Shadow Lake, a $2-million psychological thriller mow licensed by Chum Television’s The New vr and coproduced by Breakthrough Entertainment and Ottawa’s Sound Venture Productions, has just wrapped in Bala, Ont….

Halifax’s Salter Street Films’ television slate for 1999/2000 marks the Halifax-based company’s biggest roster of production yet with a confirmed 210 half-hours of programming, including three new shows….

Vancouver: As go the springtime daffodils and crocuses in Vancouver, so go local pilot productions: five proposed new series for u.s. networks have sprouted in March to add to the series already in or heading for longer-term production….

Toronto’s Rave Films and Vancouver’s Aviator Pictures have joined forces and will be representing each other’s rosters….

Imported Artists Film Company director Richard D’Alessio and dop Simon Mestel landed two days for Honda out of Ambrose Carr Linton Carroll. David Baxter edited at Panic & Bob and Ted Rosnick handled the sounds at Rosnick Mackinnon….

Sources say CanWest Global’s director of special projects Gary Maavara is first on the shortlist to replace outgoing Canadian Cable Television Association president Richard Stursberg….

Montreal: Canada’s tv networks are preparing to drop several primetime drama series developed for the 1999/2000 season. Broadcasters will be obliged to make some tough calls in the days and weeks ahead and are being told to key on the essential…

Los Angeles: In his keynote address at the American Film Market, Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan promised to stem the tide of film productions heading to Canada….

An eight-foot-tall dragon named Dudley – a much-loved character to thousands of young tv viewers – stands at the hub of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed against producer Breakthrough Films, public broadcaster tvontario as well as the Ontario Ministry of Energy….

Kerri Golden, Alliance Atlantis cfo, has resigned effective early May.. It is unclear whether president Lewis Rose or former Cineplex Odeon executive vp and cfo Ellis Jacob, who has been on contract with aac since the merger, will assume Golden’s duties….

Andy Myers, former Behaviour Communications senior vp distribution who was let go in late January amidst financial and staff restructuring, has filed a wrongful dismissal suit against his Montreal-based former employer….

In what looks like a studio boom for Manitoba, a consortium of American producers is putting together a proposal for a digital production and post facility in Winnipeg worth over $35 million, Toronto’s Cambium Entertainment is in discussions with Manitoba Film…