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Though often seen merely as the streaming platform where all the classic NBC shows can be found, like Friends and The Office, the best movies on Peacock this month showcase the vast library of cinematic offerings. Peacock also hosts a lot of Universal’s biggest titles, meaning that fans can find some of the biggest blockbusters of the year, like Twisters on the platform, as well as some true classics from the legendary studio.

Peacock is also kicking off the new year with a lot of exciting titles, including some that will likely become big players during the 2025 awards season, such as the gripping thriller Conclave. Fans will be able to find films from directors like Christopher Nolan and Steven Spielberg as well as movies in huge franchises, like Harry Potter and Fast and Furious. Even with the exciting television catalog, the best movies on Peacock in January 2025 are certainly worth a look.

The reboot of Norman Lear’s “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” will be on TBS, which is developing a new version of the classic sitcom starring “Schitt’s Creek” alum Emily Hampshire.

Hampshire will co-write and executive produce along with “Letterkenny” creator Jacob Tierney, who would serve as showrunner. Lear would be a producer as well, via his and Brent Miller’s Act III Productions.

“The kick of kicks as I turn 99 today is learning that TBS is developing ‘Mhmh’ and will allow us to make a new version of it starring Emily Hampshire,” Lear said. “As someone who believes his 99 years on this planet is owed to the amount of laughter he enjoyed through the years, here’s to the next 99. Bless you all!”

The reboot is from Sony Pictures TV.

Hampshire takes over the role originally played by Louise Lasser, who earned an Emmy nomination for her performance. The original series,...

In comedy, timing is everything. Television’s comedy great Norman Lear once again proved that his timing is impeccable, with a development deal for a Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman remake at TBS headlined by Schitt’s Creek‘s Emily Hampshire closing as he is celebrating his 99th birthday today.

“The kick of kicks as I turn 99 today is learning that TBS is developing Mhmh and will allow us to make a new version of it starring Emily Hampshire,” Lear said. “As someone who believes his 99 years on this planet is owed to the amount of laughter he enjoyed through the years, here’s to the next 99. Bless you all!”

The new take on Lear’s acclaimed 1970s series hails from Schitt’s Creek co-star Hampshire, who will co-write, executive produce and star as the title character Mary Hartman; Letterkenny creator Jacob Tierney, who will co-write with Hampshire and executive produce; as well as Lear and Brent Miller,...

It’s a very happy birthday for TV legend Norman Lear, who gets to celebrate with a bonus present: The new take on Lear’s syndicated 1970s series “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” has landed in script development at TBS.

As reported in February, “Schitt’s Creek” star Emily Hampshire is developing a fresh version of “Mary Hartman,” along with Jacob Tierney (“Letterkenny”). After being shopped by Sony Pictures TV to buyers this spring, the project has landed at TBS. The news comes as Lear, who was born in 1922, celebrates his 99th birthday.

“The kick of kicks as I turn 99 today is learning that TBS is developing ‘Mhmh’ and will allow us to make a new version of it starring Emily Hampshire,” Lear said in a statement. “As someone who believes his 99 years on this planet is owed to the amount of laughter he enjoyed through the years, here’s to the next 99. Bless you all!

Another classic Norman Lear TV series is getting a remake. Sony TV is in development on a new version of Lear’s “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” that would star “Schitt’s Creek” alum Emily Hampshire.

In addition to starring, Hampshire would co-write and executive produce the remake, along with “Letterkenny” creator Jacob Tierney, who would serve as showrunner. Lear would be a producer as well, via his and Brent Miller’s Act III Productions.

Sony is preparing to shop the project to buyers in the coming weeks.

Hampshire takes over the role originally played by Louise Lasser, who earned an Emmy nomination for her performance. The original series, which aired from 1976-77, was a groundbreaking send-up of soap operas and a subversive look into America’s media and consumer culture.

According to Sony, the updated version stars Hampshire as a small-town woman who feels like a nobody in every aspect of...

“Schitt’s Creek” star Emily Hampshire has signed on to star as the title character in a new, updated version of Norman Lear’s 1970s syndicated hit “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.”

Hampshire will also be an executive producer on the project, and co-write the script with Jacob Tierney (“Letterkenny”), who will serve as showrunner. Sony Pictures TV is planning to shop the show to buyers in the coming weeks.

It’s the latest series remake to come out of the Lear cannon, following the recent critically acclaimed reimagining of “One Day at a Time,” and an animated take on “Good Times” that is currently in the works. Lear and Brent Miller’s Act III Prods. is developing the new “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” with Sony, with Lear and Miller as executive producers alongside Hampshire and Tierney.

“Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” reunites Hampshire with Tierney, as Hampshire previously starred in Tierney’s film “The Trotsky.

Another Norman Lear classic is eying a return to TV. Sony Pictures Television is developing a remake of Lear’s acclaimed 1970s series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

It hails from Schitt’s Creek co-star Emily Hampshire, who will co-write, executive produce and star as the title character Mary Hartman; Letterkenny creator Jacob Tierney, who will co-write with Hampshire; and Lear and Brent Miller’s Act III Productions. Tierney will serve as showrunner of the series, which will be shopped to buyers in the coming weeks, I hear.

The updated Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman is about a small-town woman (Hampshire) who feels like a nobody in every aspect of her life until she suddenly becomes a “Verified” social media somebody. The remake will bring the original show’s satirical look at consumer culture into today’s social [me]dia world, where “America’s Typical Consumer Housewife” has now become the product consumed...

Alexis Rose may not have ended up with either Ted Mullens or Mutt Schitt on Schitt's Creek, but the actress who plays her did get her happily ever after Irl. Annie Murphy has been married to musician Menno Versteeg, lead singer of the bands Hollerado and Anyway Gang, since August 2011, and their relationship is more than a little bit adorable. Though the two tend to keep their romance and their private lives on the Dl (save for some goofy couple's selfies on Ig), here's everything we know about the Canadian singer who stole Annie's heart over a decade ago.

Related: Dan Levy and Annie Murphy's Friendship Gives David and Alexis Rose a Run For Their Money Menno was raised in Manotick, Ontario, on the same street as his three future Hollerado band members. The foursome grew up playing together and eventually recorded their first demo in 2007. The indie rock group...

Emerging Producer Award renamed Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award.

The Canadian Media Producers Association (Cmpa) on Tuesday (August 21) announced the nominees for the 2018 Indiescreen Awards, which will kick off the Tiff Industry Conference on September 6.

