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Killer Heat is a mystery crime thriller drama film directed by Philippe Lacôte from a screenplay co-written by Roberto Bentivegna and Matt Charman. Based on the 2021 short story titled The Jealousy Man by author Jo Nesbø, the Prime Video film is set on a Greek island and it follows the story of a troubled detective known as The Jealousy Man who is brought in to investigate the murder of one of twin brothers who were entangled in a love triangle. Killer Heat stars Shailene Woodley, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Richard Madden in the lead roles with Billy Clements, Manos Gavras, Abby Lee, Clare Holman, and Babou Ceesay. So, if you loved the intense story, thrilling mystery, and compelling characters in Killer Heat here are some similar movies you should check out next.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix...

Now that we're nearing the end of August, Netflix has released its full list of shows and movies coming to the platform in September. But while we're super excited about all the new content set to be released on Netflix throughout next month, we can't help but think of the shows and movies that will be making their departure.

Licensed content leaves Netflix every month, but in this upcoming month, there are several fan-favorite shows that we just know we'll have a hard time saying goodbye to. These shows have been on Netflix for a long time, and we often go back to rewatch them. So, to be unable to do so anymore is going to be hard.

Are you wondering what shows we're talking about? If so, keep on reading because we shared them below and when they will be departing Netflix.

Jane The Virgin -- "Chapter One Hundred...

On the surface, David Cronenberg’s 1996 adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s 1973 novel Crash is a drama about an unlikely group of people who come together over their shared fascination with car crashes.

The novel is written in the first person from the point of view of Ballard’s proxy, James Ballard. He’s a successful film producer in an open marriage to wife Catherine; both partners routinely engage in casual sex with co-workers and strangers alike, seemingly in pursuit of upending their relationship ennui.

The sex, which is captured by Ballard in incredibly specific and laborious prose, is cold, dispassionate, and almost clinical. The novel is often described as a work of science-fiction; despite containing virtually none of the tropes of the genre, Crash reads like a warning of a dystopian future in which citizens have become so desensitized that they will be pushed to pursue more and more extreme...

The CW has unveiled its slate of original scripted and unscripted programming set to debut on the network this summer.

Canadian family comedy Run The Burbs, from Kim’s Convenience breakout star Andrew Phung and dramedy Moonshine, about dysfunctional siblings battling for control of their family business are among titles on the network’s scripted slate for summer debut. Legal drama Family Law, starring Jewel Staite and Victor Garber, and comedy series Bump also return for second seasons.

New summer unscripted programs include the four-part docuseries Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982, chronicling a classic moviegoing year in pop culture, and extreme cooking competition Recipe for Disaster. Additionally, Down To Earth With Zac Efron will make its broadcast television debut, along with new seasons of returning alternative series Great Chocolate Showdown and Mysteries Decoded. Airdates and times for all these series will be announced at a later date.

All join prevously announced summer series,...

The series finales for “Riverdale” and “Nancy Drew” will air back-to-back as part of The CW’s summer slate.

After the fourth and final season of drama series “Nancy Drew” launches Wednesday, May 31 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt, the network will air back-to-back series finales on Wednesday, August 23 with “Nancy Drew” airing its finale before the series finale of “Riverdale.”

The network also widens its scripted programming with “Run the Burbs,” led by “Kim’s Convenience” breakout Andrew Phung, and dramedy “Moonshine,” which hails from “Lucifer’s” Sheri Elwood.

Created and executive produced by Phung and Scott Townend, “Run the Burbs” follows the Phams, a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian family “taking a different approach to living life to the fullest, while changing the way we think about contemporary family values and life in the burbs,” per the official logline.

“Moonshine,” which stars Corrine Koslo, Peter MacNeill and Jennifer Finnigan, is billed...

Ryan Reynolds, Simu Liu and Catherine O’Hara are among the recipients of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television’s 2023 Special Awards.

The awards recognize those whose contributions have positively affected the industry, society and the medium. In total, the Academy named nine recipients ahead of Canadian Screen Awards week, which this year takes place in Toronto from April 11-16.

Among the recipients were “Schitt’s Creek” star and former “Sctv” actor Catherine O’Hara, who won the Academy Icon Award, and Ryan Reynolds, who received The Humanitarian Award. According to the Academy, the first recognizes a Canadian individual or institution “for their exceptional, ongoing contribution to the media industry at home or abroad,” while the second is in “recognition of an extraordinary humanitarian contribution or act of compassion by a professional working in the Canadian media industry in the prior year.”

