Plus, Fuse Media, OUTtv and Vice Studios go to camera on makeover series Clothes Minded and Whistler Film Festival unveils a new hire.
Based on the book A Season in Bethlehem: Unholy War in a Sacred Place, The Equalizer director is attached to direct.
The drama, produced by BRON Studios division Little Lamb Productions, will compete in the festival’s main competition, while a Canadian copro joins the Horizons lineup.
B.C. Green Park Group’s climate pact for the creative industry earns over 70 signatories, WIFTV names genre concept winners and Bron-backed films nab Oscar gold.
Produced with Italy’s Palomar, That Dirty Black Bag follows the eight-day clash between a sheriff and bounty hunter.
Dayveon filmmaker Amman Abbasi (pictured) is set to direct the coming-of-age thriller, while Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert and Anjay Nagpal serve as executive producers.
Plus: Touchwood PR hires Judy Lung to a newly created VP role and Bron-backed prodco Little Lamb Productions will film a new feature in Montreal.
Bron picked up the English-language rights with the U.K.’s Headline Pictures and has tapped John Morton to adapt it for a series set in London.
Projects under the new deal include Legally Blonde 3, The Thomas Crown Affair and Respect starring Jennifer Hudson.
Plus: New Line partners with Bron Studios, Pixomondo hires a new global CEO and ABC picks up a Canadian-led series.
The former Paramount Pictures exec will oversee the studio’s film and TV business affairs from its L.A. office.
Pippa Lambert has been hired as EVP, domestic television, while David Davoli (pictured) has been upped to VP, international television.