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* MGM has begun production on season 10 of Stargate SG-1 and season three of Stargate: Atlantis for the Sci-Fi Channel. Production on the Vancouver production staples runs from Feb. 20 to Oct. 10.
CBC looking for Hockeyville
Toronto: CBC has begun shooting preliminary footage for its new 7 x 60 series Kraft Hockeyville, while fielding applications from communities across Canada hoping to become the show’s titular town, and host an NHL exhibition game at their local arena.
Spawning a Decoys sequel
Edmonton – If horror movies have taught us anything, it’s that sequels are bound to follow. And Tom Berry, the coproducer and cowriter of Decoys, the Ottawa-shot 2004 movie about teen alien body doubles, isn’t messing with that formula.
Paperny flying high with Jetstream
Cold Lake, AB – Vancouver-based Paperny Films will begin its 35-week-long production of Jetstream, an 8 x 60 for Discovery Channel Canada, on April 3.
Cope finishes script for Flood disaster mini
Montreal – Working conditions became downright eerie for Montreal-based screenwriter Matthew Cope after he was commissioned to write the final version of The Flood, an ambitious miniseries that imagines London besieged by water.
Muse takes the Back Alley
Toronto – Montreal’s Muse Entertainment is partnering with Toronto production house Back Alley Film Productions on two television projects.
Genie 26 to be one big party
You could almost smell burning rubber as the CHUM Television awards show machine recently announced it was pulling up stakes at the Metro Toronto Convention Center and parking itself at The Carlu, a more glamorous T.O. venue, for the 26th Annual Genie Awards on March 13.
CHUM tailors new awards-show format to younger demo
In a bid to draw more 18-34 viewers to its March 13 Genie Awards coverage, CHUM is ditching the format of its previous two outings as broadcaster of Canada’s annual film fete. This year’s show will veer far from CHUM’s earlier sit-down dinner approach à la Golden Globes, not to mention the traditional theatrical awards show template employed for many years by CBC.
Playback Readership Poll Results
If Playback readers had their druthers, C.R.A.Z.Y.’s winning streak would continue at the 26th annual Genies.
Nominees for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Last year’s winner: Roy DupuisPlayback predicts the winner: Michel Côté: MR * Marc-André Grondin: SD, MD, DD, MH * Luc Picard: MMH
Alberta back on Oscar Mountain
Alberta producer Tom Cox wasn’t entirely convinced about the prospects for the feature drama Brokeback Mountain when director Ang Lee was filming it in the province, but he did know he was part of something special.
Capote goes to Infinity and beyond
Of all the films that Sony Pictures and MGM released in 2005, the one that’s making the most Oscar noise – with five nominations – is an unassuming little movie shot in Manitoba over winter 2004. And it all began with a sushi lunch.
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