[4] Eighteen stars Brendan Fletcher, Carly Pope, Mark Hildreth, Thea Gill, and Alan Cumming.
[5] The film was narrated by Ian McKellen,[6] with music composed by Bramwell Tovey[7] and performed by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
[9] The project was developed by Telefilm and Astral Media, through the Harold Greenberg Fund and went to camera on March 27, 2017 with a new shooting script and Bell serving as co-executive producer.
[10][11] In 2020, Bell was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for co-writing the original song "I've Got A Big One" with composer Bramwell Tovey for Brotherhood.
[12] He was previously nominated with Tovey in 2007 for a Genie Award for co-writing the song "In a Heartbeat" for his film Eighteen.