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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films July 7 to 13, 2017

Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 is at #10, with Spider-Man Homecoming at #1 and Despicable Me 3 at #2.

Bon Cop sequel hits $6M at the box office

The action-comedy flick, which bowed on 235 screens country-wide, reached the milestone after 10 weeks in theatres.

Euclid431 Pictures gets ready to GLO

The feature, currently filming in northern Ontario, stars Maria Bello and Kyle MacLachlan.

On the Slate: JoBro Productions

The Toronto prodco is looking for source material in creative places and is considering getting into the TV game.

Super Channel ups McDonald to president, CEO

The long-time exec will lead all strategy and operations for the Edmonton-based channel.

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Canadian projects set for OIAF

Short films from Amanda Strong, Matthew Rankin and Elise Simard will compete in the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Blackboard preps QLASCUT

The Telefilm micro-budget project is produced by Kacim Steets of the Montreal prodco.

Consumer spending on online video to increase: report

The demand for original content from major streaming services will cause consumer content spending to increase 12.6% annually between 2015 and 2020.

Deals: Portfolio, PNP, Radio-Canada

Portfolio inks a raft of international sales, Pacific Northwest Pictures nabs theatrical rights to a buzzy U.K. drama, plus more.

More than 1M Canadians tune in for NCFD 150

Reel Canada hosted more than 1,800 screenings in 23 countries on April 19 for a special sesquicentennial edition of the festival.

In Brief: TIFFxInstagram short film festival returns

Plus: CMF adds two to its board of directors and Rogers turns off specialty channel G4.

Production begins in Toronto on Acquainted

The feature, directed by Natty Zavitz, is the first project from Giacomo Gianniotti (pictured) and Jonathan Keltz’s prodco, Fired Up Studios.