Canada is getting a sprinkle of pixie dust.
01.03.2021 - 20:44 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has won U.S. rights to Liam Neeson-Laurence Fishburne action-thriller The Ice Road in what is a record domestic-only deal out of the EFM, we can reveal.
The streamer stumped up $18M for the movie off a promo, we understand, in a deal that was closed over the weekend as the virtual EFM action got underway. There were multiple buyers in the hunt, we hear.
In The Ice Road, after a remote diamond mine collapses in the far northern regions of Canada, an ice driver (Neeson) leads an
Canada is getting a sprinkle of pixie dust.
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Brianne Delcourt and Kevin Kilbane have certainly squeezed a lot into the past 18 months. Since meeting on Dancing On Ice in October 2019, they have fallen in love, got engaged, bought a house in Canada, tied the knot and had their first child together.
Naman Ramachandran Canada’s Rogers Communications is buying competitor Shaw Communications in a deal worth CAD$26 billion ($20.8 billion).Rogers will acquire all issued and outstanding Class A Shares and Class B Shares of Shaw, which reflects a premium of approximately 70% to Shaw’s recent Class B Share price.Both entities began trading as family-run businesses.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA first-time screenwriter filed a lawsuit Monday against Mark Williams, the co-creator of “Ozark,” claiming Williams wrongfully claimed a writing credit on a forthcoming Liam Neeson film.Nick May is a career attorney at the Federal Trade Commission and the author of the screenplay of “Blacklight.” Williams, who has produced and directed previous films starring Neeson, optioned the screenplay in November 2019.The film is about a government operative who uncovers a
Dancing on Ice stars Brianne Delcourt and Kevin Kilbane have opened the doors to OK! Club Members to give an exclusive tour of their fabulous new home after recently welcoming their first child together.The incredible home boasts lavish features such as their very own wooden hot tub, a huge balcony with a lake-side view and their very own bar in the basement.
The Alberta government’s energy “war room” is going to battle with a Netflix children’s movie saying it inaccurately portrays the oil industry.
The Roku Channel, which entered the original programming realm this year with its acquisition of shows from failed streaming startup Quibi, has slated its first licensed original.
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The Netflix/CBC sitcom Kim's Convenience, which broke ground in Canada as the country's first comedy led by an Asian cast, is to end after its fifth season. Launched on the CBC in fall 2016, Kim's Convenience, set around a Korean-Canadian family running a corner shop in Toronto, streams on Netflix and on cable and video-on-demand platforms internationally.
Movie theatres are back open in New York, and Liam Neeson has found the perfect way to celebrate.
He’s going to find them and he’s going to thank them.
Hollywood veteran and Taken actor Liam Neeson recently expressed his excitement over the re-opening of New York City movie theatres. The actor even said that he will personally be at a theatre today to greet moviegoers seeing his new film.
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Hollywood studio executives aren't alone in celebrating the reopening of movie theaters in New York City this weekend after nearly a year of being closed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Actor Liam Neeson, who has received his first vaccination shot, will personally thank moviegoers for turning out before his latest action pic plays Friday evening at a prominent Upper Westside multiplex.
Liam Neeson is excited for New York City movie theaters to re-open and he will personally be at a theater on Friday night (March 4) to welcome moviegoers seeing his new film.
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentOne of Europe’s most formidable TV forces, ZDF Enterprises, the international distribution and co-production arm of German public broadcaster ZDF, has swooped on world sales rights to “White Night” (“Nuit Blanche”), the anticipated new show from screenwriter Julie Hivon who broke out in fall 2019 with “Amber Alert,” a big audience and critical hit in French-speaking Canada.Commissioned by CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada’s national public broadcaster,
EXCLUSIVE: Hugh Grant and Sophia Lillis are set to join the cast of Paramount and eOne’s untitled film adaptation of Dungeons & Dragons, Hasbro’s wildly-popular game franchise from Wizards of the Coast. The film also stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith and Bridgerton star Rege-Jean Page. Paramount and eOne are jointly producing and financing the pic, with eOne distributing in the UK and Canada and Paramount in the rest of world.
Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Garner are leaving fans of the classic film 13 Going On 30 delighted and teary eyed at the same time. Why you ask? Well, the actors who featured in leading roles in the film recently had a reunion on the sets of another project and decided to surprise their fans.