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Marise Strauss
Plaudits for Egoyan, Nadda
Chloe: Atom Egoyan’s latest, which recently unspooled at the Toronto International Film Festival as a gala, garnered much attention (and most of it good) ahead of a Christmas release through E1 Entertainment. The Julianne Moore and Liam Neeson-starring drama is certain to come with commercial success, predicts The Hollywood Reporter, calling it ‘compelling.’ The Toronto Star agrees, labelling Chloe a ‘sleek film’ that should ‘restore Egoyan’s luster at the box office.’ A slightly less enthused review in Screen Daily notes that the characters ‘feel as if they are puppets being manipulated by unseen hands, rather than believable human beings.’
CFTPA kudos goes to Tierney
Veteran Montreal filmmaker Kevin Tierney had a profitable TIFF, bagging the $10,000 CFTPA producer’s award for The Trotsky.
CHEK lives to see another day
It’s business as usual at CHEK-TV, thanks to last-minute negotiations that saw the troubled Victoria station change hands from Canwest Global Communications to its employees themselves.
Summer box jumps 8%
Exhibitors aren’t complaining about grey clouds and rainy skies, which along with a strong lineup of films such as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Up and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, boosted the summer box office to yet another record-setting take in 2009.
CTV strikes VOD deal with Rogers
CTV and Rogers Cable have signed a lucrative deal that will put an array of CTV programs, including fall pickup The Vampire Diaries, up for grabs on a new channel on Rogers On Demand.
Canucks want TV everywhere, says study
A new study finds nearly seven out of 10 Canadian TV viewers want to be able to access their cable channels on the web or mobile.
Trailer Park Boys still hot
Alliance Films sequel hit 1.4 million over the weekend and exceeded expectations. ‘It was pent-up demand,’ says Slone
Ramsay gets animated with Cuppa Coffee
Toronto toon house to develop primetime animated comedy series featuring profanity-prone chef
CLF goes interactive with Death
Prodco will develop multiplatform extensions of CBC comedy which reunites members of Kids in the Hall
Tabarrok shoots Satan, readies Endings
First all-American shoot from Darius recruits improv comics from L.A. Dennis Hopper, J.K. Simmons set for Niagara shoot of Endings
Heritage merges funds into CIF
Partnerships and Gateway streams to be rolled into new program for interactive projects
Few details on new fund
Heritage says it has $37.5 million for interactive content from minorities, but questions remain on Canada Interactive Fund
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