The Hardy Boys (2020 TV series)

The Hardy Boys is a mystery drama television series, based on The Hardy Boys book series created by Edward Stratemeyer. The show is produced by Nelvana and Lambur Productions. The first season was released on Hulu on December 4, 2020, and the second season was released on April 6, 2022. The series has been renewed for a third and final season on July 26, 2023.

The series stars Alexander Elliot, Rohan Campbell, Keana Lyn, Riley O'Donnell, Bea Santos, and Adam Swain as the main characters. Filming took place mainly in Ontario, Canada, with featured locations including Cambridge, Port Hope, and Hamilton.

Premise
The Hardy Boys follows two brothers, Frank and Joe Hardy, alongside their friends and father, trying to disclose the truth about something quite menacing happening right in their own town of Bridgeport.

Main

 * Rohan Campbell as Frank Hardy
 * Alexander Elliot as Joe Hardy
 * James Tupper (season 1) and Anthony Lemke (seasons 2 & 3) as Fenton Hardy
 * Keana Lyn Bastidas as Callie Shaw
 * Linda Thorson as Gloria Estabrook
 * Bea Santos as Aunt Trudy
 * Adam Swain as Chet Morton
 * Cristian Perri as Phil Cohen
 * Atticus Mitchell as JB Cox
 * Riley O'Donnell as Elizabeth "Biff" Hooper
 * Jennifer Hsiung (season 1) and Alli Chung (seasons 2 & 3) as Jesse Hooper
 * Krista Nazaire as Belinda Conrad (seasons 2 & 3)
 * Sadie Munroe as Lucy Wayne (season 2)
 * Leonidas Castrounis as Dennis Gilroy (season 2)
 * Laara Sadiq as Kanika Khan (seasons 1 & 3)
 * Ari Cohen as Hurd Sparewell (season 3)
 * Bailee Madison as Drew "Darrow"/Sparewell (season 3)

Recurring

 * Janet Porter as Laura Hardy
 * Stephen R. Hart as The Tall Man (season 1)
 * Saad Siddiqui as Rupert Khan
 * Rachel Drance as Stacy Baker/Anastasia Nabokov (seasons 1 & 3)
 * Tara Yelland as Olivia “Kowalski”/Sparewell (seasons 2 & 3)
 * Frank Licari as Paul McFarlane
 * Bill Lake as Ezra Collig
 * Philip Williams as Wilt
 * Ric Garcia as Stefan
 * Charolette Lai as Sandra
 * Jim Codrington as Sam Peterson
 * Sean Dolan as Ern Cullmore
 * Tara Paterson as Shawna Meyer
 * Joan Gregson as Anya Kowalski
 * Mark Sparks as Nigel
 * Philip Craig as George Estabrook
 * Marvin Kaye as Sergei Nabokov
 * Vijay Mehta as Ahmed Kahn
 * Milton Barnes as Brian Conrad (seasons 2 & 3)
 * Jake Epstein as Adrian & Aaron Munder (seasons 2 & 3)

Production
The series was announced in September 2019, and slated to be released on streaming service provider Hulu the next year. At the same time, Jason Stone and Steve Cochrane were set as part of the show's development. The Hardy Boys is based on the fictional book series of the same name written by multiple authors. A trailer was released in November 2020. The first season of The Hardy Boys premiered on Hulu in the United States on December 4, 2020, and consisted of 13 episodes. It began airing weekly on March 5, 2021 on YTV in Canada. The Hardy Boys was filmed in Ontario, Canada, with Cambridge serving as a featured location, and other settings including Port Hope and Hamilton. Almost the entirety of the cast were announced at once upon the series' December 4 release.