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Toronto — Social-media phenomenon Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor has signed on to portray U.S. sprint icon Carl Lewis in “Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story,” a six-episode satirical miniseries now filming in Toronto for GameTV and Paramount+ Canada. Created by BAFTA-winner Anthony Q. Farrell and produced by New Metric Media with Bay Mills Studios, the project revisits the infamous 1988 Olympic doping scandal through the eyes of Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, played by Shamier Anderson.

Producers say principal photography began on 20 June and the series is set to premiere in early 2026, marking one of the first collaborations in which a domestic streamer and a linear network will share a simultaneous launch window. The creative team includes executive producers Farrell, Anderson, Stephan James and New Metric chief Mark Montefiore, with directors R.T. Thorne and Cory Bowles aiming for a tone that mixes sports biopic with irreverent comedy.

“For someone who grew up around track and field,...

Social media star-turned-actor Andrew Bachelor has joined Shamier Anderson in the upcoming Paramount+ and GameTV satirical mini-series Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story.

Bachelor, also known as King Bach, will play U.S. sprinter Carl Lewis, a fierce rival to Canadian Ben Johnson (Anderson) who in 1988 cheated his way to a gold medal in the 100 meter final at the Seoul Olympics.

Bachelor starred in Netflix comedy Coffee and Kareem, alongside Taraji P. Henson, Ed Helms and Betty Gilpin, the Netflix horror The Babysitter: Killer Queen with Jenna Ortega, and the romantic comedy Holidate with Emma Roberts and Kristin Chenoweth.

Bachelor will bring his real-life sprinting background while attending Florida State University, and that of his athlete father in Jamaica, to the role. “Carl Lewis was a hero of mine — not just because of his dominance, but because he excelled in multiple events, just like I did. The rivalry between...

Exclusive: John Wick: Chapter 4 star Shamier Anderson has landed the role of controversial Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson in Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story, which has secured a greenlight with Paramount+ Canada and GameTV.

Airing early next year, Anderson will play the runner who was the world’s fastest man at the 1988 Olympics but was stripped of his medals for doping. The self-described “definitely-not-biased account” of the controversy will take a satirical look at events surrounding the legendary race and scandal behind the scandal. Paramount+ has been developing the New Metric Media and Bay Mills Studios-produced series for the past couple of years in Canada.

Anderson played Mr Nobody / The Tracker in John Wick: Chapter 4, as well as appearing in Simon Kinberg’s Invasion on Apple TV+, which will launch its third season later this year. He also starred opposite Paul Walter Hauser in IFC Films’ The Luckiest Man in America,...

Shoresy has returned with its fourth season on Hulu, now streaming as of Feb. 26. Teasing the show's return, Cbr can unveil an exclusive sneak peek clip.

Created by Jared Keeso, who also stars in the titular role, Shoresy is a Letterkenny spinoff. The series explores life after hockey, and the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs contend with the distractions of summer in Sudbury. In Cbr's exclusive clip of Season 4, former NHL player Marty McSorley is featured as part of an interview segment alongside Keeso's Shoresy. The video can be watched below.

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Hulu has shared the trailer for Shoresy Season 4, which will premiere on Wednesday, February 26 with all six new episodes exclusively available in the U.S. on Hulu. The first three seasons are now streaming on the service.

In the new season, Shoresy (Jared Keeso) explores life after hockey, and the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs contend with the distractions of summer in Sudbury.

The returning cast starring alongside Keeso includes Tasya Teles (The 100) as Nat; Blair Lamora (Paranormal Nightshift) as Ziigwan; and Keilani Rose (Flimsy) as Miigwan. From, Montréal, QC, rapper Jonathan-Ismael Diaby stars as Dolo; and former NHL player, author, and actor Terry Ryan stars as Hitch.

Ryan McDonell (The Crossing) stars as Michaels; and former Kahnawake Condor and Mma fighter Andrew “The Canon” Antsanen returns as Goody. Legendary all-time tough guy Jon “Nasty” Mirasty, former Carolina Hurricanes center Brandon Nolan, and three-time Stanley Cup winner, Jordan Nolan star as Jim,...

Hulu has shared the official key art for Shoresy Season Four, which will premiere on Wednesday, February 26 with all six new episodes exclusively available in the U.S. on Hulu. The first three seasons are now streaming on the service.

In the new season, Shoresy (Jared Keeso) explores life after hockey, and the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs contend with the distractions of summer in Sudbury.

The returning cast starring alongside Keeso includes Tasya Teles (The 100) as Nat; Blair Lamora (Paranormal Nightshift) as Ziigwan; and Keilani Rose (Flimsy) as Miigwan. From, Montréal, QC, rapper Jonathan-Ismael Diaby stars as Dolo; and former NHL player, author, and actor Terry Ryan stars as Hitch.

Ryan McDonell (The Crossing) stars as Michaels; and former Kahnawake Condor and Mma fighter Andrew “The Canon” Antsanen returns as Goody. Legendary all-time tough guy Jon “Nasty” Mirasty, former Carolina Hurricanes center Brandon Nolan, and three-time Stanley Cup winner, Jordan Nolan star as Jim,...

Shoresy, which premieres its fourth season in the U.S. on Hulu on Feb. 26, was just given the green light for a fifth season from Canadian streamer, Crave. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the Letterkenny hockey comedy spinoff created by and starring Jared Keeso as the titular Shoresy, will begin filming its fifth season this coming spring.

Hulu has not yet announced if it will pick up the fifth season of Shoresy. The upcoming fourth season will follow the foul-mouthed hockey player as he explores life after hockey as his team the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs continues to deal with the distractions of summer in Canada.

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The series is a spinoff of the cult Canadian comedy hit Letterkenny in which Kesso simultaneously portrayed Shoresy and Wayne.

Hulu’s Letterkenny spinoff comedy Shoresy has been renewed for a fifth season.

