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Ontario upping credits to 35%, 25% for Hollywood
Provincial mini-budget looks to boost tax breaks for three years for at-home and Hollywood shoots, hoping to offset the high loonie
Alliance all over the charts
Pre-release problems did little to slow down The Golden Compass or L’âge des ténèbres which, together with older titles, saw the Toronto distributor dominate the overall and domestic box office charts
Viewers ready to tune out TV
Women and key demographics including the 25-34s say a lengthy WGA strike will take a bite out of their TV time, according to a recent survey. But what will they do instead?
Person of the Year: Shaftesbury Films’ Christina Jennings
In a year when some insisted that Canadian drama is dead, Shaftesbury Films’ Christina Jennings
Image re-ups with Entertainment One
Expanded output deal covering some 3,000 titles will run until 2012
The genesis of ReGenesis
ReGenesis is Shaftesbury Films’ signature series, now airing in nine languages – including Japanese – in over 100 countries, including the U.S. syndication market.
Busy slate for ’08
Shaftesbury Films is slated to shoot $81.5 million of film and television in 2008 – a significant jump from its $57-million production volume in 2007 – according to company projections.
Giant screens yield big success for SK
The large-format 3D feature Bugs! has grossed $40 million globally and made Shaftesbury Films a significant producer of IMAX movies worldwide, but it was a bunch of kids in California that made Jonathan Barker cry tears of joy.
Giller winner in development as series
Toronto’s Shaftesbury Films has snapped up the rights to the Giller Prize-winning Late Nights on Air, with plans to turn Elizabeth Hay’s acclaimed novel into a series.
The Small Screen: If you thought 2007 was eventful, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet
What a year it’s been! Bookend strikes, mega-takeovers, public catfights, regulatory upheaval, another new heritage minister and, lord help us, the soaring loonie.
Sullivan signs with Centurion
B.C. production house passes its first and second films-to-be to Toronto distributor
Deal or no deal?
After facing a slew of opposition, CanWest Global president and CEO Leonard Asper must now wait for the CRTC to decide on his company’s fate in its $1.5-billion bid to acquire Alliance Atlantis Communications (not including the CSI television franchise and film distribution), with the backing of U.S. investment company Goldman Sachs. A decision isn’t expected until early next year.
Cronenberg highlight in soft year
Whereas last year’s most successful Canadian movie made its money on domestic screens, 2007’s standout has proven to be a hit internationally.
Online smash to launch in English
It’s been one of the strangest and most meteoric success stories of the past year, and now, Les têtes à claques, the Quebec Web-based puppet comedy show, is getting set to launch in English in the new year.
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