Northern Ontario’s Hideaway Pictures inks new $150M, 25-picture production deal
Business for Northern Ontario’s lucrative film and television sector will continue to be brisk with a new $150-million, 25-picture deal between Hideaway Pictures and the Motion Picture Corporation of America. The deal was announced late last night. The agreement will see 25 movies and one television series be produced in Ontario. It is the second […]
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Top 10 Christmas Movie Hot Spots in North Bay
It seems as though the holiday season comes earlier each year. In the North Bayarea, Christmas can come as early as March and as late as October. But how, you may ask? It’s thanks to the booming film and television industry in the region. Although the city of North Bay has been welcoming film and television productions since 2009, over the […]
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Bill Abbott’s GAC Family, GAC Living Find a Family-Friendly Home on Frndly TV for the Holidays
Former Hallmark Channel head Bill Abbott’s new company GAC Media has reached a distribution deal with Frndly TV, giving cable channels GAC Family and GAC Living more than 400,000 additional streaming subscribers looking for wholesome programming just in time for the start of the all-important holiday season. Frndly TV is a virtual multichannel video programming distributor (vMVPD) that focuses […]
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‘When Calls The Heart’ Alum Daniel Lissing To Join Lori Loughlin In ‘When Hope Calls’ Spinoff
EXCLUSIVE: When Calls the Heart alum Daniel Lissing will reunite with his former co-star Lori Loughlin in the two-part Season 2 premiere of GAC Family spinoff When Hope Calls. When Hope Calls: A Country Christmas is slated to air on GAC Family on Saturday, Dec. 18. Lissing’s role is being kept under wraps for now.Created by Alfonsi H. Moreno, When Hope Calls is a […]
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Lori Loughlin To Reprise ‘When Calls the Heart’ Character In Season 2 Of ‘When Hope Calls’ On GAC Family In Acting Return
EXCLUSIVE: Lori Loughlin is returning to acting. The former When Calls the Heart star will reprise her popular character from the Hallmark Channel series, Abigail Stanton, on spinoff When Hope Calls, which is coming back for a second season on a new network, GAC Family. Loughlin will appear in the two-part Season 2 premiere titled When Hope Calls: A Country Christmas, slated […]
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Hallmark’s ‘A Christmas Carousel’ featuring North Bay’s waterfront airs Saturday
When Lila is hired by the royal family of Marcadia to repair a carousel she must work with the Prince to repair it before Christmas. The film “A Christmas Carousel” Stars Rachel Boston and Neal Bledsoe. “When Lila is hired by the Royal Family of Ancadia to restore their carousel as a surprise present for the prince’s niece, she works […]
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‘Too Close For Christmas’ Lifetime Movie Premiere: Trailer, Synopsis, Cast
It’s A Wonderful Lifetime” continues with the premiere of the newest holiday film, “Too Close For Christmas,” starring Jessica Lowndes and Chad Michael Murray. Fans likely recognize Lowndes, who is most recognizable for her role as Adrianna on “90210,” but also starred in the 2019 Lifetime film “Rediscovering Christmas.” She has also starred or had roles in Hallmark […]
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The Real-Life Set Of Hallmark Christmas Movies Is Only A Road-Trip Away From Montreal
Right outside of Quebec sits a small city that just so happens to be the background to a lot of Hallmark and Netflix Christmas movies. If I’m being completely honest, I hate the winter. It’s cold, I constantly find myself slipping on patches of ice, and my cute outfits are always covered by a big winter […]
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Netflix releases first-look photos, premiere date for Ian Somerhalder’s V Wars
He’s not in Mystic Falls anymore. Netflix has released first look photos at its upcoming sci-fi series V Wars, which stars Vampire Diaries alum Ian Somerhalder. In the series, which is based on the best-selling books of the same name by writer Jonathan Maberry, Somerhalder plays Dr. Luther Swann, a man forced to navigate a world of untold […]
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‘The Knight Before Christmas’ Trailer Is Giving Off Serious ‘Enchanted’ Vibes
I demand you pause everything you’re doing and focus on the new Netflix Christmas movie starring Vanessa Hudgens. Sorry, The Princess Switch, you were so 2018. Hitting the streaming service on November 21, this holiday season is going to be all about The Knight Before Christmas, which is not a part of Tim Burton’s Night Before Christmas universe, but I […]