The Corus Entertainment divisions will work with U.K.-based Blanchard to produce four scripted podcasts with the potential to be adapted for TV.
TIFF ’23: Sophie Dupuis’ Solo and Meredith Hama-Brown’s Seagrass were among the winning Canadian films.
Cineplex’s distribution arm has inked a deal with prodco Shut up & Colour Pictures to handle the Canadian theatrical release for Fawzia Mirza’s feature debut.
The program aims to build a pipeline for diverse talent in Canada to work on Amazon Studios projects.
Alex Caulfield’s feature directorial debut stars Alison Thornton, Mena Suvari and Aaron Ashmore.
Saxon de Cocq is a writer, director and producer for the series, which tells the story of the Red River Resistance through the search for lost British gold.
The organization said it aims to have more than 30% of productions helmed by filmmakers identifying as Black or a person of colour.
Principal photography begins Sept. 5, with Tim Rozon, Tanaya Beatty, Nathaniel Arcand and Graham Greene among the cast.
The new entity, GRB Media Ranch, will combine the companies’ catalogues of more than 5,000 hours of programming and formats.
The Crave and APTN lumi original series, as well as its companion documentary, will debut in the U.S. on Oct. 12.
Other multi-nominated series include CBC’s Sort Of and Apple TV+’s Jane.