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Filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk & Col. Chris Hadfield named Eco-Heroes
Also announced: Green Screen and Green Pitch award finalists for the upcoming Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival (John Walker’s Arctic Defenders pictured).
Graham Wagner inks pilot script deal with NBC
The Younger Man pilot is produced by L.A.-based Small Dog Picture Co. and 20th Century Fox Television (Wagner pictured).
Bristow Global Media seals deals for two more feel-good formats
The production outfit acquires the rights to Letters to the President and a makeover series from Small World IFT.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Sept. 23 to Sept. 29, 2013
Iron Man 3 is the top-selling DVD for the week of Sept. 23 to 29, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 2013
The Big Bang Theory tops TV for the week of Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 2013.
Orphan Black adds Peter Outerbridge and Ari Millen to cast
The Space and BBC America clone thriller also has Michiel Huisman (pictured) boarding as a rugged outdoorsman with a sixth sense about people and situations.
New indie gameco Hinterland embarks on The Long Dark
The B.C.-based studio is taking a TV-inspired approach to its first title, an immersive survival simulation for PCs.
Fall TV: We Are Men gets axed
Elsewhere, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and The Blacklist have been picked up for full seasons, while Fox’s Sleepy Hollow nabbed a second season run.
eOne and Beacon Pictures form TV joint venture
The Canadian producer and Armyan Bernstein’s indie shingle will jointly pitch projects to U.S. networks, while eOne handles international distribution.
MIPCOM13: Media Ranch takes Dining With the Enemy to Canada, U.K.
The Montreal-based producer and distributor is taking on the Dining With the Enemy (pictured) format from Norway by producing a French-language version airing on Quebec’s TV5 that sees a journalist and chef covering war zones.
Disney sends Justin Time to CEEMA
Guru Studio’s preschool series (pictured) has been picked up by Disney Channel in a four-year deal for Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Creative Saskatchewan launches with $5M in funding
The new provincial agency is providing five grants to support Saskatchewan’s creative industries, including two grants focused on screen-based media.
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