Muse Productions has got horror on the mind this summer, with two made-for-TV movies. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, based on the classic by Robert Louis Stevenson, wrapped on Aug. 15. Directed by Paolo Barzman (Emotional Arithmetic), the $5-million project stars Dougray Scott (Desperate Housewives), as both Hyde and Jekyll, and Tom Skerritt (Picket Fences). The script was written by Paul Margolis (Sirens). It will air in the U.S. on ION Networks.

Global Television has announced plans to make a Canadian version of the family game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, and will begin taping five episodes in Toronto in October, following a deal with Mark Burnett Productions.

ZOS: Zone of Separation, the new drama produced by Whizbang Films (Men with Brooms), has returned from its 12-day stint in Bosnia to continue filming in Toronto and southern Ontario.

Incendo Productions is shooting Mistaken, an MOW for Lifetime and others, in Montreal. Richard Roy (Thrill of the Kill) directs Lana Parrilla (24) and James Thomas (Flirting with Danger) through the thriller story about identity theft. Stephen Greenberg of Incendo exec produces with Anne Carlucci and Justin Bodle of U.K.-based Power. Incendo Media will distribute in North America, while Power handles the international. Mistaken will air on The Movie Network, Movie Central, Super Écran and Lifetime.

Rainn Wilson (The Office) and Christina Applegate (Employee of the Month) have wrapped The Rocker, ending a two-month stay at Toronto Film Studios under director Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty). The comedy, due next year through Fox Atomic, stars Wilson as a failed drummer (‘a modern-day Pete Best,’ says Variety) who gets a second chance at the big time.

Clement Virgo is closing in on his next picture and hopes to shoot the thriller The Collectors next spring, working from a script by Annmarie Morais (Step) about crime scene photographers in London. Damon D’Oliveira of Conquering Lion Productions says the project, a potential copro with the U.K., is looking to shoot on a budget of roughly $10 million, adding that the ‘very commercial’ film will mark something of a departure for Virgo, who most recently helmed Poor Boy’s Game and Lie with Me. Details are expected to take shape in September.

Watching Pierre Karl Péladeau over the past year, one could easily get the impression that he wants to rule the world, or at the very least, the entire Canadian media industry.

Dynamo TV personality and heavyweight producer Julie Snyder once wore a paper bag over her head to interview legendary actress Catherine Deneuve.

With a $20-million price tag on its mega-Mars project, Discovery Channel and Galafilm Productions know the stakes are out of this world.

Trekking to Mars and back had its challenges, says George Mihalka, the seasoned Montreal-based director who helmed the four-part miniseries Race to Mars.

Genie and Jutra award-winning writer/director Philippe Falardeau is probing the complexity of childhood love – and loss – in C’est pas moi, je le jure! (It’s Not Me, I Swear!), his latest feature.

The much-anticipated sequel to the Disney TV movie phenom was watched by more than one million Canadians, bringing Family Channel a record audience