Canadian producer Don Carmody’s Toronto-shot Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D is to debut in China on 1,000-plus 3D screens from Nov. 16.
For the first time in the history of Quebec cinema a local film featuring a predominantly black cast has hit theatres.
Did The Tudors beget The Borgias? Are you kidding? It was practically incest. Denis Seguin wraps his report from the Budapest set of The Borgias.
Larysa Kondracki’s The Whistleblower, a political thriller that stars Rachel Weisz and bowed in Toronto, has racked up a series of foreign sales at the American Film Market, including Samuel Goldwyn Films picking up the U.S. rights.
Alliance Films has picked up the Canadian rights to Jason Eisener’s action film Hobo With a Shotgun, which stars Rutger Hauer, Gregory Smith and Robb Wells.
Following its Toronto bow, Michael Goldbach’s Daydream Nation has been picked up by Anchor Bay Films.
Bruce McDonald is to debut Hard Core Logo 2 at the Whistler Film Festival with a world premiere on December 4.
Playing a cardinal in Renaissance Rome is no walk in the park. Especially when it’s Colm Feore in the saddle. Denis Seguin continues his report from the Budapest set of The Borgias.
Entertainment One has picked up the Canadian rights to Aaron Woodley’s psychological thriller The Entitled from Foundation Features.
Vancouver-based production/finance group Bron Studios has signed a three-picture deal with L.A.’s Unified Pictures. Unified will handle production and foreign sales with Bron co-producing and financing.
Joe Dinicol, Linda Kash, Enrico Colantoni and Dave Foley have jumped on board Servitude, Warren Sonoda’s waiter rebellion comedy from Buck Productions and Victory Man Productions now in production.
Entertainment One has secured the Canadian distribution rights to the Jason Statham action picture The Killer Elite and the action drama Tomorrow When the War Began as part of a two-picture deal with Inferno Entertainment.