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In brief: Out in the Ring wins top Canadian prize at Inside Out
Plus: The DGC renames its Discovery award in honour of Jean-Marc Vallée, the Quebecor Fund announces its latest production assistance funding, and more.
Hot Sheet: Survivor finale leads top 30 national TV chart
Both Property Brothers and Celebrity I.O.U. landed on regional top 30 lists for the week of May 23.
Global renews Big Brother Canada
Season 11 is produced by Insight Productions, in association with Corus Entertainment and Banijay.
Love Nature adds Canadian copro to originals slate
The Blue Ant Media-owned channel has added three original docs and factual series, including Planet Shark and How the Wild Things Sleep.
DGC BC, negotiating producers reach tentative agreement
The tentative agreement comes a month and a half after the DGC BC issued its first-ever strike notice.
Former Pixar story manager to develop Titan1Studios’ comic series
The Toronto-based production house also hired Wes Ambrecht as its new head of studio partnerships for film, TV, and gaming.
Corus sets primetime, specialty lineup for 2022-23 season
Global adds scripted dramas Monarch and So Help Me Todd to round out its slate of fan-favourite franchises FBI, NCIS and Survivor.
Molly McGlynn rolls on coming-of-age ‘traumedy’ Bloody Hell
Produced by Jennifer Weiss’ newly launched banner, the feature is now filming in Sudbury and is based on McGlynn’s own experience of being diagnosed with MRKH syndrome as a teen.
Banijay options Arnold the Super-Ish Hero from Kids Can Press
The humorous picture book about an unconventional superhero, published by Kids Can Press, is on deck to be developed into a preschool series.
CBC, HBO Max comedy Sort Of wins Peabody Award
The Sphere Media-produced comedy, co-created by Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo, joins fellow Peabody winners Hacks, Reservation Dogs and Dopesick.
Hot Sheet: Gabor earns highest average gross for Canadian film in debut
David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future grossed approximately $25,000 in advance screenings ahead of its June 3 release date.
OUTtv picks up scripted slasher comedy Sloppy Jones
The LGBTQ+ specialty network and streamer has also picked up docu-reality series X-Rated: NYC.
Heritage Minister defends Bill C-11 to standing committee
Minister Pablo Rodriguez reiterated that the Online Streaming Act will regulate platforms, not users, with the Department of Canadian Heritage revealing that the bill may generate $1 billion annually for the creative sector.
NSI, Shine Network launch cultural competency course
The free course, titled PACT, will include cultural humility and competency training for non-Indigenous people in the film and TV sector.
TIFF senior Canadian programmer to retire after 25 years
Steve Gravestock, who oversaw domestic film programming initiatives such as Canada’s Top Ten, plans to leave at the end of the year.
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