The Cmpa, which represents the country’s independent producers, also announced that its Emerging Producer Award will be renamed the Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award in honour of the producer of Bon Cop Bad Cop and The Trotsky who died last spring.

“This year’s Indiescreen Awards nominees have each made important contributions to the rich fabric of our national cinematic tapestry,” said Cmpa president and CEO Reynolds Mastin.

Canadian film and television producer Kevin Tierney died on Saturday in Montreal after a battle with cancer. He was 67.

Actor Jacob Tierney, Kevin’s son, announced the news on Instagram saying, “My dad, the amazing Kevin Tierney, left us this morning at 4:15. My sister, mom and I were all there.”

Tierney was best known for the 2006 buddy movie Bon Cop, Bad Cop starring Patrick Huard and Colm Feore. The bilingual film went on to win numerous awards and became the highest grossing Canadian movie of all time domestically.

In addition to Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Tierney also wrote and directed the bilingual comedy French Immersion in 2011. He collaborated with his son Jacob on Twist starring Nick Stahl and The Trotsky starring Jay Baruchel. His other film credits include Serveuses demandées and Love and Savagery.

On the TV side, he produced Lionel Chetwynd’s Varian’s War starring William Hurt...

The Whistler Film Festival and the Vancouver-based Praxis Centre for Screenwriters have announced the six Canadian screenwriters selected to participate in the Wff Praxis Screenwriters Lab, a joint feature script development program to be held from December 1 to 5 during the Whistler Film Festival + Summit. In addition, the parties have confirmed that the management of the program will move to Whistler.

Focused on advancing feature-length projects at the script stage into production by facilitating feedback and mentorship from industry experts across the business spectrum, the Wff Praxis Screenwriters Lab is designed to analyze the writer's intentions, rethink script-to-screen strategies, and chart a course for eventual production. Participants will engage in business tailored group discussions, one-on-one industry meetings, a boot camp pitch session, and a master class, as well as receive the opportunity to attend festival screenings and industry events. Advisors will include highly accomplished producers and other industry executives with extensive market knowledge.

The six screenwriters and projects selected for Wff Praxis Screenwriter Lab 2015 include:

Andrew McEvoy (BC) with suspenseful family drama "The Sounding Line"

Jesse Heffring (QC) with thought-provoking sci-fi thriller "Everything is Supernova"

Joadie Jurgova (Ns) with psychological drama "Trespassers Will Be Executed"

Katherine Wagner (BC) with character-driven sports thriller "Omertà"

Sara Beth Edwards (BC) with action/thriller "The Waitress"

Steven Owad (Ab) with small town drama of race and violence "Love in the Age of Terror"

After 28 years as an exclusive program of the School of Contemporary Arts at Sfu, the Praxis Centre for Screenwriters is moving into an expanded partnership with the Whistler Film Festival. Praxis founder and longtime Director, Sfu Professor Patricia Gruben, will continue as Director of the Wff Praxis Screenwriters Lab, but management of the workshop will move to Whistler. The parties are taking a break from the annual competition in order to shift the program to a June to December schedule in 2016. This year, instead of a new intake of scripts, six projects from previous workshops will be invited to return for a four-day business immersion experience during the Whistler Film Festival + Summit.

Since 1986, Praxis’ Fall and Spring workshop series for feature film scripts have brought together independent screenwriters from across the country to work with intensively with key film industry personnel in private and group sessions to develop both creative skills and marketing opportunities for their projects. More than 200 feature film and Mow screenplays by Canadian writers have been selected for an intensive workshop process with an exclusive list of international industry professionals, making Praxis a leader in the development of Canadian screenwriters. Praxis Fellows have come from all ten provinces and the Yukon, and advisors have covered a range from Hollywood producers, writers, and directors such as Christine Vachon and Michael Miner to independent Canadian screenwriters such as Atom Egoyan and Don McKellar. Over thirty-five Praxis scripts have been produced to date, including Mina Shum's "Double Happiness," Thom Fitzgerald's "The Hanging Garden," and Jacob Tierney's "The Trotsky," which opened the Whistler Film Festival in 2009.

“The Wff Praxis Screenwriters Lab aligns Praxis’ leadership in the development of Canadian screenwriters and flagship feature screenplay competition with our robust slate of project development programs, Festival and industry Summit,” says Shauna Hardy Mishaw, Executive Director of the Whistler Film Festival Society. “Our ultimate goal is to have completed projects get developed and premiere in Whistler.”

"With this new program, which is focused on business development for screenplays that we've already worked with creatively, we'll connect with the great opportunities the Festival provides – connecting with directors, producers, marketing executives as well as Variety 10 Screenwriters to Watch," says Praxis Director Patricia Gruben. "Plus, we'll be able to see the latest Praxis-workshopped film, "Numb," which is having its North American premiere at Wff."

From December 2 to 6, 2015, the Whistler Film Festival + Summit (Wff) will celebrate its 15th anniversary with fresh films, special guests, unique industry initiatives, epic events, and time to play in North America’s premiere mountain resort destination.

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. Clusterf*ck Logline: A romantic comedy about not knowing. Elevator Pitch: "Clusterf*ck" is a sexy, funny, heartfelt and entertaining story about a group of friends in their mid-twenties who drink too much, make mistakes, hurt themselves and each other. They live to learn from their errors. It's an adult coming-of-age story that stands in stark contrast with the idea that it's normal to remain a kid well into your "grown up" years. Production Team: Mazi Khalighi (Director/Producer/Writer) Glenda MacInnis (Actor/Producer/Writer): "Lost Girl," "Bitten" Tommie-Amber Pirie (Actor/Writer): "Bitten," "The F Word," "The Trotsky" Kjartan Hewitt (Actor/Writer):.

There’s a sight gag at a pivotal moment in Preggoland involving a baby shower, a dog, operatic music and Jello that immediately registers as one of the more inspired comedic set-ups in recent memory. It is also one of the very few gags that transcends the film’s sitcom trappings while also finessing the outrageous and the darkly funny, two tones that Jacob Tierney’s film aims for yet routinely misses. A few months from now, when looking back at Preggoland – not to be confused with Prego, another film coming out in limited release this week – it will be the first (and likely only) scene that comes to mind.

The Canadian comedy, shot against the cloudy backdrop of suburban Vancouver, tells the story of Ruth Huxley, played by Sonja Bennett (also the film’s screenwriter). Ruth has a low-paying job as a grocery store clerk but no boyfriend, something...

