Muse Distribution International
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Muse Distribution International
MUSE DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONAL Muse Distribution International is the sales arm of Muse Entertainment Enterprises, delivering television programming to broadcasters, cable and pay networks, to theatrical, VOD, SVOD, video, iTunes and to DVD distributors around the world. Muse Distribution has more than 460 hours of top quality entertainment for sale, including primetime event miniseries, captivating series, dramas, thrillers, mysteries, comedies, series for children and families as well as thought-provoking documentaries. Muse Entertainment is a leading, independent film and television production house known internationally for its well crafted and high quality productions. Muse is a foremost expert in international co-productions, having produced television programming and feature films in more than a dozen countries. Since its founding in 1998, Muse has produced, co-produced or provided production services on more than 170 TV movies, miniseries, television series and feature films. Muse-produced programs have won over 100 awards and garnered over 300 award nominations! Muse Entertainment Enterprises USA, the company’s Los Angeles operation, has reached deeply into the U.S. television market since starting up in 2008. It has realized several Muse productions including television series and movies-of-the-week, as well as numerous development deals with American pay, cable and free networks. Muse Entertainment Enterprises Ontario is set in Canada’s media hub, Toronto. Muse Entertainment Ontario helps serve Muse Entertainment’s development, financing and production operations. Muse Entertainment Ontario is also the company’s centre for its new boutique factual division, Muse Factual. Muse Factual is committed to working with Canadian and international broadcasters in creating, financing and delivering high-impact and entertaining non-scripted series and specials. Offering a 360 degree approach to production, Muse Factual collaborates with talent from all over the globe in developing and producing contemporary and market-driven non-scripted programming. MINISERIES MINISERIES THE KENNEDYS DRAMA 8x1 hr. or 4 x2 hrs. They’ve been called America’s royal family. But that does them – and the country – little justice. Royals are born to their status. The Kennedys made themselves into theirs in an utterly American way, through driving ambition, hard work and, when necessary, a willingness to toss the rule book aside.The Kennedys portrays these most public of figures in their most private moments of happiness, despair, intimacy and estrangement. DIRECTED BY Jon Cassar (24) STARRING Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine) Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan) Katie Holmes (Batman Begins) Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom) NETWORKS 365 Media Iceland A&E Ole Networks Latin America ABC Australia AETN 18 India AETN All Asia Networks AETN UK ARTE Germany CNTV Korea Discovery Russia ERR Estonia Fox Portugal France Télévision Global Canada IBA Israel LA7 Italy MTVA Hungary NHK Japan NRK Norway ReelzChannel USA RTBF Belgium RTE Ireland RTS Switzerland Sinema TV Turkey Sky Network Television SVT Sweden Telecinco Spain TV4 AB Denmark VRT Belgium YLE Finland AWARDS Won 4 Emmy Awards Won 3 Gemini Awards Won 1 DGA Award Won 5 DGC Awards Won The NY Festivals International Television & Film Grand Trophy Award Won 1 History Makers Award Nominated for 10 Emmy Awards Nominated for 10 Gemini Awards Nominated for 1 Monte Carlo Award Nominated for 1 Producers Guild Award 3 BEN HUR DRAMA MINISERIES 2 x 2 hrs. Judah Ben Hur and Messala are best friends who grew up together until Messala leaves for Rome for military training. Messala returns to Jerusalem years later in charge of the Roman garrison. When Ben Hur’s family is blamed for an uprising against Rome, Messala makes an example of them, sending Ben Hur to slavery in the galleys and his sister and mother to prison. After three years in the galleys as a slave and his desire for revenge growing, Ben Hur returns to Jerusalem to settle the score between him and Messala in a tense and exhilarating chariot race. Based on the original 1880’s novel by Lew Wallace, Ben Hur the miniseries is a gutwrenching, action-packed drama about vengeance and the power of forgiveness. DIRECTED BY Steve Shill (The Sopranos) STARRING 4 Joseph Morgan (Alexander) Stephen Campbell Moore (The Bank Job) Emily Van Camp (Brothers and Sisters) Ray Winstone (The Departed) James Faulkner (Harry Potter) NETWORKS Antena 3 Prosieben CBC ABC Ovation AWARDS Won 1 ACTRA Award for Outstanding Female Performance Won 1 Gemini Award for Best Visual Effects Nominated for 1 Gemini for Best Sound MINISERIES THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH DRAMA 8 x 1 hr. Set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tear lives and families apart, human drama and love stories entwine. Tom, the master