The greenlight from Canadian streamer Crave comes before the puck drops on the hockey-focused series’ fourth season of six episodes Feb. 26 on Hulu. Production by Canadian indie producer New Metric Media on the fifth season from creator Jared Keeso will start in spring 2025. Hulu has yet to announce an order for the series’ fifth season.

The fourth season will follow Shoresy, a foul-mouthed tough guy played by Keeso, as he explores life after hockey, and the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs, a struggling hockey team in a fictional hockey circuit, contend with the distractions of summer in northern Ontario.

The third season ended with Shoresy deciding to end his competitive hockey career after enduring a string of injuries, including twin head concussions. With Shoresy hanging up his skates, new storylines for Keeso’s character opened up in seasons to follow.

Hulu has announced that Crave’s Shoresy Season 4 will premiere on Wednesday, February 26 with all six new episodes available in the U.S. on Hulu. The first three seasons are now streaming on Hulu.

Canadian entertainment service Crave also revealed today that Shoresy has been renewed for a fifth season, which will go into production later this spring.

In Shoresy Season 4, Shoresy (Jared Keeso) explores life after hockey and the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs contend with the distractions of summer in Sudbury. The returning cast starring alongside Jared Keeso includes Tasya Teles (The 100) as Nat, Blair Lamora (Paranormal Nightshift) as Ziigwan, and Keilani Rose (Flimsy) as Miigwan.

From, Montréal, QC, rapper Jonathan-Ismael Diaby stars as Dolo, and former NHL player, author, and actor Terry Ryan stars as Hitch. Ryan McDonell (The Crossing) stars as Michaels, and former Kahnawake Condor and Mma fighter Andrew “The Canon” Antsanen returns as Goody.

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If Shoresy's exploits on the small screen and on the Shoresy Fall Classic tour did not satisfy your hunger for the Shoresy experience, New Metric Media has you covered. The studio announced a Shoresy video game, Shoresy: The Nosho, an arcade-style hockey role-playing game coming to major gaming platforms like Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. The hockey video game promises the familiar Shoresy feel "with fast-paced gameplay filled with big hits, quick goals, and thrilling fights." You can watch a teaser in the YouTube video below. Mark Montefiore, Founder and CEO of New Metric Media, previewed what fans can expect in a statement, saying:...

Hulu has announced that Shoresy Season 3 will debut on Friday, June 21, 2024. All six new episodes will be available on that day on Hulu in the U.S. The first two seasons are streaming now.

Created by and starring Jared Keeso, Shoresy sees the foul-mouthed, chirp-serving, mother-loving, fan-favorite character, Shoresy (Keeso) and the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs of the Northern Ontario Senior Hockey Organization (The Nosho) continue their quest never to lose again.

Shoresy Season 3

The returning cast members for Shoresy Season 3 include Tasya Teles (The 100) as Nat; Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat (Prey) as Sanguinet; Blair Lamora (Paranormal Nightshift) as Ziigwan; and Keilani Rose (Flimsy) as Miigwan.

From Montréal, QC, rapper Jonathan-Ismael Diaby stars as Dolo, and former NHL player, author, and actor Terry Ryan stars as Hitch. Ryan McDonell (The Crossing) stars as Michaels; Max Bouffard (Letterkenny) is JJ Frankie JJ, and former Kahnawake Condor and Mma fighter Andrew “The Canon” Antsanen returns as Goody.

No one knew how many difficulties existed in the fictional town of Letterkenny when the show revolving around small-town hicks, hockey players and skids launched on Super Bowl Sunday 2016. As it turns out, there were enough “Letterkenny Problems” not only to change the lives of all those involved, but to transform the Canadian TV landscape.

When “Letterkenny” cracks open its final six-pack of episodes Dec. 25 on the Canadian streaming service Crave (and on Dec. 26 on Hulu), it ends an era that includes 74 episodes, seven specials, five live tours, branded clothing and booze, Canadian Screen Awards victories, and a spinoff, “Shoresy,” which wraps filming on its third season in Sudbury, Ont. this month.

The most impressive feat, however, may be in how a show with such specificity, from the vernacular to the sets, catapulted into mainstream pop culture and amassed loyal fanbases across Canada and the U.S.

“The more specific you get,...

The official trailer for the 12th and final season of Letterkenny touts a “last brawl” for Wayne — aka “the toughest guy” in town — and a “last call” for the gang at large.

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Canadian comedy Letterkenny is coming to an end. The series will wrap with its upcoming 12th season on Hulu, which will drop all six episodes on December 26, it was announced Thursday. The series, which also streams on Canadian platform Crave, will premiere with all episodes on December 25.

Created by and starring Jared Keeso, the half-hour comedy revolves around the residents of the small, rural, Canadian community of Letterkenny, who belong to one of three groups: the hicks, the skids and the hockey players. The three groups are constantly feuding over seemingly trivial matters that often end with someone getting their ass kicked. In Season 12, the small town contends with a comedy night at Modean’s, a country music hit, the Degens’ bad influence, a new nightclub, and an encore at the Ag Hall. And that’s just for starters.

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“Letterkenny” will end with its upcoming 12th season at Hulu and Crave.

The announcement of the final season came along with the premiere date for the Canadian comedy’s last episodes, which will drop all at once on Dec. 25 on Crave and Dec. 26 on Hulu. The series takes place in the fictional town of Letterkenny, Ontario, and follows its residents, who belong to one of three groups — the hicks, the skids, or the hockey players.

The official description of the season states, “In Season 12, the small town contends with a comedy night at Modean’s, a country music hit, the Degens’ bad influence, a new nightclub, and an encore at the Ag Hall. And that’s just for starters.”

The series was created by Jared Keeso, who also stars as Wayne. The cast also includes Nathan Dales, Michelle Mylett, K Trevor Wilson, Dylan Playfair, Andrew Herr, Tyler Johnston, Evan Stern,...

