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Sandi Somers’ Hailey Rose sails into production in Nova Scotia
The drama, directed by Somers and produced by Jordan Ashlee Uhl, received financial support from Telefilm Canada, Super Channel, and the Canada Media Fund.
David Cronenberg, Charles Officer among DGC award winners
Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley led with the most wins at the Nov. 5 awards ceremony in Vancouver, followed by TV series The Porter and The Handmaid’s Tale.
In Brief: Pink Triangle Press hires development consultant
Plus: Discovery returns for more Pets & Pickers, Reelworld Screen Institute selects eight delegates to attend Content London, and more.
DGC finds ‘imbalances’ in regional production activity in 2021: report
The findings are part of the Directors Guild of Canada’s first DGC Director Statistics Report, which tracks both service and domestic production activity across the country that involve the guild.
Hot Sheet: Star Wars franchise dominates digital demand
Netflix’s Stranger Things and HBO’s Game of Thrones continued to top both the digital originals chart and overall TV series list for the week of Oct. 24 to 30.
Lilly Singh joins CTV’s Battle of the Generations
Singh will host and serve as an executive producer on the quiz show with her banner Unicorn Island Productions.
Crave renews Canada’s Drag Race for a fourth season
Trevor Boris will return as showrunner and executive producer of the fourth season, which is currently in the casting process.
Lumanity, JoBro drama The Boy in the Woods launches at AFM
The drama, which is based on Maxwell Smart’s memoir of the Second World War, is now in production in Northern Ontario.
WIFT Toronto names 2022 Crystal Award winners
Frances-Anne Solomon, Jocelyn Hamilton, and Christa Dickenson are among the five honourees of this year’s Crystal Awards.
Wild Media’s The Dogs starts production in Northern Ontario
The film, directed by Valerie Buhagiar, is an adaptation of Allan Stratton’s young adult novel of the same name.
Super Channel greenlights Dane Cook doc
Brace for Impact: The Dane Cook Story will be directed and written by Brett Harvey and executive produced by Cook, Score G Production Films, and Abrupt Films.
Hot Sheet: The Watcher debuts on digital originals list
Netflix’s Stranger Things and HBO’s Game of Thrones continued to dominate the digital and overall TV demand charts for the week of Oct. 17 to 23.
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