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Aleks Paunovic, known for his roles in Marvel’s “Hawkeye” and “Snowpiercer,” is now set to star in Canadian actor-turned-director Luvia Petersen’s psychological thriller “Human Nature.”

The feature project, currently showcased at Frontieres’ Genre Film Lab, is in advanced development, with Amanda Konkin of Download Joy Productions also attached.

“I was fortunate enough to see Luvia’s work as an actor, but seeing her drive and commitment to the craft and storytelling, I was just honored that she asked me to be a part of the project,” Paunovic told Variety. The two acted together in the fantasy series “Van Helsing.”

Currently promoting “GenZeroes,” the first live-action Nft series, Paunovic will play Rigger, the owner of the cabin where two very different couples are spending their ill-fated weekend.

“Heck, if she asked me to get coffee, I would have done it. She’s just a next level storyteller and I...

Frontières International Co-Production Market – back to an in-person event after four online editions – has unveiled this year’s projects, including 18 titles in its official selection, all in advanced development stages or now financing.

Ranging from the highly personal to absolutely outlandish, they make for a varied lineup. It is packed by female-centered stories, from “Camp,” about a woman so dependent on her new friends that she fails to notice their sinister agenda, to “Beasts of Prey,” “Bugul Noz,” “Jane” or Canadian offering “Bloody Bunny” by Kat and Karissa Strain.

“There simply aren’t enough women in the film industry, especially the indie film scene in Canada, for us to draw on as mentors and collaborators. We hope ‘Bloody Bunny’ can play a part in the change we would like to see,” they said, calling it a film “for women by women.”

Mètis filmmaker Laura Tremblay will produce, while the directors...

Paris-based company About Premium Content (Apc) is on board to co-finance and handle international sales on “The Murders,” a gritty Canadian police thriller series starring Jessica Lucas. The series was created by Damon Vignale (“The Exhibition”) who is showrunning and executive producing.

The eight-part series is being produced by Arielle Boisvert at Muse Entertainment, in association with Rogers Media’s network Citytv. The series started to shoot Tuesday.

Lucas (pictured) stars as Kate Jameson, a rookie homicide detective who searches for redemption in her investigative work after indirectly causing the death of a fellow officer. Jameson is partnered with detective Mike Huntley (Lochlyn Munroe) with whom she navigates the case of a mysterious serial killer who uses music for destructive ends.

Lucas and Munroe star in the series opposite Dylan Bruce (“Orphan Black”), Terry Chen (“Jessica Jones”), Luvia Petersen (“Ghost Wars”) and Venus Terzo (“Arrow”).

“The Murders” marks the first...

Stars: Jesse Metcalfe, Keegan Connor Tracy, Jessica Harmon, Dennis Haysbert, Marie Avgeropoulos, Teach Grant, Dakota Guppy, Stephen Lobo, Curtis Lum, Lee Majdoub, Luvia Petersen, Sandy Robson, Heather Roop, Patrick Sabongui | Written by Michael Ferris, Tim Carter | Directed by Pat Williams

There are a plethora of really shitty movies based on video games being released each year. None of them holding a candle to the source material it is based on. However each and every time I get suckered in because I want to be impressed by these attempts, as a movie fan and a gamer I need to be impressed. And let’s be honest, the premise of the Dead Rising games is just about absurd enough to work as a movie and with this being the second outing well have they learnt.

Based on the worldwide smash-hit video game series, Dead Rising: Endgame is the sequel to last years...

Here's your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress -- at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. Moonshot: A Retro-Futuristic Comedy Logline: A world-weary homeless woman is given an opportunity to leave her violent life behind when a cocksure mechanic devises a risky plan to send her to a colony on the Moon. Elevator Pitch: "Moonshot" is a new film starring Luvia Petersen from SyFy's "Continuum" as Nova, a homeless 80's relic whose violent life on the streets has hardened her into a lethal physical asset. But survival is a full-time job and she's had enough of it. When she meets Alan, an engineer working for a lunar launch company, the two hatch a risky plan to get...

Last season saw the ratings for the Continuum TV show drop nearly 30% when compared to the second season's Syfy numbers. It's been decided that the shortened fourth season will be the series' last. Will it go out with high or low ratings? Will execs wish there was fifth season or regret that it didn't end sooner? Stay tuned.

Continuum revolves around a female police officer (Rachel Nichols) from the future who gets caught up in a conflict that spans between 2012 and 2077. The cast also includes Victor Webster, Erik Knudsen, Roger Cross, Stephen Lobo, Lexa Doig, Omari Newton, Luvia Petersen, Brian Markinson, Jennifer Spence, and Richard Harmon.

The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes...

