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Marise Strauss
Stone Angel takes flight
‘Encouraging opening’ sees Kari Skogland’s Margaret Laurence adaptation open to nearly $100,000 for Alliance
Marr, Bissonnette on Side
High loonie paves way for road trip comedy to shoot in Los Angeles, reuniting duo behind Who Loves the Sun
Exhibitors expect bump for Caspian
Holiday weekend and release of family-friendly Disney sequel add up to higher-than-usual expectations for Cineplex and Empire. Meanwhile, Vivafilm readies Le piège américain
Burman headed to Al-Jazeera
Former CBC exec to head English wing of Arab news network
Global heavy on summer drama
Durham County, In Plain Sight and Swingtown all slotted for 10 p.m.
Latimer nets Astral mentorship
Filmmaker and activist headed to Banff World Television Festival with help from Astral Media and WIFT-T
Cattrall Banff-bound
Canuck thesp Kim Cattrall will be honored at next month’s Banff World Television Festival with the fest’s award of distinction, and will sit down for an onstage interview with the New York Times’ Bill Carter to discuss her life and career.
Hold out for more, and stay off YouTube
Balancing exposure with revenue is key when selling documentary shorts to new media platforms, said distributors at a closing session of the Hot Docs festival in Toronto.
Pieces pays off for Maximum
Holocaust drama holds its own in the shadow of mega May releases including Iron Man and Made of Honor
jPod fans ready Lego campaign
Can mailing little colored bricks to CBC bring back the series? Probably not, say fans. But they want to make a point about the importance of online viewing
CTV sets dates for Mad Men, Flashpoint
Summer schedule — heavy as usual with reality and teen fare — offset by acclaimed AMC series and cop drama simulcast with CBS. Hills moves to main network, looking to ape Punk’d and Osbournes
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