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Corner Gas production execs Brent Haynes and Louise Clark reunite
The former Comedy Network topper inks a first-look deal with Lark Productions. (Corner Gas cast pictured)
Portfolio picks up more You Gotta Eat Here!
The indie distributor acquires the third and fourth seasons of the Food Network Canada series.
Archstone takes int’l sales rights to Sean Garrity’s Borealis
The Los Angeles sales agent also sold Garrity and Jonas Chernick’s 2012 comedy My Awkward Sexual Adventure into 30 territories worldwide. (Chernick pictured)
Alcina Pictures rolls camera on revenge thriller in Norway
The cast for the Canada-Nordic coproduction from writer-director Kjersti Steinsbo includes Siren Jorgensen and Frode Winther.
Shomi unveils content deal for FX, FXX series
The catalog deal with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution gives the Canadian SVOD player exclusive streaming rights to FX and FXX shows. (The Strain‘s Natalie Brown pictured.)
Breakthrough, YTV and Nickelodeon pact on Max & Shred series
The live action sitcom will bow in the U.S. on Oct. 6, a day ahead of the Canadian launch date.
Netflix offers peek at biz as standoff continues with CRTC
It’s no tell-all, but Netflix provides partial answers to certain regulatory orders in a Sept. 22 letter obtained by Playback Daily. (Netflix’s Corie Wright pictured.)
San Sebastian: Canadian filmmakers forge new coproduction frontier
Speed-dating among Canadian and Latin American filmmakers at the Spanish-speaking festival aims to hot-house pan-American movies destined for global audiences.
Cinesite’s Montreal VFX studio to make animated features
The British VFX maker has inked a movie slate deal with John Williams’ newly launched 3QU Media. (Cinesite animation executive Eamonn Butler pictured)
Netflix rejects CRTC orders for proprietary business data
The U.S.-based streamer said it is not subject to regulatory orders “under Canadian broadcasting law.”
9 Story inks cartoon dev deal with Imagination Movers
The indie producer plans an animated TV series based on a live action show about four blue-suited musicians.
San Sebastian: Canadians target Latin American partners in Spain
As public subsidies shrink at home, Canadian producers are in the Basque Country this week to woo coproduction partners in Mexico, Columbia and Brazil.
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