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Deals: Pink Parrot Media, Kazoo Films, 9 Story
Pink Parrot Media acquires two films ahead of EFM, Night of the Zoopocalypse heads to the U.K. and 9 Story expands Scholastic Entertainment’s digital footprint.
Ian Bawa’s feature debut Strong Son shooting in Winnipeg
The feature is based on Bawa’s 2020 short about a professional bodybuilder who becomes the primary caregiver of his elderly father.
Milkcow, Atomic Cartoons among partners on TF1’s Action Rabbits
The companies are developing the CG-animated series with Paris-based Blue Spirit Productions and French network TF1.
Cineplex sells online store to CosmoBlue Canada
Cineplex disclosed the transaction in its Q4 and year-end financial results.
Black Fawn acquires Matthew Ninaber’s A Knight’s War
Black Fawn Distribution has set a limited theatrical release in March before the film heads to Super Channel this summer.
CBC orders third season of Mittens & Pants
The live-action series also launched on online game platform Roblox in late 2024.
Creative BC selects 25 projects for development support
The scripted and unscripted projects are being supported through Creative BC’s Equity and Emerging Development Program, totalling $250,000.
The Roku Channel picks up comedy Bria Mack Gets a Life
The comedy series about a Black woman and her invisible hype girl drops on the AVOD platform on Feb. 14 in multiple territories.
TVOKids greenlights unscripted kids series from Sphere
The 26 x 11-minute series follows a CGI-animated skeleton as he answers questions about the body posed by real-life children.
Fenix Film & Television adds Kristen Boychuk as unscripted VP
Boychuk’s past credits include Farming for Love with Lark Productions and Styled with Great Pacific Media.
Evoke appoints business affairs, development execs
Evoke has also signed an overhead, financing and distribution deal with Canadian-American producer Anthony Fankhauser.
Sphere Media, Radio-Canada partner on quiz show format
La Question is based on the original U.K. Channel 4 series One Question, licensed by NBCUniversal Formats.
Reelworld names 2025 Emerging 20 Program cohort
The Reelworld Screen Institute program provides workshops and mentorship geared towards producing a final script.
RESO, Korea’s SLL partner on Canada-Asia copro accelerator
The Canada Asia-Pacific Co-Production Accelerator has been launched to help Canadian producers navigate copros with Asia.
CBC, Sky NZ co-commission 2D-animated series Tralala
The Canada/New Zealand copro is about a young frog in a musical world.
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