The Alberta film industry which is booming is placed on hold. Since 2023, the productions have been stagnant with hundreds of planned movies being either shelved or simply stuck in development hell. Groups of chairs
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Vancouver Actress Callina Liang Lands Major Role in Upcoming Street Fighter Adaptation, Joining One of the Wildest Casts in Recent Memory
While the video game adaptation has been a consistent presence in Western cinema ever since 1993’s absurd (and largely reviled) Super Mario Bros., the movies that followed had been so consistently bad for so long
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Denis Villeneuve to Direct James Bond Reboot
In what was a surprising but incredibly exciting announcement from Amazon MGM Studios, Quebec director Denis Villeneuve will helm the reboot of the James Bond film franchise. Primarily known for his work in the science
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Rethinking What Canada Puts on Screen
Ask ten people what Canadian cinema means, and you’ll likely get eleven answers. Some might point to war documentaries or quiet family dramas. Others think of snow-covered landscapes, or English-language films that almost feel American
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Hot Set Social – Food, Fun, and Facts
The Vancouver film industry is a great place to make connections, or reconnect with other connections. There a lot of events and places to do so, sometimes at film festivals, sometimes on film sets, and
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Remembering Ted Kotcheff
I was both shocked and saddened to discover only last week that legendary Canadian director Ted Kotcheff, whose film career spanned six decades, had passed away in April, the news somehow getting past me. Perhaps
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