builder; Aliena, the noblewoman; the sadistic Lord William; Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge; Jack, the artist in stone work and Ellen, the woman from the forest who casts a curse, are just some of the fascinating characters. Based on Ken Follett’s hugely popular novel, The Pillars of the Earth weaves their stories through the political turmoil of 12th century England. DIRECTED BY Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (Heroes) STARRING Ian McShane (Deadwood) Donald Sutherland (Human Trafficking) Rufus Sewell (The Illusionist) Matthew Macfadyen (Frost/Nixon) Hayley Atwell (The Duchess) NETWORKS PROSIEBEN/SAT 1 Sogecable CBC ORF TV2 HBO Canada Movie Central AWARDS Won 1 Emmy Award Won 3 Gemini Awards Nominated for 7 Emmy Awards Nominated for 10 Gemini Awards Nominated for 3 Golden Globe Awards Nominated for 1 Monte Carlo Television Festival Award 5 EXPLODING SUN SCI-FI/ACTION 2 x 2 hrs. The world’s first commercial space shuttle is struck by a solar storm. The disaster hyper-charges the space shuttle’s engine and catapults the ship on a direct course for the sun. But the danger becomes cataclysmic when it’s discovered that the event is triggering a much larger solar storm that could send Earth back into the Stone Age - if it isn’t stopped in time. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS Michael Robison (Nikita) STARRING MINISERIES Syfy Space David James Elliott (GCB) Anthony Lemke (Lost Girl) Julia Ormond (Mad Men) CAT. 8 SCI-FI/ACTION 2 x 2 hrs. When a breakthrough in global defense malfunctions, the result is a fireball four times the size of Earth streaking toward the planet. As fires blaze and panic spreads, a renegade scientist comes to the world’s rescue. DIRECTED BY Kevin Fair (Smallville) STARRING Matthew Modine (The Dark Knight Rises) Maxim Roy (Heartland) Ted Whittall (The Killing) 6 NETWORKS Syfy Space MINISERIES THE LAST TEMPLAR MINISERIES DRAMA 2 x 2 hrs. When a priceless artifact is stolen from New York’s Metropolitan Museum, archeologist Tess Chaykin and FBI agent Sean Daly are propelled into a treacherous adventure that takes them through the sewers of Manhattan, across continents to desolate Turkish highlands, to a violent storm on the Mediterranean that shipwrecks them onto a remote Greek island - and into the very heart of an incredible Vatican secret. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS Paolo Barzman (Being Human) NBC Global STARRING Mira Sorvino (Human Trafficking) Victor Garber (Alias) Scott Foley (Felicity) Omar Sharif (Dr. Zhivago) THE PHANTOM MINISERIES SCI-FI 2 x 2 hrs. Filled with stunts and special effects, this miniseries is based on the legendary adventure comic strip. Chris Moore is shocked to learn that he was adopted when his parents died and that he is actually the son of Kit Walker - The Phantom, a caped crime-fighter. He joins the Phantom Team in the jungles of Bengalla to be expertly trained in combat and emerges as the next Phantom to uphold his ancestors’ creed and battle the assassins of the evil Singh Brotherhood. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS Paolo Barzman (The Last Templar) STARRING Syfy Movie Central TVA Ryan Carnes (Desperate Housewives) Sandrine Holt (24) Jean Marchand (Trudeau) Cameron Goodman (Mad Men) 7 HUMAN TRAFFICKING CRIME DRAMA 2 x 2 hrs. This tense and powerful miniseries about the underground sex slave trade exposes the ugly world of an international ring of sex traffickers and their abducted victims. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS STARRING AWARDS Christian Duguay (Coco Chanel) Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) Donald Sutherland (Citizen X) Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty) Rémy Girard (The Barbarian Invasions) IMPACT ACTION/DRAMA City TV Lifetime Won Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Mini-Series. Won DGC Award for Outstanding Direction. Nominated: 3 Emmy Awards 2 Golden Globes 5 Gemini Awards 2 x 2 hrs. A huge meteor smashes into the moon, changing its properties and orbit. Scientists announce that the moon will crash into Earth and all life will perish unless an international mission of astronauts succeeds in reversing the moon’s magnetic effects and restoring its original orbit. The survival of mankind is in their hands. DIRECTED BY Michael J. Rohl (Smallville) STARRING David James Elliot (Jag) Natasha Henstridge (Species) James Cromwell (The Queen) 8 MINISERIES NETWORKS ABC Syfy Channel Super Channel MINISERIES ANSWERED BY FIRE MINISERIES DRAMA 2 X 2 hrs. Based on true events, this is the powerful, action-packed story of courage and love throughout the tumultuous 1999 referendum in East Timor and its horrifying aftermath. Canadian and Australian police officers volunteer for the United Nations Mission as Civilian Police, but they are emotionally unprepared for the bloody reality that awaits them. DIRECTED BY Jessica Hobbs (Love My Way) STARRING Isabelle Blais (Human Trafficking) David Wenham (Lord of the Rings) Alex Tilman (Balibo) NETWORKS CBC ABC Australia Historia FLOOD