Coming off another year marked by uncertainty and conflict, ordinary, unlikely heroes take center stage in a slew of new shows. While crime especially the Nordic-inspired kind is not going anywhere, and there are quite a few spectacles waiting around the corner, including Mipcom world premiere “Concordia,” intimate stories about families and friends butting heads but ultimately trying to come together continue to dominate the market stage. There are also more portrayals of strong, complicated women who dare to dream big today or in the past. The following is a list of some of the buzziest titles at Mipcom.

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Penny Wilding (played by Robyn Malcolm) likes to keep herself very busy: she is a science teacher, basketball coach, environmental activist, mother and grandmother. Famously outspoken and suffering no fools, she alienates many in her close-knit community. But Penny is perfectly fine with that.

She is harboring a painful memory,...

The CW has released trailers for its new series for the 2023-24 season: the AMC Studios-produced drama 61st Street; Canadian series Children Ruin Everything, Run the Burbs, Son of a Critch, The Spencer Sisters and Sullivan’s Crossing; UK series Everyone Else Burns; documentary film series I Am; reality series Fboy Island; and German eco-thriller drama series The Swarm. You can read about each and watch below.

61St Street

Produced by AMC Studios. From Peter Moffat, J. David Shanks and Outlier Society and executive producers Moffat, Shanks, Michael B. Jordan, Alana Mayo, Jeff Freilich, Hilary Salmon. The propulsive thriller courses through the dark heart of the infamous Chicago criminal justice system as police and prosecutors investigate a deadly drug bust that threatens to unravel the police department’s code of silence. Cast includes Courtney B. Vance, Aunjanue Ellis, Mark O’Brien, Holt McCallany, Tosin Cole, Andrene Ward-Hammond and Bentley Green.

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Exclusive: New Metric Media has signed with CAA for representation.

Based in Toronto, New Metric Media is an award-winning independent entertainment studio specializing in building comedy brands across television production, live entertainment, distribution, merchandising, and licensing.

Recipient of Playback’s 2022 Production Company of the Year award and the Banff World Media Festival’s 2018 Innovative Producer Award, the company’s slate of programming includes the Crave/Hulu original comedy Letterkenny, the Crave/Hulu Letterkenney spinoff series Shoresy, and the CTV/Roku half-hour comedy series Children Ruin Everything, as well as the upcoming half-hour Crave comedy series Bria Mack Gets a Life.

New Metric Media is also a leader in 360-degree brand marketing, recognized for its success with Letterkenny off-screen extensions, including beer, collectible merchandise, and Letterkenny Live!, a sold-out North American theater tour featuring the stars of the series.

The company is led by Founder and CEO Mark Montefiore, who in...

Pitter-patter, let's get at 'er, because the Canadian comedy series "Letterkenny" is back for its 11th season. What started out as a YouTube web series called "Letterkenny Problems" has since grown into one of the funniest and most popular shows on TV, following the residents of Letterkenny, a fictional rural town in Ontario based on show creator Jared Keeso's hometown. 

The residents of the small community fall under three major groups: the Hicks, the Skids, and the Hockey Players, but all three are ready for a brew, a brawl, or a beaut at any given opportunity. Whether it's chorin', sharing a Puppers with your best bud, or trading fisticuffs, the residents of "Letterkenny" do it faster, tougher, and with snappier wit than anyone else on the planet. With the return of the show just around the corner, here's everything you big shoots need to know to prepare, and more.

Unforgettable Gala, which bills itself as the nation’s longest-running Asian Pacific Islander awards show, is set to celebrate its 20th annual ceremony with actor Eugene Cordero serving as host. Cordero’s hosting stint will be the first time a Filipino American has emceed the entertainment gala. The gala, with the theme “Illuminate,” will take place on Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Beverly Hilton.

Also set to appear are honorees Ke Huy Quan (actor in film) and Stephanie Hsu (breakout in film) of “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The Breakout in TV Award will go to Minha Kim of “Pachinko,” with the hit series also receiving this year’s Vanguard Award. Bretman Rock will receive the digital influencer award, while Domee Shi and Julia Cho will receive the writer award for “Turning Red.” Awards selection committee co-chairs Daniel Dae Kim and Lisa Ling will deliver the gala’s keynote address.

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Malaika Hennie-Hamadi and Hannan Younis have grabbed the lead roles in the Canadian streaming TV comedy Bria Mack Gets A Life.

Hennie-Hamadi has TV credits with Age of the Living Dead, The Handmaid’s Tale and the Fear Thy Roomate crime drama. Younis’ small screen credits include Ruby and the Well, TallBoyz, Firestarter and The Boys.

The cameras will start rolling this week on the half-hour comedy from creator and showrunner Sasha Leigh Henry; New Metric Media, the producer of Letterkenny and Shoresy; and the Crave streaming TV service.

Hennie-Hamadi will play Bria “Mack” McFarlane, a 25-year-old Black woman and university graduate in a mainly white world, a journey made both difficult and tolerable by Black Attack, her invisible hype girl played by Younis who helps her navigate life’s frustrations and hurdles.

As Bria balances being the most educated family member and her overdue credit card bill,...

Peacock has dropped the official trailer for “Angelyne,” the new drama miniseries starring Emmy Rossum. “Angelyne” tells the story of the titular D-list celebrity, who garnered attention in the 1980s through a series of provocative billboards throughout Los Angeles. Rossum portrays Angelyne, with the series set to cover her rise to local prominence.

“Since I was a girl, I’ve known that fame is my destiny,” Rossum-as-Angelyne narrates in the trailer. “Huge, gigantic fame. So I said, ‘I’m going to get the love of the world!'”

In addition to Rossum, the series also stars Alex Karpovsky, Lukas Gage, Martin Freeman, Hamish Linklater, David Krumholtz and Michael Angarano. The series is created by Nancy Oliver, and executive produced by Rossum, Sam Esmail, Lucy Tcherniak, Chad Hamilton and Angelyne herself.

All eight episodes of “Angelyne” will premiere May 19. Watch the full trailer below.

