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Ingrid Veninger filming Before We Think

Cameras roll on Ingrid Veninger’s seventh film

Before We Think, produced by pUNK Films, is currently in production in Barcelona.

Boat Rocker acquires majority stake in Insight Productions

With the investment, Insight plans to expand and diversify its development slate and “plunge more aggressively into the digital world.”

eOne builds out Canadian development slate with book-based IP

Among those projects is an adaptation of Nathan Ripley’s thriller Find You in the Dark, with Patrick Tarr attached as showrunner.

Kew Media revenues hit $39.8M in Q1

CEO Steven Silver said the company is still assessing opportunities for acquisitions in both the production and talent spaces.

Shaftesbury looks to the future with CLAIREvoyant

Co-created and starred in by Carmilla lead Natasha Negovanlis, the digital series aims to migrate fans of the vampire property onto her latest project.

Global Road, CBC to develop unscripted format

Fridge Wars will pit celebrity chefs against one another to make the best meal out of ingredients found within Canadian families’ fridges.

DHX sells portion of Peanuts brand to Sony Music Entertainment

The $237 million transaction will see DHX retain 41% of the brand, with the proceeds being used to reduce its debt.

eOne adds three to Canadian unscripted team

The hires include longtime unscripted exec Toby Dormer, who has been tapped to oversee eOne’s slate as SVP of unscripted development and production for Global.

New Metric Media to receive Banff’s innovative producer award

Exec producer Sheila Hockin and Game of Thrones director Jeremy Podeswa are also among the festival’s award winners.

WGC names Dennis Heaton new president

The Vancouver-based showrunner replaces outgoing president Jill Golick, whose term expired last week.

NOHFC invests $24M across 18 productions

New Metric Media’s Bad Blood (pictured) and Circle Blue Media’s Angelique’s Island are among the projects selected to receive funding.

Octavio is Dead to world bow at Inside Out

Sarah Fodey’s doc The Fruit Machine will also premiere at the Toronto LGBT film festival.