Whether you're getting married or in a couple with a pregnant spouse, everyone wants to know "the story." For the latter, it's "was it planned?" "do you want a boy or girl?" and "when's the baby due?" If you're single, maybe it would be "who's the father?" These are the kinds of questions Ruth faces in "Preggoland," except for one little problem: she's not pregnant. Starring Sonja Bennett, James Caan and Danny Trejo, the latest from director Jacob Tierney ("The Trotsky," "Good Neighbors") follows Ruth, who is exiled from her group of friends following a drunken display at a baby shower. But when word starts going around that she's pregnant, she finds herself welcomed back into the fold and she soon finds she can't give up the lie. In this exclusive clip, you can see how the news begins to spiral out of her control. "Preggoland" arrives in limited release...

One little lie spirals out of control for 35-year-old Ruth in the Canadian comedy Preggoland.

All of Ruth’s friends have kids. As the odd one out, single and frustrated party girl Ruth (Sonja Bennett) makes the mistake of her lifetime: telling her elderly dad (James Caan) that she’s pregnant. There’s just one catch, of course, she’s not having a baby, and her small outburst has spread like wildfire within her small town and circle of friends. Now, not willing to admit that she’s not knocked up, Ruth must continue her charade with hilarious results. Even Machete himself, Danny Trejo gets wrapped up in her story.

With a script by Vancouver-born Bennett, Preggoland is directed by Jacob Tierney, the actor-director behind The Trotsky. The comedy debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival this past September and is finally making its way to select Cineplex screens on...

One little lie spirals out of control for 35-year-old Ruth in the Canadian comedy Preggoland.

All of Ruth’s friends have kids. As the odd one out, single and frustrated party girl Ruth (Sonja Bennett) makes the mistake of her lifetime: telling her elderly dad (James Caan) that she’s pregnant. There’s just one catch, of course, she’s not having a baby, and her small outburst has spread like wildfire within her small town and circle of friends. Now, not willing to admit that she’s not knocked up, Ruth must continue her charade with hilarious results. Even Machete himself, Danny Trejo gets wrapped up in her story.

With a script by Vancouver-born Bennett, Preggoland is directed by Jacob Tierney, the actor-director behind The Trotsky. The comedy debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival this past September and is finally making its way to select Cineplex screens on...

Take another look @ "Mad Men" actress Jessica Paré in "Elle" (Canada) magazine, as well as an Nsfw clip from her appearance in the original "Hot Tub Time Machine".

Paré landed her first film role in the TV movie "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story".

This was followed by small parts in the TV series "Big Wolf on Campus" and the French film "En Vacances" (1999).

After auditioning for a bit part in the indie feature "Stardom" (2000), Paré was cast by director Denys Arcand  to star in the film, followed by starring roles in "Lost and Delirious" (2001) and the TV mini-series "Random Passage" (2002) and "Napoléon".

Her notable feature film work includes "Wicker Park" (2004), "Lives of the Saints" (2004), "Protect and Serve" (2007), "Jusqu'à toi" (2007), "The Trotsky" (2008), "Suck" (2008), "Red Coat Justice" (2009) and the Hollywood feature, "Hot Tub Time Machine" (2010).

Paré's breakout role was in "Mad Men", playing 'Megan Calvet', a secretary at the ad agency 'Sterling Cooper'.

The first English language film by director Xavier Dolan has just gained two Academy Award winning actresses, in the form of Susan Sarandon and Kathy Bates – immediately spiking interest in the festival favourite’s latest endeavour. Also starring Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain and Game Of Thrones star Kit Harrington, The Death And Life Of John F. Donovan is next on Dolan’s slate, following the upcoming U.S release of his Cannes Jury Prize winning Mommy, on January 23rd 2015.

The film centres on John F. Donovan (Harington) whom, we discover, is an actor famed for his onscreen portrayal of a superhero. When a manipulative gossip columnist (Chastain) exposes his correspondence with a young fan and misrepresents it as indecent, the actor’s career and life are sent into a tail-spin. Susan Sarandon will play Donovan’s mother, while Kathy Bates will play his high-powered manager.

Dolan recently discussed the project with The Hollywood Reporter,...

Take another look @ "Mad Men" actress Jessica Paré in a recent issue of "Elle" (Canada) magazine, as well as an Nsfw clip from her appearance in "Hot Tub Time Machine".

Paré landed her first film role in the TV movie "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story".

This was followed by small parts in the TV series "Big Wolf on Campus" and the French film "En Vacances" (1999).

After auditioning for a bit part in the indie feature "Stardom" (2000), Paré was cast by director Denys Arcand  to star in the film, followed by starring roles in "Lost and Delirious" (2001) and the TV mini-series "Random Passage" (2002) and "Napoléon".

Her notable feature film work includes "Wicker Park" (2004), "Lives of the Saints" (2004), "Protect and Serve" (2007), "Jusqu'à toi" (2007), "The Trotsky" (2008), "Suck" (2008), "Red Coat Justice" (2009) and the Hollywood feature, "Hot Tub Time Machine" (2010).

Paré's breakout role was in "Mad Men", playing 'Megan Calvet', a secretary at the ad agency 'Sterling Cooper'.

For the first time ever, Toronto International Film Festival along with Telefilm Canada had a pre-Toronto reception for the trade. Held at Soho House on a flawless L.A. day, with views of West Hollywood and Beverly Hills all the way to the Pacific Ocean, the trade had the happy hours to greet and catch up with each other and to preview trailers of the films Canada will be showing at the festival. And best of all, Tiff gave everyone a 2 lb. 4 oz. catalog (even more than one to gift to other colleagues) to take home instead of having to pack them into our suitcases to take back from Toronto.

Maybe it’s the drought here in L.A. that gives me the yearning for rain, but the films on my must-see list include a couple about rain: the Tiff Doc, “Monsoon” by Surla Gunnarsson and “October Gale” by Ruba Nadda (“Cairo Time”) starring Patricia Clarkson and Scott Speedman, a Special Presentation being sold by Myriad.

Canada has the most coproduction treaties of any other nation, and Seoul Korea is the chosen city in this year’s City to City program. The coproduction between Canada and So. Korea, “In Her Place” by writer-director Albert Shin, showing in the Discovery Section looks very compelling. Elle Driver is selling this drama about a wealthy couple secretly seeking to adopt the unborn child of an impoverished and troubled rural teenager.

