

According to Richard Roy, writer Luc Dionne has written a different sort of biker story, more ‘modern’ than Hochelaga. Moreover the scriptwriter has already tackled the world of bikers in Omertà 3.

In the cinema Richard Roy has also directed Moody Beach with Michel Côté and French actress Claire Nebout, and Caboose, starring Gilder Roy and Céline Bonnier. On TV he directed the series The Mask starring Patrice L’Écuyer.

Claudio Luca has produced several feature films including When I am Gone …You will Live On, directed by Michel Brault, and many series including The Boys of St. Vincent.

Canadian actor Michael Ironside has recently been in Perfect Storm with George Clooney, and has notably appeared with Tom Cruise in Top Gun.

In addition, this will be a reunion on the small screen for Marina Orsini and Roy Dupuis, who captivated audiences in the popular series Les Filles de Caleb, directed by Jean Beaudin.