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Rights and writers’ rooms dissected in Prime Time Netflix panel
Netflix programming exec Chris Regina, Chad Oakes and Noreen Halpern discussed the different models and methods of working together.

In Brief: eOne, HBO to copro Taylor Kitsch drama, Halfire hires new SVP
Plus: Stephan James nabs a Golden Globes nom for his role in Amazon’s Homecoming and 10th Avenue Productions gets to work on its fourth animated film.

Netflix orders Halfire’s Another Life
Created by Slasher‘s Aaron Martin, the 10-episode sci-fi series will start production in Vancouver this summer.

Awards Roundup: Forte’s Snapshots wins kids Int’l Emmy
Plus: Halfire Entertainment’s Alias Grace nabs a Peabody nom and Canadians win at Hollyweb.

Halfire taps Carol Commisso as VP, development
The former Rogers exec will be charged with sourcing IP to build out the prodco’s slate of scripted dramas.

CBC sets premiere for Alias Grace
Sarah Polley’s small-screen adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel will bow on the pubcaster and Netflix this fall.

Space preps Halfire’s Aftermath
The Bell Media-owned specialty channel has set a September premiere date for the series, from Noreen Halpern’s prodco.

Halfire Entertainment hires Marla Boltman
The prodco’s president Noreen Halpern (pictured) talks to Playback about the hire, as well as growing Halfire’s slate beyond Aftermath and Alias Grace.

CBC, Netflix commission Alias Grace
The adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1996 novel of the same name will be produced by Sarah Polley (pictured) and Halfire Entertainment.

Halfire back with Aftermath
Noreen Halpern’s prodco has a new series greenlit with Space and Syfy, starring Anne Heche (pictured).

No season two for Working the Engels
The half-hour comedy coproduction will not return for a second season on Global TV.

Halfire drama in development with NBC, Shaw
ROPE, a one-hour police procedural drama, was based on an idea from Tassie Cameron and Calum deHartog (pictured).