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New Metric Media, the award-winning producer behind hit Crave/Hulu original comedy series “Letterkenny,” has expanded its team as part of a strategic company-wide reorganization.

The outfit is expanding from an indie production company to a comedy-focused entertainment studio that aggregates and amplifies premiere global comedy brands through a vertically integrated, franchise-building eco-system across content creation, talent development and IP, distribution, live entertainment and merchandise and licensing.

Former Bell Media executive Jeff Hersh has been appointed as New Metric Media’s first COO and comedy executive Bill Lundy (“Run the Burbs”), formerly of Pier 21 Films and Bell Media, as senior VP, comedy, with both roles reporting into founder and CEO Mark Montefiore.

Hersh will focus on corporate strategy and driving significant strategic growth at New Metric Media via acquisitions, partnerships and raising capital as well as further monetization across all lines of business along with building out the operations to support growth.

New Metric Media, the Canadian production company behind Hulu and Crave’s Letterkenny, is staffing up.

The company has hired former Bell Media exec Jeff Hersh as its first Chief Operating Officer and former Pier 21 Films exec Bill Lundy as SVP, Comedy.

Hersh has spent the last eight years at the Canadian broadcaster, where he is Gm of its Crave service as well as the Canadian version of Starz. He will focus on corporate strategy and driving strategic growth via acquisitions, partnerships and raising capital.

Lundy has spent the last three years at The Beaverton producer Pier 21 Films, having also worked at Bell Media. He will focus on broadening the company’s slate of comedy brands and roster of comedy talent across scripted, sketch and stand up for multiple platforms including television, live entertainment, merchandise and licensing.

Both Hersh and Lundy will report to Mark Montefiore, Founder and CEO,...

Comedy series Children Ruin Everything, from Schitt’s Creek’s Kurt Smeaton, has been renewed for a second season at Canadian broadcaster CTV.

The series, which stars Meaghan Rath and Aaron Abrams, will return for a second season with 16 half-hours, up from the eight episodes ordered for the first season.

Production will begin later this spring and the first season of the series will air on Roku in the U.S. later this year.

The half-hour comedy about living with children follows Astrid, played by Rath, and James, played by Abrams, who struggle to find a balance between being mom and dad to two kids and being who they were before offspring. It explores the ways kids can tear down your life and, if you’re lucky, replace it with something you have to admit is pretty okay, too.

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Apple TV Plus announced that “The Afterparty” will premiere on Jan. 28 with three episodes. The following five episode will debut weekly on Fridays.

The series is an ensemble comedy about a murder mystery set at a high school reunion. Each episode explores the alibi of a different character with visuals and film references to match each of their perspectives. Stars include Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Ben Schwartz, Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer, Jamie Demetriou and Dave Franco.

Chris Miller serves as creator, director and showrunner, and executive produces with Phil Lord through their production banner Lord Miller. Anthony King also executive produces, and Lord Miller’s vice president of television Aubrey Lee serves as a producer. “The Afterparty” is produced by TriStar TV and Sony Pictures Television as part of Lord and Miller’s five-year overall deal.

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In the latest expansion of its original programming slate, Roku has bagged its first non-u.S. title with Children Ruin Everything, from Letterkenny producer New Metric Media.

Commissioned by Bell Media’s CTV in 2020, the series was created by Emmy winner Kurt Smeaton, whose credits include Schitt’s Creek and Kim’s Convenience. It will come to the Roku Channel in 2022.

Children Ruin Everything is “about living with the worst roommates of all: young children,” per the official logline. The show’s lead characters, Astrid and James, look to find a balance between parenting and staying in touch with their pre-parenting selves.

Meaghan Rath and Aaron Abrams star. The cast also includes Ennis Esmer and Nazneen Contractor. Chuck Tatham, whose credits include Modern Family and Arrested Development, and Mark Montefiore, known for Letterkenny and What Would Sal Do? are executive producers, along with Rath. Beth Iley (Killjoys) is producer.

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Roku, in another opportunistic programming pickup, will bring comedy series “Children Ruin Everything” to U.S. audiences — streaming for free on the Roku Channel — in an exclusive pact with production company New Metric Media.

The new half-hour comedy is created by Kurt Smeaton and will air on Bell Media’s CTV network in Canada next spring. Under the multiyear deal, Roku will release all eight episodes of “Children Ruin Everything” on the Roku Channel following the full broadcast in the Great White North. Bell Media Distribution is the international rights holder for “Children Ruin Everything” and New Metric Media is the series’ exclusive sales agent.

“Children Ruin Everything” follows the harried parents of two young children as they struggle to hold on to their pre-kid life. The show is produced and developed by New Metric Media (the company behind “Letterkenny”) in association with Bell Media for CTV, with the participation of the Canada Media Fund.

All eyes will be on the Canadian TV industry over the next month as major players such as public broadcaster CBC, Bell Media, Rogers and Corus unveil their 2021-22 upfront plans. But this year, in the wake of heavy hitters like “Schitt’s Creek” and “Kim’s Convenience” coming to an end, the pressure for networks to find the next global-facing series is palpable.

Upfront season follows one of the most tumultuous years for Canadian television in recent memory. In September, the final season of “Schitt’s Creek” made history at the Emmys by sweeping all major comedy categories, solidifying its place as one of the most successful CBC shows of all time.

Three months later, the public broadcaster was on its knees as allegations that filmmaker Michelle Latimer, the producer and director of one of its most exciting new offerings, “Trickster,” was not of Indigenous descent, as she had claimed. The series,...

Exclusive: Aaron Abrams, who has starred in Blindspot and Hannibal, is to star in CTV comedy Children Ruin Everything opposite Meaghan Rath.

The half-hour comedy about living with children follows Astrid, played by Rath, and James, played by Abrams, who struggle to find a balance between being mom and dad to two kids and being who they were before offspring. It explores the ways kids can tear down your life and, if you’re lucky, replace it with something you have to admit is pretty okay, too.