“Receiving this honor is incredibly meaningful and deeply moving,...

The Canadian Academy has revealed its 2023 Special Award honourees.

On Wednesday, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television unveiled the list of recipients, including Catherine O’Hara, Ryan Reynolds, Simu Liu and more.

Read More: Catherine O’Hara Discusses ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Movie: ‘It Has To Be Worth Doing’

O’Hara will be receiving the Academy Icon Award, recognizing an “individual or institution for their exceptional, ongoing contribution to the media industry at home or abroad,” in honour of her incredible career, starring in shows and movies like “Schitt’s Creek”, “Home Alone”, “Beetlejuice”, and many more.

The Humanitarian Award for “extraordinary humanitarian contribution or act of compassion by a professional working in the Canadian media industry” will go to Reynolds, in recognition of his philanthropic efforts. The actor has been committed to charity work, including donating to Canada’s Water First Education and Training Inc., as well as the United Nations High...

Nightmare Alley Review — Nightmare Alley (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn, Mark Povinelli, Peter MacNeill, Holt McCallany, Paul Anderson, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Jim Beaver, Clifton Collins Jr., Tim Blake [...]

Continue reading: Film Review: Nightmare Alley (2021): Director Guillermo del Toro Delivers an Intriguing Vision with Some Powerful Performances Throughout...

Exclusive: Moonshine, the Canadian comedy-drama created by Sheri Elwood, will return for a second season on CBC.

Allan Hawco (Republic of Doyle) is joining the cast of the series, which is produced by Six Eleven Media and Entertainment One. Picking up where the first season ends, season two will include dance routines, dirty bingo, snow crab-jacking and a high stakes turf war with a band of outlaw bikers. Fate will manifest very differently for the entire family, with characters fighting their destiny tooth and nail as Lidia goes to extremes to save the business from financial ruin.

Returning are Jennifer Finnigan (Salvation), Anastasia Phillips (Reign), Emma Hunter (Mr. D), Tom Stevens (Wayward Pines), Alexander Nunez (Avocado Toast), Corrine Koslo (Anne with an E), Peter MacNeill (This Life), Erin Darke (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Farid Yazdani (Suits), Allegra Fulton (The Shape of Water), James Gilbert (Salvation), Celia Owen (A Small Fortune...

Network: Hallmark Channel

Episodes: 75 (hour)

Seasons: Seven

TV show dates: February 28, 2015 -- July 25, 2021

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Catherine Bell, Bailee Madison, James Denton, Catherine Disher, Anthony Lemke, Peter MacNeill, and Kylee Evans.

TV show description:

This fantasy dramedy TV show is based on a series of made-for-tv movies of the same name.

Widowed Cassandra "Cassie" Nightingale (Catherine Bell) is a good-hearted enchantress who lives in the community of Middleton. She lives with her young-teenage daughter Grace (Bailee Madison), who shares the same special intuition as her mom.

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Stone Canyon Entertainment has announced the start of production on “Who Are the Marcuses,” a feature documentary about a mysterious couple who donated half a billion dollars to Israel, the largest single gift in the history of the state.

Matthew Mishory is directing, with Stone Canyon’s Bradford Schlei and Alvaro Fernandez producing, and executive producers Marc Bennett and Rhino Films’ Stephen Nemeth. Filming is set to begin in Israel and in Austin, Texas in the first quarter of the year for a 2022 release. The film pieces together the lives of Holocaust refugees Lottie and Howard Marcus (pictured), who lived in a modest San Diego apartment and bequeathed half a billion dollars to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to study water management.

The couple hoped their gift would help bring about regional conflict resolution in Israel and peace through water. The film will explore how they invested their nest egg...

There is a very good mix of theatrical, digital, VOD and hybrid releases this weekend starting with The Kid Detective from Stage 6 Films starring Adam Brody and Sophie Nélisse.

