Breakthrough Films & Television has signed up Rosanna Arquette to top-line The Signs of Living from director Gail Harvey, the indie TV producer’s latest movie outing.
September on the Canadian festival circuit belongs to Michael McGowan.
Five producers have been shortlisted for the CMPA (nee CFTPA) Feature Film Producer’s Award.
Canadian dramas grabbed the spotlight Tuesday as nominations for the 25th Gemini Awards were handed out, with CTV’s Flashpoint leading all comers with 15 nods.
Bill House has partnered with fellow indie producers Jennifer Jonas and Leonard Farlinger to option and develop Russell Smith’s Girl Crazy novel for a movie adaptation
Like a script from B-movie horror flick, the Toronto International Film Festival has dodged a bedbug scare on the eve of its 35th edition.
Casey Affleck’s I’m Still Here has been snapped up by Toronto’s D Films, which has acquired the exclusive, long-term distribution rights in all media.
Toronto International Film Festival organizers on Monday started planning for a homage to French director Alain Corneau after he died Sunday night in Paris ahead of a September 11 screening of his last movie, Love Crimes, at TIFF.
Telefilm Canada and the Canadian Film Centre have seen a feature from their recent comedy lab greenlit: the workplace laugher Servitude from Buck Productions and Victory Man Productions.
Canadian companies’ production the indie list and development spending in 2009
Maple Pictures is in discussions to acquire the Jim Carrey-starrer I Love You Phillip Morris for domestic release after partner Roadside Attractions picked up the North American rights.
Jay Firestone’s Prodigy Pictures has signed up Hollywood stalwart Stuart Townsend to star in its thriller series XIII, set to shoot in Toronto from this fall for Showcase.