From Sabrina Furminger of YVR Screen Scene:
Link: Sharon Taylor’s new frontiers
“I read the script and thought, ‘Okay, this must be a family business, because it’s normalized in the family to have your kid down there when you’re working on a dead body.’ The child, Marcus, doesn’t even bat an eye when his mom is like, ‘Pass me the blush.’ He’s right in there, helping her.†Continue reading.
From a media release:
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (the Canadian Academy) today announced the return of its Apprenticeship for Women Directors program. This year, the program expands to include French language participants. The Canadian Academy also announced the addition of its new Principal Partner, Netflix, and the continued support of the RBC Emerging Artists Project and Canada Media Fund. The application process to the coveted program opens tomorrow, and those interested in applying can do so online at no cost. The application period is Friday, May 18 to Friday, June 15, 2018.
The Apprenticeship for Women Directors is aimed at providing emerging* female directors from across the country the opportunity to further develop and enhance their careers across all platforms. The intensive six-month program will run from September, 2018 to March, 2019, and match each apprentice with an established director currently working on a project.
Female directors accepted into the program will receive one-on-one professional development and on-the-job training, access to virtual discussions with industry and filmmaker guests, two-day summit meeting with industry executives during TIFF, as well as a conference pass to the festival, and a one-year membership to the Canadian Academy. This year, up to eight applicants will be chosen, and with Netflix’s sponsorship, two participants will be Francophone.
Last year’s inaugural program was met with great success. Six women, including Anna Cooley, JJ Neepin, Reem Morsi, Aisling Theresa Chin-Yee, Leah Johnston, and Jen Walden were welcomed at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Whistler Film Festival and attended Canadian Screen Week, as well as had mentoring opportunities with the award-winning The Handmaid’s Tale; Mary Kills People; Designated Survivor; Patricia Rozema’s new feature, Mouthpiece; Marie Clements’ Red Snow; and a new, narrative interactive VR project with Secret Location. Participants were also given the opportunity to have virtual discussions with industry professionals such as showrunners Stephanie Morgenstern and Mark Ellis, storyboard artist Sam Hudecki, director of photography Luc Montpellier, first assistant director Michael Lerman, and many more.
Applications will be reviewed by a diverse and established group of directors, producers and executives, who will identify a short list of 12 by August 6, 2018. Those shortlisted will participate in interviews with the selection committee, with the chosen participants announced in late August, 2018.
For more information on the project and full details on applicant requirements, please visit www.academy.ca/women-directors.
*For the purposes of the program, an emerging director is defined as those who have been working in the industry and have a director or assistant director credit on one of the following: no more than one feature film, a minimum of two short films, a minimum of 15 minutes of digital content in any format, or one or more music videos.
From a media release:
CTV announced today it is joining Netflix to become the exclusive Canadian broadcast partner of the upcoming, yet untitled, SCTV comedy special, which explores the enduring legacy of the iconic, EMMY® award-winning Canadian series SECOND CITY TELEVISION (SCTV). As previously announced, Academy Award®-winner Martin Scorsese directs and pays homage to the iconic Canadian sketch series that reunites past SCTV members Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Andrea Martin, Martin Short, Dave Thomas and, confirmed today, Rick Moranis.
The reunion special is set to make its debut in 2019. Under the partnership, Netflix will premiere the title globally in all territories, with the exception of Canada, where it will premiere exclusively on CTV. Following CTV’s airing, the SCTV comedy special will be available exclusively on Netflix in Canada and worldwide.
This Sunday, May 13, the original SCTV cast members will gather in front of a live audience at Toronto’s iconic Elgin Theatre. Dubbed “An Afternoon With SCTVâ€, the taping features Jimmy Kimmel moderating a panel conversation, as the comedic actors recount their various experiences about the making of the influential and legendary series.
Dubbed by Entertainment Weekly as one of the “100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time,†SCTV aired for six seasons between 1976 to 1984, becoming a pop culture touchstone. With 13 EMMY AWARD® nominations, SCTV was one of the first television series to consistently skewer television itself and chronicled the characters – both in front of and behind the camera – of a critically underfunded television station in Melonville.
The SCTV reunion special is produced by longtime SCTV Producer Andrew Alexander of Second City Entertainment, Emma Tillinger Koskoff of Sikelia Productions and in partnership with John Brunton and Lindsay Cox of Insight Productions (THE AMAZING RACE CANADA, THE LAUNCH), and is directed by Martin Scorsese for Netflix and CTV.
From Nellie Andreeva of Deadline:
Link: Netflix orders sci-fi drama series ‘Another Life’ starring Katee Sackhoff
Battlestar Galactica alumna Katee Sackhoff is going back to space as the lead of Another Life. Netflix has given a 10-episode order to the sci-fi drama series, from Alias Grace producer Halfire Entertainment.
Created by Aaron Martin (Slasher, Saving Hope, Degrassi: The Next Generation), who also serves as showrunner, Another Life centers on astronaut Niko Breckinridge (Sackhoff) who is focused on searching for alien intelligence. She leads a crew on a mission to explore the genesis of an alien artifact. As Niko and her young crew investigate, they face unimaginable danger on what might very well be a one-way mission. Continue reading.Â
From Dino-Ray Ramos at Deadline:
Link: ‘Ghost Wars’ canceled after one season at Syfy
Syfy has canceled the horror series Ghost Wars after its debut 13-episode season, Deadline has confirmed. The series premiered in October 2017. Continue reading.