MINISERIES AWARDS Won the Australian Cinematographers’ Society Award Won 2 Australian Writers’ Guild Awards Won 2 Australian Film Institute Awards Won 1 Screen Producers’ Association of Australia Award Won 1 Cinema Tout Ecran International Film & TV Award Won 1 Chicago International Television Award Nominated for 5 Geminis ACTION/DRAMA 2 X 2 hrs. A raging storm and high seas unleash a colossal surge, which travels mercilessly down England’s East Coast and into the Thames River. Overwhelming the city’s flood defenses, torrents of water pour into the city. The lives of millions of Londoners are at stake. Top marine engineers experts Rob, his ex-wife Sam and his father, have only a few hours to save the city from total devastation. DIRECTED BY Tony Mitchell (Supervolcano) STARRING Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty) Jessalyn Gilsig (Nip/Tuck) Tom Courtenay (Nicholas Nickleby) NETWORKS BBC ITV CBC TF1 9 KILLER WAVE DRAMA/ACTION 2 x 2 hrs. A large corporation conspires to devastate American cities on the East Coast with tidal waves so that it can win a multi-billion dollar contract from the government. Marine engineers John McAdams and Sophie Marleau try to find the perpetrators of these ‘natural disasters,’ but they have to evade both the FBI and paid assassins who are chasing them before they can stop the evil-doers. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS Bruce McDonald (Degrassi: The Next Generation) STARRING Angus MacFadyen (Braveheart) Karine Vanasse (Revenge) Tom Skerritt (Top Gun) MINISERIES Sky1 Antena 3 Channel 7 Australia Global SUPERSTORM DRAMA/ACTION 3 X 3 hrs. Top scientists are brought together by the US government to try to do the unimaginable: control the weather in order to prevent disasters like Hurricane Katrina ever happening again. But as their ideas move from theoretical to practical, the team gradually realizes that there is potentially a much more sinister reason for their work: the development of a potentially devastating weapon of war. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS Julian Simpson (The Criminal) STARRING BBC Nicola Stephenson (My Wonderful Life) Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan) Chris Potter (X-Men) 10 MINISERIES MINISERIES SERIES MINISERIES SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED COMEDIC DRAMA SERIES 1 x 2 hrs. + 10 x 1 hr. The inspiring stories of four postal workers in the Dead Letter Office of the U.S. Postal System whose mission is to deliver lost letters and packages from the past, which arrive late but miraculously on time, to save lives, solve crimes, reunite old loves and change futures. DIRECTED BY Scott Smith (Call Me Fitz) Kevin Fair (Smallville) Michael Rohl (Supernatural) Lynne Stopkewich (This is Wonderland) STARRING Eric Mabius (Ugly Betty) Kristin Booth (The Kennedys) Crystal Lowe (Primeval: New World) Geoff Gustafson (Primeval: New World) NETWORKS The Hallmark Channel Bravo (Bell Media) Guest starring: Daphne Zuniga (One Tree Hill) Valerie Harper (Rhoda) Della Reese (Touched by an Angel) Carol Burnett (The Carol Burnett Show) Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland) 12 SERIES PLAYED DRAMA 13 x 1 hr. The dramatic series follows the Covert Investigations Unit (CIU), an elite undercover police unit which infiltrates criminal worlds. In nerve-wracking confidence games or “plays,” these cops flirt with killers, befriend gangbangers, and arrange gun shipments – all to collect evidence and coax confessions. CIU cops are full of charm and humour. They think quickly, talk smoothly and rely on their charisma to inspire trust. But undercover “plays” are unpredictable -- they can turn on a dime. If these cops aren’t convincing, if they aren’t real, if they miss one cue - their lives could be over in an instant. After posing as high-rolling millionaires, cocaine dealers and hit men, they return home and try to prevent the job from corroding their personal lives. DIRECTED BY Adrienne Mitchell (Durham County) Charles Binamé (Being Human) Jerry Ciccoritti (King) Kelly Makin (Rookie Blue) Rachel Talalay (Bomb Girls) Bradley Walsh (Beauty and the Beast) Lee Rose (Lost Girl) STARRING Vincent Walsh (Lost Girl) Chandra West (The Gates) Lisa Marcos (The Listener) Dwain Murphy (Combat Hospital) Agam Darshi (Arrow) Adam Butcher (Bomb Girls) NETWORKS CTV (Canada) ProSieben (Germany) 13 BOMB GIRLS DRAMA 18 x 1 hr. + 1 x 2 hrs. Set in the 1940’s, the series follows a group of remarkable women who risk their lives in a munitions factory building bombs for the Allied armed forces on the European front. Liberated from their homes and social restrictions, they embrace their newfound freedom and change their lives profoundly. DIRECTED BY Adrienne Mitchell (Durham County) Ken Girotti (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) Anne Wheeler (This is Wonderland) Don McBrearty (Heartland) Jerry Ciccoritti (Being Human) Rachel Talalay (Played) Bruce McDonald (Cracked) Paolo Barzman (Lost Girl) 14 STARRING Meg Tilly (Agnes of God) Jodi Balfour (The Sinking of the