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Open Door to Ruins
Toronto prodco re-teams with former NBC correspondent Hanson Hosein for a sequel to 2006 Mom & Pop doc, examining the recovery of post-Katrina New Orleans
CBC faces unique challenges with Beijing Games coverage
An Olympics broadcast is comparable in size and scope to a military mission, says Scott Moore, executive director of CBC English Television Sports.
Jason Reitman: holding the maple leaf high
Following the phenomenal box office and critical success of Juno, Jason Reitman’s career is on fire. It was just three years ago that the filmmaker burst onto the scene with the satirical hit Thank You for Smoking, and now the Canadian ex-pat has a distribution deal with Fox Searchlight for his Hard C prodco. As a producer, he recently wrapped the Vancouver shoot for Jennifer’s Body, a horror comedy penned by Diablo Cody, Juno’s Oscar-winning scribe.
Industry titans feted at Hall of Fame bash
Nine key industry figures past and present were inducted into the Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame June 25 at the Drake Hotel in Toronto, in an event attended by more than 150 Canadian media leaders.
The ABCs of coproing Down Under
At the recent Banff World Television Festival, I had the pleasure of conducting an onstage interview with Kim Dalton, director of television at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the leading pubcaster
Torrens trying late night for CBC
HALIFAX: The CBC, in conjunction with Len MacKeigan’s Mill Reef Productions, is looking at a new live-to-air variety show from the Maritimes following a one-hour pilot for Live! at 25:00 that aired throughout the region in the wee hours on June 28. The late-night show aired from the Seahorse Tavern in Halifax at 1 a.m. and featured local musicians, comedians and entertainers, hosted by Jonathan Torrens (Trailer Park Boys, Jonovision). The title refers to the 24-hour clock of the broadcast day, with 25:00 being 1 a.m. The show is also being streamed at cbc.ca, which the network is using to gauge viewer response.
Stratus, Seaton on Family Biz
Former pro wrestler Trish Stratus and Michael Seater of Life with Derek have signed on for guest spots on Family Biz, the half-hour comedy now shooting in Ottawa for Muse Entertainment. Muse is copro’ing the show with Toronto’s Summit Crescent Productions and France’s Breakout Films and is shooting in the capital region through August. The series stars Doug Murray (Bridal Fever, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) as a formerly high-powered exec who starts working from home after he is downsized, to the dismay of his formerly (and happily) ignored children.
Bloody Immigrants land at CBC
CBC will use the Internet to gauge how humorous viewers find the stereotypes of visible minorities.
Demers joins generations
As is often the case before he edits a film, producer Rock Demers couldn’t decide what to call his road-trip drama about the friendship between an international aid worker, an abandoned boy and a monkey.
Safe is the buzzword for nets this fall
Global had some holes to fill in its lineup and Rogers went out buying for the Citys for the first time, while CTV and CBC are sticking to what works. The most interesting battle this fall might be between the revamped A and E! Playback breaks down who’s doing what
Noble new CEO at Peace Arch
The former Canwest exec takes over the reins from temporary CEO Jeff Sagansky, providing a long-term replacement for the departed Gary Howsam
Pyman rebrands
Production company founded by producer Rick Pyman, killed in a road accident last year, beefs up services
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