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The History Channel’s hit original series Ice Road Truckers is back for an epic season twelve return on Wednesday, October 1 at 9:30 pm Et/Pt. After a long hiatus, the fearless truckers return like never before to the treacherous terrain of icy roads and frozen lakes in Northern Canada, delivering crucial supplies and necessities to isolated communities.

With a winter window shorter than ever and no time to waste, these drivers risk everything to haul in a lifeline of goods while chasing big paydays before the opportunity melts away under their chained tires.

“The timing couldn’t be better to bring back a beloved series that once resonated with...

“Ice Road Truckers” is sliding back onto the small screen for the first time since 2017, as the show will return for a new season on History Channel after eight years off the air.

Season 12 will premiere on the cable network on Oct. 1. Series vets Todd Dewey and Lisa Kelly will join a group of ice-trucking rookies as they navigate over North Canada’s frozen lakes and icy roads to deliver supplies and necessities to far-out communities cut off from civilization. “With a winter window shorter than ever and no time to waste, these drivers risk everything to haul in a lifeline of goods while chasing big paydays before the opportunity melts away under their chained tires,” reads the logline.

“Ice Road Truckers,” from “Deadliest Catch” executive producer Thom Beers, first launched on History in 2007 and ran for 11 seasons through 2017. The series was never officially canceled, but after Season 11, cast members...

Exclusive: The dangerous missions are back. History is bringing back its hit reality series Ice Road Truckers – the first time in over eight years.

Veterans including Todd Dewey and Lisa Kelly as well as a group of rookies will be navigating over frozen lakes and ice roads in Season 12 of the show for the cable network.

The show, which was created by Original Productions founder and Deadliest Catch exec producer Thom Beers, launched in 2007 and ran for 11 seasons through 2017.

Season 12 of the show will now air on October 1 as the truckers return to the treacherous terrain in Northern Canada, delivering crucial supplies and necessities to isolated communities.

Ice Road Truckers has seen drivers navigate across Yellowknife, the Tuktoyatuk Winter Road, the Deadhorse, Alaska, the Dalton Highway and Round Lake.

Kelly started on Ice Road Truckers in Season 3 and featured through Season 5 before returning in Season 7 through Season 11, where she was...

Canadian rockers, your favorite headbanger is coming back in the comedy Deaner ‘89! As you can tell from the title, this one is set in 1989, and it stars Paul Spence (Fubar and Fubar 2) as his legendary character Dean Murdoch – who, in ’89, was a teenager growing up in suburban Manitoba. A press release lets us know that Deaner is “Captain of the hockey team, with a pretty girlfriend and a great adoptive family – he’s got it all… until a gnarly trunk of his recently deceased birth father’s belongings arrives. Deaner’s life changes when he learns about his heritage and identity in one fell swoop.“ Deaner ’89 will be reaching theatres across Canada on September 6th – and today, we here at JoBlo are proud to premiere the new trailer for the film! You can check it out in the embed above.

Directed by Sam McGlynn from a screenplay by Spence,...

When the post-apocalyptic drama Finality of Dusk has its world premiere Friday at the Red Nation Film Festival in Los Angeles, it’s a good bet co-writer and Deaf filmmaker Katarina Ziervogel will be seated near to the back of the theater.

That’s because Ziervogel and sound design supervisor Daniel Pellerin shaped the sonic landscape for the indie Canadian film with increased bass and rumble to allow Finality of Dusk to not only bridge the hearing world and the Deaf world but also to allow deaf moviegoers to feel the film vibrating through their body in their seats.

“In the sound design, the bass has been increased to amplify vibrations which can be felt more intensely if you aim to sit in the middle to the back rows inside a movie theater,” Ziervogel, who co-wrote the film with director Madison Thomas, tells The Hollywood Reporter.

She and Pellerin were...

The History Channel‘s groundbreaking Canadian original documentary event, “True Story”, is returning for “Part Two” later this month.

The doc offers “a further look at the real and often misrepresented history of Indigenous peoples on the land that is now called Canada,” a press release confirms.