Other trailers we watched included Contemporary World Cinema entries, “Felix and Meira” by Maxime Giroux, being sold by Udi – Urban Distribution International, “Love in the Time of Civil War” by Rodrigue Jean (Isa: Les Films du 3 Mars) and “Heartbeat” by Andrea Dorfman.

In Midnight Madness, “The Editor” looks pretty good. Park Entertainment is selling it. Xavier Dolan, Bruce Greenwood and Catherine Keener star in “Elephant Song” by Charles Biname which is a Special Presentation. Another Special Presentation is “Preggoland” by Jacob Tierney (“The Trotsky”).

Trailers from Discovery included “Guidance”, the debut film by Pat Mills, “Big Muddy”, “The Valley Below” by Kyle Thomas, “Wet Bum” by Lindsay Mackay, (Isa: Traction Media), “Backcountry” by Adam MacDonald, (Isa: Event Film Distribution, Us: contact Cinetic), “Bang Bang Baby” a surreal, fever-dream fusion of small-town musical and 1950s sci-fi debut feature which writer-director Jeffrey St. Jules developed from his own short at the Cannes Film Festival Residence Program.

Peter Goldwyn of The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Matt Dentler of iTunes, talked up the unprecedented (for a foreign language film) success reaching the top 20 films on iTunes of “ The German Doctor” directed by Lucia Puenzo.

Paul Federbush and I spoke of new horizons of the international labs of Sundance Institute. Sundance Industry’s Rosy Wong introduced me to Lisa Ogdie, Sundance Ff’s Shorts Programmer. Strand’s Marcus Hu, who has two films in the festival (Films Distribution’s “Girlhood” and Pyramide’s “Xenia”) was there, Frank Wuliger looking at the Gersh trailer of “October Gale”, Rebecca (Bec) Smith of UTA as were so many others.

New acquisitions gigs were discussed: Bobby Rock looking for international sales agent,Cinema Management Group ( Dene Anderberg, Cmg’s VP of Sales and Operations, was also there schmoozing) and for Random Media, the new U.S. distribution company founded by Eric Doctorow (formerly head of Paramount Home Video) in November 2013, which will release films through Cinedigm.

Telefilm and Tiff have held a similar soiree for four years in NewYork. I’m sure Andrew Karpen, former Co-ceo of Focus Features, who is launching the new distribution company Bleecker Street was there in N.Y.

Rachel Shapiro, also happily working on many projects at once and her friend, producer Melanie Backer, Laurie Woodrow of RightsTrade a global online marketplace for film, television and digital rights licensing whose “Market On Demand” streamlines film, television, and digital rights sales and acquisitions for content owners, sales agents and distributors who can reach thousands of industry buyers, and buyers can search, screen, and license rights from sellers of thousands of titles.

Bonnie Voland with her hands full for Im Global and its many lines, reminisced with Carolle Brabant, Executive Director of Telefilm Canada and Brigitte Hubmann of Telefilm about the five (!) regimes of the Toronto International Film Festival she has known…from before Helga Stephenson all the way to Cameron Bailey who was there talking up the upcoming festival and hearing peoples’ raves or rants.

Also reminiscing with Brigitte about their days at Goethe Institut was Margit Kleinman who is now director of Villa Aurora, the artist-in-residence program for artists in Germany housed in the Pacific Palisades former home of German émigré, the novelist Lion Furchtwanger. I didn’t have time to ask if they would host the German Academy Award party this year for their submission for Best Foreign Language film, Dominik Graf’s “Beloved Sister”. Since its premiere at the Berlinale this year, international sales agent Global Screen has sold the rights to Music Box for U.S. who will release it in December, and to Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Poland and Croatia thus far.

Our dear friend, Ian Birnie, programmer for Mumbai Film Festival and the Louisiana International Film Festival was there with so many others. It was a wonderful moment to catch up and to forget the pressure we are all under preparing our screenings and meetings for Tiff.

Even though he wasn’t there, I want to mention a brief interchange I had with producer rep Cassian Elwes of Elevated Film Sales, who is repping “Black and White” with Kevin Costner and co-repping the Paul Bettany movie with Jennifer Connelly, “Shelter”, with UTA at Tiff. “In Venice I have Bogdanovich’s ‘She's Funny that Way’ which is in a three way split between me, CAA and UTA and Joe Dante's movie ‘Burying the Ex’ which I'm doing with CAA.”

Steven Raphael and Mj Pekos were fronting for the reception and also are repping “Voiceover” and “Dark Horse” at Tiff.

There was no need to show trailers to the buzz films like the Gala film “Foxcatcher”, which has Oscar expectations are already swirling around it and which premiered in Cannes and is being sold by Kimberly Fox’s Panorama Media and Annapurna (already sold to Sony Pictures Classics for U.S. as well as to Canada-Métropole Films Distribution and Mongrel Media Inc., France-Mars Films, Germany-Koch Media Gmbh, Japan-Longride Inc. So. Korea-Green Narae Media, Switzerland-Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, Taiwan-Long Shong International, United Kingdom- Entertainment One Uk. The film has already earned Bennett Miller the Best Director prize at Cannes.

Another not previewing was Benedict Cumberbatch starring in the much talked about Alan Turing biopic “ The Imitation Game”, and his portrayal of the legendary British code breaker and mathematician is generating talk of a Best Actor nod at this year's Academy Awards. FilmNation is repping this and has already sold it to The Weinstein Company for U.S., Belgium to Paradiso Filmed Entertainment, Greece to Seven Films, Hong Kong (China) to Edko Films Ltd, Israel to Lev Films (Shani Films), Italy toVidea - Cde S.P.A., Japan toGaga Corporation, So. Korea to Medialog Corp., Sweden to Svensk Filmindustri, Ab, Switzerland to Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, Taiwan to Applause Entertainment Ltd. Taiwan Branch, Thailand to M Pictures Co., Ltd.

Two other hot films are Lone Scherfig's “The Riot Club” repped by Hanway and already sold to Universal Pictures for No. America, Belgium-Lumière, France-Selective Films, Germany-Prokino Filmverleih Gmbh, Hong Kong (China)-Golden Scene Company Limited, Italy-Notorious Pictures, Benelux-Lumiere, Poland-Kino Swiat, Switzerland-Pathe Films Ag, United Arab Emirates-Front Row Filmed Entertainment and the U.K. Kingdom-Universal Pictures International and Noah Baumbach's “ While We're Young”, produced by Scott Rudin and repped by FilmNation (again!), with no sales on record yet.

See Cameron Bailey on CBC News discussing Tiff:

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Tiff may be a showcase for cinema from around the world, but it’s also an exhibition place to show off our homegrown talent to the rest of the world.

