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Maple up for Phillip Morris?
Maple Pictures is in discussions to acquire the Jim Carrey-starrer I Love You Phillip Morris for domestic release after partner Roadside Attractions picked up the North American rights.
Prodigy lands Townsend for XIII
Jay Firestone’s Prodigy Pictures has signed up Hollywood stalwart Stuart Townsend to star in its thriller series XIII, set to shoot in Toronto from this fall for Showcase.
CRTC pushes public access
The CRTC wants more ordinary Canadians to follow homegrown stars like Mike Myers, Dan Aykroyd and Tom Green and get their start in entertainment on homegrown public access TV channels tied to local cable networks.
Green Heroes go viral
Cross-platform series Green Heroes from indie producer Cinefocus Canada aims not only to turn 24 two-to-three minute webisodes into six half-hour episodes for TVO, but save the planet one story at a time.
NFB appoints Halifax producer
Another producer will be joining the NFB’s Atlantic team, as the Film Board appoints Paul McNeill.
Cream picks up Manchester Borg
Indie producer Cream Productions has hired veteran Los Angeles TV development exec Amy Manchester Borg to drum up business stateside and new factual series for the Canadian market.
Zeros 2 Heroes app extends APTN franchise
An Aboriginal legend-themed mobile game app produced for the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is to be unveiled this weekend at Fan Expo in Toronto.
Nelvana sends Babar to Germany
Nelvana Enterprises has sold German broadcaster Ki.Ka its new 3D animated series Babar and the Adventures of Badou.
Channel Zero brings U.S. series back to primetime
Throwing money into conventional Canadian TV these days often feels like rolling a giant pair of dice. But Canadian indie broadcaster Channel Zero looks to have come up big as its CHCH over-the-air channel gets back into the U.S. primetime series business.
eOne taps former BMG Music director
Entertainment One has hired Aideen O’Brien to select and license music for the studio’s TV slate.
Biutiful lands pre-TIFF sale
In the first sign of TIFF market action, Roadside Attractions and Liddell Entertainment have scooped the U.S. rights to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Biutiful ahead of its North American bow in Toronto.
Barna joins Vachon for Strategic Partners keynote
Strategic Partners has added Entertainment One Television topper Laszlo Barna to its lineup of keynote speakers for the upcoming co-production conference.
Broadcasters outline NHL coverage
The scoreline so far for Canadian TV’s upcoming National Hockey League regular season: TSN and TSN2 will air a combined 124 games, while the CBC plans an 87-game schedule and the NHL Network has scheduled another 31 live game telecasts.
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