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Doug Dack has wrapped on Feature Film – REMEMORY

Director: Mark Palansky (“Penelope“)

Producers: Lee Clay (“No Good Deed“), Daniel Bekerman (“The Witch“), Shawn Angelski (“Grave Encounters“).

Writers: Mark Palansky & Michael Vukadinovich

STORY LINE: Gordon Dunn, a famed scientific pioneer, is found dead just after the unveiling of his newest work, a device able to record and play a person’s memories. A wave of speculation mounts as word of the strange circumstances of his death and the potentially ground breaking nature of his invention get out.  Gordon’s wife, Carolyn, retreats into her house and cuts off contact with the outside world when a mysterious man shows up. He steals the machine and uses it to try and solve the mystery, beginning an investigation of memories that lead him to unexpected places.

Conor Gomez has finished shooting on Episodic “When Calls the Heart”  (Ep. 309-310), for Hallmark Channel.

Hallmark Channel has picked up a third season of original scripted series for premiere in February. Based on the bestselling series of books of the same name by Janette Oke, When Calls The Heart tells the story of a young woman who begins a new chapter in her life in an early 20th century coal mining town. Stars Lori Loughlin, Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing, Jack Wagner and Kristina Wagner are set for Season 3.

When Calls The Heart is produced by Believe Pictures and Brad Krevoy, Tony Blake, Robin Bernheim, Brian Bird, Michael Landon, Jr., and Michael Shepard are exec producers. Eric Jarboe and Neill Fearnley co-executive produce.

Mom and daughter team Naomi Henderson and Jayla Henderson book
“Project Dinner” For North America – Internet and Print.

Spot: “Hard Working Mom”

10 month old cutie Poppy Kearney books her first gig!!

Tylenol Commercial – “Project Teething” for Internet.

AVA WINS SILVER!!

North American Chinese Singing Sensation Ava Frye takes home the Silver Trophy representing Canada and the USA in the Golden Bell Chinese singing competition finals in Guangzhou, China.
99,999 ethnic Chinese children and 1 Caucasian entered, Ava.
Ava is now on tour in southern China where she has been mobbed by massive crowds wanting for her autograph!!

Silver Performance:
https://vimeo.com/148024138

Ava On Tour:
https://vimeo.com/150526816

Stay tuned to see Tuesday Hofmann in her recurring role on Arrow – season 4.

Synopsis:
After defeating his most formidable foe to date and riding off into the sunset with longtime flame Felicity Smoak, Oliver Queen (a.k.a. The Arrow) left Starling City with the hopes of beginning a new life. But will Oliver ever truly be able to leave behind his past as the Arrow, and, if so, what becomes of the team he has worked so hard to assemble? Will Diggle, Thea, and Laurel be left to continue Oliver’s crusade without him? And with Malcolm Merlyn having ascended to the top of the League of Assassins as the new Ra’s al Ghul, is anyone really safe?

Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance/Black Canary
David Ramsey as John Diggle/Spartan
Willa Holland as Thea Queen/Speedy
Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak
John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn/Ra’s al Ghul
Paul Blackthorne as Captain Quentin Lance/Detective
Neal McDonough as Damien Darhk[

Doug Dack books a Movie for Television, “Game of Love“, AKA “Family Court“, starring Heather Locklear and Lochlyn Munro.

STORY LINE:  Faced with the possibility of losing his beloved basketball team, third generation owner of the Cleveland Pioneers, JAKE CORNELL, knows it’s time for desperate measures, even if the people forcing him to sell are his two children and his ex-wife, FRANKIE.

Executive Producers:  Brian Levant & Ned Nalle
Director: Farhad Mann
Writer:  Brian Levant

Aiden Longworth plays the lead role in the short film Trunk,
co-directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein.

Eighteen year old Kevin becomes guardian to his 11-year old brother, Connor, after their grandmother passes away.  Her parting gift to her grandsons is magical key to a trunk that brings toys to life, but are they ready for the powers they unleash…

Zach directed his first feature length movie “Tasmanian Devils” a Syfy monster movie starring Danika McKeller (Wonder Years) and famed speed-skater Apolo Ono in 2012. Partnering with a group of his childhood friends, Zach produced “Afflicted“, Canadian genre found footage film that sold at Cannes to CBS and Alliance Atlantis and Sony. The film premiered at TIFF in 2013. He’s also directed the reboot of the Leprechaun Franchise for Lionsgate and WWE Studios, “Leprechaun: Origins“.

Mike Li books a role in Motive, a Canadian police procedural drama television series that is currently airing on the CTV channel in Canada. Motive was created by Daniel Cerone (Constantine, The Mentalist, Dexter) and developed by Rob Merilees (Just Friends, Brain on Fire) and Rob LaBelle (The Dark Corner, Mental), who also all serve as executive producers along with Erin Haskett, James Thorpe, Lindsay Macadam and Louise Clark. Season 1 of Motive premiered on CTV on February 3, 2013.

It follows the investigations of single mother Detective Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman). The series is unconventional: each episode begins by revealing the killer and the victim, and the rest of the episode shows the ongoing investigation and the killer’s efforts to cover up the crime. Motive also stars Louis Ferreira, Brendan Penny, Lauren Holly, Cameron Bright, Roger Cross, Valerie Tian and Warren Christie.

Season 4 of the “whydunit” drama began production this fall in Vancouver.

In addition to recently being nominated for a whopping 21 Leo Awards, “Motive” was CTV’s top nominee for the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards, garnering nine nominations, including for Best Dramatic Series and for the Golden Screen Award for Best Drama/Comedy Series. With an average audience of 1.3 million viewers, “Motive” is among the Top 3 most-watched Canadian dramas this season.

Summer Barkwell wraps a role in “My So Called Wife“, an hour-long scripted dark comedy pilot from Adam Brooks (Definitely) and Paul Adelstein (Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce) follows a master-of-disguise con-artist who gets men and women to fall in love with her, marries them and then disappears with their money and just enough dirty inside information to guarantee they will never go to the police. But things get complicated when she falls in love with her latest mark, and three of her last victims join together to track her down.

Inbar Lavi (Gang Related) stars as Maddie, a master-of-disguise con-artist who gets men and women to fall in love with her, marries them and then disappears with their money and just enough dirty inside information to guarantee they will never go to the police. But things get complicated when she falls in love with her latest mark, and three of her last victims join together to track her down. Rob Heaps (Frankenstein And The Vampyre: A Dark And Stormy Night) is Ezra, Maddie’s latest victim. Ezra has been stuck in his hometown working for his family business and thought his life would finally turn around when he married “Ava” (Maddie). However once she disappears, he’s determined to find her in order to move forward. Parker Young (Suburgatory) plays Richard, a former football star who was also conned into a marriage with Maddie, known to him as “Alice.” He is on a quest to track her down. Stephen Bishop (Being Mary Jane) is Patrick, a widower who just sold his hedge fund company, and meets “Saffron” (Maddie) and is immediately intrigued.

Rounding out the guest cast are Brian Benben (Private Practice) as Maddie’s cohort Max/Mr. Ellis, Katherine LaNasa (Satisfaction) as veteran con-artist and Maddie’s cohort Sally/Aunt Catherine, Adam Korson (Hot In Cleveland) as Ezra’s brother Josh, Mark Harelik (Getting On) as Ezra’s dad Arthur, and Megan Park (The Secret Life Of The American Teenager) as Ezra’s friend Gaby.