At the Toronto International Film Festival’s Canadian press conference, the festival programmers unveiled the impressive line-up of Canadian films as well as the Canucks who are the ones to watch in their Rising Star programme.

In its fourth year, the Tiff Rising Stars programme recognizing emerging Canadian talent who are charting their own trajectory within Canadian cinema and beyond. Past Rising Stars have included Sarah Gadon, Megan Park, andTatiana Maslany.

This year’s crop of new talent includes Sophie Desmarais who you may have seen as a young track star in last year’s festival pick Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course) and Shannon Kook who appeared in a supporting role inThe Conjuring and next appears in...

Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival, widely acclaimed as one of the largest and most influential genre film festivals in the world, has just announced the Off-Frontières selections of the fourth edition of its Frontières International Co-Production Market.

Read on for a complete listing of all the titles being pitched at the event!

From the Press Release

Following the selection of the official Frontières line-up of film projects for the Frontières International Co-Production Market, another 12 projects have been chosen for the return of the Off-Frontières selection, for the market’s 4th edition.

The Off-Frontières projects line-up features a predominance of Canadian projects, complemented by projects from American, Mexican, Irish, British, French, German and Australian directors and producers. Highlights include the next features by Dario Argento (Suspiria) and by Jacob Tierney (The Trotsky), as well as follow-up features by Fantasia alumni Rob Grant (Mon Ami), Pat Kiely (Who Is Kk Downey?), Kerry Prior...

Today’s film is the 2011 short Up in Cottage Country. The film is directed by Simon Ennis, who co-wrote the short with Josh Peace. Peace also stars in the film alongside Julian Richings and Liane Balaban. Over the course of her career, Balaban has appeared in tv shows such as Supernatural and Alphas, as well as movies such as Definitely, Maybe, Last Chance Harvey, The Trotsky, and Maniac. Her newest feature, titled The Grand Seduction, opens in limited release in American theatres this weekend.

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Take another look @ "Mad Men" actress Jessica Paré in a recent issue of "Elle" (Canada) magazine, as well as an Nsfw clip from her appearance in "Hot Tub Time Machine".

Paré landed her first film role in the TV movie "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story".

This was followed by small parts in the TV series "Big Wolf on Campus" and the French film "En Vacances" (1999).

After auditioning for a bit part in the indie feature "Stardom" (2000), Paré was cast by director Denys Arcand  to star in the film, followed by starring roles in "Lost and Delirious" (2001) and the TV mini-series "Random Passage" (2002) and "Napoléon".

Her notable feature film work includes "Wicker Park" (2004), "Lives of the Saints" (2004), "Protect and Serve" (2007), "Jusqu'à toi" (2007), "The Trotsky" (2008), "Suck" (2008), "Red Coat Justice" (2009) and the Hollywood feature, "Hot Tub Time Machine" (2010).

Paré's breakout role was in "Mad Men", playing 'Megan Calvet', a secretary at the ad agency 'Sterling Cooper'.

Sneak Peek "Mad Men" actress Jessica Paré, covering the Spring 2014 issue of "Fashion" magazine, photographed by Gabor Jurina and Zeina Esmail:

"I’m a huge Marlene Dietrich fan," said Paré. "She’s got this raunchy kind of strength. It would be hard to find a man who could come up with something hard for her to handle. She’s seen it all and done it all. I read her biography as a kid and it stayed with me since..."

Paré landed her first film role in the TV movie "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story", followed by small parts in the TV series "Big Wolf on Campus" and the French film "En Vacances" (1999).

After auditioning for a bit part in the indie feature "Stardom" (2000), Paré was cast by director Denys Arcand to star in the film, followed by starring roles in "Lost and Delirious" (2001) and TV mini-series "Random Passage" (2002).

Her notable feature...

Taylor Kitsch’s film career did not get off to the best of starts in 2012, when John Carter, Battleship and Savages all disappointed at the North American box office. However, the actor, who shot to fame with his role as Tim Riggins on Friday Night Lights, chose wisely to try his hand at some smaller projects with more refined stories. He has two films set for May, the HBO drama The Normal Heart with Julia Roberts and Mark Ruffalo, and the film festival favourite The Grand Seduction, a Canadian comedy from director Don McKellar (Last Night).

The Grand Seduction feels like a modest, charming crowd-pleaser that will hopefully not get trampled over by blockbuster behemoths when it comes out on May 30th. In the remake of a 2003 French-Canadian film, Kitsch plays Dr. Paul Lewis, employed by the small Newfoundland town of Tickle Bay. Since the tiny, beleaguered population wants to...

Take another look @ images of "Mad Men" actress Jessica Paré in a recent issue of "GQ" magazine, as well as an Nsfw clip from her appearance in the feature "Lost and Delirious".

Paré landed her first film role in the TV movie "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story".

This was followed by small parts in the TV series "Big Wolf on Campus" and the French film "En Vacances" (1999).

After auditioning for a bit part in the indie feature "Stardom" (2000), Paré was cast by director Denys Arcand  to star in the film, followed by starring roles in "Lost and Delirious" (2001) and the TV mini-series "Random Passage" (2002) and "Napoléon".

Her notable feature film work includes "Wicker Park" (2004), "Lives of the Saints" (2004), "Protect and Serve" (2007), "Jusqu'à toi" (2007), "The Trotsky" (2008), "Suck" (2008), "Red Coat Justice" (2009) and the Hollywood feature, "Hot Tub Time Machine" (2010).

Paré's breakout role is "Mad Men", playing 'Megan Calvet', a secretary at ad agency 'Sterling Cooper'.

Take another look @ "Mad Men" actress Jessica Paré in a recent issue of "Elle" (Canada) magazine, as well as an Nsfw clip from her appearance in "Hot Tub Time Machine".

Paré landed her first film role in the TV movie "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story".

This was followed by small parts in the TV series "Big Wolf on Campus" and the French film "En Vacances" (1999).

After auditioning for a bit part in the indie feature "Stardom" (2000), Paré was cast by director Denys Arcand  to star in the film, followed by starring roles in "Lost and Delirious" (2001) and the TV mini-series "Random Passage" (2002) and "Napoléon".

Her notable feature film work includes "Wicker Park" (2004), "Lives of the Saints" (2004), "Protect and Serve" (2007), "Jusqu'à toi" (2007), "The Trotsky" (2008), "Suck" (2008), "Red Coat Justice" (2009) and the Hollywood feature, "Hot Tub Time Machine" (2010).

