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They just didn’t watch him
CBC may be drumming up big ratings with Hockey Night in Canada, but post-lockout viewers are slower to return to the net’s big-ticket dramas, with its two-part prequel mini Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making receiving just a quarter of the ratings garnered by its 2002 predecessor.
Egoyan film facing a sad Truth in the States
After two weeks in limited release in the U.S., Atom Egoyan’s thriller Where the Truth Lies widened to 38 theaters on Oct. 28, but still failed to attract American audiences, and interest in the flick is also dissipating in Canada.
Deals for toons, docs at MIPCOM
Torrential rain may have washed away the MTV booth, but not the spirits of Canadian producers and broadcasters who, by most accounts, did brisk business at last month’s MIPCOM in Cannes, France.
‘A super-duper festival,’ says FNC boss
Montreal: When Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinéma held its final press conference on Oct. 23, it brought an end to the city’s strangest fall festival season ever.
Karla making a comeback
The U.S.-made biopic about Karla Homolka is again closing in on Canadian theaters and, according to its producer, is close to signing deals that will put Karla into theaters on both sides of the border sometime in the next two months.
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