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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has announced that the U.S. streaming giant will open a new office in Canada and hire a content chief dedicated to commissioning local originals. In a blog post, Sarandos said Netflix has spent $2.5 billion CAD ($2B) in Canada since 2017 and it’s time to double down on its presence in the…

IATSE is hailing the Canadian government's efforts to save its arts and entertainment sector during the Covid-19 pandemic through loans and wage subsidies in what is being billed as Canada's largest economic relief package since World War II. The plan, which still is working its way through the legislative process…

Universal has just inked another multi-year shortened theatrical window/Premium VOD share deal, this time with Canada’s biggest exhibitor Cineplex. The deal comes on the heels of Uni’s recent pact with No. 3 U.S. chain Cinemark. To date, Cineplex becomes the third exhibitor to agree to Uni’s truncated theatrical…

The Canadian import boom continues after NBC on Tuesday said it has picked up the medical drama Nurses. The network acquired U.S. rights to the hospital drama from eOne and ICF Films. It will add the show, which features Riverdale's Tiera Skovbye, to its primetime lineup in December. It marks the latest Canadian show…

Canada is sending Deepa Mehta's Funny Boy to this year's International Oscar race. The film is directed by Deepa Mehta, whose 2005 pic Water was Canada's submission that year and was Oscar nominated. Funny Boy, which is in Tamil, English and Sinhalese, depicts a young boy's sexual awakening in Sri Lanka during the…

EXCLUSIVE: With the Champions League staging a condensed tournament with March Madness-like potential, one of the soccer league’s key media partners is tapping a big basketball name to promote tournament coverage. DAZN, which has exclusive rights to the league in Canada, decided to embrace the unique trifecta of…

Canadian largest exhibition chain Cineplex on Monday said it is working toward reopening six theaters in Alberta on June 26, the first step in a plan to “reopen as many of its locations as it can” on July 3. Cineplex has 165 cinemas and 1,695 screens, which accounts for about 75% of the country’s market share of box…

KJ Apa's Archie Andrews and the Riverdale gang could be back in front of the camera in Vancouver sooner rather than later, at least according to the British Columbia government's new COVID-19 production-restart plans. Still, while the Hollywood North government’s CreativeBC has said that "employers can start or resume…

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. and Canada will close the border to all non-essential traffic. Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning, “We will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our Northern Border with Canada to non-essential traffic. Trade will not be affected. Details to follow!” We will…

Forget “Kevin’s not here.” More like, “Where’s Donald Trump?” Canada’s public broadcaster took it upon itself to excise Trump’s cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York for its Christmas Eve airing of the 1992 holiday hit. The CBC said in a statement to ComicBook.com today that the edit was made in the interest of…

Antigone, the drama from Québécois writer-director Sophie Deraspe that just won the Best Canadian Feature Film prize for its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, has been selected to represent Canada in the 2020 Oscar International Feature Film race. The pic is hoping to become the ninth Canadian film to be…

EXCLUSIVE: IFC Films is always a player at the Toronto Film Festival in acquiring films and launching awards-season entries — the Hirokazu Kore-eda-directed The Truth makes its North American debut here — but the company is making news of another kind. IFC has solidified its new streaming channel, IFC Films Unlimited…