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When production begins this week in the province of Saskatchewan on #Vanlife, it is believed the horror thriller will become the first Indigenous and Canadian independent film to shoot entirely in a virtual studio.

Trevor Cameron directs the story of young influencers who are lured into a violent cult and the project stars Michelle Thrush from TIFF 2022 selection Bones Of Crows and Justin Derickson from 2022 teen fantasy Monster High.

Germany’s Palatin Media is launching international sales talks at Toronto International Film Festival next month.

Anand Ramayya and Kelly Balon of KarmaFilm, Doug Cuthand (Big Bear), and Juliette Hagopian of Julijette are producing #Vanlife,...

The Just For Laughs Comedy Festival has unveiled its list of top up-and-coming comedians in New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere, who are set to participate in the New Faces of Comedy showcase later this week. The event is a traditional launch pad for major Hollywood talent like Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Kumail Nanjiani and Jimmy Fallon.

The success of their careers makes New Faces the industry’s biggest coming-out party for rising stand-up talent serious business. Young hopefuls eyeing Hollywood development deals grab the microphone at Just For Laughs in Montreal to draw laughter from a club audience as Los Angeles talent scouts, comedy agents and managers, TV execs and club bookers look on.

No pressure there. Abbott Elementary creator Quinta Brunson, who will receive the best comedy person award at the Just For Laughs ComedyPro conference later this week, was part of the New Faces comic discovery program in 2017.

Over three days,...

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Gavin Crawford and Sharjil Rasool have joined the second season of Run the Burbs, the lighthearted CBC comedy whose sophomore season will be showrun and executive produced by The Office writer Anthony Q. Farrell.

Dakota Ray Hebert and Ann Pornel will guest star in the Pier 21 Films series created by Andrew Phung and Scott Townend as the Pham family universe expands. The second season cast will include regulars Phung as Andrew Pham, Rakhee Morzaria as Camille Pham, and Zoriah Wong and Roman Pesino as Khia and Leo Pham.

Other first season cast returning includes Ali Hassan, Julie Nolke, Jonathan Langdon, Chris Locke, Samantha Wan and Aurora Browne (Baroness von Sketch Show). The second season will debut on CBC and CBC Gem in winter 2023 as production gets underway on 13 new half-hour episodes.

“For season two, Scott and I wanted to push this further,...

Exclusive: CTV’s Canadian sitcom Shelved has found its leads.

Lyndie Greenwood will be joined by Paul Braunstein (Baroness Van Sketch), Dakota Ray Hebert (Run Woman Run) and Chris Sandiford (What We Do In The Shadows) in the Anthony Q. Farrell single-cam comedy about employees and patrons at the Jameson Public Library in Parkdale.

See above for the first shots of them in role.

Taylor Love (Most Dangerous Game), Varun Saranga (Wyonna Earp) and Robin Duke (Schitt’s Creek) round out the ensemble cast.

Greenwood stars as Wendy, Head of the library’s Jameson Branch and an energetic dreamer who always sees the best in people and cares passionately about her library and the community of Parkdale. Her staff includes the fastidious and judgmental Howard (Sandiford), who begrudgingly joins after a transfer from a prestigious Midtown branch; social rights activist Jaq (Hebert), who is obsessed with dystopian...