CEO Jim Sherry has resigned and the company’s operations have ended, with select staff being kept on to assist with the receivership process.
The streaming service will cost $8.99 a month and is expected to debut with 10 original titles, in addition to a massive library of proprietary content.
Andras is attached as showrunner and exec producer to the in-development drama Axeholes.
The post-apocalyptic thriller, which counts Jonathan Ahee and Cinespace VP Jim Mirkopoulos among its executive producers, opens today at Toronto’s Carlton Cinema.
First Generation Films, Sienna Films and 3Arts Entertainment are among the prodcos adapting original CBC podcasts for the screen.
Kew execs said that, as the level of collaboration increases between its production and distribution companies, proprietary titles are making up a larger portion of revenues.
Execs Wendy McKernan and Lindsay Macadam discuss how the company is building out a scripted development slate based on factual IP.
The $2.8-million project from Benjamin Ross Hayden is supported through the CMF’s Aboriginal Language program.
The Schitt’s Creek star also plays the lead in the psychological horror Home, which starts shooting in Montreal tomorrow.
The U.S.-based streamer has acquired new seasons of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and Danger Mouse, in addition to more than 1,000 hours of library content.
The company also reiterated its stance that Bell Media’s acquisition of conventional TV network V will be damaging to Quebec’s media ecosystem.
The box office haul makes it the highest grossing Quebec film since 2017.