Cats in the Plateau series films across Montreal this summer

A new six-episode comedy series called Cats in the Plateau is filming across Montreal this summer, and the production is committed to keeping it real.

The show, written and directed by Canadian actor Jared Keeso, follows two guys from Ontario who move to Montreal hoping for a lavish lifestyle but end up working as garbage men instead and plot their escape. "There's a really nice homage to Montreal," said actor Robert Bazzocchi, who plays Mitch. "We have some really good French talent, and we try to showcase that as much as possible."

Early scenes were filmed Thursday at Parc De Lorimier, but the crew will shoot at other Plateau locations throughout the summer. "Every location that we are at is an actual location in the city," said co-star Alexander Calvert. "All the bars we're working out of are the actual bars in the Plateau, so I think it's always nice to see your city on camera. And this time it's not playing New York. It's not playing a different city. It's actually Montreal."

Adding authenticity to the garbage-man storyline is Simon Paré-Poupart, Montreal's most famous garbage man and author of the memoir Trash: A Garbageman's Story, who is serving as the show's creative consultant. "I train the actors," he explained. "We do like a route with false trash, false bins. And I train them to be as real as garbage men will be in Montreal."

The series is set to premiere in 2027 on Crave.