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MK2|Mile End eyes English market to build on box office success
Charles Tremblay and Ariane Giroux-Dallaire share how foreign films such as Parasite align with the company’s strategy for longevity in Canadian film distribution.
KOTV, Radio-Canada sell sketch format to France
French prodco R&G Productions signed a licensing agreement to produce a local version of Radio-Canada comedy show 14 Thousand Million Things to Know.
U.S. production on the rise in B.C. after two-year drop: report
Toronto numbers in 2018/19 remain steady in the meantime, while the majority of new productions in Canada came from digital platforms, according to a new study from FilmLA.
End of an era as Michael Donovan resigns from WildBrain board
Donovan will not be involved in the management or governance of the company for the first time since it was formed in 2006.
Saloon Media teams with Amazon Studios for Ted Bundy doc
The Blue Ant Media-owned prodco will coproduce the docuseries Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, set for a 2020 release on Amazon Prime Video.
Vortex gives thanks in Hamilton for new rom-com
Production is underway on Learning to Love Again, produced by Vortex Words + Pictures, which follows a woman who fakes a romance during a trip home for Thanksgiving.
Marie Clements’ Red Snow wins VIFF audience award
Red Snow picked up the popular Canadian feature award, while Charles Wilkinson’s Haida Modern was the audience’s Canadian documentary pick.
Reel One partners with U.S., France for anthology crime series
The Montreal prodco will co-develop and produce a series based on the writing of Mary Higgins Clark with L.A.’s Element 8 Entertainment and Paris-based La Sabotiere.
Bron Studios to remake French hit Call My Agent!
Bron picked up the English-language rights with the U.K.’s Headline Pictures and has tapped John Morton to adapt it for a series set in London.
Deals: CBC, Guru, Wattpad
CBC picks up the rights to a U.K. comedy hit, Guru teams with Scholastic and U.S. prodco Picturestart options a YA story from Wattpad.
In brief: Sinking Ship launches Endlings non-profit campaign
Plus: imagineNATIVE names the finalists of its annual webseries competition with APTN and a Canadian copro will open the Reel Asian film festival.
The race is on as Antigone vies for Oscar gold
Associate producer Isabelle Couture shares details about the Oscar campaign and how the modern adaptation’s timely subject matter could sway voters.
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