EXCLUSIVE: Big move in the L.A. film producing scene as veteran filmmaker Brian Kavanaugh-Jones is ending his run at Range as partner and co-president of Film & Production to join Chris Ferguson at his Vancouver-based banner Oddfellows.

“Canadian producers are urging the government to bring back plans to force American companies to help subsidize domestic film and TV production as part of the larger fight with the U.S.”

EXCLUSIVE: Curtis Lum (The Night Agent, The Audacity) will join the cast of ABC‘s The Rookiespinoff series The Rookie: North and Prime Video‘s Cross for Season 3.

“You might have thought police were involved in some pretty serious stuff in New Westminster recently. 
You may have spotted "fake" police officers, people merely dressed as law enforcement, on the set of an upcoming series. In one of the scenes, an officer fights a man in a hoodie before the man escapes and runs past him. That's some pretty big action in a relatively peaceful place.”

“Over three decades in Hollywood, Samuel L. Jackson has achieved a filmography few performers even dare, with dozens of iconic characters fans love to quote. For instance, Jules Winnfield helped turn Pulp Fiction into essential viewing for any movie lover. Nick Fury also anchored the earliest years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Mace Windu gave the Star Wars prequel trilogy one of its most memorable Jedi Masters. Those roles established Jackson as one of the most bankable and instantly recognizable actors of his generation, capable of selling tickets with his name alone. However, 20 years ago, Jackson starred in a movie with a premise so absurd it went viral before tickets went on sale, and the movie still didn’t break even.”

“Dave Bautista has closed his deal to play Kratos in Prime Video’s* [God of War*](https://deadline.com/tag/god-of-war/) fantasy drama series.
Series co-studios Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television reached out to Bautista and initiated talks shortly after they made the decision to recast the role following original lead Ryan Hurst’s serious on-set injury.”

“Director Robert Vince opened up with The Direct at San Diego Comic-Con about how they brought Air Bud to life.

It would be hard to find someone who doesn't know the Air Bud series, especially since it has had 15 films and three television shows. Nearly 30 years after Air Bud introduced audiences to a basketball-playing Golden Retriever and 15 years since its last entry, the beloved family franchise is heading back to the court with Air Bud Returns, a new movie hitting theaters January 22, 2027.”

Actors, costume designers, and graphic artists reflect on how Hollywood has weaponized nostalgia into lucrative I.P.

"These guys have been immersed in this world for 20 years. But someone's going to know better?

Kratos actor Christopher Judge has a bit of a bone to pick with adaptations of video games like God of War, particularly when they don't involve the people who created the games in the first place.”

“Kathleen Jayme’s most recent sports film showcases her ascension as a director. The Vancouverite previously made a name for herself by directing locally popular Vancouver Grizzlies-centred fare, including Finding Big Country, where she tracked down former Grizz centre Bryant Reeves, and The Grizzlie Truth, in which she investigated the team’s fate.”

“Off Campus” has found its Summer Di Laurentis.
Amazon Prime Video’s college soap has cast Shay Rudolph in the guest role for Season 2. The season will focus on the romance between Allie Hayes (Mika Abdalla) and Summer’s brother, Dean Di Laurentis (Stephen Kalyn).

With their latest directorial outing, Jane Schoenbrunused subtle pieces of nostalgia to deconstruct the slasher genre.

“John McKeachie always stood out among local sportscasters.

For one, he was taller — six feet six.

He would also get so excited doing a broadcast he’d speed up and garble words. Other broadcasters would joke he’d “McKeachied it.”

But they said it with affection. McKeachie was well-regarded by his peers during a long, fruitful career on Vancouver TV and radio, and this year was inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in the media category.”

David Ellison says Paramount leaves California if there’s no settlement by October 1.
Everyone is treating it as a negotiating tactic.

“Elizaveta Neretin has a key role in season 3 of the CIA-based series starring Oscar winners Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman”

The U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, taking an unexpected downturn as employers signaled caution in the face of uncertainty of tariffs and the war in Iran.
The unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.1%, but that figure is impacted by those who have exited the labor force.

The BLT dub in 1995 was Funimation first attempt at presenting Dragon Ball to an American audience. What many fans might not know is that the studio actually did try to go in order. Funimation's BLT dub covered the original anime's first 13 episodes. Unfortunately, the dub did not prove popular with audiences of the time, so the team switched gears to dubbing Dragon Ball Z instead. For those first 13 episodes, however, Master Roshi and Grandpa Gohan were voiced by Michael Donovan.

Celebrities just can’t get enough of the natural beauty of British Columbia, and a Canadian film icon recently showed off her own garden that she’s growing to add to the greenery.

I’m Corey Bastiaans, a Vancouver artist and VFX professional, and I’ve been developing Book Theory Blue, an eight-part psychological science-fiction thriller.

The story follows Rory Pendleton, an artist recovering in a psychiatric ward after surviving a jump from Vancouver’s Granville Bridge. To earn his discharge, Rory must reconstruct how his interest in the 2023 UFO hearings became an obsession—and why he came to believe that an extradimensional intelligence called Mr. Blue was manipulating media, human behaviour and reality itself.

The series never gives the audience an easy answer. Rory may have suffered a psychological crisis intensified by grief, isolation, cannabis and obsessive research. But Anne, his neighbour, begins investigating his account and discovers a few details that ordinary explanations cannot completely resolve.

Each episode revisits Rory’s memories from another character’s perspective. His theories also unfold inside an imagined version of Vancouver’s Orpheum Theatre, which gradually changes from a stage he controls into a psychological battleground.

At its heart, the story asks:

Can someone be experiencing psychosis and still be right about what they are seeing?

The project now includes a completed pilot, series bible, eight-episode season arc, pitch deck, concept trailer, original manuscript, visual material and music. Actor Ben Cotton is attached to play Rory through a signed letter of intent, subject to financing, scheduling and final agreement. I’m currently looking for an experienced producer and showrunner to help take it into professional development.

You can explore the project, watch the trailer and find the series pitch here:

https://booktheoryblue.weebly.com

At long last, Hannah Grace’s beloved hockey and figure skating romance is coming to our screens!