Written and directed by Evan Morgan, the movie is about exactly what the title suggests: a kid detective. Brody plays a once-celebrated kid detective who is now 31 and isn’t exactly bathing in fame. However, he continues to solve the same trivial mysteries as he navigates his hangovers and wades in puddles of self-pity. All of this changes when a naïve client brings him his first “adult” case in which he attempts to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend. The film also stars Sarah Sutherland, Tzi Ma, Wendy Crewson, Jonathan Whittaker and Peter MacNeill.

The Kid Detective marks Morgan’s feature debut (you can read Todd McCarthy’s review here) and it made its debut at this year’s Toronto...

The premise behind Evan Morgan’s The Kid Detective definitely hit upon my nostalgia as a big fan of the HBO Encyclopedia Brown series when I was a kid. You do wonder what might happen to someone like that as they grow older. Do they become cynical? Depressed? Do they become actual private detectives or go into the police force? A real-world Encyclopedia Brown would have to face the reality that what they thought they were doing was never actually what it was. Being the cute kid to whom the mayor gives a key to the city and the town pitches in to rent office space isn’t the same as being a qualified law enforcement official citizens can rely on. Public celebrity doesn’t garner public trust.

That’s a long, sobering fall to take on its own let alone with the baggage still haunting Abe Applebaum (Adam Brody...

Cassie's spell continues. Hallmark Channel has renewed the Good Witch TV show for a seventh season for the 2020-21 season.

A light supernatural drama series, Good Witch follows Cassandra “Cassie” Nightingale (Catherine Bell), a widowed enchantress who lives in a small town and uses her powers for good. The cast also includes James Denton, Catherine Disher, Anthony Lemke, Peter MacNeill, and Kylee Evans.

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Our first experience with Cassie teaching art history ties into Good Witch Season 6 Episode 6 beautifully.

There has never been a better time to share a lesson on perspective given real-world situations, and in Middleton, it's no different.

While Cassie helps her students to view things differently, Stephanie, Martha, George, Abigail, and Donovan all alter their viewpoints, as well.

Messages on Good Witch are always valuable, but Cassie's class was invaluable.

Even doing what you believe is expected of you has little meaning and certainly no value if you're not using your own thoughts to support your actions.

Sydney and Zach are very different students, but they share at least some interests. After all, they're both students seeking knowledge and both in the art history class.

On Zach's part, he viewed Sydney as a little too stuck in the mud, so to speak, for his carefree approach to college life and classes.

Stars: Olunike Adeliyi, Peter MacNeill, Noah Danby, Michelle Nolden, Kiana Madeira, Lawrence Gowan | Written by Jason Krawczyk | Directed by Audrey Cummings

[Note: With the film quietly slipping on to VOD in the UK, Us and Canada this week, he’s a reposting of our review of She Never Died from its festival screening last year]

Back in 2015, a little, some might say unknown, movie made its UK debut as part of that years Grimmfest. That film was He Never Died, the Henry Rollins-starring vampire movie that was easily one of the best films I’d seen that year. Skip forward four years and another film in the series, entitled She Never Died, makes it’s European debut at the same festival… Yes, we have not a sequel but more of a gender-switching of that first film with the badass Canadian actress Olunike Adeliyi (American Gods) stepping into the formidable shoes of Henry Rollins as this films lead. Whilst writer/director Jason Krawczyk also trades places, giving up the directorial reigns to Audrey Cummings to...

In an episode of Mrs. America, a new FX on Hulu miniseries about the Seventies political battle over the Equal Rights Amendment, liberal firebrand Bella Abzug (Margo Martindale) suggests her side may have an easier time if they focus their argument on a single issue, like women receiving equal pay for equal work. Quoting her father’s advice, she says, “Make it about everything, it winds up being about nothing.”

That’s a bit of wisdom that Mad Men alum Dahvi Waller might have considered while creating Mrs. America. The...

By Steve Jankowiak

The term "cult" as it refers to film today has become little more than a marketing cliché. So very few films truly merit the designation. The defining attribute of any true cult film is the quality of transgression: visions and/or portrayals that defy established modes of discourse and/or codes of conduct. Crash achieves multiple transgressions in its 100-minute running time. Cronenberg's Crash is a faithful adaptation of the psychosexual novel by "New Wave" science-fiction author J. G. Ballard (1930-2009). It involves a cult whose members seek sexual gratification from being in car crashes. The transgressive subject matter of the source novel was leveraged by Cronenberg, who was philosophically predisposed to undertake the adaptation to film. In a subsequent introduction to his novel Ballard wrote that the modern world is ruled by fiction, a sentiment expressed by Cronenberg through the medium of Professor Brian O'Blivion and...