After months of waiting, fans of the Continuum TV series finally have an answer to the question, "Will the show be cancelled or renewed for a fourth season?" The Syfy series has been renewed for a fourth season but this will be the final season as well. Six new episodes will wrap the series.

Continuum revolves around a female police officer (Rachel Nichols) from the future who gets caught up in a conflict that spans between 2012 and 2077. The cast also includes Victor Webster, Erik Knudsen, Stephen Lobo, Roger Cross, Lexa Doig, Tony Amendola, Omari Newton, Luvia Petersen, Jennifer Spence, and Brian Markinson.

Here's the renewal announcement from Canada's Showtime channel (where the show originates):

Continuum Continues: Showcase’S Smash-hit Original Series Renewed For A Fourth And Final Season

Six Suspense-Filled Episodes Wrap Up the Award-Winning Series in...

Last season, Continuum's ratings were slightly higher than they had been in season one. Will they continue to grow or will they fall in season three? Will this Syfy series be renewed for a fourth season or will it be cancelled instead? Stay tuned!

Continuum revolves around a female police officer (Rachel Nichols) from the future who gets caught up in a conflict that spans between 2012 and 2077. The cast also includes Victor Webster, Erik Knudsen, Stephen Lobo, Roger Cross, Lexa Doig, Tony Amendola, Omari Newton, Luvia Petersen, Jennifer Spence, and Brian Markinson.

The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.

9/6 update: No season four renewal yet but it hasn't been...

Fans of Syfy's Continuum have been waiting to find out the fate of the series. The show hasn't been renewed yet -- but it hasn't been cancelled either.

Continuum revolves around a female police officer (Rachel Nichols) from the year 2077 who ends up being transported back to 2012 with a group of rebels. The cast also includes Victor Webster, Erik Knudsen, Stephen Lobo, Roger Cross, Lexa Doig, Tony Amendola, Omari Newton, Luvia Petersen, Jennifer Spence, and Brian Markinson.

The show's official Twitter feed recently announced that series creator Simon Davis Barry would be doing a Reddit Ama (Ask Me Anything) in the near future -- "as a thank you" to the fans.

A follower asked if this "thank you" was meant as a goodbye to the series. The response was "Hell no! ;)".

In the past...

Falling in love with TV shows is a wonderful feeling. There’s the rush of tingling excitement over each new episode. Earlier this year, Syfy debuted the first season of the Canadian sci-fi series Continuum and I fell head over heels. I loved the idea of a time-traveling series with the heroine stuck in our present day trying to get back to her future and having to keep her identity a secret. There was a sense that everything could be snatched away from her for a second time as she struggled to maintain some kind of life as a police officer and making tentative friends and allies. So as we followed Detective Kiera Cameron (Rachel Nichols), we grew more immersed in her intriguing world straddling the police department dilemmas with her partner Det. Carlos Fonnegra (Victor Webster) and her attempts to find a way home with the aid of a young teen super-genius,...

Thanks to VancouverFilm.Net, Sneak Peek footage and images from Season 2 of the Vancouver-lensed, Us/Canadian sci fi TV series "Continuum", debuting April 21, 2013, starring Rachel Nichols.

"Continuum" was created by Simon Barry.

"...in the year 2077,  'Kiera Cameron' (Nichols), a 'Protector' with the 'Vancouver City Protective Services' force, transports back in time to the year 2012 when a group of terrorists from her time escape execution by escaping to the present day.

"In order to track the fugitives down and stop them from endangering the past, Kiera joins the local police force, relying on the skills of tech genius 'Alec Sadler' (Erik Knudsen)..."

Also starring are Victor Webster, Stephen Lobo, Brian Markinson, Richard Harmon, Jennifer Spence and recurring cast members Roger Cross, Lexa Doig, Omari Newton and Lucas Luvia Petersen.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Continuum"...

Thanks to VancouverFilm.Net, Sneak Peek new key art, images and teaser supporting Season 2 of the Vancouver-lensed, Us/Canadian sci fi TV series "Continuum", debuting April 21, 2013, starring Rachel Nichols.

"Continuum" was created by Simon Barry.

"...in the year 2077,  'Kiera Cameron' (Nichols), a 'Protector' with the 'Vancouver City Protective Services' force, transports back in time to the year 2012 when a group of terrorists from her time escape execution by escaping to the present day.

"In order to track the fugitives down and stop them from endangering the past, Kiera joins the local police force, relying on the skills of tech genius 'Alec Sadler' (Erik Knudsen)..."

Also starring are Victor Webster, Stephen Lobo, Brian Markinson, Richard Harmon, Jennifer Spence and recurring cast members Roger Cross, Lexa Doig, Omari Newton and Lucas Luvia Petersen.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Continuum"...

