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Naika Toussaint has finished shooting on The Hallmark Channel MOW, “A Wish For Christmas“.

Exec. Producer:  Brad Krevoy
Producers: Vicki Sotheran and Greg Malcolm
Director: Christie Will

Hallmark’s “A Wish For Christmas” stars Lacey Chabert who is best known for her role as Gretchen Wieners in the 2004 movie Mean Girls and her role as Claudia Salinger on the popular 90s TV series Party of Five. Paul Greene (Somewhere, A Perfect Wedding) is set to star alongside Lacey. Paul starred in Hallmark’s “A Christmas Detour” with Candace Cameron Bure (Full House, Aurora Teagarden) which filmed in and around Langley last year.

STORY LINE: Lifelong doormat SARA THOMAS (Lacey Chabert) is tired of being walked on, and letting her overbearing boss take the credit for her ideas.  Sara finds her life has changed on a dime when a mysterious Santa at her marketing company’s Christmas party offers her a single wish, good for only 24 hours.  When Sara wishes for courage, she publicly dresses down her boss — only to find herself whisked off on a crucial business trip by handsome company CEO, PETER WILLIAMS, who is charmed by Sara’s grit and candor.  Their business trip soon segues into romance, but when Sara tells off the rude and nasty billionaire whose account they are trying to win, Peter pulls back from their relationship, and Sara is left wondering if, now that the clock on her Christmas wish has run out, she can summon the bravery to make matters right…

Conor Gomez books Hallmark’s Movie for Television, “The Wedding March“.

STORY LINE: OLIVIA PHILLIPS is a real estate broker whose specialty is in staging houses before an open house.  She’s scheduled to marry her boss, the all-business JOSH JOHNSON, in just a few days.  But when she reaches the wedding venue, a lakeside getaway in Vermont, she finds that the proprietor, MICK TURNER, is the flash-in-the-pan popstar boyfriend she loved and lost 20 years ago.  Uneasily working together to “stage” the wedding, Mick and Olivia both start thinking this chance meeting is actually a sign from the gods of romantic destiny that they were meant to be together…

Producer: Harvey Kahn
Director: Neill Fearnley
Writers: Neal & Tippi Dobrofsky

Eric Bempong books Netflix series “Haters Back Off“.

http://www.mirandasings.com/videos.html

STORY LINE and Backstory: HATERS BACK OFF delves into the oddball family life of Miranda Sings, an incredibly confident, totally untalented star on the rise who continues to fail upward by the power of her belief that she was born famous, it’s just no one knows it yet. MIRANDA SINGS is a YouTube star with almost six million subscribers and over a billion views online. The fictional character was created by COLLEEN EVANS in 2007 to poke fun at people trying to get famous on the Internet. Ironically, her videos went viral, especially in the theater community. But now, Miranda is a cultural phenomenon selling out venues all over the world with her one-woman show. The phrase “Haters Back Off” has become Miranda’s rallying cry as she’s known for standing up to her haters. In fact, among the hundreds of video tutorials she’s made, “haters back off” is the only good advice she’s ever given. Adults think she’s an idiot and kids think she’s a hero, but everyone is amused.

HATERS BACK OFF is a single-camera ensemble comedy with small town, quirky characters whose self importance is bigger than their circumstances, a la Napoleon Dynamite and Waiting for Guffman. The comedy comes from the characters and the importance they put on the minutiae of their lives. The focus of the show is on Miranda and the rest of the Sings family. Miranda is a hugely confident 17- year-old who’s got no filter or talent whatsoever. But she’s determined to become famous, regardless of how it wreaks havoc on her family and community. Building off her narcissistic persona on YouTube, HATERS BACK OFF will expand her world, allowing for a deeper exploration of her character. We’ll finally get to see empathy and moments of humanity from Miranda as she interacts with her family and her best friend, Patrick. These characters have been referred to, but never seen on YouTube, so they are eagerly awaited by the current audience. As Miranda’s internet fame grows over the course of the series, she’ll have to deal with the fact that she’ll never win the respect of her hometown. And at some point, she may catch a glimmer of the idea that family and friends are more important than fame… but just a glimmer.

http://www.thewrap.com/youtube-star-miranda-sings-lands-netflix-comedy-haters-back-off/

Naika Toussaint recurs on Syfy’s series Van Helsing!

