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Matt Sylvain
Weekly roundup: Award noms, renewals and premieres
Lionsgate’s B.C.-shot Cabin in the Woods (pictured) received a best sci-fi/horror movie category nomination in the Critics’ Choice Awards, and word comes that Film Nova Scotia is being overhauled.
Mychael Danna nets Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice nominations
The multi-award winning Canadian composer has secured the twosome this week for his scoring of Ang Lee’s Life of Pi.
Xbox Live rolling out new entertainment offerings in Canada
The apps, which are part of a major international expansion by Microsoft’s digital media service and console, include the CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, GameTrailers, CNET and VOD provider CinemaNow.
Videogame maker Kixeye opening Victoria studio
Newly appointed general manager, Clayton Stark (pictured) is tasked with hiring about 50 technical and creative talent over the next year for the San Francisco-based online game maker.
U.K. copros to spike with advent of country’s new TV tax break?
John McVay (pictured), the CEO of the U.K’s Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television, explains to Playback how the new 25% tax relief on high-end productions may impact international co-productions.
Weekly round-up: War Witch honours, more Canucks Sundance-bound
Kim Nguyen’s War Witch (pictured) receives multiple accolades; When I Walk, Le Futur Proche headed to the Utah fest; female industry execs make Canada’s power list.
Canucks among Writers Guild of America TV noms
Semi Chellas gets two nominations for her writing on Mad Men (pictured), while Chris Haddock, Norm Hiscock, Barry Julien and Ted Mann get one nomination each.
Radio-Canada VOD app available for Samsung Smart TVs
The French-language app was first developed by TV App Agency, a U.K.-based company, in 2010.
Quebecor Fund backs Quebec versions of The Voice, Dragon’s Den
Non-fiction projects, including adaptations of these successful English-language programs, dominate the latest batch of Quebecor Fund’s main television production assistance program.
Guru Studios and NFB get Annie Award nominations
Guru Studios nets three nods for its Justin Time CGI kids program (pictured) while the NFB nets noms for short films, Bydlo and Kali the Little Vampire.
Best of the year: Playback’s Winter 2012 issue
Check out our digital edition, where we feature the best of 2012, zoom in on 3D, and pay tribute to Comedy.
Super Channel bankrolls its first original drama series
Forgive Me, written and directed by Thom Fitzgerald and produced by Emotion Pictures, tackles the challenges to religious beliefs such as same-sex marriage and reproductive technology.
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