Blackstone (pictured), from Prairie Dog Film + Television, and Nomadic Pictures’ Hell on Wheels both took home five trophies following Saturday’s gala.
Overflowing rivers in southern Alberta have interrupted the production of CBC’s Heartland, AMC’s Hell on Wheels (photo from actor Anson Mount pictured) and Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar.
Nomadic Pictures’ western for AMC Hell on Wheels (pictured) nabbed six trophies, while horror feature Rufus took four in Alberta’s annual film and TV prizefest.
Seven24 Films’ CBC family drama is vying for 13 prizes while Nomadic Pictures’ AMC western Hell on Wheels is vying for eight in the Alberta awards race.
Lee Tergesen (pictured), Eamonn Walker and Andrew Howard will guest star on the BBC America and Showcase drama, now shooting in Toronto.
Sons of Anarchy actor Donal Logue (pictured) joins the cast, while writer-novelist Thomas Kelly comes on board as exec producer.
Vancouver’s Image Engine is up for a Visual Effects Society prize for its work on Zero Dark Thirty (pictured) while Toronto’s Intelligent Creatures is up for a prize for its work on Discovery’s Curiosity.
The Alberta-shot series, produced by eOne and Nomadic Pictures, received a 10-episode order, slated to premiere in late 2013.
Entertainment One, along with Nomadic Pictures, will start rolling the cameras in Alberta for AMC original series Hell of Wheels on May 16.
Endemol USA has received a full-season order from U.S. channel AMC for Hell on Wheels, a post-U.S. Civil War drama to be shot in Alberta through Entertainment One and Nomadic Pictures.