Ennis Esmer, who featured in Schitt’s Creek, and Nazneen Contractor, who featured in Heroes Reborn and Ransom, have also joined the cast.

James is a supportive and loving husband and father of two. Positive but anxious, James loves parenting with Astrid but misses the freedom of his pre-kid life. Esmer joins the cast as Ennis, James’s co-worker and best friend who wants as few responsibilities as possible,...

Exclusive: Meaghan Rath, who has starred in BBC America’s Being Human and has featured in CBS’ Hawaii Five-o and The CW’s Supergirl, is to star in CTV comedy Children Ruin Everything.

Rath will front the Canadian half-hour series, which comes from Modern Family and How I Met Your Mother exec producer Chuck Tatham and Schitt’s Creek writer Kurt Smeaton. She will also exec produce.

Rath stars as Astrid, a smart, funny, and caring mother who is feeling the pull between returning to work and stay-at-home motherhood. Although she’s more than ready to leave the stained sweatpants and kid scheduling behind to focus more on her career, she also wonders what life would be like with a third child. Casting is still underway to find her partner James.

The eight-episode series is produced by Letterkenny producer New Metric Media.

Smeaton and Tatham will also serve as Executive...

New Metric Media, the Toronto and Los Angeles-based producers of award-winning Hulu/Crave comedy series “Letterkenny” and Netflix/CityTV drama “Bad Blood,” has partnered with talent agency The Feldman Agency to launch a live entertainment company.

Titled Tourbo, the new entity will focus on developing premium popular brands that currently exist as screen-based I.P., podcasts and online content as live touring entertainment for the global stage. The two companies have already tasted success in this regard, having first worked together to bring “Letterkenny Live!,” a 90-minute touring comedy experience based on the series, to North American audiences.

The companies said this success, coupled with the growing demand from creators, brands and audiences for alternative programming, led to the formation of Tourbo.

“Although this current environment may seem like an interesting time to start a live-based venture, we feel strongly about the potential for content and opportunities,” said Jeff Craib,...

Exclusive: Letterkenny, the cult Canadian comedy that airs on Hulu, has found success on the live touring circuit over the last couple of years. Now the companies behind the tour are launching a live touring entertainment business.

New Metric Media, which produces the series and the Letterkenny Live! tour, and its partner Canadian agency The Feldman Agency have formed Tourbo. The new company will focus on developing live shows and licensing popular TV, online and podcast brands for the road.

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. Trevor Wilson, Dylan Playfair, Andrew Herr, Tyler Johnston, Evan Stern and Mark Forward taking part in original sketches and never-before-seen material.

“We are thrilled to build on our successful relationship with Jeff and The Feldman Agency to create an exciting opportunity to...

In this week’s International TV Newswire, Variety shares the trailer for “Cable Girls’” final season, the Platino Awards adds a market, Vis and Diagonal team on a “Gypsy Bride” series adaptation, and CTV announces new comedy series “Children Ruin Everything.”

“Cable Girls” Final Season Gets Trailer

“Cable Girls” (“Chicas del Cable”) Netflix’s first Spanish Original series, will premiere its fifth and final season on Feb. 14. At a press event on Thursday, the platform shared the trailer for the upcoming season while previewing the coming year.

When “Cable Girls,” premiered on April 28, 2017, it fit snugly into a industrial model – think “Velvet” – which had allowed producer Bambu Producciones to conquer Latin America with its original series rather than reversions or titles dubbed into a neutral Spanish: A female-led period drama exploring social and political themes still relevant today starring a cast of familiar Spanish actors. Following a group of young...

Canada’s CTV has ordered a comedy from Modern Family and How I Met Your Mother exec producer Chuck Tatham and Schitt’s Creek writer Kurt Smeaton.

The broadcaster has commissioned Children Ruin Everything from Letterkenny producer New Metric Media. The series has been in development since 2016 and is set to start production in spring 2020. Casting is underway.

The half-hour comedy about living with children follows Astrid and James, who struggle to find a balance between being mom and dad to two kids and being who they were before offspring. It explores the ways kids can tear down your life and, if you’re lucky, replace it with something you have to admit is pretty okay, too.

Smeaton and Tatham will also serve as Executive Producers alongside New Metric Media founder Mark Montefiore. Beth Iley (Killjoys) serves as producer.

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The team behind Canadian cult comedy Letterkenny are looking for international hicks, skids and hockey players as they search for global remake deals.

New Metric Media, which produces the comedy, and production partner Bell Media, have brought former Electus and Global Road Television exec Eli Shibley on board to lead these format partnerships.

Shibley, who founded Major Film & Television, is looking to close format deals in territories including Latin America, Nordics, Spain, Benelux, Russia, Ukraine, and Cis. This comes after New Metric Media and WildBrain closed a recent German format deal with Studio’s Imago TV Film und Fernsehproduktion.

Shibley previously managed international co-productions, partnerships, and distribution for Global Road Television and before that he was the Senior Vice President of International Distribution and Co-Productions at Ben Silverman’s Electus.

Letterkenny was created by Jared Keeso, who is also executive producer, co-writer and star, and is produced by New Metric Media,...

Modern Family and How I Met Your Mother exec producer Chuck Tatham is to exec produce a comedy for Canada’s Bell Media and Letterkenny producer New Metric Media.

Tatham has joined Children Ruin Everything, which was created by Schitt’s Creek writer Kurt Smeaton. The show, which is in development for the Canadian broadcaster, is about living with young children.

It follows Astrid and James, who struggle to find a balance between being mom and dad to two kids and being who they were before offspring. It explores the ways kids can tear down your life and, if you’re lucky, replace it with something you have to admit is pretty okay, too.

Smeaton and Montefiore will also serve as Executive Producers alongside Tatham.

“We are thrilled to be working with Kurt Smeaton, one of Canada’s top comedic talents on his first creation. Kurt has done an amazing...

