Randy Lennox and Paul Bronfman discuss the road to the deal and how much space it will add to Toronto’s studio inventory.
Nanci MacLean, VP and head of Bell Media Studios will oversee operations at Pinewood Toronto.
As well as unveiling a 27,500-square-foot, $6-million facility, the studio intends to add a further 66,000 square feet of sound stages in 2019.
The studio has leased 1.75 acres of additional land in order to build a new 135,000 square-foot production space.
The movie for Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions will shoot in Toronto this spring.
With the Canadian dollar plunging in value, industry players expect a strong year for Canadian film and TV production.
With Marvel’s X-Men franchise firmly entrenched in Montreal, Toronto will host the DC Comics-based feature next year. (Dallas Buyers Club‘s Jared Leto, set to co-star, pictured.)
Lenny Abrahamson is directing the feature film, with William H. Macy (pictured), Joan Allen and Brie Larson starring.
The series is the first major television project for Eugene and Dan Levy’s production company, Not A Real Company Productions Inc. (Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara pictured)
Hollywood talent headed to the Spark FW 2014 conference include John Knoll and Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams of Industrial Light & Magic. (Pacific Rim pictured)
The director’s coming-of-age drama is the first to shoot on a sound stage at Pinewood after tapping financing from the OMDC Film Fund.