Montreal: l.a.-based Franchise Films and Morgan Creek of l.a. start shooting the big-budget sci-fi film Battlefield Earth on location in Montreal July 15 for 12 weeks. John Travolta is the movie’s lead and coproducer. Roger Christian, second unit on Star Wars:…

Vancouver: Underwriters Yorkton Securities, First Marathon Securities and Merrill Lynch Canada have exercised their option to acquire an additional 816,000 common shares of Lions Gate Entertainment….

Vancouver: b.c.’s aboriginal filmmakers were among 200 delegates who convened in Penticton March 18-20 for the second Aboriginal Media Arts Symposium, comprising seminars and an awards gala….

*Court upholds Copyright Board decision…

David Rinaldo is a member of the KNOWlaw Group of the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch. This article was prepared with the assistance of Diana Cafazzo and Simon Chester….

Montreal: New feature film action slated to start preproduction this month as reported by the stcvq includes Jean-Sebastien Lord’s Le Petit Ciel from Aska Film producers Claude Gagnon, Yuri Yoshimura and Martine Beauchemin, and the Ghislaine Cote feature Pin Pon en…

Vancouver: Veteran service producer Colleen Nystedt of New City Productions in Vancouver is taking at least a year off from overseeing u.s. shows to do her own production….

Edge Entertainment of Saskatoon has signed with broadcaster WIC Entertainment, Toronto’s Oasis Shaftesbury Releasing and l.a.-based distributor Regent Entertainment on the $4-million feature film Now & Forever….

Working with the idea that being stricken with a cold turns us all into big pudgy, drippy, cranky babies, agency Ammirati Puris Lintas and Sparks director Peter Montgomery created just such a creature for a recent spot for NeoCitran….

*All-digital mobile from RV…

The Canadian Society of Cinematographers held its annual awards celebration Saturday, March 27 at Toronto’s Sheraton Centre Hotel. The event, which recognizes excellence by directors of photography in a variety of categories, was hosted by tv producer and broadcaster Ann Medina,…

Among the new fluorescent lights introduced by Hochheim at the Toronto presentation is the Diva-Lite 400, a portable soft key and fill source for digital video shooters. The Diva, with a full-range dimmer for precise lighting control, is ideal for fieldwork…