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Peace Arch purchase of ContentFilm called off

British distributor backs out of $69-million marriage to Peace Arch Entertainment, citing choppy markets and paperwork delays

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Brinton new boss at Alberta Film

Former head of communications at CFTPA tapped as new western film boss

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Bank Job faces 10,000 B.C.

Maple Pictures and Lionsgate put Jason Statham on screens again this Friday in The Bank Job. Will the heist picture reverse the British star’s downward trend? Or crumble under 10,000 B.C.?

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Samuda takes $100,000 prize

New prize from the MPPIA and the Creative Women Workshops Association spotlights women filmmakers in B.C.

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Fulsom upped at Cineplex

New post as VP of film will see exec work with studios and inside the theater giant with its sales and programming teams

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Liberals promise hearings on C-10

Bloc Québécois motion to rewrite controversial censor bill fails in House. Hearings before Grit-controlled Senate not expected until April

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Technicolor teams with Mexico

Montreal office looking to catch a wave of post work south of the border, building on its ties in South America

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Music industry honors Brunton

Canadian Idol producer reflects on his near-30-year career upon induction into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame

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Swank, Carmody attached to Amelia

The life story of famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart is set to shoot this spring, under Toronto producer as well as former Gateway boss Ted Waitt

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Xenophile up for another Emmy

Online version of Total Drama Island scores nom for best interactive program

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Forde joins TSN

Former fullback will work CFL broadcasts starting in April

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Censor bill still moving forward

Bill C-10 could become law as early as Wednesday, setting the stage for after-the-fact talks about heritage minister’s new powers

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Sea Wolf sails into Halifax

Big-budget adaptation of adventure classic will shoot at Electropolis and on a tall ship out at sea. Meanwhile, buyers close in on Shelburne studios

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Good news and bad for TV

Revenues rose, but the overall picture remains below par for conventional television, according to new data from the CRTC

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NBC picks up Global’s Templar

Mini from Muse Entertainment will debut simultaneously on both sides of the border in December