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Gratton in for Barrett atop CTF
CHUM alum jokes there will be ‘no more crises’ now, prepares for closer look at CRTC recommendations
Filmport awaits SAG breakthrough
Mostly finished but still unoccupied, the prospects for the long-awaited studio depend on talks with the U.S. union. Will go ‘down to the wire’ on June 30, says Ferguson
Heavyweight joins Fight Network
CNN and Headline News vet Nory LeBrun hired to lead charge into U.S. market
‘Bite-size’ series bows on Discovery
Animated shorts deliver quick hits on wild animals and garbage in space
Forecasters for a day
Consumer-generated weathercasts? It’s all part of The Weather Network’s sponsorship of Toronto’s Luminato festival
The Establishing Shot: No news is good news at upfronts
After this year’s upfronts, the story for both CTV and CBC is, largely, that there isn’t much of a story. But that’s a good thing.
Much at stake with Part II fees
You may not be aware of this, but there’s been a high-level dogfight going on in the courtrooms for some time now. The dogs are the broadcasters and BDUs against the feds, and what’s at stake is a juicier bone than most realize.
Michael Cerenzie: Ex-pat producer bringing features back home
Not many people know this, but it took a scrappy, mucho-tattooed former nightclub owner from Sault Ste. Marie, ON to get City of Ghosts, Matt Dillon’s long-stalled 2002 directorial debut, off the ground. After seven years of fruitless pursuit in the Hollywood jungle by the veteran thesp, Michael Cerenzie, then a relative newcomer to Hollywood, pulled it together – in just one month.
Small town charms Bessai
When Carl Bessai and producer Jason James went looking for a place to shoot the small-town drama Cole, they wanted something ‘claustrophobic with character.’
Director McDonald sees Red
A debate over filming the horror feature PontyPool on 35mm film or on digital quickly turned in favor of the latter, according to director Bruce McDonald, who says his latest is perfectly suited for the Red One camera.
Anagram signs Val Kilmer
Top Gun’s Iceman has signed on to join The Thaw, an eco-thriller feature by Vancouver-based Anagram Pictures.
Wise, rocker star in Iodine
Ray Wise has been paired with the musician Jason Collett and first-time director Mike Stasko in the drama Iodine, which last month wrapped a 15-day shoot in northern Ontario, near Parry Sound. Stasko (Things to Do) also wrote and stars in the picture, playing a man searching for his missing father in rural Ontario, which might have something to do with the mystery man played by Wise (Reaper, 24).
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