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Scottish design duo signs exclusive deal for Canadian series
Interior design gurus Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan have done wonders for HGTV with their U.K.-produced How NOT to Decorate. This year and next, the Scottish design team will work in Canada to shoot of 52 episodes of the similarly themed Home Heist
Dimension to remake Scanners
A redo of Cronenberg’s head-popping horror from 1981 has been handed to Saw director Darren Lynn Bousman and Batman Begins scribe David Goyer
Studio B builds team
The Vancouver cartoon house has named new bosses to its marketing and production wings
MoboVivo goes Wild
Fishing shows on an iPod? Why not, says mobile content distributor following a deal with Wild TV
Mummy moves back to Montreal
Following a Friday night peace accord between Quebec’s battling unions, Universal has changed its mind and now plans to shoot the US$100-million adventure horror The Mummy 3 in Montreal
The Oscars rule again… with slightly less
The Academy Awards on CTV drew a slightly smaller audience than last year’s, and the total reach among Canadians fell by almost a million. But the red carpet still rules as the most-watched television event in Canada
Fresh faces at FilmExchange
The National Screen Institute unspools its annual festival in Winnipeg — putting up features by fresh helmers including Matt Bissonnette’s Who Loves the Sun, and Larry Di Stefano’s comedy Love and Other Dilemmas
Alliance Atlantis stirs up media mix for Slice launch
A massive campaign promoting the launch of Alliance Atlantis’ Slice channel is teasing women with the promise of guilty pleasure. If you’re a woman, you will not escape this one
CWC cheers Radford
TELUS Quebec EVP Karen Radford took the top honors in Ottawa Tuesday night — as woman of the year for Canadian Women in Communications
Jacobovici, Cameron court controversy with Jesus doc
The filmmakers tease archeological evidence that a certain carpenter from Nazareth had a child with a certain prostitute in advance of their latest, The Lost Tomb of Jesus
Astral shells out for Standard Radio
Last year, Astral Media flirted with the possibility of buying CHUM. Then it eyed Alliance Atlantis. This week, the Montreal media house is finalizing details on a $1.3-billion buy of Standard Radio – which stands to make them the biggest name on Canada’s audio airwaves. What Internet properties might be part of the deal is still up for discussion
Long road to Borderline
Producer Roger Frappier recounts the roundabout route of his latest feature, now underway in Quebec under director Lyne Charlebois
Storm Hawks soaring into France
The Nerd Corps cartoon has been picked up for the summer schedule on France 3
CanWest increases AAC stake
Media giant pumps an additional $68 million in takeover deal
Kove crowned at Oscars
A short film was the big winner among Canadian entries at this year’s Oscars, which on Sunday night handed the hardware for best animated short to Montreal filmmaker Torill Kove for The Danish Poet.
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