Paré's breakout role was in "Mad Men", playing 'Megan Calvet', a secretary at the ad agency 'Sterling Cooper'.

Sneak Peek new images of "Mad Men" actress Jessica Paré in the March 2014 issue of GQ  magazine, as well as an Nsfw clip from her appearance in "Lost and Delirious".

Paré landed her first film role in the TV movie "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story".

This was followed by small parts in the TV series "Big Wolf on Campus" and the French film "En Vacances" (1999).

After auditioning for a bit part in the indie feature "Stardom" (2000), Paré was cast by director Denys Arcand  to star in the film, followed by starring roles in "Lost and Delirious" (2001) and the TV mini-series "Random Passage" (2002) and "Napoléon".

Her notable feature film work includes "Wicker Park" (2004), "Lives of the Saints" (2004), "Protect and Serve" (2007), "Jusqu'à toi" (2007), "The Trotsky" (2008), "Suck" (2008), "Red Coat Justice" (2009) and the Hollywood feature, "Hot Tub Time Machine" (2010).

Paré's breakout role was in "Mad Men", playing 'Megan Calvet', a secretary at the ad agency 'Sterling Cooper'.

Sneak Peek "Mad Men" actress Jessica Paré, covering the March 2014 issue of "Fashion" magazine, photographed by Gabor Jurina and Zeina Esmail:

"I’m a huge Marlene Dietrich fan," said Paré. "She’s got this raunchy kind of strength. It would be hard to find a man who could come up with something hard for her to handle. She’s seen it all and done it all. I read her biography as a kid and it stayed with me since..."

Paré landed her first film role in the TV movie "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story", followed by small parts in the TV series "Big Wolf on Campus" and the French film "En Vacances" (1999).

After auditioning for a bit part in the indie feature "Stardom" (2000), Paré was cast by director Denys Arcand to star in the film, followed by starring roles in "Lost and Delirious" (2001) and TV mini-series "Random Passage" (2002).

Her notable feature...

Take another look @ "Mad Men" actress Jessica Paré in a recent issue of "Elle" (Canada) magazine, as well as an Nsfw clip from her appearance in "Hot Tub Time Machine".

Paré landed her first film role in the TV movie "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story", followed by small parts in the TV series "Big Wolf on Campus" and the French film "En Vacances" (1999).

After auditioning for a bit part in the indie feature "Stardom" (2000), Paré was cast by director Denys Arcand  to star in the film, followed by starring roles in "Lost and Delirious" (2001) and the TV mini-series "Random Passage" (2002) and "Napoléon".

Her notable feature film work includes "Wicker Park" (2004), "Lives of the Saints" (2004), "Protect and Serve" (2007), "Jusqu'à toi" (2007), "The Trotsky" (2008), "Suck" (2008), "Red Coat Justice" (2009) and the Hollywood feature, "Hot Tub Time Machine" (2010).

Paré's breakout role was in "Mad Men", playing 'Megan Calvet', a secretary at the ad agency 'Sterling Cooper'.

A movie heist is pretty much the same as a real-life one: you're only as good as your crew. And writer/director Jonathan Sobol managed to put together an expert one for the follow-up to his acclaimed debut "A Beginner's Guide to Endings."

For "The Art of the Steal," a border-hopping crime comedy full of double-crosses and high stakes heists, Sobol convinced big names like Kurt Russell, Terence Stamp, Matt Dillon and Jay Baruchel to come along for the ride. And for his part, Baruchel said the decision to join up was an easy one. He liked the script and cast, and he and the Canadian writer/director shared a mutual affinity for making movies at home, as well as knowing when to pepper the tightly-scripted heist plot with bits of improvised humour.

Moviefone Canada sat down with Baruchel and Sobol during the Toronto International Film Festival, where we heard about Sobol's heist movie inspirations,...

Before she gets killed off in an upcoming episode of "Mad Men" as the wife of 'Don Draper', Sneak Peek Montreal-born actress Jessica Paré in the March 2013 issue of "Elle" magazine, as well as a restricted clip from her revealing appearance in "Hot Tub Time Machine".

Paré landed her first film role in the TV movie "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story", followed by small parts in the TV series "Big Wolf on Campus" and the French film "En Vacances" (1999).

After auditioning for a bit part in the indie feature "Stardom" (2000), Paré was cast by director Denys Arcand  to star in the film, followed by starring roles in "Lost and Delirious" (2001) and the TV mini-series "Random Passage" (2002) and "Napoléon".

Her notable feature film work includes "Wicker Park" (2004), "Lives of the Saints" (2004), "Protect and Serve" (2007), "Jusqu'à toi" (2007), "The Trotsky" (2008), "Suck" (2008), "Red Coat Justice" (2009) and the Hollywood feature, "Hot Tub Time Machine" (2010).

Paré's breakout...

Sneak Peek "Mad Men" actress Jessica Paré in the March 2013 issue of "Elle" magazine, as well as a restricted clip from her revealing appearance in "Hot Tub Time Machine".

Paré landed her first film role in the TV movie "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story", followed by small parts in the TV series "Big Wolf on Campus" and the French film "En Vacances" (1999).

After auditioning for a bit part in the indie feature "Stardom" (2000), Paré was cast by director Denys Arcand  to star in the film, followed by starring roles in "Lost and Delirious" (2001) and the TV mini-series "Random Passage" (2002) and "Napoléon".

Her notable feature film work includes "Wicker Park" (2004), "Lives of the Saints" (2004), "Protect and Serve" (2007), "Jusqu'à toi" (2007), "The Trotsky" (2008), "Suck" (2008), "Red Coat Justice" (2009) and the Hollywood feature, "Hot Tub Time Machine" (2010).

Paré's breakout role was in "Mad Men", playing 'Megan Calvet', a secretary at the ad agency 'Sterling Cooper'.

The...

We haven't given a lot of coverage to Cosmopolis aside from Andrew's highly positive review, but knowing how many Cronenberg fans there are around here, we wanted to pass on the news that the film's Blu-ray/DVD release date from Entertainment One is January 1, 2013.

From the Press Release:

From director David Cronenberg (A History of Violence, Dead Ringers, Eastern Promises) and based on the prophetic novel by Don DeLillo, comes Cosmopolis, a contemporary thriller that turns into a wild, hypnotic odyssey through our new millennium's obsessions with power, money, control, information, technology, violence, sex, mortality, revolution, destruction, and, ultimately, redemption. Available on New Year's Day, 2013, Entertainment One presents this acclaimed 2012 U.S. theatrical release on Blu-ray and DVD, packed with extras including a "Citizens of Cosmopolis" featurette, audio commentary with director Cronenberg and interviews with the cast and crew.

