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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Aug. 12 to Aug. 18, 2013
Olympus Has Fallen is the top-selling DVD for the week of Aug. 12 to Aug. 18, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs Aug. 19 to Aug. 25, 2013
Cancon in the top 30: Amazing Race Canada continues as #1, while Rookie Blue is #11, The Listener is #12 and Saving Hope is #15.
Pacific Northwest Pictures goes for Cheap Thrills
The Vancouver-based company has picked up the Canadian rights to E.L. Katz’s horror-satire feature debut, and plans a day-and-date theatrical release with Drafthouse Films in the U.S.
Murray Ord to receive David Billington Award
Calgary-based producer Ord (pictured) is a partner in prodco Alberta Film Entertainment and served as president of the Alberta Film Commission from 1996 to 2001.
Michael MacLennan to mentor new team of scribes for CFC/Bell TV program
The 2013-14 Bell Media Prime Time TV program’s eight new participants will work with former Bomb Girls showrunner Michael MacLennan to develop their skills and workshop scripts at the CFC.
Telefilm, Maison Birks to honour Louise Archambault, Sarah Polley, Alison Pill
In all, 10 Canadian directors and actors will be recognized as part of the inaugural Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in Film on Sept. 11 (Louise Archambault pictured).
Genevieve Menard joins Quiet Revolution Pictures
Menard, who most recently served as film commissioner at Invest Ottawa, will head up the company’s newly established production services division.
Newfoundland gets Deadly with Donnie Dumphy
Directed by Nik Sexton and starring Leon Parsons, Donnie Dumphy: How to be Deadly is shooting in and around St. John’s and Mount Pearl.
Lionsgate producing Deadbeat for Hulu
The supernatural comedy marks the first coproduction between the companies and is the latest addition to Hulu’s original programming lineup.
TVO hires Andrew Steele as VP strategy
Steele (pictured), most recently CEO at the Pecaut Centre for Social Impact, joins the Ontario pubcaster as it rolls out its new five-year strategic plan.
Corus, Scripps get Cabin Fever from Cineflix
Tori & Dean: Cabin Fever follows the actors (pictured) and their four kids as they renovate an Ontario lakeside cottage.
Telefilm, Rogers Group of Funds renew doc program
The organizations have extended their partnership for another year with the program, which supports the production of Canadian theatrical documentaries.
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