The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled plans for drive-in and "open air cinema" screenings on the city's waterfront to offset reduced capacity at its only two indoor movie theaters set for the Sept. 10-19 event.
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Dade Hayes Finance EditorNearly a year after its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Anything is Possible – The Serge Ibaka Story will have its U.S. debut on Crackle on August 1.The feature-length documentary about the Congolese NBA star was produced by Vinay Virmani at LeBron James’ Uninterrupted Canada along with Jordi Vilà and Ibaka’s Ouenzé Entertainment.Ibaka, a power forward, played a key role on the Toronto Raptors’ championship team in 2019.
The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled plans for drive-in and "open air cinema" screenings on the city's waterfront to offset reduced capacity at its only two indoor movie theaters set for the Sept. 10-19 event.
Jamie Foxx and Dominique Fishback star in the upcoming sci-fi action thriller “Project Power”, coming to Netflix August 14.
Deadline.There are currently two other “Star Trek” scripts in development — one project is by Quentin Tarantino and another that hopes to reunite the cast of the 2009 J.J. Abrams reboot that yielded two sequels.
Tony Award winner Brent Carver has died, aged 68.The star of Broadway’s Kiss of the Spider Woman died on Tuesday at his home in British Columbia, according to his family.His Kiss of the Spider Woman co-star, Chita Rivera, was quick to pay tribute, stating: “My heart is broken at the loss of my great friend and amazing artist Brent Carver. I shall miss him more than I can say.”Carver’s stage career began in Vancouver, Canada in 1972’s Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.
Brent Carver, a Tony Award-winning actor best known for his work on Broadway, has passed away at the age of 68.
Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: With the Champions League staging a condensed tournament with March Madness-like potential, one of the soccer league’s key media partners is tapping a big basketball name to promote tournament coverage.DAZN, which has exclusive rights to the league in Canada, decided to embrace the unique trifecta of basketball, Canada and soccer-loving roots in former NBA MVP Steve Nash.
Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Letterkenny, the cult Canadian comedy that airs on Hulu, has found success on the live touring circuit over the last couple of years.Letterkenny Live! is a 90-minute comedy experience that toured across Canada and the U.S. It featured the likes of stars Jared Keeso, Nathan Dales, Michelle Mylett, K.
Home renovations isn’t his only talent.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn the opening scene of “Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind,” a highly enjoyable documentary about the folk-pop troubadour of Canada, Lightfoot, now 81, sits at home with his wife, Kim, and watches clips of himself on Canadian television singing the 1965 song “For Lovin’ Me,” an ode to the arrogant adulterer he once was. Back when he wrote the song, Lightfoot was married, with a couple of kids.
The paeans come fast and furious in Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni's documentary about legendary Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. "If there was a Mount Rushmore in Canada, Gordon would be on it," exclaims Tom Cochrane.
Rebecca Rubin News Editor, Online“Tenet” may still be able to salvage a summer release after all — at least outside of the United States. Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller, from Warner Bros., will debut internationally on Aug.
The coronavirus can’t stop Global’s “Big Brother”.
Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: Virgil Films has acquired rights in U.S. and Canada rights to The Blech Effect, which traces the singular path of biotech entrepreneur David Blech.The documentary’s director is David Greenwald, a seasoned editor who directed the short film My Father’s House.
It’s been 10 years and memories of “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” are still strong.
Dancing on Ice star Brianne Delcourt has exclusively revealed in HELLO! that she is hanging up her skates after ten years on the ITV show. The star is making a new life for herself in her native Canada, with her fiancé Kevin Kilbane and her three-year-old daughter Gracie.MORE: 14 stylish wedding face masks you'll say 'I do' to"It has been a back-and-forth question mark in my mind for some time now," she tells us.
After months of dark studios, there's Christmas lights at the end of the Canadian industry's shutdown tunnel. American TV director Marita Grabiak hadto quarantine for 14 days after crossing a closed U.S.-Canadian border in order to return to work on the TV movie Christmas on Wheels shooting in Ottawa.
Netflix is giving emerging Canadian storytellers an opportunity to see their projects developed into film and TV originals for the American streaming giant. "Netflix is proud to help bring Canadian stories to the world.
Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentAMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now has taken the rights for true crime drama “Des,” starring David Tennant, in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean.New Pictures’ chilling three-parter, based on the true story of serial killer Dennis Nilsen (Tennant), will debut on commissioning broadcaster ITV in the U.K. later this year.Distributor All3Media Intl.
Jake Kanter International TV EditorDes, ITV’s drama starring David Tennant as British serial killer Dennis Nilsen, has been acquired by a raft of international broadcasters and streamers, including AMC Networks’ Sundance Now in the U.S., Canada and Caribbean.Made by All3Media-backed Catherine The Great producer New Pictures, the miniseries has also been sold by All3Media International to DIRECTV in Latin America, STAN in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand.In Europe, Des has been acquired by C