Unfolding in a single cataclysmic day, the story follows Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson; Water For Elephants,...

Cosmopolis picture: Juliette Binoche rides in Robert Pattinson‘s white limo Cosmopolis reviews: Starring Robert Pattinson, David Cronenberg‘s Cosmopolis is missing a scene found in Don DeLillo’s 2003 novel: a 300-person orgy at a Manhattan intersection. But don’t despair. Cronenberg’s movie, which opens tomorrow in Canada and August 17 in the Us, apparently has more than enough to intrigue, discuss, and think about. Reviews have been generally positive-leaning. Even so, Canadian critics aren’t of the same mind when discussing Cosmopolis: too cold and overly intellectualized, or gripping and thought-provoking? Referring to Cosmopolis as a "blockbuster of the mind," Toronto Star critic Peter Howell says "We might quibble with the emphasis Cronenberg places on dialogue, on the staginess of his sets and on the relative lack of action. … What we can’t argue is that Cosmopolis is the work of a master filmmaker, one who is determined...

Robert Pattinson shirtless (naked?) and ready to strike: Cosmopolis Cosmopolis release date Us: Starring Robert Pattinson, David Cronenberg‘s Cosmopolis will be released by eOne Films in the United States on August 17. Talk about counter-programming. Also opening on August 17 are Sylvester Stallone / Liam Hemsworth’s all-brawn-no-brain actioner The Expendables 2 and the musical Sparkle, Whitney Houston’s last movie appearance. Other August releases in the Us include the Total Recall remake starring Colin Farrell; The Bourne Legacy with Jeremy Renner and Rachel Weisz; the latest Meryl Streep movie, Hope Springs; and the horror thriller The Apparition, featuring Twilight‘s Ashley Greene. As pointed out in a previous article about the Cosmopolis Us release date, August is a curious choice as Cronenberg’s unusual film is a "prestige" — i.e., awards-season — effort. Those movies generally open in the fall, closer to the time critics hand out their awards so the films...

Cosmopolis premiere: Robert Pattinson with Emily Hampshire, Sarah Gadon The Cosmopolis premiere is currently being held in Toronto right now. A clarification: that’s the Canadian premiere of Cosmopolis, as the film has already had premieres in places like France and Portugal. Starring Robert Pattinson, David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis was in competition for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It rode away (it’s a white limo movie) empty-handed despite some ardent supporters among the media and critics. [See Cosmopolis Reviews; Robert Pattinson's 'Unsuspected Bravery'; Robert Pattinson 'Impeccable/Loses Control.'] August 2012 is the rumored Cosmopolis Us release date. Canadian distributor eOne Films, a branch of eOne Entertainment, will handle the Cosmopolis release in North America. Besides Robert Pattinson as a haircut-obsessed, asymmetrically prostated (that doesn’t sound quite right, does it?) billionaire Eric Packer, Cosmopolis features A Dangerous Method’s Sarah Gadon, Summer Hours’ Juliette Binoche, Rock of Ages’ Paul Giamatti (who has received a number of good notices), In America’s Samantha Morton,...

Cosmopolis movie: Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon Mathieu Carratier has written a highly positive Cosmopolis film review for Premiere magazine, praising the movie itself, director-writer David Cronenberg, and star Robert Pattinson. Cosmopolis is in competition for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It’ll be screened on May 25. Carratier begins his Cosmopolis commentary by remarking that whether or not he appreciates David Cronenberg’s recent work — one assumes he means more accessible fare such as the Viggo Mortensen trilogy: A History of Violence, Eastern Promises, and A Dangerous Method — he was "seriously missing" the Cronenberg of (no-holds-barred) movies such as Crash and Videodrome. But not to worry. "Pop open the champagne," exults Carratier, "because he’s back in every Cosmopolis shot." Cronenberg himself wrote the Cosmopolis screenplay — reportedly in six days, and his first for a feature film since eXistenZ (1999). The plot is based on Don DeLillo’s...

Cosmopolis: Robert Pattinson directed by David Cronenberg An early Cosmopolis review has come out via Studio Ciné Live‘s Fabrice Leclerc. Directed by the iconoclastic David Cronenberg, who adapted Don DeLillo’s novel, and starring Robert Pattinson, Cosmopolis is definitely one of the most eagerly anticipated films at the Cannes Film Festival 2012. [Check out the awesome Cosmopolis trailer.] The headline of Leclerc’s brief, three-star (out of five) Cosmopolis review reads: "A Cronenberg as brilliant as he is taut." Leclerc then begins his review by explaining that Cronenberg and DeLillo are "manufacturers of fantastic, unhealthy, and at times somber environments, of the science of language, and of totally chaotic characters. And of controversy as well." Referring to Cosmopolis as a "ghostly and hypnotic" tale, Leclerc adds that Cronenberg had adapted to the letter DeLillo’s "ultrarich prose, filming with incredible inventiveness this stifling and disturbing airtight environment." As for Robert Pattinson, Leclerc says he’s "impeccable" until Cosmopolis‘ last segment,...

Robert Pattinson haircut, Cosmopolis The Robert Pattinson movie Cosmopolis may have an August release date in the United States, according to online rumors. That would be a curious choice for Canadian-based distributor Entertainment One (eOne), as David Cronenberg films have "fall release" written all over them. That’s certainly how Us distributors have perceived Cronenberg’s last three films, all of which were awards-season contenders: starring Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, and Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method opened in the Us in November 2011. (In mid-January 2012 in Canada.) Starring Best Actor Oscar nominee Mortensen and Naomi Watts, Eastern Promises opened in mid-September 2007. And Mortensen / Maria Bello’s A History of Violence came out on Sept. 30, 2005. Cosmopolis, which is in competition for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, will open on May 23 in France, June 8 in Canada, and June 15 in the UK. Additionally, Cosmopolis already has a DVD/Blu-ray release...

