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Pinewood Toronto Studios
Lindsay Mackay film to pilot Pinewood filmmaker initiative
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.
FX orders Toronto-shot The Strain to series
The 13-part FX vampire drama will shoot locally as Rogers Media gets set to launch FXX Canada in January 2014.
Pinewood Toronto Studios unveils three new stages
The portlands facility is looking to host Canadian and foreign episodic TV series and low-budget features at a price point cost-conscious producers can afford.
Mark Montefiore, Patrick O’Sullivan to launch New Metric Media
O’Sullivan is leaving the CBC, where he is currently executive in charge of production, at the end of August to co-run the screenwriter-led production shingle (Montefiore pictured).
Sam Raimi’s Poltergeist remake to shoot in Pinewood Toronto
As production in Toronto gathers pace after a quiet spring, The Walking Dead‘s Gale Anne Hurd is also eyeing the city as a location for her Horizon pilot shoot.
James Milward talk to kick off rebranded ACCT workshops
The announcement comes as the Academy makes a final membership drive ahead of the voting for the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards, the nominations for which are unveiled Tuesday.
Corus Entertainment execs exit to launch Pivotal Media
Andrea Gabourie and Simon Watts have based their new production shingle at Pinewood Toronto Studios, with an eye to making factual, kids and scripted TV for the world market.
Pinewood Toronto Studios breaks ground on new soundstages
Studio president Blake Steels (pictured fourth from left) says the new developments, which will also include 100,000 sq. feet of office space, are expected to cost $40 million and be complete in Q3 of 2013.
RoboCop to shoot next in Hamilton
The remake of Paul Verhoeven’s action classic, in production in Toronto, will shoot on and around Hamilton’s James Street from Sept. 24 to Oct. 1, and the city will be made to look like Detroit.
Pinewood Toronto Studios signals expansion
Three new 11,000 square foot soundstages are to be built, and around 100,000 square feet of new office space added, as the mega-studio looks to draw more episodic TV production.
Alcina Pictures’ The Colony set for production in Toronto
Writer/director’s Jeff Renfroe’s long-awaited sci-fi thriller is booked into Pinewood Toronto Studios from Feb. 22 to the end of March.
Guillermo del Toro’s Mama books Pinewood Toronto Studios
The genre picture by Spanish director Andres Muschietti, and executive produced by del Toro, is shooting through early December.
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