Pitter patter, let’s get at ‘er.

Hulu announced that it has acquired the exclusive U.S. rights to the cult hit Canadian comedy series, meaning when the seventh season debuts on Oct. 14, it will do so as a Hulu original, as will all future seasons of the show. Hulu already had the rights to the show’s past seasons.

Created by and starring Jared Keeso, the half-hour comedy revolves around the inhabitants of the fictional town of Letterkenny, Ontario. It focuses on the different groups who make up the town, namely the hicks, skids, Christians, and hockey players. In addition to Keeso, the series stars Nathan Dales, Michelle Mylett, K Trevor Wilson, Dylan Playfair, Andrew Herr, Tyler Johnston, Evan Stern, Mark Forward, and Tiio Horn. Jacob Tierney, who developed the show with Keeso and has directed much of the series, also stars.

“Letterkenny” is produced by New Metric Media,...

The eighth annual Atx Television Festival has added panels for “One Day at a Time,” “Veronica Mars,” “Into the Dark: Culture Shock” and “Letterkenny” to its lineup, Variety has learned exclusively.

Additionally, Beau Willimon will return to host his own discussion event and join a panel about playwrights moving to the small screen medium.

Heading down to Austin, Texas for the “One Day at a Time” panel this year will be executive producer Mike Royce and cast members Justina Machado, Isabella Gomez, Todd Grinnell and Stephen Tobolowsky. This marks Machado and Gomez’ second consecutive years with the show at the festival, as the 2017 event also featured a panel discussion for the series. “One Day at a Time,” a reboot of the classic family sitcom of the same name, was produced by Sony Pictures Television and ran for three seasons on Netflix. It was also executive produced by Norman Lear and Gloria Calderon Kellett.

Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for March 2017 including "Dark Matter", "Designated Survivor", "Killjoys" and a whole lot more:

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Christmas Inheritance

TV Movie

Christmas Inheritance Productions Inc.

Prod.: David Anselmo

Dir.: Ernie Barbarash

Mar 13 - Apr 07/17

Clara

Feature

Serendipity Point Films Inc.

Dir.: Akash Sherman

Mar 6 – Mar 31/17

Condor Season 1

TV Series

T5 Condor Productions Inc.

Exec. Prods.: Jason Smilovic, Todd Katzberg, Lawrence Trilling

Dir.: Various

Apr 24 - Aug 15/17

Dark Matter Season 3

TV Series

Prodigy Entertainment Inc.

Exec. Prod.: Jay Firestone, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

Dir.: Various

Nov 18/16 - Apr 13/17

Designated Survivor

Season 1

TV Series

Designated 1 Ltd.

Exec. Prod.: David Guggenheim

Dir.: various

July 25/16 - Apr 30/17 Tbc

Killjoys Season 3

TV Series

Season III Productions Ltd.

Prod.: Lena Cordina

Exec. Prod.: Karen Troubetzkoy, Michelle Lovretta

Dir.

Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for February 2017 including "12 Monkeys", "The Strain", "Designated Survivor" and a whole lot more:

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12 Monkeys Season 3

TV Series

Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.

Prod.: Michael Wray

Oct 17 - Feb 17/17

Adventures Of Napkin Man Season 3

TV Series

Breakthrough Entertainment

Prods.: Sharon Summerling,

Stephanie Van

Dir.: Laurie Lynd

Feb 6 – Feb 15/17

Anne

TV Series

CBC/Netflix

Prod.: Susan Murdoch

Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17

Dark Matter Season 3

TV Series

Prodigy Entertainment Inc.

Exec. Prod.: Jay Firestone, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

Nov 18/16 - Apr 13/17

Designated Survivor

Season 1

TV Series

Designated 1 Ltd.

Prod.: David Guggenheim

July 25/16 - Apr 30/17

Killjoys Season 3

TV Series

Season III Productions Ltd.

Prod.: Lena Cordina

Jan 12 - May 12/17

Letterkenny Season 3

TV Series

Get'er Done Productions 3 Inc.

Exec. Prod.: Mark Montefiore, Patrick O'Sullivan

Dir.: Jacob Tierney

Feb...

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12 Monkeys Season 3

TV Series

Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.

Prod.: Michael Wray

Exec. Prod.: David Grossman, Terry Matalas

Oct 17 - Feb 17/17

Anne

TV Series

CBC/Netflix

Prod.: Susan Murdoch

Exec. Prod.: Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett

Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17

Conviction Season 1

TV Series

ABC / Eone / Mark Gordon Company

Exec. Prod.: Mark Gordon, Nick Pepper, Liz Friedlander, Liz Friedman

Jul 18 – Dec 1 / 16

Food Market

Feature

New Metric Media, Sphere Media

Exec. Prod.: Mark Montefiore, Virginia Rankin, Michael Konyves

Dir.: Alain Desrochers

Oct 11 - Dec 16/16

Green Harvest

TV Series

Streak Productions Inc. / CBS

Prod.: Kevin Lafferty, Loretta Ramos, Aaron Baiers

Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,

Heather Kadin, Gretchen Berg,

Aaron Harberts

Sept 26/16 - Mar...

Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for November 2016, including "Designated Survivor", "12 Monkeys" "The Handmaid's Tale" and a whole lot more:

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12 Monkeys Season 3

TV Series

Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.

Prod.: Michael Wray

Exec. Prod.: David Grossman, Terry Matalas

Oct 17 - Feb 17/17

Alias Grace

Mini Series

Halfire Entertainment

Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson

Dir.: Mary Harron

Aug 15 - Nov 15/16

Anne

TV Series

CBC/Netflix

Prod.: Susan Murdoch

Exec. Prod.: Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett

Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17

Anne Of Green Gables

TV Movie

Gables 23 Productions Inc.

Prod.: Jim Corston

Exec. Prod.: Joan Lambur, Peter Williamson

Dir.: John Kent Harrison

Sep 12 - Nov 4/16

Black Mirror

TV Series (one episode)

T5 Mirror Productions Inc.

