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Film
Cameras roll on Summer of ’84
The Vancouver-shot thriller starring Rich Sommer is produced by Brightlight Pictures and Gunpowder & Sky.
Denis Cote heads to Locarno
The auteur director hopes to repeat past successes with his latest feature, Ta peau si lisse, one of four Canadian flicks at the fest.
Corus SVPs John MacDonald, Susan Schaefer to exit
The Toronto-based media co also confirmed Amy Sutton’s departure and announced a number of structural changes.
Scythia, Stellar Citizens partner on film, TV development fund
The Toronto-based companies will develop up to seven projects in the next year, the first of which is an adaptation of Mark Vonnegut’s The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity.
Start-up comedy Appiness rolls in Montreal
The feature-length buddy comedy hails from Eli Batalion, the co-creator of web series Yidlife Crisis.
TIFF creates five-year plan to support female talent
By raising $3 million in the coming years, the organization aims to create new programs for female creators and producers.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films June 30 to July 6, 2017
Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 is at #1, while Maudie is at #2 and a special showing of Room lands the film in the #3 spot.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films June 30 to July 6, 2017
Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 re-enters the chart at #10, with Dispicable Me 3 at #1 and Baby Driver at #2.
Vice Studio Canada expands to Quebec market
Michael Kronish, who currently heads up the company’s Toronto studio, will relocate to Montreal in September to lead the expansion.
On the Slate: Item 7
After producing four features and one short in 12 months, the Montreal film prodco is turning its development eye towards scripted TV and animated projects.
Deals: DHX, Super Channel, Fight Network
DHX closes its $345 million purchase of the entertainment division of Iconix Brand Group, plus more deals.
First Take Entertainment takes a slice of Little Italy
eOne is set to handle domestic distribution on the Donald Petrie-directed rom-com about a couple whose romance is complicated by their parent’s competing pizza restaurants.
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