Laconia) Charlotte Hegele (Murdoch Mysteries) Ali Liebert (Hellcats) Antonio Cupo (L’Ombra Del Destino) NETWORKS Reelz Channel Global Chellomedia Netherlands ITV 3 DR Denmark YLE Finland NRJ France Sky TV New Zealand TG4 Ireland IBA Israel TVA Canada AWARDS SERIES Won 3 Canadian Screen Awards Won 1 Leo Award Won 1 Rocky Award Won The Gracie Award Nominated for 14 Canadian Screen Awards Nominated for 2 Leo Awards Nominated for 1 WGC Screenwriting Award Nominated for 2 Monte Carlo Awards BEING HUMAN SERIES DRAMA 52 x 1 hr. A ghost, a vampire and a werewolf live together as roommates in a house in Boston. While struggling to keep their dark secrets from the world, they help each other navigate the complexities of living double lives and try to build a future for themselves beyond simply being monsters. DIRECTED BY Adam Kane (Grey’s Anatomy) Paolo Barzman (The Phantom) Jerry Ciccoritti (Being Erica) Charles Binamé (Durham County) Jeremiah Chechik (Gossip Girl) Eric Canuel (Flashpoint) Stefan Pleszczynski (Motive) Stefan Schwartz (Dexter) Jeff Renfroe (Haven) Mairzee Almas (Beauty and the Beast) Kelly Makin (Played) STARRING Sam Witwer (Dexter) Meaghan Rath (15/Love) Sam Huntington (Superman Returns) Kristen Hager (A Little Bit Zombie) AWARDS Won 1 Canadian Screen Award Nominated for 5 Canadian Screen Awards Nominated for 5 Gemini Awards NETWORKS Syfy Space 15 BOUNTY HUNTERS ANIMATED COMEDY 13 x 30 min. Out of a dinky office, Jeff runs a two-bit, bounty hunting operation along with his neurotic, best friend Bill and gungho, wild-card Larry. Jeff and his crew chase down different criminals but, inevitably, their own quirks and jumbled lives interfere. On their side is tough-as-nails, bondsman Lisa, who throws them cases and a crude word or two. They’re a rag-tag team with few tracking skills, but one way or another, they catch their criminal. DIRECTED BY Cory Morrison (The Secret World of Benjamin Bear) STARRING Jeff Foxworthy (The Smurfs) Larry The Cable Guy (Blue Collar TV) Bill Engvall (Hawthorne) Lisa Lampanelli (Whitney) 16 NETWORKS CMT Comedy Channel SERIES BULLET IN THE FACE SERIES COMEDY 6 x 30 min. Following a botched jewel heist in which he is shot in the face, sociopath criminal Gunter Vogler wakes up in hospital, surrounded by cops, his head wrapped in bandages. When the bandages come off Gunter is shocked to find he now has the face of a policeman he’s killed. The police then force him to work undercover to take down the city’s crime lords. DIRECTED BY Erik Canuel (Bon Cop, Bad Cop) STARRING Max Williams (Night of the Living Dead 3D) Kate Kelton (Haven) Eddie Izzard (Valkyrie) Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight) NETWORKS IFC Super Channel SBS Australia TF1 International 17 DURHAM COUNTY DRAMA 18 X 1 hr. Durham County is an emotionally powerful dramatic series that revolves around Detective Mike Sweeney and his family. They say there’s only six degrees of separation between you and anyone else in the world, but sometimes it’s not even that. Sometimes the most brutal evil you can imagine is already in your world. Sometimes it’s just across the street. DIRECTED BY Adrienne Mitchell (Bomb Girls) Alain DesRochers (Nitro) Rachel Talalay (The Wind in the Willows) Charles Binamé (Cyberbully) 18 STARRING Hugh Dillon (Flashpoint) Hélène Joy (Murdoch Mysteries) Michelle Forbes (True Blood) Laurence Leboeuf (Human Trafficking) Michael Nardone (Rome) NETWORKS HBO Canada Movie Central ION Network AWARDS Won 1 Gemini Nominated for 7 Gemini Awards Nominated for 5 Golden Nymph Awards (Monte Carlo) SERIES GAWAYN SERIES ANIMATED CHILDREN’S SERIES 52 X 13 min. The heroes return for a second season of thrills, spills, jokes and plenty of questing. They had managed to find the Crystal of Gawayn and were about to return their beloved Princess Gwendolyn to her normal size - but before Elspeth could finish reading the magic spell, someone tripped and sent the Great Book of Magic flying way off into the distance. The end result: Princess Gwen is normal size – then small – then giant. She keeps on changing whenever she stresses! The heroes have only one option: Find the Great Book of Magic – and fast! DIRECTED BY Christophe Pittet (The Green Squad) STARRING Bruce Dinsmore (Exploding Sun) Claudia Besso (Arthur) Emma Isherwood (The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog) NETWORKS HBO Canada Movie Central ION Network Knowledge Network Canada SRC Radio-Canada France 3 Rai Italy TVE Spain RTBF Belgium VRT Belgium RTP Portugal TSR Switzerland Z@ppelin Netherlands 19 THE MYSTERIES OF ALFRED HEDGEHOG ANIMATED CHILDREN’S SERIES 52 X 11 min. This exciting animated series for kids (ages 6-9) encourages scientific exploration, problem solving and teamwork. Each episode explores Alfred’s marvelously mysterious world where sudden disappearances, strange natural phenomena, curious animal behavior and even muddy footprints all require his detective and deductive reasoning skills. DIRECTED BY Frederic Dybowski (Galactik Football) STARRING SERIES NETWORKS France 5 Knowledge Network Radio Canada TVO TFO