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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Jan. 25 to Jan. 31, 2013
Spanish-Canadian copro Mama tops the box office for another week.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Jan. 25 to Jan. 31, 2013
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters tops the box office for the week of Jan. 25 to Jan. 31, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Jan. 14 to Jan. 20, 2013
Taken 2 is the top-selling DVD for the week of Jan. 14 to Jan. 20, 2013.
Canadian screen industry boosts production volume to $5.9 billion: report
Profile 2012: An Economic Report on the Screen-based Production Industry in Canada reported a drop in foreign location shoots, but an increase in both Canadian TV and theatrical production.
Atom Egoyan’s Queen of the Night begins production
Bruce Greenwood joins Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson and Mireille Enos in the psychological thriller, which will shoot in Sudbury through February and then move to Niagara Falls and Toronto.
B.C. producers pursue TV co-productions with U.K. partners
The British Columbia-U.K. co-production forum in London and Manchester this week comes as Vancouver reduces its reliance on Hollywood film and TV production.
Film Movement takes U.S. rights to Jeff Kopas’ An Insignificant Harvey
The U.S. distribution deal, inked at Sundance, calls for a March 2013 release of the debut feature that stars Jordan Prentice (pictured right), Kristin Adams and Art Hindle.
Tapped film taps a UFC star-studded cast
Director Allan Ungar (pictured left) tells Playback about how MMA fan interest in the yet-to-be-marketed film is being piqued online, and that he also wants to hit up the Karate Kid retro audience with the film.
New B.C. creative industries support gets lukewarm reception
The three-part BC Creative Futures includes the launch of Creative B.C., a non-profit society which will get $1 million from the province for research, development and international marketing.
Resident Evil-makers take on Pompeii
The Roman-era disaster film is booked into Toronto’s Cinespace Film Studios (Resident Evil pictured).
Laurence Anyways, War Witch lead Jutra nominations
Six films are vying for the Golden Ticket prize, awarded based on a weighting system that considers box office, festival entries, award wins and international distribution sales: Bestiaire, Truck, Laurence Anyways (pictured), Monsieur Lazhar, Starbuck and War Witch.
Robert Walak leaves Alliance Films after Entertainment One takeover
Also leaving is Jon Bourdillon, who headed up home entertainment in the U.K. for Entertainment One and, previously, Contender Entertainment.
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