* Picture Box Distribution has sold the lifestyle series Kitchen Crimes to HGTV in the U.S. and to Discovery Asia.

As a key FX provider for the Warner Bros. summer blockbuster Superman Returns, Frantic Films has become a big part of the Man of Steel’s new universe. However, the Winnipeg production and post shop’s work on the film is actually in support of the latest nefarious scheme from Superman’s arch-nemesis.

Trouble for Tommy

Twenty-six movies from around the world will have a ‘second unveiling’ at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which has picked its latest round of titles from the best of Cannes, Berlin and other stops on the festival circuit.

An Alberta-based company is touting a new technology with claims that it will allow HD video to be more easily streamed and downloaded over the Internet.

* Tara Walker is taking over as executive director of the Manitoba Motion Picture Industry Association, replacing Caryl Brandt, who is taking a sabbatical. Walker will still perform her duties as MMPIA’s programs manager.

Darned if the CBC isn’t the most fascinating network to follow these days. Every week it is caught in another imbroglio or two.

Marsha Henry is a lawyer at the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP.

Playback readers believe the CBC is heading in the wrong direction airing shows such as The One: Making a Music Star. In a recent online Playback poll asking ‘Should the CBC simulcast U.S. shows?’, 74% of respondents voted No, while 26% voted Yes.

Noel Hooper was a digital compositor on Resident Evil: Apocalypse and Dawn of the Dead. On behalf of FX shop Mr. X, Dennis Berardi was VFX supervisor on Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and Berardi and Mr. X’s Aaron Weintraub were VFX supervisors on Dawn of the Dead. Incorrect information appeared in a story in the June 26 issue.

Terra Vnesa stars with an ensemble cast in CBC’s 11 Cameras, a 22 x 30 look at the voyeuristsic world of webcams, from Shafestbury Films, Chokolat and Henry Less Productions. Airing Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., the show debuted June 28.

Calgary: Academy Award winner Kim Basinger wrapped the MOW The Mermaid Chair June 7 after four weeks of shooting in Calgary for local prodco Nomadic Pictures (Broken Trail), U.S.-based Randwell Distribution, Lifetime Television and Corus Entertainment.