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Jamie Casemore
Deals: Paramount+, Cineflix Rights, Sphere Abacus, Sinking Ship
Paramount+ in Canada acquires The Pink Pill as an original documentary, Cineflix Rights closes multiple deals for its factual content, and more.
Paramount+ greenlights Forté Entertainment’s Eva LaRue doc
Commissioned for Paramount’s See It Now Studios, the doc has been picked up by Hearst U.K. and Bell Media for its Oxygen True Crime channel.
Hot Sheet: The Handmaid’s Tale tops digital demand after finale
Netflix’s Stranger Things moved up in demand following the announcement of its final season premiere date.
In Brief: Cjay Boisclair wins 2025 WIDC Advantage Award
WIFT+ Toronto and its foundation welcome new board members, the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival announces executive changes, and more.
Canadian debuts in the spotlight at Fantasia 2025
The first features from filmmakers Simon Glassman, Ava Maria Safai and Jean-Pierre Bergeron are among the projects world premiering at the Quebec festival.
Grainey Pictures adds Jake Horowitz as EP, partner
The company has partnered with Sideways Dogs Productions, co-founded by Jake Horowtiz, on the Bell Fibe TV1 series Estate of Mind.
Upfronts ‘25: Bell Media unveils original content slate
The 116-title slate includes new projects out of previously announced partnerships with Elliot Page’s Pageboy Productions and Tom Green.
TIFF 50th edition to open with John Candy doc from Colin Hanks
John Candy: I Like Me, produced by Ryan Reynolds, tributes the Canadian actor and comedian who died in 1994 at 43-years-old.
Upfronts ‘25: Rogers’ Kale Stockwell talks lifestyle slate
The company leaned into formats and projects from Scott Brothers Entertainment for its specialty channel lifestyle slate.
Elevation, Mercury Films to produce Fire Weather doc
EXCLUSIVE: the feature, directed by Nicholas de Pencier and Jennifer Baichwal, builds on John Vaillant’s non-fiction book, which details 2016’s Fort McMurray, Alta. wildfire.
Upfronts ’25: Rogers sets Canadian edition of The Price Is Right
Hosted by Howie Mandel, the series, The Price is Right Tonight (working title), enters production this December.
Really Happy Someday wins Inside Out 2025’s Best Canadian Feature
Other winners at this year’s Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival include Walter Scott for Organza’s Revenge and Noam Gonick’s Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance.
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