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Technicolor teams with Mexico
Montreal office looking to catch a wave of post work south of the border, building on its ties in South America
Swank, Carmody attached to Amelia
The life story of famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart is set to shoot this spring, under Toronto producer as well as former Gateway boss Ted Waitt
Forde joins TSN
Former fullback will work CFL broadcasts starting in April
Q&A with Astral Media’s Ian Greenberg
A graduate of Harvard Business School’s advanced management program, Ian Greenberg is the president and CEO of Astral Media and final gatekeeper of its jewel in the crown, The Movie Network.
Post-strike, network schedules still uncertain
The WGA pickets are down, and production on popular American TV series has restarted for delivery ahead of the May sweeps. Now the bets are on whether the U.S. networks will radically change how they develop and launch primetime shows – as intimated during the Writers Guild of America strike – or whether they settle back into usual rhythms.
Recreating hidden history on Paris 1919
Veteran documentary maker Paul Cowan isn’t leaving it to the historians to reveal and interpret our past.
Screening out the hatemongers
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council recently cleared VisionTV
Sportscasters set online records
Ramped-up web coverage of the NHL’s trade deadline day pays off for TSN, RDS and Sportsnet, which saw soaring numbers on the busiest sports day of the year
Series return to B.C., movies still in doubt
An end to the U.S. writers strike has touched off a production frenzy. The question is, will the restart of Hollywood’s vast machinery of movie and TV production benefit Canada?
Infinity waiting on Gilliam
The Vancouver shoot for the feature The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus will go forward after director Terry Gilliam rewrites the script, according to a spokesperson, though the official word has stopped short of confirming reports that thesps Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp have been tapped to replace the late Heath Ledger.
The Boys take new series to Showcase
The Trailer Park Boys are working on a new project, but they’re not leaving the Sunnyvale Trailer Park behind anytime soon.
Reitman, Cody reteam for Jennifer’s Body
Production gets underway next month in Vancouver on Jennifer’s Body, the latest feature by Juno scribe Diablo Cody. Juno helmer Jason Reitman produces alongside Dan Dubiecki, Mason Novick and Brad Van Arragon. The Fox Atomic comedy-horror stars Megan Fox (Transformers) as a possessed cheerleader who turns into a killer, and focuses her attention on her male classmates. Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Aeon Flux) directs. The film is scheduled to shoot until the end of May.
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