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Film
Carmody: Film biz keeping an eye on game industry
He’s the man who “made it cool to make films in Canada,” noted moderator Ray Sharma of producer Don Carmody, who delivered a keynote interview at GameON: Finance yesterday to discuss the success of his game-to-film adaptations.
Alliance acquires latest doc from Heavy Metal chroniclers
Alliance Films has picked up the theatrical rights to Satan, the latest feature length documentary from heavy metal rock music chroniclers Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn.
Alliance Films and Rhombus Media ink first-look deal
Indie producer Rhombus Media has inked a first-look deal with Alliance Films to potentially release its film titles through the indie distributor’s Canadian, British and Spanish pipelines.
Gil Bellows feature shooting in Havana
The Canadian actor is jointly writing, producing and directing the low-budget feature Gravity’s Pull in Vancouver and Havana with long-time friend Tony Pantages.
OMDC and Film Ontario report back from LA trade mission
Ontario film and TV industry players have returned from a four-day whirlwind visit to Los Angeles to woo future work by American senior production executives and FX supervisors to the province.
Canada reps well in Foreign Language Oscar short list
Nine films have advanced in the race to the Foreign Language Film Oscar from the 66 that originally qualified. One and a half of them are Canadian.
Sequel in the works for Toronto-shot Red from Summit Entertainment
Summit Entertainment, which shot the comic book adaptation Red in Toronto, is planning a sequel.
Whistleblower wins in Palm Springs
Larysa Kondraki’s The Whistleblower has continued its winning ways by picking up the audience award for best narrative feature at the just-concluded Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Giamatti golden for Barney
Paul Giamatti took the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor (Comedy or Musical) for Barney’s Version last night at the 68th annual fete in Beverley Hills.
Two Lionsgate releases go before the camera in Vancouver
Vancouver has landed two major indie movie shoots for Lionsgate-distributed pictures, including the Sam Raimi-produced Dibbuk Box and the Eva Mendes-starrer Anxiety for Pantelion Films.
Profile report pegs film and TV production at $4.9 billion
David is losing to Goliath: Canadian production volume rose 1% last year to $2.29 billion, but Canadian television production fell by 3.3% in 2010, dipping below $2 billion for the first time in four years.
ToonBox hires Disney scribe for new feature
Toronto’s ToonBox Entertainment has brought veteran animation screenwriter Lorne Cameron on board to pen its upcoming S3D feature film The Nut Job.
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