Julianna Cummins

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Inside the Rift: Secret Location’s Sleepy time at Comic-Con

The Toronto-based digital agency unveiled its Oculus Rift experience project for Fox’s Sleepy Hollow at Comic-Con in San Diego.

Peace Point eyes more int’l sales with season 2 of Cabin Pressure

With series stars Colin and Justin maximized across Cottage Life properties, the season-two greenlight gives extra heft to the show’s global sales strategy, says exec producer Les Tomlin.

CBC, CineCoup and JFL launch comedy accelerator

The winner of the competition will receive $500,000 in production financing for a half-hour comedy special that will air on the CBC.

Cimoroni & Company to produce 2015 CSAs

The sports marketing and events expert will helm next year’s Canadian Screen Awards ceremony, with Rick Chisholm executive producing. (Dan Cimoroni pictured)

Kathleen Phillips, Bill Wood join Mr. D cast

Phillips and Wood will both have recurring roles on the fourth season of comedy, which started production earlier this week.

Northern Ontario ‘perfect fit’ for Lost and Found

As production wraps on the feature film, producer Jordan Barker tells Playback why shooting in Sault Ste. Marie made sense for the under $2 million film.

Roadside picks up Mommy for U.S. distribution

The deal will see the Xavier Dolan film released stateside in the first quarter of 2015.

Which projects moved forward: HGF part two

Following Monday’s announcement, Playback looks at how much the Harold Greenberg Fund invested in this round and which projects moved forward from the last.

Cronenberg’s ‘Maps’ to get gala treatment at TIFF 2014

Other Canadian titles included in the early lineup released Tuesday morning include Peter Chelsom’s Hector and the Search for Happiness, a Canada-U.K. coproduction.

Dylan Taylor to topline A Sunday Kind of Love

The debut feature from Geordie Sabbagh – part of the IndieCan10K challenge – will also star Meghan Heffern and Melanie Scrofano.

Former MGM exec named to Rainmaker board

Steve Hendry was appointed to the Vancouver-based company’s board following its annual general meeting on July 17.

Twenty-two film scripts receive Harold Greenberg coin

Projects selected in the latest round of funding include a treatment from Michael Dowse and the second draft of a feature adaption of the Miriam Toews novel A Complicated Kindness.