Titans turns in our favorite episode of the season thus far.

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Titans Season 2 Episode 6

With nary a mention of him since his tease at the end of season one, Conner Kent swoops into Titans with a great episode that’s charming, sweet, and exciting for what it sets up for the series. Oh, and Krypto!

Picking up after the stinger scene from last season’s finale, “Conner” has a bare-assed Lex Luthor/Superman clone busting himself, and Krypto the Super-Dog out of Luthor’s Cadmus Labs. What follows is a road-trip of self-discovery as the young naïve boy learns his powers, taps into his anger, and hopefully develop into a good person.

I really commend Joshua Orpin on his performance as Conner. Playing a full-grown adult newborn is a minefield because it tiptoes along the lines of some very well-tread tropes.

Stars: Olunike Adeliyi, Peter MacNeill, Noah Danby, Michelle Nolden, Kiana Madeira, Lawrence Gowan | Written by Jason Krawczyk | Directed by Audrey Cummings

Back in 2015, a little, some might say unknown, movie made its UK debut as part of that years Grimmfest. That film was He Never Died, the Henry Rollins-starring vampire movie that was easily one of the best films I’d seen that year. Skip forward four years and another film in the series, entitled She Never Died, makes it’s European debut at the same festival… Yes, we have not a sequel but more of a gender-switching of that first film with the badass Canadian actress Olunike Adeliyi (American Gods) stepping into the formidable shoes of Henry Rollins as this films lead. Whilst writer/director Jason Krawczyk also trades places, giving up the directorial reigns to Audrey Cummings to complete this female-focused take on vampire lore.

She Never...

Good Witch is returning just in time for Halloween. Hallmark just announced the TV show's sixth season will premiere in October with a two-hour special.

The series centers on Cassandra “Cassie” Nightingale (Catherine Bell) and her teen daughter, Grace (Bailee Madison). The two share a special intuition and are enchanting in more ways than one. The cast also includes James Denton, Catherine Disher, Anthony Lemke, Peter MacNeill, and Kylee Evans.

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Exclusive: The 2019 Screamfest Horror Film Festival has taken a bite out of Eat, Brains, Love, setting the Rodman Flender-directed zombie romantic comedy as its opening-night film. The annual genre fest will run October 8-17 at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood.

Eat, Brains, Love, which world premiered last month at the UK’s Frighfest, is about Jake (Jake Cannavale) and his dream girl Amanda (Angelique Rivera). The good news is she finally knows his name — but the bad news is both contracted a mysterious sexually transmitted zombie virus and devoured the brains of half their senior class. A teen psychic (Sarah Yarkin) sent by the government’s top-secret Necrotic Control Division is sent to track them down. Patrick Fabian also stars.

Mike Herro and David Strauss wrote the script based on the novel by Jeff Hart. The pic is produced by Tommy Coriale, Tony Disanto, Brian Hoff, Van Toffler and Cody Weig.

Some good news and bad news for Good Witch. Deadline reports Hallmark has renewed the TV show for a sixth season but star Bailee Madison will not be returning.

The series centers on Cassandra “Cassie” Nightingale (Catherine Bell) and her teen daughter, Grace (Bailee Madison). The two share a special intuition and are enchanting in more ways than one. The cast also includes James Denton, Catherine Disher, Anthony Lemke, Peter MacNeill, and Kylee Evans.

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If you're like me, you've been watching Good Witch since it's first movie premiered in 2008.

You probably know the characters like the back of your hand.

That's why I'm thrilled to share that Good Witch Season 6 is a go at Hallmark! There is some less-than-stellar news to report, also, though. Someone won't be returning when the sixth season begins.

Catherine Bell has starred as Cassie Nightingale since the series began, but Cassie's life looked a whole lot different when she first got to Middleton.

She was a mysterious newcomer with a surprising family connection to the town, and she was also single and ready to mingle!

Throughout the Good Witch movie franchise, we got to know Cassie and followed her life as she met and married Jake Russell, father of two to Brandon and Lori.

Cassie was a wonderful mother, so we were even more excited when she got pregnant and gave birth to Grace.

