Vancouver may be swamped with animators, but the makers of Edison and Leo had to fly in stop-motion specialists to shoot the $8-million feature, from Infinity Features and Perfect Circle

Retelling of folktale made popular by Disney to shoot in February, via Vancouver’s Longtale Entertainment and partners in L.A. and Beijing

Organizers of the Asia Factual Forum say Canadians are missing the boat when it comes to turning out factual programming with Singapore partners

Vancouver: It started out as a cool place, literally, to showcase indie films. But heading into its seventh run, the Whistler Film Festival has evolved into more than just ‘see and ski.’ It’s earning a rep as the place to be, to meet and to deal.

Keanu Reeves will be in B.C. this winter, starring in the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still for Twentieth Century Fox, which has settled on the West Coast after some delays. The picture has set up production offices at Vancouver Film Studios, but has yet to finalize its locations and soundstages. VFS is full.

B.C. unions are getting aggressive, so local producers are sending up flares.

Highlights of the festival’s seventh run include a delegation from overseas giant Hengdian and an appearance by Atom Egoyan

20th Century Fox’s remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still has finally settled in B.C., with Keanu Reeves in the lead, though it has yet to settle on a soundstage

VANCOUVER: Canada’s West Coast province is extending its current 30% tax credit into 2013 to ‘help ensure B.C. remains competitive, and keep B.C. top of mind with producers,’ according to Premier Gordon Campbell.

Thirty percent credit will run for another five years, says premier, looking to offset chill effect of high loonie on the West Coast’s service industry

VANCOUVER — Intelligence, on TV? Yes, and it’s back for a second season as Chris Haddock’s smart and savvy Vancouver-based crime drama returned Monday, Oct. 1 at 9 p.m. on CBC.

VANCOUVER — The producers of Search & Rescue, a West Coast action-drama based on the lives of four members of the Coast Guard, is hoping to lure viewers away from the U.S. competition when it airs on Global in March.