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TV
Strombo stands up
George Stroumboulopoulos is set to stand up and host Just For Laughs Toronto – The All-Star Ethnic Show, a CBC special taping live on July 23 at Toronto’s Winter Garden Theatre during the five-day spin-off festival.
On the road to Ruins
Toronto’s Open Door has again joined with Emmy winner Hanson Hosein for Independent America: Rising from the Ruins, a sequel doc on the plight of business owners in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Hop on Pop
Toronto’s Hop To It Productions is hoping cash from the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund will help get kids off the couch through its Pop It! series of shorts. The 26 x 7 show, set for TVO in September, teaches kids hip-hop culture through break-dancing and original songs and was one of 10 titles that drew cash from the spring round of Bell Fund applications.
Paperny goes east
CBC has renewed The Week the Women Went for a second season, paving the way for Paperny Films to pull all the female residents from Tatamagouche, NS.
Canuck FX shops dazzle on summer blockbusters
When the Hulk, Indiana Jones, Maxwell Smart and ‘a love guru’ swing into town – not to mention a host of plesiosaurs and a T. rex – it makes for some large-scale entertainment. It also means great special effects years in the making, with shops from Winnipeg to Toronto and Montreal having a hand in their creation.
Ex-Meteor Studios workers seek pay
Journey to the Center of the Earth scored US$20.6 million at the box office in its opening weekend in North America, yet dozens who worked on its special effects at Montreal’s Meteor Studios have yet to be paid in full for their handiwork, according to Meteor’s bankruptcy filing document obtained by Playback.
Flash cards bring producers new options
Fred Brennan has worked in every aspect of sound editing for more than 30 years. As a supervising editor, he specializes in dialogue and ADR editing. He has won Genies for his contributions to Max, Love Come Down and Sunshine. More recently, he was supervising dialogue editor on Fugitive Pieces and All Hat.
New soundstages sprouting from Halifax to B.C.
Existing soundstages in Montreal and Toronto are disturbingly quiet for the summer season, but entrepreneurs in other Canadian cites are throwing caution to the wind and constructing more purpose-built studios than ever, gambling that Hollywood service shoots will return to usual levels when U.S. labor unrest subsides and money markets cool off.
Five series wannabes on CBC’s pilot slate
The pubcaster is doing well with one-hour dramas, but there’s room for more half-hour comedy, says exec director of programming Kirstine Layfield
Razer becomes MTV2
Music and over-the-top attitude for the 12-24 demo is what’s in store for the channel formerly known as Razer
Strombo stands up
CBC golden boy to host taping of ethnically flavored show at Toronto’s Just For Laughs, as the comedy organization seeks more international eyeballs
China surprisingly co-operative, says CBC
Government officials now going so far as to allow satellite trucks into Tiananmen Square, says sports boss, as net unveils more Olympic coverage
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