The former VP of development and production at Jigsaw Productions will be based out of Cineflix’s New York office.
Attendance and box office revenues were also up for the quarter.
How the brand has tapped Canadian film talent for its latest content strategy.
Jennifer Weiss and Simone Urdl of the Toronto-based prodco will coproduce the upcoming Brian De Palma (pictured) feature.
Adam Wood is attached to direct the feature, and will co-write the screenplay.
The Martian stays at #1 for the week of Oct. 30 to Nov. 5, with Bridge of Spies at #2 and Goose Bumps at #3.
Remember tops the chart for the week of Oct. 30 to Nov. 5, with Room at #2 and Guibord s’en vat-en-guerre at #3.
Distributor Double Dutch International (DDI) has announced the sale of the film into multiple territories, including the U.S. and France.
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television has named six people who will be presented with special awards during 2016’s Canadian Screen Week.
Bennett becomes the prodco’s SVP creative and innovation, while continuing to oversee Shaftesbury’s digital studio Smokebomb Entertainment.
Each company will have a 3.4% stake in Lionsgate, and both Liberty Global’s Mike Fries and Discovery’s David Zaslav (pictured) will have seats on the board.
The talent agency is expanding into Northern Ontario to capitalize on the growing film/TV market. (Sudbury office head Matthew J. Guthrie pictured.)