The Anne of Green Gables LEGO IDEAS Project Was Not Approved

Sad news for Anne of Green Gables and LEGO fans. You may have seen my prior posts about Iyan Ha's design proposal for an Anne of Green Gables LEGO set. In September 2024, I posted about the project and gave info on how to support it in the hopes that LEGO would produce the set. Last September, we learned that the project received the support of over 10,000 people and would undergo an expert review at LEGO.

Since then, the expert review was completed. Unfortunately, Iyan Ha's proposal was not approved for production.

Fortunately, Iyan Ha is remaining positive, just like Anne Shirley, and is planning to re-render and re-submit a revised version of the project. Let's hope the second try will be successful!


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Anne of Green Gables Product Idea at LEGO IDEAS by Iyan Ha

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Created July 23, 2026.
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Amybeth McNulty will Star in Lucy. Maud alongside Megan Follows

Roughly a year and a half ago, there was exciting news of an upcoming limited series called Lucy. Maud based on the life of Lucy Maud Montgomery. The series is being produced by Megan Follows, known for portraying Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Green Gables (1985), Edwina Follows, and Mary Young Leckie. Last year in February, their team attended the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) to secure financing, presales, and international distributions for the series.

Since then, there has been little news about the series, and although I've received emails with questions about it, I've had no news to share. I was hoping for some info as I watched Megan Follow's virtual keynote at the L.M. Montgomery Institute's Biennial Conference last Saturday. I hope other visitors to this site joined in to experience the speech too.

Following her engaging keynote, Megan Follows received a question about the series and whether it would be available for viewing in Japan. Follows gave little away. She didn't mention a timeline for when the series would be complete, and she didn't elaborate on whether the series would be available for viewing around the world. I thought that Follows seemed insecure about speaking at an academic conference, and I wasn't sure why. She certainly has expertise of her own that Anne and Maud fans greatly admire.

Though there wasn't any news about Lucy. Maud at the conference keynote, C21Media released an article with some new information about the series on Tuesday. Neshama Entertainment, a Toronto-based producer, is now developing the series. The other new piece of info is that along with starring Megan Follows, the series will also star Amybeth McNulty, who played Anne Shirley in the CBC and Netflix’s Anne with an E (2017–2019).

Isn't it cool that the series will star not one but two actresses who played Anne Shirley? Hopefully, there will be forthcoming news about the distribution of the series, and hopefully those who live outside of Canada will be able to watch it too.

Reference:
Pinto, Jordan. (June 30, 2026). Canada’s Neshama develops limited series on life of Anne of Green Gables author. C21Media. Retrieved from: https://www.c21media.net/news/canadas-neshama-develops-limited-series-on-life-of-anne-of-green-gables-author/

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Photograph of Amybeth McNulty as Anne Shirley in Anne with an E.

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