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How HeartHat Entertainment is building its unscripted slate
The prodco says it’s working with Blue Ant International to take its latest series Bollywed to U.S. and international streamers.
Deadline extended for Rogers-Shaw merger
The extension comes after a House of Commons committee posed new questions to company executives.
Guru hires former WildBrain sales exec Jennifer Oppenheimer
The studio is also expanding Dave Padbury’s remit and transitioning Rachel Marcus into a consulting role.
Playback’s Kids Prodco of the Year 2022: Guru Studio
The Toronto-based animation company had a big year by focusing on long-haul IP that is expected to keep paying off for the next several years.
Infinity Pool makes a splash at the box office
Elevation Pictures says Brandon Cronenberg’s sci-fi horror grossed the largest opening for an English Canadian film release since 2021.
Aren Prupas appointed president, CEO of Muse Entertainment
He takes the reins from Michael Prupas, who stepped down on Jan. 1 and became executive chairman of the board.
Saloon Media promotes factual producers Kilback, Faulknor
Kilback will oversee the creative and editorial direction of Saloon’s unscripted slate as creative director, factual series.
Hot Sheet: Velma cracks digital originals top three
Paramount+’s 1923, which is a prequel series to Yellowstone, also debuted on the digital originals chart at No. 7 for the week of Jan. 16 to 22.
Deals: Go Button Media, Bell Media, NFB, Nelvana
Go Button Media renews its partnership with Off the Fence and Super Channel, Pets & Pickers and Builder Brothers’ Dream Factory head south, plus more.
imagineNATIVE, Netflix launch $125,000 Jeff Barnaby Grant
Named in honour of the late Mi’gmaq filmmaker, the grant is open to First Nations, Inuit, or Métis film and television creatives located in Canada.
Jane Tattersall leads Toronto teams at Picture Shop, Formosa
The award-winning sound editor has been named managing director, Picture Shop and SVP, Formosa Group, Toronto.
Playback’s Unscripted Series of the Year 2022: Blown Away
How marblemedia’s hit glass-blowing competition series ignited the prodco’s unscripted strategy.
Former TIFF co-director Noah Cowan dies at 55
Cowan’s career also included roles as founding artistic director of TIFF Bell Lightbox and executive director of the San Francisco International Film Festival.
In Brief: Jennica Harper named PSP showrunner in residence
Plus: Crazy8s gets underway, NSI names a new chair, Sundance selects a Montreal filmmaker for the Merata Mita Fellowship, and more.
Playback’s Producer of the Year 2022: Christina Piovesan
After successfully breaking into primetime drama and kids TV, the film producer charts the next steps for First Generation Films and herself.
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