From Melissa Hank of Postmedia:
Link: APTN celebrates 20 years of representing Indigenous peoples
“We always knew that there needed to be a network that represented us, a network that was true to who we were and that allowed us to learn the technical skills to tell our stories. Now we could actually see ourselves and hear our stories.†Continue reading.
From a media release:
A wall of 12 world-class chefs, four home cooks, three culinary challenges and one grand prize at stake: Wall of Chefs (10×60) puts amateur cooks to the ultimate test. In each exhilarating stand-alone episode of Corus Studios’ Wall of Chefs, host and vibrant television personality Noah Cappe (Carnival Eats) guides four home cooks through intense rounds of culinary competition. Each challenge will test the skills and nerves of the cooks as they battle in a state-of-the-art kitchen under the towering shadow and watchful eye of “The Wall†– comprised of a revolving panel of Canada’s most notable chefs. The competitors battle it out until the final round where the wall of culinary icons ultimately declares the winner, awarding the $10,000 prize. The groundbreaking new Canadian original series makes its debut February 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Food Network Canada.
Wall of Chefs features an unmatched, star-studded slate of 33 Canadian culinary icons and trailblazers on rotation throughout the 10-episode run of the season. The chefs span from Vancouver, B.C. to St. John’s, N.L., representing diverse cultures and cuisines, while bringing different perspectives and opinions to the forum.
The Wall of Chefs cast of culinary icons include:
In every episode, four amateur cooks face off in culinary challenges judged by 12 of Canada’s most renowned chefs, known as “The Wallâ€. The first round is the “Crowd-Pleaser†where four home cooks are tasked with making their signature crowd-pleasing dish to impress the chef judges. One home cook is eliminated, and the three remaining home cooks move forward to compete in the “Chef’s Fridge†challenge where they must use staple ingredients of the selected chef’s fridge in their dish. In the third round, the final two home cooks face off in the “Restaurant-Worthy†challenge, where they are tasked to make a dish based on one of the chef judge’s most popular and well-known culinary creations. In the end, only one cook will be left standing, claiming $10,000 and the respect of the wall of chefs. The home cooks from across the country taking on the ultimate challenge in the Wall of Chefs kitchen will be announced at a later date.
Foodnetwork.ca offers exclusive Wall of Chefs content, including a closer look at the stellar cast of chef judges from across the country. Viewers can look forward to food trend videos, special interviews, a glimpse into the fridges of the expert celebrity chefs and much more. In addition, full episodes will be available online the day after broadcast.
Wall of Chefs is produced by Insight Productions in association with Corus Studios for Food Network Canada. Executive Producers are John Brunton, Mark Lysakowski and Eric Abboud and Series Producer is Erica Lenczner.
From Bill Brioux of Brioux.tv:
Link: Why are there so many dogs on TV? These Canadian canines are taking over
Who let the dogs out — and onto our screens?
Canine stars are wagging their tails all over television with dogs from Canada leading the pack.
The main two are Diesel vom Burgimwald — the magnificent German shepherd starring as a K9 cop partner on Citytv’s “Hudson & Rex†— and Levi, a striking red retriever who plays Seeing Eye dog Pretzel on the shot-in-Toronto CW series “In the Dark†(also on the CTV Drama Channel). Continue reading.
Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal have teamed up to create Marvel’s Avengers, an action-adventure game which is due to be released in May 2020. The game is inspired by the popular, long-running comic books, and has no relation to the 2012 movie directed by Joss Whedon. However, it is likely to attract players who enjoyed the MCU offerings as well as the graphic novels. This is a bold and exciting project and has the potential to be the best game that the Canadian studio has ever created.
Eidos Montreal has already been responsible for some hugely successful games. Most recently, it has worked on the rebooted Tomb Raider franchise which has spanned three games so far in 2013, 2015, and 2018. These Lara Croft offerings have been so popular that they have helped influence offshoots for other platforms. For instance, there is the brand new Lara Croft: Temples and Tombs slot from Microgaming. Canadian players who are interested in this and other titles from the well-known developer can bounce here for fun. If slots aren’t your kind of thing, there is also the Lara Croft Go game for mobile. It will be interesting to see if the Avengers release will lead to companion games like this.
Crystal Dynamics is working on its first game outside of the Tomb Raider franchise for the first time since 2005 when it was responsible for the first-person shooter, Project Snowblind. The coming together of these two esteemed developers to create Avengers is a tantalizing prospect, and if the quality of the game is to the same standard as the Tomb Raider titles then players are in for an astonishing game.
At E3 2019, players were treated to some awesome footage from the upcoming game from Square Enix. It revealed some plot details and also displayed some gameplay and characters. The main premise of the game is that the Avengers have disbanded, and five years later Khamala Khan embarks on a quest to assemble them again. There will be an offline story mode as well as an online multiplayer option. This suggests that players will be able to take control of a number of different characters from the Marvel universe, including fan favourites such as the Hulk and Iron Man. They will also have the option to upgrade the characters’ abilities through a skills tree.
Avengers is certainly an ambitious project, with past superhero games usually choosing to focus on one or two main characters. It will be contending with the like of Spider-Man PS4 and Batman: Arkham Knight for a place in the list of the greatest superhero games of all time. Both of these titles had intriguing storylines and gameplay but were criticized for being slightly repetitive. Perhaps with Avengers’ varied characters, this won’t be a problem.
With the Avengers being such a well-known and beloved set of superheroes, an open-world offering with them all in could be amazing. Players will be able to control the likes of Thor and Captain America for the first time, and this may end up being Eidos Montreal’s finest work to date.
From Kelly Townsend of Playback:
Link: Anne with an E to end with season three
Northwood Entertainment’s drama Anne with an E is coming to a close with its third season.
CBC and Netflix confirmed the cancellation in a joint statement, saying “we’ve been thrilled to bring the quintessentially Canadian story of Anne with an E to viewers around the world… We hope fans of the show love this final season as much as we do, and that it brings a satisfying conclusion to Anne’s journey.†Continue reading.Â