Zack Lavoie recurs on Showcase and NetFlix’s series “Travelers“!

Created and written by Brad Wright, co-creator of Stargate SG-1 and creator of related franchises Stargate: Atlantis and SGU, Travelers is set hundreds of years from now when the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century.  These “travelers” assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.

Luis Javier wraps on Feature Film – “Boundaries”
Producer: Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Bailey Conway, Chris Ferguson
Director: Shana Feste
Written by: Shana Feste
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Christopher Plummer

STORY LINE: Laura would like to be able to draw the line and say “no” – but it’s not easy when her charismatic, drug-dealing, fun-loving father shows up on the scene.  She embarks on a cross-country road trip with her dad, son and pets – and the journey turns out to be a wild ride…

Axel Pentland shoots for BCAA – “Baby in Car” spot.
Markets: 1 year Internet and 13 weeks TV usage BC, as well as pre-paid Internet usage.

Erika Thompson books “Project Candy” for SweeTARTS “Follow your TART“.
Markets: World Wide Internet.

Conor Gomez stars in Volkswagen commercial spot – “Let’s Pull Over” for
Canadian National and internet markets.

Watch commercial:
https://vimeo.com/158970078

Jason Bempong books a stock photo shoot with Hero Images – Corporate Wellness.

Kyla Wise, Audrey Wise Alvarez and Sean Aiken star in Indie feature FSM.
World Premiere at the Whistler Film Festival 2015; and was the official selection at the Boomtown Film & Music Festival, 2016 and The Vancouver International Women’s FilmFestival, 2016.

FSM explores the world of underground raves and online dating through the eyes of Samantha, a female DJ grappling with the ups and downs of hookup culture in her search for meaningful connection.

With Vancouver as a backdrop for Samantha’s experiences, the film will showcases iconic locations in the Kitsilano and East Vancouver neighborhoods.A filmmaker’s love letter to Vancouver, the city plays a huge role in the emotional story of the characters. Local talent in the underground music scene provided original music and appeared in cameos in the film.

Writer, Director, Producer Melanie M. Jones
Producers Melanie Jones, Bernie Yao, Alex Cichon, Cindy Bruce,
Executive Producers Avi Federgreen, Trish Dolman
Director of Photography Shawn Seifert
Cast: Vanessa Crouch (Hard Rock Medical, Neighbors), Georgie Daburas (Hitman 101, Supernatural, Untold Stories of the ER), Sean Aiken (One Week Job Project), Kyla Wise (Intelligence, Stargate: Atlantis, Psych, Catch and Release), Daniel Mallinson (Almost Human, The Killing, Becoming Sophie), Jessica Heafey (Supernatural, A Night for Dying Tigers), Daniel Arnold (Lawrence & Holloman, Fringe, The Killing), Nneka Croal (Supernatural, Falling Skies, The 4400), Paolo Maiolo (Interspecies Dating, Bad Parenting, Julia Harnett (So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Psych), Patriz Fomitchev, Hannah Pedersen (Aveline’s Window, Supernatural), Garrett Black (Supernatural, Once Upon A Time in Wonderland, Fringe, Behind the 8 Ball), Debra Sears (Untold Stories of the ER, The Birdwatcher), Heather Roberts (Manhood, Rest Stop)
Featuring Music by: Howl Sound, South of Bloor, Kasey Riot, Blackmill, KIDS, Jodi Pederson, Phil Woolf, Best Night Ever, Dominique Fricot, J.P. Maurice, and Chersea.

Kyla Wise and Sean Aiken:

Audrey Wise Alvarez: