UP N' COMIN UP NORTH

it's turning out to be a bit of a slow winter in the film industry but i know a chaotic frenzy of work is just around the corner. hopefully we can tuck some that under belts! here's a confirmed list of productions shooting in Canad:

PROJECT: DUNGEON SIEGE (Feature)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Dungeon Seige Prod. Inc.
PRODUCER(S): Stephen Hegyes, Shawn Williamson, Dan Clarke
DIRECTOR: Uwe Boll
CAST: TBA
LOCATION(S): Vancouver/Croatia
TENTATIVE START: June 20, 2005
DESCRIPTION: Follows the epic adventures of a farm girl who becomes a hero.

PROJECT: IN THE LAND OF WOMEN (Feature Film)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Land Films Inc.
PRODUCER(S): Steve Golin, David Kanter, Lawrence Kasdan, Barbara Kelly
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Kasdan
CAST: Meg Ryan, Adam Brody, Kristen Stewart
LOCATION(S): Vancouver
TENTATIVE START: April 28, 2005
DESCRIPTION: Devastated over the breakup with his girlfriend, Carter Webb leaves Los Angeles to stay with his crazy grandmother in her suburban Detroit home, across the street from the Hardwicke family. As Carter struggles to reconcile his own inner conflicts, he is drawn into the pains and loves of the Hardwicke women, all of whom, in their own way, fall in love with Carter, and all of whom, in their own way, help him find himself.

PROJECT: MASTERS OF HORROR (Showtime / Series)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Reunion Pictures / Masters Productions I Ltd.
PRODUCER(S): Lisa Richardson, Tom Rowe, Andrew Deane, Keith Addis, Adam Goldworm, Ben Browning
DIRECTOR: Various (anthology series)
CAST: TBA
LOCATION(S): Vancouver
TENTATIVE START: April 25, 2005
DESCRIPTION: An anthology series of 13 hour-long films to be directed and/or written by some of the genre's top names. John Landis will direct "Deer Woman" starring Brian Benben; Dario Argento will direct "Jennifer" based on the book by Bruce Jones and Bernie Wrightson starring Steven Weber; and Don Coscarelli will direct Incident "On And Off A Mountain Road," adapted by the director from Joe Lansdale's short story. Mick Garris will direct "Chocolate" adapted from his own short story; Stuart Gordon will direct "Dreams In The Witch House," adapted from HP Lovecraft's classic tale; and John Carpenter will direct "Cigarette Burns" from an original teleplay.

PROJECT: PACIFIC AIR 121 (Columbia / Feature)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Hannah Rachel Productions Services Ltd.
PRODUCER(S): Craig Berenson, Don Granger, Penny Finkelman Cox, Sandra Rabins
DIRECTOR: David Ellis
CAST: Sam Jackson
LOCATION(S): Vancouver
TENTATIVE START: June 6, 2005
DESCRIPTION: Centers around a ruthless assassin who unleashes a crate full of lethal snakes aboard a packed passenger jet over the Pacific Ocean in order to eliminate a witness in protective custody. The rookie pilot and frightened passengers must band together to survive.

PROJECT: RV (Columbia / Feature)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): RV Camping Productions Ltd.
PRODUCER(S): Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Graham Place
DIRECTOR: Barry Sonnenfeld
CAST: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines
LOCATION(S): Vancouver
TENTATIVE START: May 3, 2005
DESCRIPTION: Robin Williams portrays Bob McNeive, the patriarch of an average dysfunctional American family who is about to set off on the most dangerous, high-stakes, life-threatening and traumatizing adventure of their lives: two weeks together in a RV.

PROJECT: SCARY MOVIE 4 (Dimension / Feature)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Zucker / Netter Productions
PRODUCER(S): Robert K. WeissDIRECTOR: David Zucker
CAST: Anna Faris
LOCATION(S): Vancouver
TENTATIVE START: July, 2005
DESCRIPTION: This time out it's a spoof of not only other horror movies, but of superhero pictures as well.

PROJECT: SNOW ANGELS (Feature)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Crossroads Films
PRODUCER(S): Dan Lindau, Camille Taylor, Paul Miller
DIRECTOR: Jesse Peretz
CAST: Sam Rockwell, Amanda Peet, Emily Mortimer
LOCATION(S): Vancouver
TENTATIVE START: April, 2005
DESCRIPTION: Arthur Parkinson is fourteen during the dreary winter of 1974, experiencing the confusing pangs of adolescence and the pain of his parents’ divorce. His world is shattered further by the sudden and violent death of Annie Marchand, his beloved former baby-sitter. Narrated by the adult Arthur, who continues to be haunted by memories, the story of a young man’s unraveling family and the circumstances leading up to Annie’s death forms the backdrop for an intimate tale of the price of love and belonging, told in a spare, translucent, and unexpectedly tender voice.

