Ask a first-time producer where their budget went and the answer is rarely camera. It is the apartment that had to look lived-in, the office that needed eight identical desk lamps, the kitchen that had
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Charles R. Singh
Getting an independent Canadian feature film even started can be quite the process. Charles R. Singh is a successful professional actor. He is also an independent filmmaker who has invested years into getting his first
Continue ReadingThe Ryan Gosling/Ryan Reynolds Mix-Up Problem: Why Canadian Actors Keep Getting Confused for One Another
Someone in a Toronto pub last week told me, with total confidence, that Ryan Gosling starred in Deadpool. He didn’t. He has never starred in Deadpool. But the mistake didn’t feel malicious or even careless.
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Cold Country: Inside the Indigenous Creative Team Behind CBC’s New Drama
Before audiences know the story of Cold Country, they already know why the series has attracted attention. Set to arrive on CBC in Winter 2027, the six-episode drama brings together an Indigenous creative team, an
Continue ReadingTrailer Voiceovers Break The Free Voice Cloning Queue
Trailer week on a Canadian promo desk dies in the last pass, not in the first generate. A forty-second cut already has picture lock, a legal note, and a voice the network can kill if
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Coyote vs. Acme Beats The Odyssey and Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars on Its Opening Weekend, And Optimus Prime Voice Actor Peter Cullen Passes Away
This last week has seen the highest of highs, and lowest of lows, as a movie once thought to be lost to corporate greed performed well at the box office over the weekend in what
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