Having breathed a collective sigh of relief, Canadian film and TV players are ready for action as American production is set to return north of the border after SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
But just how soon Hollywood gets back to Canada, and how, has dominated conversations in key production hubs like Vancouver and Toronto after U.S. actors and the major studios and streamers agreed terms for a new contract.
The Canadian sector knows it won’t be as easy as turning the lights back on, as the major studios still have headwinds and roadblocks coming out of the dual strikes, including cost pressures as their streaming platforms claw their way to profitability.
“We need to temper our expectations. We’re all excited everybody’s getting back to work,” said Noel Phillips, general manager of Dufferin Gate Studios in Toronto,...
But just how soon Hollywood gets back to Canada, and how, has dominated conversations in key production hubs like Vancouver and Toronto after U.S. actors and the major studios and streamers agreed terms for a new contract.
The Canadian sector knows it won’t be as easy as turning the lights back on, as the major studios still have headwinds and roadblocks coming out of the dual strikes, including cost pressures as their streaming platforms claw their way to profitability.
“We need to temper our expectations. We’re all excited everybody’s getting back to work,” said Noel Phillips, general manager of Dufferin Gate Studios in Toronto,...
- 11/11/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dufferin Gate Studios has taken over the former Stratagem Studios complex in east Toronto as the veteran studio operator places a bet on a return of major studios and streamers and their appetite for original content production post-Hollywood strikes.
The studio at 1510 Birchmount Road in Scarborough, with two giant 60-foot clear span stages and six in all, has hosted shoots for Marvel’s Hawkeye and Paramount+’s Mayor of Kingstown.
The Stratagem Group, led by film financier Michael Cerenzie, has given way to Dufferin Gate signing a memorandum of understanding to become the exclusive film and TV operators for the facility and position itself to serve more foreign productions by major studios and streamers shooting in Toronto.
Noel Phillips, general manager of Dufferin Gate, said the stages at 1510 Birchmount remain empty amid the Hollywood actors and writers strikes, but the studio operator has been received stepped-up inquiries, “hopefully indicating a...
The studio at 1510 Birchmount Road in Scarborough, with two giant 60-foot clear span stages and six in all, has hosted shoots for Marvel’s Hawkeye and Paramount+’s Mayor of Kingstown.
The Stratagem Group, led by film financier Michael Cerenzie, has given way to Dufferin Gate signing a memorandum of understanding to become the exclusive film and TV operators for the facility and position itself to serve more foreign productions by major studios and streamers shooting in Toronto.
Noel Phillips, general manager of Dufferin Gate, said the stages at 1510 Birchmount remain empty amid the Hollywood actors and writers strikes, but the studio operator has been received stepped-up inquiries, “hopefully indicating a...
- 8/29/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Toronto’s Dufferin Gate Studios has unveiled a new Studio 1550 facility in the city’s east end.
Dufferin Gate has unveiled new soundstages and support space at the Birchmount Avenue studio complex to offer four stages and over 68,000 square feet of space for film and TV production.
As part of the expansion, Dufferin Gate Studios has combined an existing 25,000 square feet of production space with an adjacent facility acquired in Jan. 2022 as the film studio operator positions itself to serve foreign productions by major studios and streamers shooting in Toronto.
“We are thrilled to announce our new addition in Toronto’s east end. The added square footage expands our bases across the city and helps meet the needs of our growing roster of domestic and foreign productions,” Noel Phillips, general manager, Dufferin Gate Studios, said in a statement.
Dufferin Gate Studios has in...
Toronto’s Dufferin Gate Studios has unveiled a new Studio 1550 facility in the city’s east end.
Dufferin Gate has unveiled new soundstages and support space at the Birchmount Avenue studio complex to offer four stages and over 68,000 square feet of space for film and TV production.
As part of the expansion, Dufferin Gate Studios has combined an existing 25,000 square feet of production space with an adjacent facility acquired in Jan. 2022 as the film studio operator positions itself to serve foreign productions by major studios and streamers shooting in Toronto.
“We are thrilled to announce our new addition in Toronto’s east end. The added square footage expands our bases across the city and helps meet the needs of our growing roster of domestic and foreign productions,” Noel Phillips, general manager, Dufferin Gate Studios, said in a statement.
Dufferin Gate Studios has in...
- 9/10/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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