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Away from Her wins big at Genies
Polley’s debut collects seven awards, including best picture, director and adapted screenplay. Eastern Promises also collects seven, while speeches put Bill C-10 under fire
Sportscasters set online records
Ramped-up web coverage of the NHL’s trade deadline day pays off for TSN, RDS and Sportsnet, which saw soaring numbers on the busiest sports day of the year
Series return to B.C., movies still in doubt
An end to the U.S. writers strike has touched off a production frenzy. The question is, will the restart of Hollywood’s vast machinery of movie and TV production benefit Canada?
Infinity waiting on Gilliam
The Vancouver shoot for the feature The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus will go forward after director Terry Gilliam rewrites the script, according to a spokesperson, though the official word has stopped short of confirming reports that thesps Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp have been tapped to replace the late Heath Ledger.
The Boys take new series to Showcase
The Trailer Park Boys are working on a new project, but they’re not leaving the Sunnyvale Trailer Park behind anytime soon.
Reitman, Cody reteam for Jennifer’s Body
Production gets underway next month in Vancouver on Jennifer’s Body, the latest feature by Juno scribe Diablo Cody. Juno helmer Jason Reitman produces alongside Dan Dubiecki, Mason Novick and Brad Van Arragon. The Fox Atomic comedy-horror stars Megan Fox (Transformers) as a possessed cheerleader who turns into a killer, and focuses her attention on her male classmates. Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Aeon Flux) directs. The film is scheduled to shoot until the end of May.
They came, they Saw
A fifth installment in the Saw franchise is set to shoot in Toronto, with production designer David Hackl stepping into the director’s chair for the first time, taking over for Darren Lynn Bousman, who handled numbers two through four. Twisted Pictures again has Lionsgate on board to distribute, aiming for theaters later this year, and will start work in mid-March.
Big screen for 6teen
Fresh TV is working on a live-action feature version of its 6Teen series, together with Nelvana and Teletoon. Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch – who created the animated sitcom about kids who work in a shopping mall – are at work on a script, looking to go into production in late 2009. Casting is slated for later this year.
From Mosque to Moor
Little Mosque on the Prairie star Zaib Shaikh is set to make his directorial debut, and has taken an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Othello to camera in Toronto, working from a script co-written with Matthew Edison. The two-hour project is set to air on CBC in June, and will see Mosque and 24 star Carlo Rota in the lead as the famously short-tempered Moor, paired with Matthew Deslippe (Across the River to Motor City) as his (cough) loyal sidekick Iago. The Stone Angel’s Christine Horne stars as Othello’s wife, Desdemona.
NFB downplays funding loss
Board says $2.5 million went missing from budget because future of programs was unclear
Fulford lands at Blueprint
Former Showcase exec steps in as creative VP at Toronto office. U.S. veteran Michael Rosenberg joins L.A. office
Telefilm, SODEC back Villeneuve
Story of war-torn Lebanon from Maelström director and Montreal’s micro_scope among pictures cashing cheques from funders
APTN delays expansion
Broader, region-specific schedule pushed back at last minute by technical glitches
The Greenbergs’ gamble pays off
While conventional broadcasters struggle with declining ad revenues and fickle viewers, Astral Media’s John Riley is on top of the world. The 21st century is the new age of niche TV.
American allies key to channel’s success
American product was never more crucial to the success of The Movie Network than when the premium pay-TV channel first got on its feet during the 1980s.
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