Exec. Prod.: Annabelle Jones, Charlie Brooker

Dir.: Jodie Foster

Nov 7 – Nov 30/16

Business Ethics

Feature

Business Ethic Film Inc.

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12 Monkeys

Season 3

TV Series

Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.

Prod.: Michael Wray

Exec. Prod.: David Grossman, Terry Matalas

Oct 17 - Feb 17/17

Alias Grace

Mini Series

Halfire Entertainment

Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson

Dir.: Mary Harron

Aug 15 - Nov 15/16

Anne

TV Series

CBC/Netflix

Prod.: Susan Murdoch

Exec. Prod.: Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett

Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17

Anne Of Green Gables

TV Movie

Gables 23 Productions Inc.

Prod.: Jim Corston

Exec. Prod.: Joan Lambur, Peter Williamson

Dir.: John Kent Harrison

Sep 12 - Nov 4/16

Baroness Von Sketch Show

Season 2

TV Series

Bvss 2 Productions Ontario Inc. / Frantic Films

Prod.: Graham Ludlow, Jeff Peeler

Exec.Prod.: Jamie Brown, Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne,...

Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for June 2016, including "Downsizing", "Flatliners:, "It" and a whole lot more:

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American Gods

TV Series

Fremantle / Starz Network

Executive Producers: Bryan Fuller,

Michael Green, Neil Gaiman

Mar. 14 – Sep 30 /16

American Gods

TV Series

Fremantle / Starz Network

Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,

Michael Green, Neil Gaiman

Mar. 14 – Sep 30 /16

American Gothic

TV Series

Amblin /CBS Studios

Feb 29 - Jul 1/16

Anon

Feature

Anon Film Prods. Canada Inc.

Prod.: Dan Bekerman

Jul 11 - Aug 26 / 16

Blood And Water

TV Series

Wu Project Productions Inc.

Prod: Paula Smith, Audrey Velichka

May 9 – Jun 2 / 16

Degrassi: Next Class

TV Series

Dhx-Degrassi Productions XVI inc.

Prods.: Michael Bawcutt

Exec. Prod.: Stephen Stohn,

Linda Schulyer, Sarah Gilinski,

Matt Huether

May 16 - Aug 11 / 16

Designated Survivor

TV Pilot

Designated 1 Ltd.

Prod.: Amy Harris,

David Guggenheim

Exec. Prod.: Amy Harris,

David Guggenheim

Mar.

Round-up: Screen Media Films has acquired Us rights to the film starring Jason Schwartzman. In other news, Arc has acquired Freedom, Kino Lorber will release Patch Town and Rialto has set a release for its restored version of The Third Man.

7 Chinese Brothers (pictured) premiered at SXSW and will go out day-and-date on theatrical and digital platforms in August.

Bob Byington wrote and directed the film about an alcoholic who works at a car maintenance store and tries to keep his life together in order to win over his boss.

Olympia Dukakis, Stephen Root, Tunde Adebimpe and Eleanore Pienta also star.

Seth Needle of Screen Media brokered the deal with Zac Bright of Preferred Content and Wme Global on behalf of the filmmakers.

Arc Entertainment has acquired Us rights to Freedom starring Cuba Gooding Jr and has set a June 5 theatrical and digital day-and-date release. Peter Cousens directed the family drama about the connection between a slave...

Entertainment One has taken U.S. distribution rights to Jason Priestley’s Cas & Dylan, which stars Richard Dreyfuss and Tatiana Maslany. Cas & Dylan, which marks Priestley's feature directorial debut, stars Dreyfuss as Dr. Cas Pepper, a dying man whose plans to check out on his own terms take a reluctant detour when he winds up on the lam with a young woman, played by Maslany. Read more Eric Peterson, Aaron Poole Join Jason Priestley's 'Cas & Dylan' Feature The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum directed the Canadian indie film from a script by Jessie Gabe. Mark Montefiore produced Cas & Dylan, which

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Strategic Partners, a presentation of the Atlantic Film Festival, has announced the producers selected to participate as part of the inaugural project exchange with Mexico’s Los Cabos International Film Festival and Brazil’s RioContentMarket, in addition to an incredible line-up of producers and projects. As part of a two year spotlight on Latin America, one Mexican producer with a feature film in development and one Brazilian producer with a television project in development have been invited to participate at Strategic Partners 2014, September 11 - 14 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A Canadian feature film in development will then be selected from this year’s Strategic Partners to participate at Los Cabos International Film Festival, November 11 - 14, 2014. Additionally, a Canadian television project in development looking for Brazilian co-production partners will be chosen to attend RioContentMarket, February 2015. This initiative is sponsored by the Canadian Media Production Association.

Producer and co-founder of the Mexican production company Agrupación Caramelo Cinematografica, April Shannon, has been selected to participate in this year’s Strategic Partners from Los Cabos International Film Festival. Shannon’s impressive career includes working as producer on Bernardo Arellano’s "Between Night and Day" as well as production manager on James Franco’s "The Broken Tower." Shannon recently produced Arellano’s second feature "The Beginning of Time," now in post-production, to be released in late 2014. Shannon will bring the dark thriller "Franco’s Night" to Strategic Partners with production slated for 2015 in Mexico.

Brazilian producer Marcelo Galvão has been selected from RioContentMarket’s esteemed alumni of 2014. Galvão established production company Gatacine in 2001 and has since directed six features including "Farewell," "La Rina and Bellini"and the "Devil." He has won over 50 renowned awards including Best Film at the Gramado Film Festival, Best Director at the Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival and Best Screenwriter at Paulína Film Festival (Brazil) among many others. Galvão will bring the highly anticipated television miniseries, The Gardener, to this year’s Strategic Partners.

