Film Farm’s Jennifer Weiss and Simone Urdl have joined Andrew Huculiak’s next film in a deal brokered at the Los Cabos International Film Festival.
The company’s six-month results show robust performance in the company’s TV and kids portfolios, with film performance down slightly year-over-year.
Murdoch Mysteries is at #25 for the week of Nov. 2 to 8.
The first film involved in the deal is February (pictured).
The former TIFF Industry director takes over the reins from Donna Zuchlinski starting this week.
Canada/Ireland copro Room climbs to #9 for the week of Nov. 6 to 12, with Spectre at #1, The Peanuts Movie at #2 and The Martian at #3.
Room tops the chart with Remember at #2 and La Guerre des Tuques 3D at #3.
The Canada/U.K. copro documentary will debut in staggered windows across Bell Media properties.
The film opened wide in Quebec and on a handful of screens outside the province.
The company will produce and finance a remake of Christopher Nolan’s iconic 2000 thriller.
The Canada/Iceland copro is set to go to camera in 2016. (Brightlight Pictures’ president Shawn Williamson pictured.)
The Canadian-Irish coproduction was one of the big winners on Saturday night.