In a decidedly bad development for fans of Hallmark Channel’s Good Witch, Bailee Madison will not be returning for the series just-ordered sixth season. The actress’ character, Grace Russell, is poised to graduate at the end of the dramedy’s current fifth season, “allowing for a natural wrap of her storyline,” according to Deadline, which broke the news of Madison’s departure.

Good Witch stars Jag and Army Wives vet Catherine Bell as Cassie Nightingale, the newly widowed enchantress of the fictional town of Middleton. Madison co-stars as her now-teenage daughter who shares her mother’s unique gifts of insight and intuition.

Exclusive: Three weeks into its fifth-season run, Hallmark Channel has renewed top-rated series Good Witch, starring Catherine Bell, for a sixth season. Season 6 of the supernatural comedy-drama will be without Bailee Madison, who will be exiting after starring as Grace Russell since the series’ 2015 launch.

“Once again, being the No. 1 series in cable, we are thrilled to announce a Season 6 pickup of Good Witch,” Michelle Vicary, Evp Programming & Publicity at Crown Media Family Networks, said in a statement to Deadline. “Bailee Madison will always be a beloved member of the Hallmark family.”

Based on Hallmark’s successful movie franchise that marks its 11th anniversary this year, Good Witch is one of two popular, long-running scripted series on Hallmark Channel, along with flagship When Calls the Heart. With the latter recently wrapping its latest season, Good Witch is taking on the mantle of ad-supported cable’s No. 1 scripted series currently on...

One of film's most famous witches is coming to the small screen. Entertainment Tonight reports Hocus Pocus star Kathy Najimy has joined season five of the Hallmark TV show Good Witch.

A comedic drama, Good Witch stars Catherine Bell as Cassandra “Cassie” Nightingale, good-hearted enchantress who lives in the community of Middleton with her teenage daughter, Grace (Bailee Madison). The cast also includes James Denton, Catherine Disher, Anthony Lemke, Peter MacNeill, and Kylee Evans.

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Good news for Good Witch fans. Hallmark Channel just announced the premiere date for a special Halloween TV movie.

A comedic drama, Good Witch stars Catherine Bell as Cassandra “Cassie” Nightingale, good-hearted enchantress who lives in the community of Middleton with her teenage daughter, Grace (Bailee Madison). The cast also includes James Denton, Catherine Disher, Anthony Lemke, Peter MacNeill, and Kylee Evans.

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It's official! This week, Hallmark confirmed they've renewed the TV show Good Witch for a fifth season.

The light drama stars Catherine Bell as Cassandra “Cassie” Nightingale, good-hearted enchantress who lives in the community of Middleton with her teenage daughter, Grace (Bailee Madison). The cast also includes James Denton, Catherine Disher, Anthony Lemke, Peter MacNeill, and Kylee Evans.

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Good Witch just finished its fourth season, but will there be a fifth? According to an inside source, the Hallmark TV show is set to begin season five production soon.The light drama stars Catherine Bell as Cassandra “Cassie” Nightingale, good-hearted enchantress who lives in the community of Middleton with her teenage daughter, Grace (Bailee Madison). The cast also includes James Denton, Catherine Disher, Anthony Lemke, Peter MacNeill, and Kylee Evans.Read More…...

Newcomer Amalia Williamson, Spencer MacPherson (DeGrassi: Next Class) and Taylor Thorne (Odd Squad) have joined leads William Baldwin and Kathleen Robertson in Northern Rescue, as production begins in Canada on the CBC & Netflix family adventure series from Don Carmody Television.

Created by Between writer Mark Bacci and executive producer David Cormican, and Dwayne Hill (Peg + Cat), Northern Rescue follows John West (Baldwin), who uproots his three children from the big city to return to his home town to take command of the local Search & Rescue service after the death of his wife. As the family comes to terms with their loss, the series explores the effects on their individual lives. The children’s Aunt Charlotte (Robertson), struggles to help John and his children heal as she copes with the loss of her sister and her desire to have a family of her own. Along the way, John faces many situations...

Vulture WatchLet's look into my crystal ball. Has the Good Witch TV show been cancelled or renewed for a fourth season on Hallmark Channel? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Good Witch season four. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About?Airing on Hallmark Channel, the Good Witch TV series revolves around a good-hearted enchantress, Cassie Nightingale (Catherine Bell), and her family and friends in the town of Middleton. It seems Cassie's teenaged daughter, Grace Russell (Bailee Madison), shares her mother's powers, as well. The series also features the talents of James Denton, Catherine Disher, Noah Cappe, and Peter MacNeill.Read More…...

