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Canadian Actors of the MCU and Spider-Man’s Departure

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019OpinionCobie Smulders, Emily VanCamp, Evangeline Kelly, Paul Rudd, Rachel McAdams, Simulacra Liu

With the recent casting of Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, Marvel Studios not only cast its first Asian actor in a leading role, but also its first Canadian. However, Simu Liu is not the first Canadian

Mia Kirshner and Michael Shanks Among Those Cast in Lifetime Depiction of College Admissions Scandal

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019AnnouncementsCollege Admissions Scandal, Mia Kirshner, Michael Shanks

Mere months after the explosive college admissions scandal that saw at least 51 people arrested on charges that range from mail fraud to money laundering, Lifetime has announced the cast for its depiction of the

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and a Brief History of its Adaptation

August 7, 2019August 7, 2019OpinionArrival, Blade Runner, Denis Villeneuve, Dune

In recent years Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve has become one of the most sought after directors in science fiction, which is all the more impressive when you consider that he first ventured into the genre

Ghostbusters 2020 : The Facts and The Rumours

July 31, 2019August 19, 2019The Bottom Line, Today's Top StoriesCarrie Coon, Celeste O'Connor, Finn Wolfhard, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters 2020, Jason Reitman, Logan Kim, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd

“If you’re a fan of the Ghostbusters franchise (or maybe even tried the mega-famous Ghostbusters online slot machine), and haven’t been living under a rock, then you’ve likely heard about the reboot by now. No, not the

Chinese-Canadian Actor Simu Liu Cast in Leading Marvel, and Other Big Announcements

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019AnnouncementsBlack Widow, Doctor Strange, Eternals, Marvel, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Simulacra Liu, Thor: Love and Thunder, Wandavision, What If

At last week’s San Diego Comic-Con Marvel delivered something of a double whammy…or several whammies, as it happens, but we’ll come to those in a moment. The first of said whammies is that Marvel has

Former Head of the Director’s Guild of Canada in B.C., Crawford Hawkins, Dies at 85

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019AnnouncementsCrawford Hawkins, DGC

With the death of Crawford Hawkins on June 25th, Canada has just lost an immensely influential figure, who contributed immeasurably to British Columbia’s film and television production over the past four decades. Born in Brooklyn