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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – Apr. 23 to Apr. 29, 2012
Contraband is the top-selling DVD for the week of Apr. 23 to Apr. 29, 2012.
Reynolds Mastin named top negotiator at Canadian Media Production Association
The promotion from counsel to chief negotiator follows John Barrack’s departure from the producers’ association earlier this month.
TIFF adds new program to 2012 festival
The Canada First! sidebar will not return, and the new TIFF Cinematheque program will feature selections from past Canadian and international titles.
Marc Seguin joins First Weekend Club board
The CMPA VP of policy joins Paul Gratton, who remains as chair of the board for another term, and recently appointed board members Emily Alden and Ingrid Veninger.
Denis Villeneuve to shoot An Enemy in Toronto through mid-July
Work on the Jake Gyllenhaal-starrer comes as the Quebec director readies to shoot Prisoners, starring Hugh Jackman, in the fall.
Indie producer Media Monkey hires Maxine Kuzminski
The bilingual producer will develop English and French language factual programming for the Toronto-based production shingle.
Emily Hampshire attached to Xavier Dolan’s Letters to a Young Actor
The Montreal actress will play the wife of an iconic actor in the Quebec director’s first English-language project.
Town of Cochrane begins construction on film studios
The northeastern Ontario district has plans to become the new Hollywood North, and has attracted $11 million in productions in just two months.
Cineplex posts solid Q1 earnings on The Hunger Games attendance
Showing major Hollywood tentpoles like The Hunger Games and The Avengers on giant screens is fending off competition from home theatre systems, Cineplex CEO Ellis Jacob tells Playback Daily.
Hot Docs title Herman’s House picked up by Kinosmith
In other local festival market action, indie Syndicado acquired Sagi Bornstein’s Kafka’s Last Story after its Canadian premiere at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival.
DirecTV, TMN and Movie Central order Rogue drama from eOne
The Canadian producer will partner on the 10-part co-production with U.K.’s Greenroom Entertainment, to shoot in Vancouver from August 2012.
Saskatchewan producers continue to decry new tax credit
SMPIA president Ron Goetz talks to Playback about the FTDC and the future of the province’s industry.
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