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Les Boys continues to score on DVD
Christal Films says it is seeing great returns after its Quebec release of Les Boys 4 on DVD, with the title debuting at number four on the Nielsen VideoScan chart for the week ending June 11.
Top 20 TV Programs
Top 20 TV Programs tracks ratings for the top 20 television shows in Canada for the period June 26-July 2, 2006.
Whistler and Alice in search of audiences
CTV premiered its nighttime soap Whistler on June 25, drawing a respectable 550,000 viewers, and winning its Sunday 10 p.m. timeslot, though by the following week its BBM numbers had slipped to 371,000.
Quebec wants another $20 million
Representatives of Quebec’s film community say they are optimistic about the province’s lack of film funding following a meeting with Minister of Heritage Bev Oda.
Sold
* Picture Box Distribution has sold the lifestyle series Kitchen Crimes to HGTV in the U.S. and to Discovery Asia.
Frantic backs Luthor against Superman
As a key FX provider for the Warner Bros. summer blockbuster Superman Returns, Frantic Films has become a big part of the Man of Steel’s new universe. However, the Winnipeg production and post shop’s work on the film is actually in support of the latest nefarious scheme from Superman’s arch-nemesis.
Briefs
Trouble for Tommy
Second time around for TIFF picks
Twenty-six movies from around the world will have a ‘second unveiling’ at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which has picked its latest round of titles from the best of Cannes, Berlin and other stops on the festival circuit.
High-def video coming to the Internet
An Alberta-based company is touting a new technology with claims that it will allow HD video to be more easily streamed and downloaded over the Internet.
People
* Tara Walker is taking over as executive director of the Manitoba Motion Picture Industry Association, replacing Caryl Brandt, who is taking a sabbatical. Walker will still perform her duties as MMPIA’s programs manager.
Mixed on Senate’s Ceeb report
Darned if the CBC isn’t the most fascinating network to follow these days. Every week it is caught in another imbroglio or two.
Understanding the CPTC
Marsha Henry is a lawyer at the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP.
Readership poll results
Playback readers believe the CBC is heading in the wrong direction airing shows such as The One: Making a Music Star. In a recent online Playback poll asking ‘Should the CBC simulcast U.S. shows?’, 74% of respondents voted No, while 26% voted Yes.
Corrections
Noel Hooper was a digital compositor on Resident Evil: Apocalypse and Dawn of the Dead. On behalf of FX shop Mr. X, Dennis Berardi was VFX supervisor on Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and Berardi and Mr. X’s Aaron Weintraub were VFX supervisors on Dawn of the Dead. Incorrect information appeared in a story in the June 26 issue.
Lights, Cameras, action
Terra Vnesa stars with an ensemble cast in CBC’s 11 Cameras, a 22 x 30 look at the voyeuristsic world of webcams, from Shafestbury Films, Chokolat and Henry Less Productions. Airing Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., the show debuted June 28.
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