Angelica Babiera

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Beyond Black Beauty series trots into production

The copro between Toronto’s Sinking Ship Entertainment, Leif Films, and Amazon Studios has production set for Canada and Belgium.

Titan1Studios developing Peace River series

Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah is set to write the adaptation, inspired partly by the Toronto-based production house’s upcoming video game, Events at Unity Farm.

Avi Federgreen and Jen Pogue collaborate on County Blooms

The lifestyle series, directed and produced by Pogue along with Federgreen, is set to air in early 2023 on Bell Fibe TV1.

Playback’s 10 to Watch 2022: Tope Babalola

The creative executive at Toronto’s Little Engine Moving Pictures has paved an unconventional career path using his TikTok page, humour, wit, and drive.

Wildling Pictures pairs with directing duo on Suze

Directed and written by Linsey Stewart and Dane Clark, the dramedy feature is now in production in Hamilton, Ont.

Black Ice, Alice, Darling, Brother producers team up on The Count

Elevation Pictures, Conquering Lion Pictures and The Good Karma Company plan to “fast track” the crime drama series for buyers this fall.

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Hot Sheet: The Lord of the Rings prequel debuts on top 10 charts

Netflix’s Stranger Things continues to conquer the digital originals chart, while HBO’s Game of Thrones tops the overall TV list for the week of Sept. 5 to 11.

Deals: Blue Ant Media, Nish Media, Amérique Film, ATN

Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature debuts in Poland, Quebec’s Nish Media and Amérique Film sign coproduction deal with Scotland’s Makar Productions, and more.

In Brief: Content Catalyst Fund rebrands as Catalyst with new hire

Plus: Indigenous filmmakers are making strides with genre films, the Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma reveals participants for Nouveau Marché, and more.

eOne appoints Canadian unscripted development VPs

Christine Diakos joins eOne as VP of development to lead the unscripted creative team alongside Scott Boyd, who is promoted to VP of development.

Creative BC earmarks $595K for eight B.C.-based projects

The organization has financed its second-round of production funding to feature films and documentaries.

Cineflix Rights hires Mike Gould as new SVP of digital

The Cineflix Media-owned distributor created a new position as part of a strategic push to grow its digital business.