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Hot Sheet: Top 3 Canadian films Feb. 2 to 8, 2018
Hochelaga: Terre Des Ames is at #1, while Le trip a trois is hot on its heels at #2.
Judge denies Quebecor’s JFL sale injunction
The Quebec Superior Court ruled that the company’s previous contracts with Just For Laughs don’t prevent Rozon from selling his shares.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Feb. 2 to Feb. 8, 2018
Jumanji takes the top spot, followed by Maze Runner: the Death Cure at #2 and Winchester at #3.
In brief: The CFC celebrates Christina Jennings
Plus: Gusto Worldwide Media nabs eight Taste Award nominations and AMI-tv sets premiere date for Anaid Productions’ doc series.
CMF invests $3.5M across 16 web series
LoCo Motion Pictures’ How to Buy a Baby and LaRue Entertainment’s True Dating Stories were among the digital projects to receive funding in the latest round.
True Fiction comes to life
The horror feature, produced by 775 Media, is now filming in Calgary.
Bejuba! Entertainment boards Circle Square
The Ottawa-based distributor will handle international sales on the preschool series, produced by The Brothers McLeod, Spider Eye and Kavaleer Productions.
Jennifer Salke to head up Amazon Studios
The former president of NBC Entertainment replaces Roy Price, who resigned in October amid sexual harassment allegations.
Deals: eOne, Netflix, CBC, Hollywood Suite
HBO Europe picks up Entertainment One’s Peppa Pig, Netflix acquires Les Affames, and more.
Cameras roll on Tuscan Leather
The indie horror from director Eddie Augustin is currently filming in Montreal.
More Canadian features, shorts selected for SXSW
Colin Minihan’s thriller What Keeps You Alive will world premiere in the Midnighters section, while several shorts and VR projects will also debut at the Texas fest.
Mapping out options for Toronto’s studio infrastucture
A report for the City of Toronto looks at ways to replace the 213,000 square-feet of studio land that will be lost in the next two years due to the Don River flood protection works.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, 2018
Star Trek: Discovery takes the top spot, as Netflix’s Stranger Things and Black Mirror come in at #2 and #3.
Cutie Pugs waddle onto TVO’s fall lineup
The Toronto-based Little Engine Moving Pictures’ new live-action series about four talking pugs will premiere on the pubcaster this fall.
CraveTV subscribers up 22% YOY at Bell Media
Ad revenues declined slightly year-over-year, but the company saw strength in subscriber revenues relating to contract renewals, payTV, SVOD and TVE.
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