Motel Pictures options Sabrina Reeves’ Little Crosses novel

Nicole Hilliard-Forde and team aim to turn the award-winning story into a feature film.

Deals: 9 Story Brands, Fubo, Roku, Spin Master

9 Story grants Random House Children’s Books publishing rights to its preschool series Lu & the Bally Bunch, Netflix orders a pair of Unicorn Academy specials from Spin Master, and more.

Canada’s Walk of Fame to induct TIFF in June

The honour comes ahead of the Toronto International Film Festival’s 50th anniversary.

WildBrain lines up its team for Finding Her Edge

EXCLUSIVE: The Family Channel and Netflix series has kicked off production in Ontario with Shamim Sarif and Jacqueline Pepall on board as directors.

Vancouver’s Integral Artists acquires King Talent

EXCLUSIVE: King Talent owner Lisa King moves to a consultancy role in the deal.

Netflix Canada taps Armand Leo for senior production role

The Blue Ice Pictures veteran will work on the recently announced as-yet-untitled, Newfoundland-set limited series from the global streamer, among other projects.

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Hot Sheet: Canadian demand spikes for Saturday Night Live

HBO’s The White Lotus, which had its third season premiere Feb. 16, also saw a significant rise in its Canadian demand in mid-February.

Oakville pool gets Ontario production services tax credit

Now qualified as a standing set, the location is eligible for the 21.5% credit.

Shepherds wins top prize at Kingston Canadian Film Festival

Maryse Legagneur’s The Last Meal also won the award for best first feature.

Seven Canadian features set for Le FIFA world premieres

The March festival is dedicated to the international promotion and distribution of films on art and media arts.

Canadian VFX artists for Dune: Part Two among Oscar winners

Denis Villeneuve’s science-fiction epic won two out of five nominations.

Netflix orders limited series set and filmed in Newfoundland

The Umbrella Academy co-showrunner Jesse McKeown is the series’ creator and showrunner.

Canadian docs slated to premiere at CPH:DOX

The Danish documentary-focused film festival runs from March 19 to 30.

CMF and SODEC grant funding for 14 French-language series

The organizations run a pre-development funding program to help adapt Quebec literary works for TV.

How Nomadic helped build Prime Video’s House of David

The biblical Prime Video series is a non-treaty coproduction with Calgary’s Nomadic Pictures and L.A.-based Wonder Project with a Canadian showrunner.