Thunderbird to distribute and manage CP for Mittens & Pants

In a move to grow its third-party distribution business, the company has signed a deal with Windy Isle Entertainment for its upcoming live-action series featuring a town inhabited by real baby animals.

Deals: CBC Gem, Blue Ant Studios, Gravitas Ventures, Gusto

CBC heads to the Arctic in its latest acquisition, Canadian series and films secure U.S. distributors, plus more.

Sphere Media, Mojumbi developing Rock Girl

The live-action musical series is their second collaboration after the recently greenlit Riley Rocket for TVOKids.

CMF allocates $14.6 M to 31 Indigenous and Francophone projects

CMF committed $8.9 million in production funding to 16 projects through its Indigenous program and $5.7 million to 15 project in its Francophone Minority program.

Composer Bramwell Tovey has died

Tovey, who got a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Richard Bell’s film Brotherhood and a Genie nod for Bell’s Eighteen, was 69.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Stranger Things demand hits fever pitch in Canada

Toronto-shot The Boys from Prime Video and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds from Paramount+ made waves on both the digital originals and overall TV demand charts.

In Brief: Sadaf Foroughi feature wins at KVIFF

Plus: William F. White International acquires the U.K.’s PKE Lighting, Nelvana bolsters distribution team with promotion, four Canadian feature films are set for Jerusalem Film Festival, and more.

TIFF slates Nicholas Stoller comedy Bros as a world premiere

The Universal Pictures title includes Billy Eichner as co-writer, and Judd Apatow and Josh Church as producers.

AQPM audiovisual report shows pandemic’s effects in Quebec

The findings show a 6% drop in the value of the province’s film and television production in 2020-2021 compared to the previous year.

WildBrain signs on to rep Carmen Sandiego internationally

Building on an existing partnership with HarperCollins Productions, WildBrain has sold the franchise’s latest 2D-animated series to Disney for Japan and France.

Ins Choi to lead CFC, Bell Media comedy cohort TV program

The Kim’s Convenience co-creator will be the executive producer in residence for the Bell Media Prime Time TV Program initiative.

D360 kids content sales cross five continents

The marblemedia-owned distributor has inked deals for The Parker Andersons and Amelia Parker, ScienceXplosion, All-Round Champion, and more.

Nelvana, TIME Studios to coproduce NFT-based toons

The two NFT projects build on the existing partnership between Nelvana and TIME Studios, which was first announced in January.

Amazon’s Prime Video renews The Lake for season two

The Canadian original comedy starring Jordan Gavaris and Julia Stiles is now in production in Northern Ontario.

St. John’s-set Son of a Critch starts rolling on season two

The CBC coming-of-age comedy has started production on the 13-episode sophomore season.