The two-hour feature — that also explores how to move forward from Canada’s colonial past and work towards reconciliation by first learning, then facing, the past — debuts on September 30 in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Lisa Godfrey, Senior Vice President of Original Content and Corus Studios, says, “The History® Channel is proud to provide a platform to amplify and extend the important Indigenous stories that ‘True Story’ has excelled at telling.

“In conjunction with our esteemed production partners at Eagle Vision, we’re pleased to present ‘True Story Part Two’, which will further educate and inform viewers about important issues surrounding truth and reconciliation.

Will Sasso, Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall) and Paul Spence are set to star in Deaner ’89, an action comedy from director Sam McGlynn that has started production in Winnipeg.

Sasso recently starred in the comedy Loudermilk from creators Peter Farrelly and Bobby Mort. He has also starred in MADtv, TV’s $#*! My Dad Says and Less Than Perfect. Star Slade, Maddy Foley and Mary Walsh are part of the ensemble cast for the feature that has Spence, who also wrote the film, reprising his original character, Dean “Deaner” Murdoch from two Fubar movies and a TV series.

Michael Dowse’s 2002 headbanger movie Fubar, about two beer-loving heavy metal musicians, Dean and Terry, played by Spence and Dave Lawrence, debuted at Sundance and was followed by the Fubar TV series and the 2010 movie sequel, Fubar 2.

Indigenous film and TV producer Eagle Vision, a co-producer on Capote, and PSA Productions...

A new documentary film about Buffy Sainte-Marie, the first and only Indigenous person to win an Academy Award, has begun production and will be helmed by director Madison Thomas.

Titled “Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On,” the feature will be an in-depth look at the life of the activist and musician, described as a “cinematic, poetic and musically-infused journey, blending an extraordinary collection of archival material, some never seen before, with present-day footage of Buffy performing and interviews with her bandmates, colleagues and Buffy herself.”

“To turn one’s life story over to a documentary production is a leap of faith, but with White Pine Pictures and Eagle Vision, the process is feeling natural to me,” Sainte-Marie says in an exclusive statement to Variety. “I look forward to experiencing the story of my life as told through their lens and sharing that story with the world.”

The now 80-year-old artist...

Three projects directed by women, three directed or co-directed by those who identify as gender-diverse.

Telefilm Canada on Thursday (August 13) announced 10 Indigenous feature projects that will receive support with an annual $4m through the Indigenous Stream.

Three of the projects are directed by women and three directed or co-directed by those who identify as gender-diverse. The projects range in subject matter from drama to thriller, sci-fi and documentary.

In its fourth year, Telefilm received more than double the amount of applications through the Indigenous Stream compared to its inaugural year. All submissions are evaluated by an external all-Indigenous jury.

“We...

Two-part programme will nurture film and TV projects from leading international producers.

The Climb producer Noah Lang, Finnish Making Movies Oy chief Kaarle Aho and Canadian actress and producer Rebecca Gibson are among the 26 producers who will participate in the 11th edition of Trans-Atlantic Partners (Tap).

A joint initiative between Germany’s Erich Pommer Institute (Epi) and the Canadian Media Producers Association (Cmpa), with the support of Telefilm Canada and the Canada Media Fund, the two-part Tap programme is the only one of its kind devoted to supporting transatlantic film and high-end TV productions.

The first module runs in Berlin...

"Guess you're gunna have to stop the wedding." eOne in Canada has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie romance titled Lovesick, about a 30-something guy dealing with problems with his love life. Jacob Tierney stars as Dash, the guy at the center, who still has a thing for his ex-girlfriend, played by Quebecois actress Jessica Paré. Along the way he meets a new girl, of course, named Nora played by Ali Tataryn. The cast also includes Jay Baruchel, Rebecca Gibson and Adam Brooks. This looks charming and has some nice moments, but the story seems so typical - from one beautiful girl to the next, what is a guy to do? Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Tyson Caron's Lovesick, direct from YouTube: Dash (Tierney) has nothing figured out. He's 33, broke, depressed and still in love with his ex, Lauren (Paré), who suddenly gets engaged. It...