The much-deserved success of Being Human and Lost Girl have amplified the supernatural factor on the Syfy network, which used to be the home for science fiction buffs. Lately, it has struggled to keep the core audience interested in Alphas and Eureka but consider Continuum, Syfy’s mea culpa.

Continuum is a science fiction series about a revolution, spearheaded by a group of rebels calling themselves Liber8, charged for terrorism in Vancouver in the year 2077, but escape their sentence by time traveling to 2012 where they can rewrite history and right the wrongs of the future. Also sent back to 2012 is Kiera Cameron (Rachel Nichols), a protector (futuristic law enforcer) who gets caught in the teleportation. Stuck in the present day, Kiera must preserve her life in the future, by stopping the rebels and finding a way to back to her life in the future. She is assisted by Matthew (Stephen Lobo...

Continuum is another Canadian sci-fi success story.

Showcase has announced that the second season of its internationally popular sci-fi series Continuum will premiere on Sunday April 21. Fans can watch an announcement about the second season by star Rachel Nichols on showcase.ca.

Continuum stars Nichols as Kiera Cameron, a cop from the future who inadvertently gets sent back in time in pursuit of a group of convicted terrorists. The group, called Liber8, escapes its future fate with the aid of a time travel device. In present day Vancouver Kiera joins forces with detective Carlos Fonnegra (Victor Webster; Castle) to track down the terrorists before they change the course of history. In the process she is helped by teen tech genius Alec Sadler (Erik Knudsen; Scream 4), who comes to realize that his future self has an instrumental role in the time travel incident that will bring the terrorists and Kiera back through time.

Network: Syfy

Episodes: Ongoing (hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: January 14, 2013 -- present

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Rachel Nichols, Victor Webster, Erik Knudsen, Stephen Lobo, Roger Cross, Lexa Doig, Tony Amendola, Omari Newton, Luvia Petersen, Jennifer Spence, and Brian Markinson.

TV show description:

In this police drama, Kiera Cameron (Rachel Nichols) is a Protector; a regular cop from Vancouver in the year 2077. Through a series of events, she finds herself trapped in present day -- alone and a stranger in a strange land. To make matters worse, there are eight of the most ruthless criminals from the future, known as Liber8, loose in the city.

Thankfully, through the use of her Cmr (cellular memory recall -- a futuristic liquid chip technology implanted in her brain), Kiera can connect with...

Thanks to VancouverFilm.Net, Sneak Peek key art and images supporting the Vancouver-lensed, Us/Canadian sci fi TV series "Continuum", starring Rachel Nichols.

Created by Simon Barry, the first season episode debuted on Canada's Showcase, May 27, 2012:

"...in the year 2077,  'Kiera Cameron' (Nichols), a 'Protector' with the 'Vancouver City Protective Services' force, transports back in time to the year 2012 when a group of terrorists from her time escape execution by escaping to the present day.

"In order to track the fugitives down and stop them from endangering the past, Kiera joins the local police force, relying on the skills of  tech genius 'Alec Sadler' (Erik Knudsen)..."

Also starring are Victor Webster, Stephen Lobo, Brian Markinson, Richard Harmon, Jennifer Spence and recurring cast members Roger Cross, Lexa Doig, Omari Newton and Lucas Luvia Petersen.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Continuum"...

Thanks to VancouverFilm.Net, Sneak Peek new key art and images supporting the Vancouver-lensed, Us/Canadian sci fi TV series "Continuum", starring Rachel Nichols.

Created by Simon Barry, the first season episode debuted on Canada's Showcase, May 27, 2012:

"...in the year 2077,  'Kiera Cameron' (Nichols), a 'Protector' with the 'Vancouver City Protective Services' force, transports back in time to the year 2012 when a group of terrorists from her time escape execution by escaping to the present day.

"In order to track the fugitives down and stop them from endangering the past, Kiera joins the local police force, relying on the skills of  tech genius 'Alec Sadler' (Erik Knudsen)..."

Also starring are Victor Webster, Stephen Lobo, Brian Markinson, Richard Harmon, Jennifer Spence and recurring cast members Roger Cross, Lexa Doig, Omari Newton and Lucas Luvia Petersen.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Continuum"...

Eventful week. To play catch-up:

The big news that every site reported in a slightly different way is that Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome will be a digital series and a TV film, but not a TV show, at least not one produced by Syfy/Universal Cable Prods. You have probably read the Deadline article by now.

With the possibility that Universal may still shop B&C around, it doesn't sound like they have any immediate plans to make more of it beyond the existing pilot/web series/Mow.

No word yet on a release date, but Battlestar Wiki reports that we'll be seeing Blood & Chrome as a web series first and then as a TV movie.

Doug Drexler posted this the other day (full post at the link):

If sets had been built for this show, it would have cost 6 million easily, instead of only the 2 million it did cost,...