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Montreal kicks off with Blue movie
Claude Demers’ film about aging Quebec crooner Michel Louvain to open Festival du nouveau cinéma
Love and Savagery and The Trailer Park Boys
Romantic drama from John N. Smith takes gala slot at AFF. Also on tap, a ‘featurette’ by local hero Thom Fitzgerald
Conquering Lion licenses Book of Negroes
Clement Virgo to direct big-screen adaptation of Lawrence Hill’s best-selling novel
Polar Cap doc heads to Copenhagen
Canadian doc to be screened at UN global-warming conference
Tricon expands slate for MIPCOM Jr.
Christmas Dreams and Paul Telner Project among new offerings in beefed-up kids and family slate
Williams, Collins headed for Grave
Canadian-ized Death Row Records sets cast for first film effort. Pair could work again with Poor Boy’s Game co-star Danny Glover
Yaffe up for Lionsgate board
Former Alliance Atlantis chief set to replace Maple’s Laurie May at mini-major
TIFF names its Mavericks
Michael Caine, Chris Rock, Barry Levinson among those set to discuss latest films at festival
Béraud joining SRC
TF1 and Cirrus veteran to take over for Allaire as head of drama and features
Funny business
Did you hear the one about the film funding agency that tried to start a comedy factory?
Comic-Con gets Cancon
It was a place where film stars shared the same space as storm troopers, zombies and ink-blotted homicidal detectives. No, it wasn’t a bizarre dream (or viral mash-up YouTube video), it was the 2009 Comic-Con International.
Dealing with orphan works
It’s not uncommon for old copyrighted work to make its way into new creative. Media types frequently borrow, reference and tribute other works in their creations. Usually, it’s just a matter of signing an agreement with the original copyright owners (well… and paying them, too), but what happens when a copyright owner can’t be found?
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The Burning Question
Twilight fans reacted with all their usual restraint upon news that Montreal’s Rachelle Lefevre has dropped out of the franchise’s third movie, Eclipse, because of a scheduling conflict with Barney’s Version. Summit Entertainment has since cast Bryce Dallas Howard in her place. Such a complex issue really can’t be boiled down to a single question. So, on the verge of breathless hysteria, we ask:
Straight Up & Down
+ Shooting on The Republic of Doyle has resumed following an outbreak of swine flu on its St John’s set. The shoot missed five days out of its schedule as a result. ‘We’ll make up those days either in the body of the schedule or by tacking on some additional days,’ says producer Rob Blackie of Take the Shot Productions.
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