CBC plans to create a TV movie about Sam Steele, a member of the North-West Mounted Police and distinguished military veteran who rode out against the Red River Rebellion and fought in the Boer War.CBC is working with the Alberta Film Development Program and Knight Enterprises to recreate the life of one of the country's most famous Mounties.Steele, who lived from 1849 to 1919, was born into an Ontario military family and joined the North-West Mounted Police, precursors to the RCMP, in 1873.He negotiated with the First Nations chief Sitting Bull, fought against Big Bear and solved a famous murder, before leading a force to the Klondike Gold Rush. He also led a private cavalry unit in the Boer War in South Africa and lived to serve in the First World War."From the Red River Expedition to the Boer War, Sir Sam Steele has been at the forefront of several monumental events around the world," Kirstine Stewart, general manager of CBC Television English Services, said Thursday in announcing the movie deal.In 2008, the Sir Samuel Benfield Steele Collection, which includes his letters, artifacts and papers, was repatriated to Canada from his descendants in Britain. It is now housed at the ...

According to reports, Telefilm and CBC have entered into an arrangement that will allow four, new Telefilm-funded movies a year to air during primetime.CBC will contribute to the development/production of the films, to go into commercial release in cinemas before being aired on TV.Both CBC and Telefilm agree to collaborate with indie producers on the creation/promotion of their films.CBC said it would air the films Sunday evenings...

ineplex Galaxy Income Fund posted higher revenue and profits based on heightened demand for movies in the third quarter.Revenue totalled $257.5 million, up 7.7 per cent or $18.4 million from $239.1 million in the same period last year.Attendance at movies in Canada hit 18.8 million, up four per cent from 18 million last year.Cineplex said its box office sales for the quarter, reported at $155.9 million, was the highest-ever box office revenue for any given quarter."From a box office perspective, [the recession] has been fantastic," Cineplex Entertainment CEO Ellis Jacob said.The Toronto-based income trust also reported higher net income of $20.4 million for the third quarter, up from year-ago profit of $18.4 million.Revenue met a consensus estimate of four analysts compiled by Thomson Reuters.That a screener of movies would fare well during a recession even as other businesses dependent on discretionary income have suffered is not necessarily surprising, economists note. Three-month stock chart for Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund on the TSX.Three-month stock chart for Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund on the TSX. (CBC)"People still spend money during recessions; they just spend it on different things," TD Economist Derek Burleton said."The entertainment sector has done well in general, and for people who are ...

The story of Hana's Suitcase has been the subject of a children's book, a TV documentary and a play, but filmmaker Larry Weinstein believes it's worth telling yet again.His feature film, Inside Hana's Suitcase, which has its commercial release Friday, is a docudrama that combines a re-creation of Hana's life with the modern story of how her experience continues to speak to children around the world.Weinstein, a Toronto documentary maker who has made music-themed films such as Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra and Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler Story, says the book moved him the first time he read it. Suitcase from Auschwitz showed up in JapanThe real Hana's suitcase, an empty suitcase with her name and the word "orphan" in white paint, was retrieved from Auschwitz, where 13-year-old Hana Brady was gassed in 1944.George Brady, older brother of the late Hana Brady, tours and speaks publicly about his sister, who died in Auschwitz in 1944 at the age of 13 and whose suitcase turned up in Japan 57 years later."I didn't want to make a Holocaust film," Weinstein told CBC's Q cultural affairs show. "I found the subject very dark and to be a potentially traumatizing thing, but ...

Watch the moment Liverpool Street Station danced to create this special T-Mobile Advert.Life's for sharing.T-Mobile have launched a simple, yet brilliant ad campaign for the benefits of sharing experiences while they happen over mobile (cell phones). Watch as these choreographed dancers help spark off a dancing frenzy!

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