Jewel Staite

Family Law season three leads Global’s winter lineup

The new season of the legal drama from Vancouver-based author Susin Nielsen debuts in early January.

Family Law, Re: Uniting lead UBCP/ACTRA Awards winners

The awards were handed out at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom on Nov. 23.

Family Law opens for business

Principal photography for the Global drama, produced by SEVEN24 Films and Lark Productions, begins March 2, with an all-Canadian cast.

40 Below and Falling to shoot in Edmonton

The film, directed by Dylan Pearce, will be shot in both 2D and 3D on location in Edmonton and throughout Alberta. (Star Shawn Roberts pictured.)

Production starts on How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town

Kristian Bruun, Rosemary Dunsmore and The Strain‘s Natalie Brown (pictured) have also boarded Jeremy Lalonde’s follow-up to Sex After Kids, now shooting in Toronto.

Zoie Palmer, Lauren Holly join latest LaLonde feature

Christine Horne has also been cast in Jeremy LaLonde’s How to plan an Orgy in a Small Town, his follow-up to Sex After Kids. (Palmer pictured)

Jeremy LaLonde finds lead for third theatrical comedy

Jewel Staite (pictured) will topline How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town, to shoot in October.

Jay Bennett on Smokebomb’s Hulu sales

The VP digital and creative director at the Shaftesbury company discusses strategy around the four series headed to the U.S. streaming platform. (Pictured: State of Syn.)

Shaftesbury and Smokebomb Entertainment behind State of Syn

The futuristic web drama, to star Jewel Staite, David Hewlett and Rainbow Sun Francks, will start production in Toronto in early April.

Canadian cast for CTV drama Highland Gardens revealed

Local talent take the lead for the six-part series about young actors trying to make it in Hollywood. (Updated.)