Montreal: Behaviour Communications has revealed an ambitious production and development slate along with its third-quarter ’98 financial results.

The development slate – English side only – coincides with the naming of Mark Damon as head of filmed entertainment at the company. Damon has also been appointed to the company’s board of directors. He is chairman and ceo of Behaviour Worldwide (formerly MDP Worldwide.)

Behaviour says it has over $100 million of feature projects in development including the thriller The Body, the romance comedy Red Lips, the drama Things Behind the Sun, to be directed by Allison Anders, as well as a four-picture, joint-venture deal with Diamant/Cohen, which includes the film noir thriller Black Dahlia, based on the James Ellroy novel, with David Fincher slated to direct.

The current fall/winter production slate includes Grizzly Falls, a Canada/u.k. coproduction to be directed by Stewart Rafill and produced by Peter Simpson; Love and Sex, a $7.5-million romance comedy from director Valerie Breiman; and The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, a 22-episode f/x-laden drama series coproduced with the u.k. on an overall budget of $48 million. Verne has been shooting on hd in Montreal since late June.

Behaviour says it has 11 films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival including Filmline’s This Is My Father, Todd Solondz’s Cannes-winning Happiness and Deepa Mehta’s latest, Earth.

Behaviour is reporting nine-month revenues of $74.5 million, up from $70.2 million last year, with a net cash position of $10.3 million as of June 30, 1998.

Production revenues at Behaviour were up $6.6 million for the quarter, mainly on the strength of Filmline’s dark satire feature Free Money, starring Marlon Brando, but down $4.4 million on the distribution side. The company says the distribution drop is ‘due primarily to a decline in home video sales,’ previous year acquisitions and a number of delayed releases.

President and ceo Bernard Legendre has been named vice-chair of Behaviour’s board.