Brightlight Pictures

Status Update to start production in Vancouver

The family comedy, starring Ross Lynch, is produced by Shawn Williamson’s Vancouver-based Brightlight Pictures and L.A.-based Offspring Entertainment.

Brightlight names new director of development

Jameson Parker will work with the company’s director of production and development to build out Brighlight’s slate of originals.

Deals: levelFilm, Comedy Network, Elevation

Toronto’s levelFilms readies Glassland (pictured) for a March release in Canada, and more deals of the week.

Brightlight, MVP Entertainment launch joint venture

The two Canadian companies have partnered to build proprietary content. (Robert Frederick, president & CEO of MVP Entertainment, pictured.)

Brightlight’s Scorched Earth goes to camera

The film is directed by Peter Howitt and produced in partnership with Burnaby, B.C.-based Lighthouse Pictures. (Star Gina Carano pictured.)

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Colossal shoot underway in Vancouver

Brightlight Pictures and Sayaka Productions, the prodcos behind the Spain/Canada copro, also announced Dan Stevens (pictured) has joined the cast.

Brightlight, Voltage spark up sales deal

Vancouver’s Brightlight Pictures has entered a five film sales deal will L.A.-based Voltage Pictures. (Brightlight president Shawn Williamson pictured.)

Rebecca Nield joins Integral Artists

The former Casting Workbook and Brightlight Pictures exec will oversee the voice and commercial divisions at the Vancouver agency.

Molly Parker joins The 9th Life of Louis Drax

The supernatural thriller from coproducers Brightlight Pictures and AntColony Films is shooting in Vancouver. (Parker pictured)

Ex-Brightlight exec Karyn Edwards joins Thunderbird Films

Edwards arrives at an expanding Vancouver-based indie producer after it acquired Reunion Pictures and formed a joint venture with Lionsgate and Sea to Sky Entertainment.

Pacific Northwest Pictures acquires Leap 4 Your Life

Gary Hawe’s Vancouver-shot mockumentary is headed straight to VOD after a festival run.

Simon Barry, Stephen Hegyes launch Reality Distortion Field

The genre-focused production shingle will develop original TV series and theatrical movies for the Canadian and international market.