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Passchendaele faces crowded frame
Alliance splashes Gross’ mud ‘n’ blood epic across nearly 200 screens, narrowly leading Seville’s Sex Drive and Maple’s W.
Canwest doles out $500,000 to WIFT-T
New program to help established professionals deal with technological and economic changes
CBC, RDS score with NHL openers
Season opener numbers up over last year for HNIC. New anthem unveiled
Emmy nod for Next PM
CBC political special faces controversial organ-donor show from the Netherlands
Features, reality shoot at Sudden Storm
Sudden Storm Productions (Killing Zelda Sparks) has sent its reality series Ten Angry Chicks to camera with partners Blueprint Entertainment and Barna-Alper Productions. The show, about recently brokenhearted women getting their revenge, will air on Slice and arrives on the company’s slate as principals Jesse Ikeman and Jeff Glickman juggle a number of feature projects.
Mehta readies $35-million Maru epic
True story of immigrants turned away by Canada in 1914 marks most expensive project to date for writer/director and partner David Hamilton. Indian star Akshay Kumar signed to lead
Chihuahua to confront Lies
Disney flick fights to stay atop the box office amid new U.S. releases including Crowe-DiCaprio starrer. Maple prepares DVD of controversial YPF
Writers, actors rally for culture
Hundreds gather in Toronto as unions look to keep up the pressure on parties over arts issues. New ad campaign calls for Canadian-controlled media
Citytv wants more Less
Season one has yet to air, but exec is ‘confident’ Winnipeg-set sitcom will click with Canucks
Mixed response to Blindness
Rhombus picture struggles down south but fares better in Canada, ringing in a per screen of $3,000 for Alliance
Céline can’t catch Shania
Faced with stiff competition, CBC rags-to-riches tale of Quebec superstar falls short of the numbers garnered by the 2005 biopic on the Timmins, ON native. Strong debuts from Mercer, Dragon’s Den
Debate pulls nearly three million
CTV leads as Canucks tune in for English-language bout over American VP debate
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