Great Pacific Media

Great Pacific Media, WBC ring the bell on boxing doc Prizefighter

The series is being directed by Tony Vainuku, with preliminary filming underway in Las Vegas.

Blue Ant Media expands Canadian originals slate

The slate includes the spinoff Wild Rose Vets, a joint venture between Blue Ant and APTN.

GPM braves the elements in new heavy wrecking docuseries

The Thunderbird Entertainment subsidiary’s Rocky Mountain Wreckers will debut on The Weather Channel and Discovery Canada in the fall.

In Brief: Highway Thru Hell hits 200-episode milestone

Plus: Jaskaran Singh’s Jersey Boy wraps production, and a new Letterkenny liquor hits U.S. shelves.

Cineflix Rights closes multiple sales for Reginald the Vampire

Cineflix Rights also inked deals for the Connect3 Media and Sepia Films feature Sugar and the series Last King of The Cross at MIPCOM.

Original Content Lab hires Heidi Schorn as VP of development

The appointment follows OCL’s strategic partnership with Great Pacific Media.

CSAs ’23: CBC’s The Porter leads TV nominations

The historical drama tops the pack with 19 nominations, followed by CBC’s Sort Of and CBC Gem’s Detention Adventure with 15 nods apiece.

Syfy renews Reginald the Vampire for season two

The horror comedy is produced by Great Pacific Media, Modern Story Company, December Films and Cineflix Studios.

Wattpad Webtoon Studios, GPM team on Boot Camp film

Great Pacific Media is producing for Thunderbird Entertainment’s scripted division, while Wattpad Webtoon Studios manages global sales and distribution.

Canadian companies anticipate ‘very busy’ MIPCOM market

Blue Ant International, Nelvana and ComediHa! Distribution talk about their hopes for the 2022 market, which will have a record number of Canadian participants.

Corus Studios unveils greenlights, renewals with pre-MIPCOM sales

New to the slate is Repossessed, produced by Sphere Media, a paranormal series for Corus Entertainment’s History channel.

Deals: D360, Abacus Media Rights, Cineflix Rights, Memento International

Canadian scripted and unscripted titles sell wide internationally in the lead-up to MIPCOM, while Charlotte Le Bon’s feature Falcon Lake finds U.S. distribution.