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Night of the Zoopocalypse nears $2M at box office

EXCLUSIVE: More than half of its box office gross hails from Canada since its March 7 release.

Elemental’s Terminally Delayed lands the plane in St. John’s

The Samora Smallwood-starring thriller was shot entirely in the St. John’s airport and hotel.

YouTube plans to limit kids’ access to low-quality content

WildBrain is among the companies involved in a brand-new Youth Digital Wellbeing Initiative to help the platform promote content that supports childhood development.

Prime Video returns to House of David for season two

Calgary’s Nomadic Pictures are co-producers on the biblical series.

Andrew Wreggit to receive WGC’s Margaret Collier Award

The screenwriter is receiving the award in its first year being handed out by the writing organization.

Wattpad Webtoon Studios boards Game of Gods adaptation

The adaptation of the Wattpad novel series hails from Rome’s Rainbow Group.

Visitor Media boards Ryan Wedding docuseries with CBC

The in-development docuseries follows the former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged cartel associate.

Blink49 acquires Pier 21 Films, Laszlo Barna to exit

Barna will enter into an exclusive first-look deal with Blink49.

DGC reveals inaugural Director Market Accelerator delegation

The 15 participants all have projects they are seeking to move forward with at the 2025 Hot Docs festival.

Steven Guilbeault joins Carney cabinet in new culture portfolio

Guilbeault had previously served as Heritage Minister from 2019 to 2021.

Cineflix Rights, Papercup team for Spanish AI dubs of Mayday

The companies are also exploring dubbing the series in three other European languages.

Hot Docs selects 16 Canadian projects for Deal Maker program

Among the Deal Maker selections are projects from Intuitive Pictures, Kannon Films and Uninterrupted Canada.