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Film
Carousel Pictures developing Phil Hartman biopic
Nice Guy Phil (working title) will be directed by Jason Priestley. (Carousel’s Tyler Levine pictured.)
Canadian copros land in Sundance lineup
Matt Johnson’s latest directorial effort, Operation Avalanche, will screen in the festival’s Next program.
Marcia Douglas joins CMPA
The former Bell Fund program manager will be based in Toronto.
La Guerre des Tuques 3D breaks $2M B.O.
The animated feature surpassed the milestone in less than three weeks.
How eOne used its U.K. arm to bolster Life’s Canadian release
Coming Soon: eOne’s VP theatrical operations Tim Smythe-Bishop on the distribution strategy for the majority Canada/Germany/Australia copro Life, opening this Friday.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Nov. 20, 2015 to Nov. 26, 2015
La Guerre des Tuques 3D is #1 for the week of Nov. 20 to Nov. 26, with Canada/Ireland copro Room at #2 and U.K./Ireland/Canada copro Brooklyn at #3.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Nov. 20, 2015 to Nov. 26, 2015
The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 2 enters the chart at #1, dropping Spectre to #2 and The Peanuts Movie to #3.
Production spotlight: Mexico
Indie production is ramping up in Mexico, its Los Cabos International Film Festival is growing and Canadians are eyeing south of the (U.S.) border opportunities.
Carolyn Saunders on building out ‘The Wasting’
Following a U.K. shoot, post is underway in Toronto on Saunders’ privately financed debut feature.
Deepa Mehta honoured by TFCA
As part of the prize, Mehta will award a filmmaker of her choosing with $50,000 in services from Technicolor Creative Services.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Nov. 9, 2015 to Nov. 15, 2015
Inside Out remains atop the DVD chart for the week of Nov. 9 to Nov. 15, followed by Terminator Genisys at #2 and Train Wreck at #3.
PNP acquires Hitchcock/Truffaut
The documentary will get its Canadian theatrical release in early December.
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