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WildBrain brings back ‘Life With’ franchise
The mediaco leans on nostalgia for new linear content, ordering a live-action film for Family Channel that will serve as the second spinoff based on the Life with Derek series.
Apple TV+ greenlights Aircraft, Mercury Filmworks kids titles
The streamer has also renewed projects from Sinking Ship Entertainment and 9 Story Media Group.
CRTC’s 2020-2021 broadcasting sector report shows BDU declines, DMBU increases
The report cites BDU decreases in areas including revenue and Canadian programming contributions, while DMBU services saw gains in revenue and viewing.
CMF invests $19.3M in interactive digital media projects
Projects receiving funding include Love is a Roguelite (LIAR) by Titan1Studios, which is concurrently being developed for television.
Deals: Sinking Ship, Attraction Distribution, Super Channel
Sinking Ship Entertainment inks new sales for Odd Squad and Annedroids, Attraction Distribution to distribute Dear Flora internationally, plus more.
SODEC to help finance 15 feature-length documentaries
Two of the films are from Robbie Hart: Ice-Breaker and La fille du rocker: un voyage au bout de Lucien Francoeur.
Composer Bramwell Tovey has died
Tovey, who got a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Richard Bell’s film Brotherhood and a Genie nod for Bell’s Eighteen, was 69.
WildBrain signs on to rep Carmen Sandiego internationally
Building on an existing partnership with HarperCollins Productions, WildBrain has sold the franchise’s latest 2D-animated series to Disney for Japan and France.
Shaftesbury appoints Liz Levine as senior producer and VP of television
The veteran producer said the Toronto prodco has supported her throughout her career and joining it “feels a lot like coming home.”
Telefilm Canada announces $5.5M in production funding for French-language features
Pascal Plante’s Les chambres rouges and Jean-François Leblanc’s Vil et misérable are among the eight films funded under the Production Program.
In brief: Canadian feature Labour Day to debut at Cinequest
Plus: WildBrain Spark, Animation Café are producing a Sunny Bunnies spinoff, Netflix’s Toronto office is unaffected by the streamer’s latest layoffs, and more.
Hot Sheet: Stranger Things still trumps overall TV demand
Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ came in second and Prime Video’s The Boys rose on both the digital originals and overall TV charts for the week of June 13 to 19.
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