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D Films and Emerging ink classics deal
Indie distributor D Films has inked a supply deal with Emerging Pictures to release Mozart, Verdi and Shakespeare into cinemas countrywide.
CBC readies new Blades
The cast for the CBC’s Battle of the Blades’ second season has been announced, with some familiar faces among the female skaters.
Hub picks up Atomic Betty, Fremantle gets Healthy
Skywriter Media’s Atomic Betty and The Fremantle Corporation’s Healthy Gourmet land stateside sales deals.
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’.
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