“Ushering in the very first project exchange with producers April Shannon and Marcelo Galvão sets the bar incredibly high and truly complements the illustrious roster of delegates we will have at this year’s events,” says Strategic Partners Director, Laura Mackenzie. “The results couldn’t have been more ideal and I look forward to continuing our newly founded relationships with Los Cabos International Film Festival and RioContentMarket.”

A snapshot of the producers and 108 projects slated for Strategic Partners 2014:

"Prisoner’s Dilemma," (Feature Film, Sci-Fi Noir Thriller): Rebecca Knapp, The Content Providers/Dark Engine (UK), Director: Mark Anthony Galluzzo (RSVP), Attached: Lynn Collins ("X-Men Origins: Wolverine")

"Give Me Your Hand" (Feature Film, Romantic Comedy): Mariela Besuievsky, Tornasol Films (Spain), Director: Maria de Medeiros ("April Captains", "Je t’aime, moi non plus"), screenplay by Alicia Luna and Maria de Medicos

"Las Elegidas," (Feature Film, Drama): Marta Núñez Puerto, Canana (Mx), Director: David Pablos, ("The Life After")

"Dreamland,"(Feature Film, Fantasy): Amber Ripley, Foundation Features (Cad), Director: Bruce McDonald ("The Tracey Fragments," "Pontypool"), Attached: Stephen McHattie ("Watchmen," "300")

"Buzz Me," (Feature Film, Comedy): Raj Panikkar, Fifth Ground Entertainment (Cad), Director: Ken Girotti ("Vikings," "Orphan Black")

"A Prayer Before Dawn," (Feature Film, Action): Sol Papadopoulos, Roy Boulter, Hurricane Films (UK), Attached: Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy)

"The Sandman" (Feature Film, Horror): Daniela Tully, Shivertown Road (USA/Germany), Director: Dario Argento ("Philomena," "Opera"), Attached: Iggy Pop ("Trainspotting")

"The Portal," (TV Fiction, Fantasy): Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith, First Love Films (Canada). Director: Jonathan Williams ("The Portal"), Attached: Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica, Bomb Girls, Supernatural), Erin Karpluk (Being Erica)

"Are We A Bus" (TV Fiction, Comedy Drama): Mark Montefiore, New Metric Media (Canada), Show-runner: Daegan Fryklind (Bitten)

"Orovida" (TV Fiction, Romance): Mariela Besuievsky, Tornasol Films (Spain) - based on the novel by Yael Guiladi (portraying a passionate story of forbidden love at a time when an interracial liaison could result in death)

"Guardian Council" (TV Fiction, Procedural Drama): Carlos Andrade, Visom Digital (Brazil). Director: Rudi Lagemann ("Angels of The Sun")

A stellar line-up of some of the world’s most influential production companies will descend upon Halifax this fall including:

Sepia Films ("A Shine of Rainbows") - Canada

Blue Ice Pictures ("Nebraska") - Canada

Sienna Films ("Titanic") - Canada

Amaze Film + TV ("Call Me Fitz") - Canada

10x2y inc. ("The Samaritan") - Canada

Alazraki Entertainment ("Nosotros Los Nobles") - Mexico

Axman Productions ("Corn Island") - Czech Republic

Easy There Tiger ("Julie & Juila") - USA

Pampa Films ("The Games Maker") - Argentina

Utopia Group ("The Dead Man and Being Happy") - Argentina

Sikhya Entertainment ("The Lunchbox") - India

Each year, top Canadian and international industry players, including producers, investors, sales agents, funding agencies, broadcasters and distributors are selected to attend Strategic Partners. Offering over 1,000 pre-scheduled 1-2-1 meetings, co-production focused roundtable sessions, cutting edge panels, visionary keynote speakers, and screenings and receptions – Strategic Partners is a convergence of talent and innovation, producing tangible results.

For program updates and information on all things co-production, you can now follow the newly developed Strategic Partners presence on social media:

Twitter: [At]SPcopromarket Facebook: www.facebook.com/atlanticfilmfestivalstrategicpartners Youtube: www.youtube.com/atlanticfilmdotcom

About Strategic Partners: An International Film, Television and Digital Co-Production Market The Atlantic Film Festival’s Strategic Partners is one of the world’s preeminent co-production/co-financing markets focusing on feature film, TV and web based fiction. Strategic Partners offers an intimate, organized forum for projects looking for financing as well as those still at an early stage, looking for the right partner.

Over the past 17 years, Strategic Partners has established itself not only as a one of a kind co-production market, but also as a cutting edge, intimate environment that delivers solutions to existing and foreseeable industry challenges. The intelligence and program offered at Strategic Partners is developed over many months of research into current global issues. However, this information is only a complement to Strategic Partners’ primary function – to build, establish and nurture relationships between producers and their partners. Strategic Partners is a part of the Atlantic Film Festival family of programs. Today’s Atlantic Film Festival is now a year-round celebration, growing beyond our eight-day cornerstone event in September to include: ViewFinders: Atlantic Film Festival for Youth, the Aff Outdoor Film Experience, and Strategic Partners. Learn more Here...

Exclusive: 40 Canadian and international producer teams selected for Omdc’s eighth annual Toronto co-financing market.

New films by Donald Petrie, Timo Vuorensola, Baltasar Kormakur [pictured], Nick Broomfield, Gillies Mackinnon are some of the 40 selections for the eighth Omdc’s International Financing Forum. (Full list below)

The Ontario Media Development Corporation’s feature film co-financing market will be held Sept 8-9, running concurrently to Tiff.

The two-day event includes one-on-one producer meetings, a top-level panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a networking reception.

The initiative focuses on English language feature film projects being developed by international and Canadian producers, who meet with executives including sales agents, financiers, distributors, agents and executive producers – from companies including Beta Cinema, Big Beach, Cinetic, eOne, Film4, Film Nation, TF1, Wild Bunch and William Morris Endeavor.

The Canadian-produced projects selected this year include Nick Broomfield’s fiction feature film debut The Catastrophist to star Freida Pinto and John C Reilly and to...