Carolina Bartczak (Lucky 7) Emma Taylor Isherwood (Tales From the Neverending Story) Angela Galuppo (The Trotsky) TALES FROM THE NEVERENDING STORY FAMILY/DRAMA 13 x 1 hr. (4 x 2 hrs.) Twelve-year-old Bastian loses his mother in a car accident but recovers through his imagination. When he reads “The Neverending Story,” he is inspired to create the enchanted realm of Fantasia, where the Childlike Empress, heroes, villains, dragons, dark knights and other characters are pitted against each other in an epic battle of good versus evil. DIRECTED BY Adam Weissman (iCarly) Giles Walker (René Lévesque) STARRING Mark Rendall (Charlie Bartlett) Tyler Hynes (Valemont) AWARDS 20 NETWORKS Hallmark CBC TMN RAI RTL 2 TF6 TFI Won Grand Prize, Awards of Excellence, Alliance for Children and Television Won 1 Gemini Nominated for 4 Geminis SERIES THIS IS WONDERLAND SERIES COMEDY/DRAMA 39 x 1 hr. There is not much “order” in this darkly comic, law-and-order series when Alice, a junior lawyer, tumbles into the chaotic world of big-city courts filled with too many cases, not enough lawyers and judges, and a cast of offbeat and desperate characters. As she fights to defend her clients, sometimes even against themselves, Alice’s patience and compassion are constantly tested. Occasionally, she and her colleagues manage to strike a few small blows for justice in the world. STARRING Cara Pifko (General Hospital) Michael Rily (Being Erica) Michael Murphy (The Bridge) Kathryn Winslow (24) NETWORKS CBC ABC (Australia) LA 7 (Italy) Séries + AWARDS Won 4 Gemini Awards. Won WCC Award for Best Dramatic Series. Nominated for 38 Gemini Awards over 3 seasons. Nominated for Golden Nymph Award for Best Dramatic Series, Monte Carlo Television Festival. TWICE IN A LIFETIME SERIES DRAMA 44 x 1 hr. This inspiring and provocative series taps into a universal fantasy: to be given a second chance to fix an error of the past. Every episode features a guest star playing a flawed person who dies suddenly. Two celestial figures on the other side offer him a chance to return to earth and convince his younger self to not make the same mistake. STARRING Paul Popowich (The Bridge) Al Waxman (The Hurricane) Gordie Brown (Life with Louie) AWARDS Won Gold for Direction, Chicago International Film Festival. Won DGC Award NETWORKS CTV PAX TV Vision TV W Network One Canada The Christian Channel 21 FAMILY BIZ COMEDY 26 x 30 min. For Eli, Avalon and Ronnie Keller life is sweet. Three latchkey kids, they’ve made their house into the neighborhood social hub. Their folks work long and hard at their careers and the Keller kids like it that way. Teen insanity rules! But when their corporate dad gets downsized (okay, fired) and decides to apply the world of business to the business of parenting, the Keller kids’ world will never be the same. DIRECTED BY SERIES NETWORKS YTV Craig Pryce (Life with Derek) France 2 François Basset (Starhunter) Luc Chalifour (Sous le Soleil) Stefan Scaini (DeGrassi: The Next Generation) Reid Dunlop (Traders) STARRING Ephraim Ellis (DeGrassi: The Next Generation) Doug Murray (How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days) Kate Corbett (How Eunice Got her Baby) Rebecca Windheim (The Last Templar) Lori Alter (Earth: Final Conflict) CRUSOE DRAMA 30 x 1 hr. This is a story of pirates, treasure, mutineers, cannibals and heroes. Adapted from one of the most widely published books in history, Crusoe tells the story of a young man who leaves his wife and his life in England for a life of adventure on the high seas. After finding himself shipwrecked and then cast ashore onto an island, he survives by building a home and becoming a master of his life. DIRECTED BY Alex Chapple (Law and Order) Duane Clark (CSI: Miami) Jeff Woodnaugh (Las Vegas) Paul Shapiro (The Commish) Helen Shaver (Judging Amy) Michael Robison (Kyle XY) STARRING Philip Winchester, (Thunderbirds) Sam Neil (Jurassic Park) Anna Walton (Hellboy II) 22 NETWORKS NBC CityTV AWARDS Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing SERIES TV MOVIES ZAPPED TV MOVIE 2 hrs. Sixteen-year-old Zoey Stevens is a skilled dancer and straight-A student who is having trouble adjusting to a new high school and its klutzy dance squad, a new step father, three new rowdy step-brothers and an unruly dog. But things change when a dog training app on her smart phone begins to somehow control all the boys around her. DIRECTED BY Peter DeLuise (Cedar Cove) 24 STARRING Zendaya (Shake It Up!) Chanelle Peloso (Incredible Crew) Spencer Boldman (Lab Rats) Emilia McCarthy (Hemlock Grove) Adam DiMarco (Arctic Air) NETWORKS Disney US Family Channel Canada TV MOVIES REVIVING OPHELIA TV MOVIES DRAMA 2 hrs. Reviving Ophelia is the story of a beautiful, intelligent teenager who finds herself in disarray when her life becomes consumed by her domineering and violent boyfriend. Elizabeth’s tumultuous story of struggling to cope with dating abuse, sexual pressures, fractured family dynamics and peer harassment will resonate with families and adolescents worldwide. DIRECTED BY Bobby Roth (Flash Forward) STARRING