Are you a fan of Good Witch? The Hallmark Channel TV show just finished its third season, but what about a fourth? If renewed, would you keep watching the series?The dramedy revolves around a good-hearted enchantress (Catherine Bell) and her young-teenage daughter (Bailee Madison) who shares her powers. The cast also includes James Denton, Catherine Disher, Noah Cappe, and Peter MacNeill.Read More…...

Vulture WatchLet's look into my crystal ball. Has the Good Witch TV show been cancelled or renewed for a fourth season on Hallmark Channel? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Good Witch season four. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About?Airing on Hallmark Channel, the Good Witch TV series revolves around a good-hearted enchantress, Cassie Nightingale (Catherine Bell), and her family and friends in the town of Middleton. It seems Cassie's teenaged daughter, Grace Russell (Bailee Madison), shares her mother's powers, as well. The series also features the talents of James Denton, Catherine Disher, Noah Cappe, and Peter MacNeill.Read More…...

In a magical bit of news, Hallmark Channel announces the third season of its Good Witch TV show premieres on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 9:00pm Et/Pt. Below, check out these Good Witch season three photos.A Hallmark Channel fantasy comedy-drama, Good Witch stars Catherine Bell, Bailee Madison, James Denton, and Rhys Matthew Bone. The cast also includes Anthony Lemke, Hannah Endicott-Douglas, Dan Jeannotte, Shane Harte, Noah Cappe, Catherine Disher, Peter MacNeil, Kylee Evans, Gabrielle Miller, Sarah Power, Dan Payne, and Paul Miller.Read More…...

When moved Good Witch from Saturday to Sunday nights, the TV series saw a nice bump in the ratings. Will the numbers continue to climb in season three or, will the fall? Will the Good Witch TV show be cancelled or renewed for a fourth season? Stay tuned.Taking place in the small community of Middleton, Good Witch revolves around a good-hearted enchantress (Catherine Bell) and her young-teenage daughter (Bailee Madison) who shares her powers. The series also features the talents of James Denton, Catherine Disher, Noah Cappe, and Peter MacNeill.Read More…...

First Round Down, the latest indie film from the Butler brothers, Brett and Jason Butler, has its world premiere at the Atlantic Film Festival, in Halifax, Sunday Sept 18. You are having your first look at the poster which was made exclusively for the festival. We have also included a short clip. Shot in Toronto and Hamilton, First Round Down centers around Tim Tucker (played by Orphan Black’s Dylan Bruce), a former junior hockey star turned hitman who returns home after a decade to take care of his brother and move on from his criminal past. Cast includes Rachel Wilson (Republic of Doyle), Rob Ramsay (Patchtown), John Kapelos (Republic of Doyle, The Breakfast Club), Peter MacNeill (A History of Violence), Pedro...

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Last season, Good Witch was Hallmark Channel's highest-rated scripted series. Will it continue to do well for the cable channel or will the ratings fall? Cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned.

Taking place in the small community of Middleton, Good Witch revolves around a good-hearted enchantress (Catherine Bell) and her young-teenage daughter (Bailee Madison) who shares her powers. The series also features the talents of James Denton, Catherine Disher, Anthony Lemke, Peter MacNeill, and Kylee Evans.

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Video Service Corp has acquired all Us and Canadian rights to Brett and Jason Butler’s sophomore feature First Round Down and plan a mid-2016 release.

The Butler brothers’ Substance Production and Marina Cordoni produce with support from Telefilm and Canadian federal and provincial tax credits.

Dylan Bruce of Orphan Black plays Tim Tucker, a former ice junior hockey star who ties to move on from his criminal past.

The Canadian cast includes Rachel Wilson, John Kapelos, Kristian Bruun, Rob Ramsay, Peter MacNeill and Percy Hynes White.

Vsc founder Jonathan Gross brokered the deal with McE’s Marina Cordoni.