Cosmopolis poster: brooding Robert Pattinson The classy Cosmopolis teaser trailer was posted online last night. Now comes the classy Cosmopolis poster. Both center on star Robert Pattinson in the role of Eric Packer, a multi-billionaire having a really difficult day. [Watch Cosmopolis teaser trailer. See Robert Pattinson covered in pie cream.] Veteran director David Cronenberg helmed Cosmopolis, in addition to co-writing the screenplay with Don DeLillo, author of the original novel. A highly likely Cannes Film Festival entry (Cosmopolis opens in France on May 23, a week after the festival opens), Cronenberg's latest also features A Dangerous Method's Sarah Gadon, The English Patient / Chocolat's Juliette Binoche, Rock of Ages / Win Win's Paul Giamatti, Minority Report / In America's Samantha Morton, I Am Number Four / Real Steel's Kevin Durand, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly / Quantum of Solace's Mathieu Amalric, and The Sorcerer's Apprentice / She's Out of My League's Jay Baruchel, Good Neighbors / The Trotsky's Emily Hampshire,...

The new thriller Die is heading to DVD from Entertainment One, and we have the goods on what to expect once it gets here on March 27th! Roll them bones!!!

From the Press Release

From The Producer Of Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Gothika And Silent Hill Comes An Unforgettable Psychological Thriller

The stakes could not be higher in Die for six people trapped in a deadly game of odds from the producer of Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Gothika and Silent Hill. In this unrated director’s cut, a group of men and women – a gambler who lives for the cards, a millionaire philanthropist just named “Humanitarian of the Year”, a cop at the end of a gruesome career, a brilliant psychiatrist and family man, a troubled teenager battling drug addictions and a caring nurse whose patients are the only life surrounding her – all on the road to self-destruction wake up in a...

Sometimes it pains me to say when a film is an unwatchable mess. Films like French Immersion, the directorial debut of Quebec-based producer Kevin Tierney (Bon Cop, Bad Cop, The Trotsky, Good Neighbours), has an incredible amount of talent in front of the camera and behind it. It is supposed to be a comedy about the differences between English and French speaking Canada, but instead it’s a soul-sucking train wreck full of punchlines so misguided they would make Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy think twice. Sickeningly unfunny and dreadfully “Canadian,” Tierney’s film strikes out on almost every conceivable level.

There’s enough plot and quirky characters in French Immersion to sustain a year’s worth of television pilots, but Tierney tries to pack every half baked idea he has into a single film. The film deals with five English speakers forced to enter into an intense...

Following on the heels of big cousin Tiff, the Atlantic Film Festival may be smaller in scope but not in variety. Each year the film festival taking place in late September in Halifax, manages to strike a delicate balance between international arthouse and smaller, Canadian and even local films. Some of my favourites from last year’s festival included Mike Leigh’s quiet drama Another Year, Michael Goldbach’s appropriately dreamy Daydream Nation, Jacob Tierney’s follow up to his hit The Trotsky, Good Neighbours and legendary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker’s thrilling doc Kings of Pastry. While all engaging and dynamic films, they vary in subject matter, genre and scope. Some boast big names, others introduce us to previously unknown names but they were all found playing side-by-side at last year’s festival. After coming away from last year’s festival feeling positive about what it had to offer, I...

Release Date: Sept. 27, 2011

Price: DVD $26.98, Blu-ray $29.98

Studio: Magnolia

Jay Baruchel prepares to do some drilling in Good Neighbors.

Set in Quebec, the 2010 Canadian dark comedy Good Neighbors follows three neighbors — Spencer (Scott Speedman, Barney’s Version), Louise (Emily Hampshire, The Trotsky) and new tenant Victor (Jay Baruchel, She’s Out Of My League) — as they bond over a recent string of murders taking place in their community. As the trio learns more about each other and the horror of what lies outside their building escalates, dark secrets unfold and they soon learn that nowhere is safe.

Written and directed by Jacob Tierney (This Is My Father), the R-rated thriller movie made its debut at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival and played a limited run in U.S. theaters in late July, 2011, to generally above-average reviews from the critics.

Among the bonus features on the Blu-ray and DVD are a making-of featurette...

Jacob Tierney's thriller Good Neighbors is on its way to home video, and the early word on what you can expect is finally here! Dig it!

From the Press Release

Following its critically acclaimed debut at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival, the haunting thriller Good Neighbors will terrify on Blu-ray Disc and DVD September 27 from Magnolia Home Entertainment. From writer/director Jacob Tierney (This Is My Father) this “gem that’s well-worth checking out” (Bloody Disgusting.com) stars Scott Speedman (Underworld: Evolution, Barney’s Version, “Felicity”), Emily Hampshire (The Trotsky) and Jay Baruchel (She’s Out Of My League, Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder).

Set in Quebec, Good Neighbors follows three neighbors as they bond over a recent string of murders taking place in their community. As the trio learns more about each other and the horror of what lies outside escalates, dark secrets unfold and they soon learn that nowhere is safe.

I've been sharing my love for Jacob Tierney's Good Neighbours (review) since I saw the film at the Whistler Film Festival late last year.

The film is opening in limited release in the Us tomorrow (list of theatres here) and earlier this week I had the opportunity to speak with Jacob about the film, mixing comedy into unlikely genres, distribution and his upcoming project.

Thanks for taking the time to speak with me today about Good Neighbours which, by the way, is a fabulous little film.

Thanks.

Marina: I thought we could start by finding out a little bit more of how you became involved with film. I know you come from a film background, your father is a producer and you'e been an actor for eons. So how did you get involved in acting because you've been acting from a very young age...

Jacob: I started when I was six.

Title: Good Neighbors Directed By: Jacob Tierney Starring: Emily Hampshire, Jay Baruchel, Scott Speedman, Gary Farmer, Kaniehtiio Horn, Anne-Marie Cadieux The Trotsky boasted an incredibly solid and colorful lead character amidst a piece that was extraordinarily well paced. Take the writer-director and star of that film and reunite them for a crime thriller and we’re bound to get something lively and compelling, right? Absolutely not. Perhaps The Trotsky drained Jacob Tierney and Jay Baruchel of all their pep and passion because their next collaboration, Good Neighbors, is quite the opposite, dull and lifeless. Louise (Emily Hampshire) lives alone with her two cats in an apartment complex. While she isn’t exactly...

The following is a reprint of our review from the film's Canadian release in June What happens when you're faced with the knowledge that you're neighbor is a serial killer? That's the question asked in "Good Neighbours" (it's a Canadian film, hence the spelling), the second collaboration between director Jacob Tierney and actor Jay Baruchel (they teamed on last year's tepid "The Trotsky"), a whodunit without a mystery and a thriller missing the thrills. In the press notes to the film, the premise is describe as "not so much a 'whodunit' as a 'whosgunnagetit.'" It's a nifty approach which makes…...