NETWORKS Lifetime Global AWARDS Nominated for 2 Gemini Awards Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle) Rebecca Williams (Rookie Blue) Kim Dickens (The Blind Side) 25 CYBERBULLY DRAMA 2 hrs. 17-year-old Taylor is driven to the brink of suicide from cyberbullying, only to discover that her misery stems partially from the behavior of her best friend, Samantha, who was impersonating a made-up boy online. As Taylor meets other teens who have been viciously bullied online, she comes to realize that she’s not alone; and with help from her mother, Kris, Taylor bravely works to get a law passed in her state that makes it illegal to harass minors online. DIRECTED BY Charles Binamé (Being Human) STARRING Emily Osment (Hannah Montana) Kay Panabaker (Fame) Kelly Rowan (The OC) NETWORKS ABC Family W Network HOLIDAZE ROMANTIC COMEDY AWARDS Won 1 Canadian Screen Award Won 2 Kidscreen Awards Won 1 Prism Award Nominated for 5 Canadian Screen Awards Nominated for 2 Prism Awards Nominated for 1 Young Artist Award TV MOVIES 2 hrs. Melody is a high-powered corporate workaholic for a retail conglomerate in a large city. She gets a taste of the life she could have had when she is sent to her sleepy hometown to convince the locals to let them build a new discount store. DIRECTED BY Jerry Ciccoritti (Bomb Girls) STARRING Jennie Garth (90210) Cameron Mathison (Hot in Cleveland) Mary Kay Place (The New Normal) 26 TV MOVIES NETWORKS Hallmark Channel Corus CHRISTMAS WITH TUCKER TV MOVIES FAMILY DRAMA 2 hrs. In the months following his father’s death, a young boy forms a special bond with a neighbor’s dog and learns to be a man by helping his grandparents and farmland community through a series of winter storms. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS Larry McLean (Republic of Doyle) Hallmark Channel Bell Media STARRING James Brolin (The West Wing) Gage Munroe (Alphas) Josie Bissett (Melrose Place) TV MOVIES A BANNER 4TH OF JULY FAMILY DRAMA 2 hrs. Desiree Banner has struggled to move forward since leaving The Banner Project - a band she headlined with her brothers Mitchell and Johnny. After a 10-year hiatus that deeply damaged Desiree and Mitchell’s relationship, the siblings reunite in their hometown to take care of their mother, Rosalind, who has suffered a heart attack. Rosalind, however, has ulterior motives for bringing her children together: she hopes that a Fourth of July reunion concert of The Banner Project will save their hometown from bankruptcy. But in order for The Banner Project to help their beloved hometown recover from hard financial times, they must first put their family feud aside and find harmony both on and offstage. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS Don McBrearty (Bomb Girls) Hallmark Channel Bell Media STARRING Brooke White (Change of Plans) Christian Campbell (Big Love) Michael Barbuto (An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving) Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King) 27 AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY DRAMA 2 hrs. In 1870, just days before Christmas, Isabella and Tilly pay a visit to Ireland, hoping Isabella’s long-ago suitor, the Earl of Shannon, can assist Tilly in getting her writing published. But their mission turns sour when the Earl’s greedy wife secretly hatches a plan to wed her son to Tilly in order to dip into her family’s wealth, even though Tilly is already engaged. DIRECTED BY TV MOVIES NETWORKS Don McBrearty (King) Hallmark STARRING Jacqueline Bisset (Nip/Tuck) Catherine Steadman (The Tudors) Kristopher Turner (The L.A. Complex) DESPERATELY SEEKING SANTA HOLIDAY DRAMA 2 hrs. An ambitious executive running promotions at a failing Boston mall comes up with a genius promotional gimmick to save her workplace and position herself for advancement: hold a “Hunky Santa” contest to replace the old Mall Santa. David, a local man trying to save his family’s pizzeria, ultimately wins the contest and sparks fly between him and Jennifer. DIRECTED BY Craig Pryce (Family Biz) STARRING Laura Vandervoort (Ted) Nick Zano (2 Broke Girls) Paula Brancati (Being Erica) 28 NETWORKS ABC Family TV MOVIES GIRL’S BEST FRIEND TV MOVIES ROMANTIC COMEDY 2 hrs. Mary is a jaded, antisocial music critic who pops her earphones in whenever she’s threatened with actual human communication. Then she gets stuck on a road trip with her mother’s Jack Russell terrier, Binky. For Mary, taking care of a hungry, slobbery creature is a nightmare. But as she drives across America with Binky, she begins to soften and eventually manages to love the dog and finds room in her heart for her family and her patient boyfriend. DIRECTED BY Peter Svatek (The Tournament) STARRING NETWORKS Lifetime Super Channel W Network Janeane Garofalo (Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion) Kris Holden-Ried (The Tudors) AN ACCIDENTAL FRIENDSHIP TV MOVIES DRAMA 2 hrs. Officer Tami Baumann is a beautiful but tough veteran of the police force, stationed in one of the roughest precincts. She has only one thing in common with