<P> Besides the show itself having a larger number of female characters than male, women serving as executive producer and showrunner, the series has several female directors . For the second season, showrunner and scriptwriter Moira Walley - Beckett was joined by a team of women writers . Season 3 will also feature a team of women writers . </P> <P> Approximately 1800 girls on three continents auditioned for the role of Anne Shirley . Amybeth McNulty was chosen for her ability to deliver dialogue which is "incredibly thick and dynamic and beautiful", according to Miranda de Pencier . Walley - Beckett describes her as at once "luminous," transparent, smart, soulful and emotional . </P> <P> The series has occasionally filmed on Prince Edward Island but, for budgetary reasons, it has primarily been filmed in Southern Ontario, at a Toronto studio, at outdoor locations in or near Toronto including Black Creek Pioneer Village, in Waterloo Region at locations including Doon Pioneer Village, and in communities such as Millbrook, Pickering, Hamilton, and Caledon . </P> <P> The opening theme is the song "Ahead by a Century" performed and originally composed by Canadian band The Tragically Hip . </P>

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