Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) characters. Sullivan Entertainment also solely controls the commercial trademarks to "Anne of Avonlea", "Anne of the Island", and "Road to Avonlea". Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) Anne of Green Gables is a 1985 Canadian television miniseries drama film based on the novel of the same name by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, and is the first in a series of four films. The film starred Megan Follows and was produced and directed by Kevin Sullivan for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was released theatrically in Iran, Israel, Europe, and Japan. The film aired on CBC Television as a two-part
L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables broadcasting it on November 24, 2016 (Thanksgiving Day). The network claims the television run was seen by more than 3.2 million viewers, with an additional 230,000 watching online. The movie has also seen a release in Germany, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. In Japan, it was released theatrically on May 6, 2017 and later home video, by Happinet Corporation and Synergy Entertainment. On September 19, 2016, YTV's parent company, Corus Entertainment announced that they had given the greenlight to two sequels; "Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars" for broadcast in 2017, and "Anne of Green Gables: Fire &