the homeless Yvonne, played by Chandra Wilson: they both love dogs. The unlikely friendship between the homeless woman and cop finally helps bring romance into the life of the closed-off police officer and gives Yvonne the strength to get off the streets. DIRECTED BY Don McBrearty (Murdoch Mysteries) STARRING Chandra Wilson (Grey’s Anatomy) Ben Vereen (Roots) Kathleen Munroe (Durham County) NETWORKS Corus Global Hallmark AWARDS Nominated for an Emmy Award – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini-series or Movie 29 THE MANY TRIALS OF ONE JANE DOE CRIME/DRAMA 2 hrs. This film is the true story of an extraordinary woman, who, after a traumatizing rape refuses to remain a victim. Jane Doe discovers that she was the fifth victim of a serial rapist that the police knew was operating in the twoblock area where she lived but they did not issue a public warning. Outraged, she sues the police for negligence in a criminal investigation and her court battle makes legal history. DIRECTED BY Jerry Ciccoritti (Trudeau) STARRING Wendy Crewson (The Bridge) Steven Mackintosh (Criminal Justice) Gary Lewis (Gangs of New York) TV MOVIES NETWORKS CBC Lifetime AWARDS Won 4 Gemini Awards including Best Actress and Best Director. Won DGC Craft Award for Picture Editing. DEADLY FRIENDS DRAMA/THRILLER 2 hrs. Sometimes love kills - as in this surreal love story, based on real people and true events. This chilling drama explores the tragic murder of Nancy Eaton, the beautiful 23-year-old Eaton department store heiress by her 17-year-old friend from childhood. Narrated from beyond the grave, this unusual film offers an examination of fate versus free will and questions the nature of evil. DIRECTED BY Jerry Ciccoritti (Trudeau) STARRING Jessica Paré (Mad Men) Brendan Fletcher (The Pacific) Alice Krige (Deadwood) 30 NETWORKS Won Gemini Award for Best Actor. Nominated for 2 Gemini Awards TV MOVIES THE INVESTIGATION TV MOVIES CRIME/DRAMA 2 hrs. This gripping, true-life drama tells the story of the bungled and obstructed manhunt for Canada’s most notorious serial killer. In 1981 two young RCMP officers, each separately investigating a rape and a murder, captured Clifford Olson. Because of legal red tape and jurisdictional chaos, the suspect was released and continued his rampage until he was finally arrested and imprisoned - several murders later. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS STARRING AWARDS Anne Wheeler (This is Wonderland) Nicolas Lea (X-Files) Reece Dinsdale (Romance and Rejection) Lochlyn Munro (Scary Movie) CBC BBC Won WGC Award for Writer, Bruce M. Smith. Nominated for 2 Gemini Awards. SAVAGE MESSIAH TV MOVIES DRAMA 2 hrs. Based on a true story of brainwashing and manipulation, this powerful, psychological film follows a social worker whose sheer determination finally brings a diabolical cult leader to justice. Roch Thériault presides over a bizarre commune that includes his eight wives and 26 children. On the surface everything seems serene but, as the social worker investigates, she discovers a dead child and shocking mental and physical abuse. DIRECTED BY Mario Azzopardi (Degrassi: The Next Generation) STARRING Polly Walker (Rome) Luc Picard (Babin) Isabelle Blais (The High Cost of Living) Pascale Montpetit (Les Boys) NETWORKS Showcase TMN Super Channel Showtime (Australia) Séries+ AWARDS Won 3 Genie Awards for: Best Actor, Luc Picard, Screenwriter Sharon Riis, and Best Supporting Actress Pascale Montpetit. Nominated for DGC Award for Best Direction. 31 AN OLD FASHIONED THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY DRAMA 2 hrs. Inspired by a Louisa May Alcott short story, An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving is a tale about three generations of women in 1860’s America, the differences that separate them, and how during a tragic holiday, they learn to overcome those differences to become a family again. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS STARRING AWARDS TV MOVIES Hallmark Graeme Campbell (Degrassi: The Next Generation) Super Channel Jacqueline Bisset (Joan of Arc) Hélène Joy (Durham County) Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) Nominated for Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television Jacqueline Bisset. RECIPE FOR A PERFECT CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY DRAMA 2 hrs. In this romantic culinary comedy, 24-year-old JJ Jenner is offered her dream job as a food critic at a trendy New York magazine. She can’t believe her luck - that is, until her flamboyant and over-bearing mother comes to visit at Christmas and puts JJ’s career in jeopardy. DIRECTED BY Sheldon Larry (The First Circle) STARRING NETWORKS Global Lifetime Christine Baranski (Mamma Mia) Carly Pope (24) Bobby Cannavale (The Station Agent) 32 TV MOVIES TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE TV MOVIES ROMANCE DRAMA 2 hrs. While trying to balance a relationship with the daughter she gave up 18 years ago and her blossoming relationship with her coworker King Danville, newspaper columnist Peyton MacGruder