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Lauren Malyk

Lauren Malyk is a staff writer at Playback. She joined the publication in 2018 following stints with the Ottawa Citizen, the Ontario Association of Former Parliamentarians and TVO's flagship current affairs program The Agenda with Steve Paikin. A graduate of Ryerson University’s bachelor of journalism program, she also has experience in communications. You can follow her on Twitter at @lmalyk.

Posts by Lauren Malyk

WFF sets seven writers for Screenwriters Lab

This year’s script development program includes Gemma Holdway, Brendan Brady and previous Power Pitch winner Hedyeh Bozorgzadeh, to name a few.

May 19, 2020

Cashed Out scores season two renewal

Pre-production is underway on the celebrity docuseries produced by Buck Productions in association with The Bokeh Collective for U.S. network REELZ.

May 19, 2020
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Ontario greenlights post-production, animation reopenings

But filming and other on-site activities aren’t part of the beginning of the first phase of reopenings permitted by the provincial government.

May 15, 2020

French-language content teams reorganize as Bell closes V deal

Effective immediately, Suzane Landry, Bell Media VP, French-language content development and programming, has made three new appointments.

May 15, 2020

In brief: CFF, Super Channel unveil 2020 industry series

Plus, NSI names Manitoba Content Creators Development Accelerator participants, Band Ladies rock out with Highball.TV and more.

May 14, 2020

Wattpad sets two adaptations as part of development fund

The film versions of What Happened That Night and The Hound are part of the new initiative, which sees Wattpad finance early development on select film and TV projects.

May 14, 2020

Closing out Cardinal’s final chapter

Sienna Films’ Jennifer Kawaja and Julia Sereny discuss what factors initially drew them to the project and working on the thriller’s final season.

May 13, 2020

WFF names 2020 Producers Lab cohort

Finalists include Camille Hollett-French with Man in Pieces and Sibel Guvenc with Loya.

May 12, 2020

Coroner heads to The CW

The deal for the drama series starring Serinda Swan signals the show’s U.S. debut.

May 12, 2020

NFB greenlights 16 new projects

Canada’s public producer has given titles from Rosana Matecki, Cordell Barker and Ann Marie Fleming the go-ahead.

May 11, 2020

Inside Out sets 2020 Finance Forum selections

Pink Carnations and Adolescent are part of the festival’s new stream geared towards micro-budget projects from emerging Canadian producers.

May 11, 2020

Deals: levelFILM, D360, Sinking Ship

Distributor levelFILM nabs Connie Cocchia’s directorial debut, while Sinking Ship scores a number of new sales, plus more.

May 8, 2020