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Maid in Canada
Natalie Lisinska stars in the 6 x 60 murder mystery At the Hotel, the latest from director Ken Finkleman and producing partner Jan Peter Meyboom, airing March 7 on CBC. Lisinska plays a maid, part of an ensemble cast that includes Martha Henry (Clean), Hrant Alianak (Monk) and Benz Antoine (Four Brothers)
Ferrell hits the ice
Montreal - Saturday Night Live alumnus Will Ferrell will be shooting his next feature, Blades of Glory, in Montreal. The shoot, which will take place March 10-25, is produced by Ben Stiller’s company, Red Hour Films.
Angels in Halifax
Halifax – Bicoastal U.S. production house Crossroads Films is currently shooting its new feature Snow Angels in Halifax under the direction of David Gordon Green (Undertow). Adapted for the big screen by Green from the novel by Stewart O’Nan, Angels is a family drama about a small-town waitress and her difficulties with an estranged husband. Kate Beckinsale (Underworld), Sam Rockwell (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), Michael Angarano (Sky High) and Amy Sedaris (Bewitched) star, with Dan Lindau, Paul Miller (A Love Song for Bobby Long) and Lisa Muskat (Crude) producing. Derrick Tseng (Palindromes) is coproducer. The film is scheduled to wrap in mid-March. No distributors are attached as yet.
Saska-toon
Saskatoon – The clay animation characters of Wapos Bay are getting the series treatment at APTN and SCN, albeit gradually. APTN has ordered 13 half-hours from Saskatoon’s Wapos Bay Productions and the National Film Board, while SCN has picked up five and is in talks for the rest.
Briefly
* Taryn Manning and Wes Bentley have joined the cast of Allan Moyle’s Weirdsville, set to get underway next month in and around Hamilton, ON for Darius Films.
Frieberg gets Stoned
Halifax: Producer Camelia Frieberg (Wilby Wonderful, The Sweet Hereafter) is directing her first feature, the drama A Stone’s Throw, through Palpable Productions, her Halifax-based prodco, and Acuity Pictures, also of Halifax, under the banner of Smooth Stone Productions.
Stone’s Insightful new feature
Vancouver: Insight Film Studios is in production on its first feature film, When a Man Falls in a Forest, starring Sharon Stone, who is also aboard as executive producer.
Mainframe plans Escape
Vancouver – Mainframe Entertainment is gearing up for its first theatrical animated feature, Escape from Planet Earth. The Vancouver toonco, which has animated several direct-to-video features (Inspector Gadget’s Biggest Caper Ever, Casper’s Haunted Christmas), is one of the producers and will animate the film.
On the road with Ron Mann
Toronto – Some five years and two title changes later, Ron Mann has wrapped his long-awaited ode to the custom-car craze of the 1960s.
That’s Showbiz…
Vancouver – Animation house Studio B Productions is partnering with Oscarwinning animators Alison Snowden and David Fine (Bob’s Birthday) to produce Ricky Sprocket – Showbiz Boy, a 26 x 22 comedy series for Teletoon aimed at the six-to-12 set.
The latest from Canuck broadcast design shops
Buzzin’ along in Montreal
Meteor hits 300
Not many movies set in ancient Greece get shot in Montreal in the dead of winter. And yet that’s exactly where and when Warner Bros. sent director Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead) to make 300, a somewhat true retelling of an epic battle from 480 BC, adapted from the graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City).
Adobe targets high end with new Production Studio
With Adobe’s latest production software bundle, Adobe Production Studio, the creative software company based in San Jose, CA, can finally claim a powerful tool that reaches beyond the lower-end user and into the high-end digital post domain.
Deluxe scares up Saw sequel with new DI suite
The Jigsaw Killer will be back in T.O. for the third installment of the successful Saw horror franchise, and most of the slicing and dicing will happen in the Deluxe|Post Production DI suite.
Urban takes over Casablanca audio space
Magnetic North is getting out of the audio post-production sector, and Urban Post Production is taking over its audio facilities.
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