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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

2019’s Five to Watch: Sabrina Sherif

Writer Sabrina Sherif’s specialty in YA series has given her an edge in Canada’s competitive TV industry, landing her projects like an adaptation of Wattpad story The Numbered.

September 9, 2019

TIFF news: CFC receives $350K grant from the Ontario gov’t

Plus, the team behind Worst Team Ever wins Pitch This, while Jeff Barnaby and Aisling Chin-Yee are among this year’s Discovery Award nominees.

September 9, 2019

TIFF Diaries: Taking First Person from Globe to screen

Carousel Pictures president Tyler Levine and director Renuka Jeyapalan discuss how they ended up creating a launch pad for talent out of The Globe and Mail‘s literary series.

September 9, 2019

Natalie Urquhart joins Wildling Pictures as director of development

In addition to the hire, the film prodco revealed it will soon go into production on a new thriller, See For Me, directed by Molly McGlynn.

September 5, 2019

2019’s Five to Watch: Misha Solomon

The talented development exec helped bring Citytv’s The Murders from script to screen and is now leading factual prodco WAM Media’s push into scripted.

September 5, 2019

Deals: Cercamon, Film Movement, WaZabi Films

Sales agent Cercamon nabs Anne at 13,000 ft, Film Movement picks up the North American rights to a Canadian Film Fest winner, plus more.

September 4, 2019

DGC Ontario launches “Hey, Hollywood” campaign

As some of Hollywood’s most powerful decision makers descend on Toronto for TIFF, the guild is highlighting the achievements of local talent.

September 3, 2019

In Brief: Bell Media preps launch of new Mike Holmes series

Plus: Telus Optik original wrestling comedy Paper Champions lands on Amazon Prime Video, and more.

August 30, 2019

Unobstructed View becomes Canadian distributor for Criterion

Unobstructed View’s Jonathan Gross negotiated the deal, which will see the two work together to provide pricing promotions for Canadian customers.

August 29, 2019

Punk Like Me adaptation in development with OUTtv

Based on author JD Glass’ debut novel, the TV series has exec producers Kevin Fox (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) and Mike Sword (Legends of the Deep) attached.

August 28, 2019

Eggplant, Grande Camera partner on North Bay facility

Now fully operational, the shared space allows the companies to take advantage of the region’s booming production sector.

August 28, 2019

Ontario Creates reveals ’19 IFF participants

Unidentified Woman, Something You Said Last Night and Boom Boom are part of the Canadian projects set for the two-day event.

August 27, 2019