Hollywood Suite has acquired the six-part HBO Max Original and CNN Films documentary series The Last Movie Stars. The Toronto-headquartered group of specialty channels will be the exclusive Canadian outlet for the 6 x 60-minute project, directed by Ethan Hawke and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, according to a news release.

The docuseries, which celebrates the lives and love story of Hollywood icons Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward (pictured), is produced by Emily Wachtel and Lisa Long Adler of Nook House Productions, Ryan Hawke of Under the Influence Productions, and Adam Gibbs. Mario Andretti is a coproducer.

Other executive producers on The Last Movie Stars include Amy Entelis, EVP for talent and content development for CNN Worldwide, and Courtney Sexton, SVP for CNN Films.

Super Channel

Super Channel has picked up new factual series Deadly Science (6 x 44 minutes) from Toronto-based Go Button Media. The Super Channel Original series, about feats of innovation and exploration, is distributed by Autentic.

The acquisition adds to the previously announced pickup of Go Button Media’s Mysteries of the Ancient Dead (6 x 44 minutes).

Radio-Canada

Radio-Canada has acquired action-comedy animated series Jade Armor (26 x 22 minutes) from France’s TeamTO. The “superheroine” story of a teen who gets special powers from a mysterious jade bracelet hails from an all-female creative team led by executive producer Corinne Kouper. Chloé Miller is showrunner and co-creator, MJ Offen is head writer, and Mary Bredin is co-developer.

Based on a concept by M Pongo Kuo, Jade Armor has also secured new partnerships with the Australian Broadcasting Company, according to a news release from TeamTO. The series debuted in the fall on France Télévisions in France, followed by Super RTL in Germany.

CBC Gem

CBC Gem has acquired Arab-Canadian filmmaker Majid Koudmani’s short He Would Say. The story of a a young Arab immigrant navigating his new home and his heritage was directed, produced and written by Koudmani.

Matt Waterworth, Ben McDonald and Thomas Phillips also produced the film, which received $15,000 from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts under the Department of Culture, Multiculturalism, and Status of Women. Another $7,500 from the budget was self-funded, Koudmani tells Playback Daily. Aladeen Tawfeek and Ryan Ali star in the drama.

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