PROJECT: ADDICTED.COM (Lifetime / MOW)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Jaffe / Braunstein Films, LLC
PRODUCER(S): Michael Jaffe, Howard Braunstein, Michael Bremer, Paul Goff
DIRECTOR: Tom McLoughlin
CAST: TBA
LOCATION(S): Toronto
TENTATIVE START: April 25, 2005
DESCRIPTION: When high school swimming champion Justin Petersen becomes addicted to online pornography, the erotic images infest his mind and poison his life, destroying his relationship with his parents, his friends, and his girlfriend

PROJECT: BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (ABC Family / Series)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Sony Pictures Television
PRODUCER(S): Paul Stupin, John Ryan
DIRECTOR: TBA
CAST: Daphne Zuniga, Sarah Foret, Torrey DeVitto
LOCATION(S): Toronto
TENTATIVE START: May 16, 2005
DESCRIPTION: Recently arrived in New York City and ready for a fresh start, the Kerr gals (mom Lynn and her two daughters, Sophie and Karen), are eager to experience all that the Big Apple has to offer.

PROJECT: BLACK CHRISTMAS (Feature)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Adelstein / Parouse Productions / Memento Pictures
PRODUCER(S): Marty Adelstein, Dawn Parouse, Victor Solnicki, Marc Butan, Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, James Wong, Steve Hoban, Scott Nemes, Clark Segal, Noah Segal, Satsuki Mitchell
DIRECTOR: Glen Morgan
CAST: TBA
LOCATION(S): Toronto
TENTATIVE START: September, 2005
DESCRIPTION: It's time for Christmas break, and the sorority sisters make plans for the holiday, but the strange anonymous phone calls are beginning to put them on edge. When Clare disappears, they contact the police, who doesn't express much concern. Meanwhile, Jess is planning to get an abortion, but boyfriend Peter is very much against it. The police finally begin to get concerned when a 13-year-old girl is found dead in the park. They set up a wiretap to the sorority house, but will they be in time to prevent a sorority girl attrition problem?

PROJECT: C.P.I. (Paramount / Feature)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Cent Productions Inc.
PRODUCER(S): Paul Rosenberg, Jimmy Iovine, Arthur Lappin
DIRECTOR: Jim Sheridan
CAST: 50 Cent, Joy Bryant, Viola Davis
LOCATION(S): TorontoTENTATIVE START: April 11, 2005
DESCRIPTION: Marcus, a New York drug hustler from the hood, discovers his talent for rap and struggles to follow his dream and improve his life while raising a young family.

PROJECT: CODE BREAKERS (ESPN / MOW)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Orly Adelson Productions
PRODUCER(S): Orly Adelson
DIRECTOR: Rod Holcomb
CAST: TBA
LOCATION(S): Toronto
TENTATIVE START: Early June, 2005
DESCRIPTION: In August 1951, big time football led to big time corruption when eighty-three cadets - most of whom were players on legendary coach Earl "Red" Blaik's football team, including the coach's own son - were expelled from West Point for cheating. After Blaik took possession of the Army football program in 1940, he began to recruit players whose academic abilities were no match for their gridiron skills. In order to pass certain exams, these players were assigned a tutor whose nominal job was to assist the student but whose actual duty involved passing him "the poop."

PROJECT: FOUR MINUTES (ESPN / MOW)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Cypress Point Productions
PRODUCER(S): Gerry Abrams, Bud Greenspan
DIRECTOR: TBA
CAST: TBA
LOCATION(S): Toronto
TENTATIVE START: Spring, 2005
DESCRIPTION: There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed, and in all of sport it was the elusive holy grail. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier. Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur — still driven not just by winning but by the nobility of the pursuit. John Landy was the privileged son of a genteel Australian family, who as a boy preferred butterfly collecting to running but who trained relentlessly in an almost spiritual attempt to shape his body to this singular task. Then there was Wes Santee, the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and natural athlete who believed he was just plain better than everybody else.