Network: ABC

Episodes: 74 (hour)

Seasons: Six

TV show dates: June 24, 2010 -- September 3, 2015

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Missy Peregrym, Gregory Smith, Ben Bass, Enuka Okuma, Travis Milne, Eric Johnson, Charlotte Sullivan, Matt Gordon, Noam Jenkins, Melanie Nicholls-King, Aidan Devine, Lyriq Bent, and Peter MacNeill.

TV show description:      

This police drama follows five young officers who have just graduated from the Academy.

Andy McNally (Missy Peregrym) is empathetic, sometimes at a cost. She's also very bright but didn't get off to a great start in her new job, already clashing with training officer Sam Swarek (Ben Bass). He just wants her to trust her instincts. That's what he did when he was undercover as a drug dealer for eight months until his cover was blown and he was forced back on the beat.

Principal photography in Toronto and Hamilton is set to begin on October 20 on Brett and Jason Butler’s latest film.

First Round Down centres on Tim Tucker, a former junior hockey star turned hitman who returns home after a decade to take care of his brother and move on from his criminal past.

Dylan Bruce from Orphan Black stars alongside Rachel Wilson, Rob Ramsay, John Kapelos, Peter MacNeill, Pedro Miguel Arce and father-son duo Joel Percy Hynes and Percy Hynes White.

The production will work alongside the Hamilton Steelhawks Hockey Club, who officially return to the ice after a 27-year absence.

Scenes for the film will be shot during the Steelhawks’ home opener game at the Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena in Hamilton on November 7.

Jason (pictured at right) and Brett Butler (pictured at left, pictured in front of the Hamilton Arena) of Substance Production previously directed the 2013 drama Mourning Has Broken. The brothers...

Hallmark Channel has found success with their series of seven Good Witch movies. Will the TV show be a ratings success as well? Cancelled or renewed for a second season? Stay tuned.

Taking place in the small community of Middleton, Good Witch revolves around a good-hearted enchantress (Catherine Bell) and her young-teenage daughter (Bailee Madison) who shares her powers. The series also features the talents of James Denton, Catherine Disher, Anthony Lemke, Peter MacNeill, and Kylee Evans.

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Network: Hallmark Channel

Episodes: Ongoing (hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: February 28, 2015 -- Tbd

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Catherine Bell, Bailee Madison, James Denton, Catherine Disher, Anthony Lemke, Peter MacNeill, and Kylee Evans.

TV show description:

This fantasy dramedy TV show is based on the series of made-for-tv-movies of the same name.

Widowed Cassandra "Cassie" Nightingale (Catherine Bell) is a good-hearted enchantress who lives in the community of Middleton. She lives with her young-teenage daughter Grace (Bailee Madison), who shares the same special intuition as her mom.

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Network: DirecTV

Episodes: 48 (half-hour)

Seasons: Four

TV show dates: April 21, 2011 -- December 4, 2013

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Jason Priestley, Ernie Grunwald, Peter MacNeill, Kathleen Munroe, Tracy Dawson, Donavon Stinson, Brooke Nevin, Huse Madhavji, Shaun Shetty, Jonathan Torrens, and Amy Sloan.

TV show description:

Richard "Fitz" Fitzpatrick (Jason Priestley) is a morally bankrupt yet charismatic, used-car salesman. A handsome, substance-abusing scoundrel, Fitz torments his naive co-workers, stoops to shameful lows to get the best of the competition, and will sleep with any woman (as long as she has a pulse).

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There was never anything like it and there will never be.

Those are the words of actress Sharon Gless talking about the gone-but-not-forgotten series, Queer As Folk, the Us take on the British hit series which ran on Showtime from December 2000- August 2005.

And while the actors from the show have been busy in multiple projects – Peter Paige (Emmett) is Exec Producing the ABC Family series, The Fosters, Gale Harold (Brian) has been acting in series like Defiance and The Secret Circle and Randy Harrison (Justin) has concentrated mostly onstage though he appears with Michael Urie in Such Good People, which is currently on the film festival circuit – is there a chance we could see them, along with co-stars Hal Sparks, Scott Lowell, Thea Gill, Michelle Clunie and, of course, multi Emmy-winner Sharon Gless, reprise their roles?

According to Gless, who talked to TheBacklot last week, the answer is yes.

As we told you Tuesday, Syfy has announced that their upcoming gaming/TV series hybrid Defiance is set to air in 2013. Now they have released a bit more information about the show, which has begun production in Toronto, including the absolutely fantastic news that Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica) will be doing the music. He tweeted to me yesterday that “it’s going to be awesome!” If past performance is any indication, his additions will make the show and game absolutely epic.

