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O’Connell, Lloyd-Hughes and Barclay go on Weekender with Alliance
Karl Golden’s British-set rave drama Weekender from Alliance Films and UK production partner Benchmark Films has added Jack O’Connell, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Emily Barclay to the marquee.
VIFF announces films for Dragons & Tigers, award nominees
Forty-three features and 21 shorts have been confirmed for the upcoming Vancouver International Film Festival’s Dragons & Tigers program, showcasing cinema from East Asia.
Nelvana and HIT mark first partnership with Mike the Knight
For the first time, children’s prodco HIT Entertainment is teaming with Nelvana Studios to produce the new 52 x 12-minute preschool series Mike the Knight.
TIFF 2010 Gala: Casino Jack
Casino Jack has the makings of a big Hollywood studio production: an impressive cast led by double Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey, an Emmy-award winning director in George Hickenlooper, and a headline-grabbing true story about a high-profile American lobbyist’s fall from grace.
10 to Watch: Cole Bastedo and Matt Huether
This writing duo collectively spent years on Degrassi, along with other youth-oriented Canuck series, and are now in development with a number of prodcos and other industry folks for their own original projects.
Networks band to battle cancer
Canadian broadcasters are a competitive bunch. But as they did in 2008 with the first Stand Up to Cancer telethon, Citytv, CTV and Global Television will each give one hour of commercial-free airtime next Friday to simulcast the second installment of the U.S. network cancer benefit.
Hall of Fame 2010: Paul Bronfman
The service sector’s resilient leader.
Hall of Fame 2010: Don Carmody
Still full-throttle for ‘Hollywood’s man in Canada’.
TIFF 2010 Gala: The Bang Bang Club
Veteran producer Danny Iron was struck by the vibrant energy in South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg, which would become the backdrop to an emotional shoot for the Canada/South Africa copro The Bang Bang Club.
TIFF 2010 Gala: Barney’s Version
Ask most producers to choose from among their films and they will usually say they can’t – they’re a parent to all their projects. But one can’t help but think Barney’s Version is a personal favorite for Robert Lantos. “That’s true,” the Toronto producer says. “You can safely say that.”
TIFF 2010 Gala: A Beginners Guide To Endings
Toronto director/writer Jonathan Sobol’s A Beginner’s Guide to Endings, featuring Harvey Keitel as an aging, exceedingly irresponsible patriarch, starts on a bit of a low note: one of the central characters commits suicide
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