Trina McQueen and The Office‘s Jon Plowman will see William Shatner admitted to their ranks in June when the Montreal-born actor, occasional singer and pop culture mainstay takes the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Banff World Television Festival. Star Trek‘s leading man, more recently known for his Emmy-winning turn on Boston Legal, will also present a master class at the festival, which this year runs concurrently with NextMedia. Shatner is set to star in the CBS pilot of Sh*t My Dad Says, a reworking of the popular Twitter feed.

‘His ability to keep pace with the times, leverage the latest industry and technology trends, and inject humour every step of the way, have been the keys to an unbelievably successful, decades-long career,’ said festival boss Peter Vamos in a statement.

• Adrien Brody is set to appear in the psychological thriller Wrecked, according to B.C.-based Independent Edge Films. The Pianist and Splice star plays a man struggling to survive after his car crashes into a ravine, working under first-time director Michael Greenspan.

• Once declared one of the biggest movie pirates in Canada by the FBI, Montreal’s Geremi Adam reportedly faces up to six months in prison and a $25,000 fine after pleading guilty to recording movies in theaters and distributing them on the Internet. He will be sentenced on March 18.

• World’s angriest comic Lewis Black will deliver the keynote address at the Just for Laugh’s Comedy Conference, set for July 15-17 in Montreal. The conference will also include Comedy Bootcamp, an introduction to the Comedy Lab program unveiled last year by Telefilm Canada, the Canadian Film Centre and JFL.

• The CRTC has okayed a new sports channel from Rogers. The Category 2 channel — known, presumably for the time being, as ‘Rogers’ Mainstream Sports Specialty Service’ — will include ‘extensive’ NHL coverage, Major League Baseball and ‘other mainstream sports.’

• Michael Ghent is now VP of factual entertainment at Make Believe Media (The Devil You Know) in Vancouver, building on his professional history with CEO Lynn Booth.

• John Harding is the new secretary general of the North American Broadcasters Association, following its AGM in Toronto. He was previously NABA’s executive director.