April 25, 2012

Syfy’S Highly-anticipated Defiance Tm Commences Production In Toronto

Visionary Production Team Assembles for Groundbreaking Venture Set to Launch in Spring 2013

New York – April 25, 2012 – DefianceTM, the revolutionary transmedia event launching in Spring 2013, has commenced production on the series pilot in Toronto, On. An unprecedented partnership between Syfy and Trion Worlds, Defiance is the first-ever convergence of television and Massive Multiplayer Online gaming, featuring an interconnected...

Yesterday, the Canadian Academy released its list of nominees for the 26th Gemini Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Emmy Awards.

Best Animated Program or Series

* Glenn Martin Dds

* Hot Wheels - Battle Force Five

* Jimmy Two Shoes

* Kids vs. Kat

* March of the Dinosaurs

Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series

* Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock

* Degrassi: The Next Generation

* How to be Indie

* That's So Weird

* Vacation with Derek

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program Series

* Artzooka!

* In Real Life

* Spelling Night in Canada: Canspell 2011

* Survive This

* TVOKids - Mark's Moments

Best Comedy Program or Series

* This Hour Has 22 Minutes

* Call Me Fitz

* Good Dog

* Halifax Comedy Fest 2010

* Living in Your Car

* Rick Mercer Report

Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie

* Fakers

* The Kennedys

* My Babysitter's a Vampire.

* The Pillars of the Earth

* Sleepyhead

Best Dramatic Series

* The Borgias

* Endgame

* Flashpoint

* Skins

* The Tudors...

Latin America will get to see the Canadian TV series Call Me Fitz. In fact, the show will premiere on the network CanalSony on October 7 at 10:30 Pm. Speaking about the Canadian premiere, it will be on September 19 at 8 Pm on HBO Canada, a premium cable network.

Note that this premiere will take place at 10:30 Pm in Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Peru. As for Argentina and Chile, the premiere will happen the same day on the same network at 11:30 Pm.

In this show, we follow Richard “Fitz” Fitzpatrick (Jason Priestley), a used car dealers who has a knack for having a morally unacceptable behaviour at times. After Fitz botches a test drive and puts his latest customer in a coma, he finds himself face to face with a new salesman on the lot: Larry (Ernie Grunwald), a man with a heart of gold. Besides, Larry believes he's Fitz's...

A second trailer of the Canadian comedy series Call Me Fitz is now online thanks to HBO Canada, a Canadian premium cable network. Moreover, the show will premiere on September 19 at 8 Pm on HBO Canada.

In this Canadian show, we follow Richard “Fitz” Fitzpatrick (Jason Priestley), a used car dealers who has a knack for having a morally unacceptable behaviour at times. After Fitz botches a test drive and puts his latest customer in a coma, he finds himself face to face with a new salesman on the lot: Larry (Ernie Grunwald), a man with a heart of gold. Besides, Larry believes he's Fitz's conscience and that Fitz can change.

The show was shot in the city Halifax and the Annapolis Valley, which are both located in the province of Nova Scotia.

Finally, Call Me Fitz also stars Kathleen Munroe, Rachel Blanchard, Brooke Nevin, Joanna Cassidy, Peter MacNeill, Tracy Dawson,...

Just three weeks into its first season, Rookie Blue has been renewed for a second season by ABC and Canwest. Of several network TV shows that have debuted this summer, Rookie Blue has been the only one to perform well.

Debuting on ABC on June 24th, Rookie Blue revolves around five young and ambitious cops that are fresh out of the Police Academy. The cast includes Missy Peregrym, Gregory Smith, Ben Bass, Enuka Okuma, Travis Milne, Eric Johnson, Charlotte Sullivan, Matt Gordon, Noam Jenkins, Melanie Nicholls-King, Aidan Devine, Lyriq Bent, and Peter MacNeill.

Here's the official press release about the season two renewal...

ABC And Canwest Announce Early Renewal Of Summer's Hottest New Scripted Series, "Rookie Blue"

The E1 Produced Series Stands as the Most-Watched Television Show in Summer's Thursday's 9 p.m. hour for ABC and Breaks Records by Scoring...