VANCOUVER: Jennifer Garner is back in B.C. and returned to work on Valentine’s Day with Juno, a romantic-comedy about a woman’s attempts to adopt a child.

Darius Films (The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico) and Cirrus Productions (C.R.A.Z.Y.) are partway through shooting the oddball comedy Hank and Mike, about the misadventures of two foul-mouthed Easter Bunnies. Paolo Mancini and Thomas Michael star – reviving characters introduced almost 10 years ago on The Comedy Network – alongside Joe Mantegna (The Simpsons) and Wes Bentley (Ghost Rider).

VANCOUVER: Chris Haddock and Nicholas Campbell are working together once again, this time on The Quality of Life – A Dominic Da Vinci Movie, an MOW that continues the evolution of Vancouver’s coroner-turned-mayor for CBC.

Second City is partnering with CBC on the talent contest Canada’s Next Comedy Legend, which starts auditions March 20 in Vancouver.

Producer Peter Rowe and veteran ‘stormchaser’ George Kourounis atop Mount Washington, NH – ‘home of the world’s worst weather’ – while shooting Angry Planet, a six-part series about killer storms, the environment and other natural disasters. It airs March 6 on OLN.

Stardom and cell phone calls follow country music star Steve Wilkinson on a fishing trip in the second season (10 x 30) of The Wilkinsons, set to air next month on CMT. The reality series by Henry Less Productions follows the musical family as they settle into their new homestead in rural Belleville, ON

Forty years ago, in an era remembered for Expo ’67, Trudeaumania and the rise of Canadian nationalism, the federal Liberals decided to fund a new organization designed to ‘foster and promote the development of a feature film industry in Canada.’

Wayne Clarkson assumed the role of Telefilm Canada executive director in January 2005, taking over from Richard Stursberg, who bolted to take over as head of CBC TV. Clarkson came in with impressive credentials, as former chief of the Canadian Film Centre, the Ontario Film Development Corporation and the Toronto film festival.

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