PROJECT: MURDER IN THE HAMPTONS (MOW)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): TBA
PRODUCER(S): Wendy Grean
DIRECTOR: Gerry Ciccoritti
CAST: TBA
LOCATION(S): Toronto
TENTATIVE START: May 9, 2005
DESCRIPTION: TBA

PROJECT: SILVER BELLS (CBS / MOW)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc.
PRODUCER(S): Richard Welsh, Brent Shields, Andy Gottlieb
DIRECTOR: Dick Lowry
CAST: TBA
LOCATION(S): Toronto
TENTATIVE START: May 2, 2005
DESCRIPTION: Every year on the first day of December, Christopher Byrne traveled from his farm in Nova Scotia to sell his Christmas trees on the streets of Manhattan. But this year there'd be no cheer for the widower and his twelve-year-old daughter, Bridget. For New York City had taken Christy's only son, headstrong sixteen-year-old Danny, who'd run off without a trace. Librarian Catherine Tierney used to love the holidays: the lights, the carols, the nip in the air. But after her husband's death on Christmas Eve three years ago, the festivities seemed to start too early and last too long. Just before he died, Brian told his wife that he'd never leave her, that every Christmas he'd send Catherine a sign. On the quaint Chelsea street where she lives, Catherine will meet the tree seller from Nova Scotia. Both figured the world had forgotten the true meaning of Christmas. But they hadn't counted on finding each other, on fate, on second chances...and on a holiday gift of new love and new hope to last a lifetime.

PROJECT: 10.5 APOCALYPSE (NBC / Miniseries)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Pearl Pictures
PRODUCER(S): Gary Pearl, Michael Jaffe, Howard Braunstein
DIRECTOR: John Lafia
CAST: Beau Bridges, Kim Delaney, Dule Hill
LOCATION(S): Montreal
TENTATIVE START: May 31, 2005
DESCRIPTION: An unprecedented series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions plague the western United States, and with them comes the growing realization that a rapidly expanding fault line from Canada to Mexico might potentially split the country right in half--and run right through a nuclear reactor, with cataclysmic results.

PROJECT: DROWNING (Lifetime / MOW)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Anne Carlucci Productions
PRODUCER(S): Anne Carlucci, Jean Bureau
DIRECTOR: TBA
CAST: TBA
LOCATION(S): Montreal
TENTATIVE START: April 11, 2005
DESCRIPTION: TBA

PROJECT: PLATINUM RUSH (Lifetime / MOW)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Anne Carlucci Productions
PRODUCER(S): Anne Carlucci, Josee Mauffette, Jean Bureau, Stephen Greenberg
DIRECTOR: Richard Roy
CAST: TBA
LOCATION(S): Montreal
TENTATIVE START: July 6, 2005
DESCRIPTION: When Nicole Faulkner realizes that her husband has been leading a double life as a fence for a stolen platinum ring, she's caught between a rock and a hard place. Not only is Nicole being investigated by the FBI as a chief suspect, she's also been targeted for death by her husband's murderous associates. Pursued at every turn by assassins and Feds, Nicole sets out to trace her husband's whereabouts, piece together the mystery, and clear her name.

PROJECT: COMEBACK SEASON (Feature)
PRODUCTION COMPANY(S): Burns FilmsPRODUCER(S): Susan Cavan
DIRECTOR: Bruce McCulloch
CAST: Ray Liotta
LOCATION(S): Calgary
TENTATIVE START: May 8, 200
DESCRIPTION: Skylar, the local football star, has lost it all with one unlucky knee injury. His neighbor, Walter Pearce (Ray Liotta), has been tossed out of his house after admitting to his wife, Deborah, that he's had a brief inter-office affair. The timing couldn't be worse for Walter. His eldest daughter, Chloe, having just accepted a marriage proposal, prepares for her wedding day with the highest hopes of family harmony, even though her parents aren't speaking. Skylar's not Walter's favorite person, since a year earlier he broke the heart of Walter's youngest daughter, Christine, but after being tossed out of his house by wife, Deborah, and with no where to live, Walter and Skylar become roommates. In this unlikely alliance the men scramble for a second chance at love, stardom, and forgiveness from the women in their life. Circumstances becomes even more complicated when the once-jilted Christine returns to town to join sister Chloe in protectively rallying around their mom, as she tries to rebuild her life. The feisty trio of Pearce women make it clear that second

*i'm terribly confused about the 10.5 listing tho. that's the exact same movie i did a coupla years ago. same director, writer, cast, plot. what's goin on? it bombed so badly that it calls for a remake?!?!