receives a letter from a loyal reader, Eve Miller, challenging her latest column. Intrigued by Eve’s story of lost love and regret, Peyton begins to question her own life and the risk one must take to fall in love again. DIRECTED BY Douglas Barr (The Note) STARRING NETWORKS Hallmark W Network Genie Francis (General Hospital) Ted McGinley (Hope and Faith) John Bregar (Jack of Diamonds) NOTES FROM THE HEART HEALER TV MOVIES DRAMA 2 hrs. In the third installment of the highly popular movie series The Note, Author Peyton MacGruder forms an unlikely friendship with a single, young mom who abandons her baby on Peyton’s doorstep. DIRECTED BY Doug Barr (The Note) NETWORKS Hallmark STARRING Genie Francis (General Hospital) Ted McGinley (Hope and Faith) 33 UNSTABLE THRILLER 2 hrs. The daughter of a wealthy family and newly graduated from college, Megan Walker is haunted by a traumatic incident in her past. Her luck starts to change when she falls in love with the charming, down-to-earth Woody. But soon after marriage, old fears and anxieties start to surface and Megan becomes more suspicious of her new husband’s motives. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS Don McBrearty (Murdoch Mysteries) STARRING Shiri Appleby (Girls) David Alpay (The Tudors) Kathy Baker (Boston Public) Charlotte Sullivan (The Kennedys) I ME WED ROMANTIC COMEDY Lifetime ITV Global Allarco W Network 2 hrs. Isabel Darden is a successful, attractive 30-something professional, tired of everybody asking her “when are you going to get married?” She decides to put an end to the speculation once and for all, and marry the person she loves best in the world—herself! But as wedding plans escalate, she meets and falls in love with her contractor’s son, Colin, which complicates her plans. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS Craig Pryce (Life with Derek) STARRING Erica Durance (Smallville) Paul Popowich (Twice in a Lifetime) Cara Pifko (This is Wonderland) 34 TV MOVIES Global Lifetime TF1 TV MOVIES TV MOVIES THE NIGHT BEFORE THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY COMEDY 2 hrs. A clerical error leads Santa to take off for his annual Christmas Eve run one night early and he crashes onto the roof of a house. When the Fox family finds a confused Santa in the backyard, they band together to help him get back on track, find his magical bag of toys and save Christmas. DIRECTED BY James Orr (Christmas in Wonderland) NETWORKS Corus Hallmark STARRING Jennifer Beals (Flashdance) Rick Roberts (Traders) Rebecca Williams (Reviving Ophelia) THE WILD GIRL TV MOVIES DRAMA 2 hrs. A Chicago journalist heads to California to join the 1932 Great Apache Expedition through Northwestern Mexico as a photographer. He finds a wild Apache girl clinging to life in the wilderness. He sets off across the mountains to return the young girl to her people and trade her life for a missing boy. But his good deed puts his life in jeopardy. DIRECTED BY Don McBrearty (Murdoch Mysteries) NETWORKS Corus Hallmark STARRING Brian Austin Green (Desperate Housewives) Andrew Gillies (Flash of Genius) 35 THE CHRISTMAS CHOIR HOLIDAY DRAMA 2 hrs. Inspired by a true story, The Christmas Choir is about a workaholic accountant, played by Jason Gedrick, who becomes inspired to start a choir with a group of homeless men to help them out at Christmas time. Winner of America’s prestigious Epiphany Prize for the Most Inspiring TV Movie of 2008, The Christmas Choir shows the inspiring accomplishments of unexpected men changing their lives and making a difference. DIRECTED BY TV MOVIES NETWORKS Peter Svatek (The Tournament) Hallmark Global STARRING AWARDS Jason Gedrick Epiphany Prize 2009. (Desperate Housewives) Rhea Perlman (Cheers) Marianne Farley (Les Invincibles) SILENT NIGHT DRAMA 2 hrs. A gripping drama based on a true story that took place on Christmas Eve, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge. A remarkable schoolteacher, Elisabeth Vincken, and her 12-year-old-son, Fritz, give refuge and dinner to three American GI’s and a band of German soldiers at her small cabin in the Ardennes Forest of Germany. Frau Vincken insists that the soldiers leave their weapons outside and for the sake of the child, celebrate the true spirit of Christmas for one brief evening. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS STARRING AWARDS Rodney Gibbons (The Hound of Baskervilles) Global Hallmark W Network Linda Hamilton (Terminator) Nominated for Roman Orzari (Durham County) 4 Gemini Awards Al Goulem (The Tournament) including Best Direction. 36 TV MOVIES JACK OF DIAMONDS TV MOVIES DRAMA 2 hrs. In this dramatic caper, an elegant, master jewel thief joins forces with a young tennis pro to steal jewellery from the rich in order to punish a corrupt insurance company. They work as modern day Robin Hoods to give back to those cheated by the company. DIRECTED BY Hervé Renoh (Requiem) STARRING Jean-Yves Berteloot (The Da Vinci Code) John Bregar (Family Biz) NETWORKS Showcase ZDF France 2 AWARDS Nominated for 1 Gemini Award CLASS WARFARE TV MOVIES DRAMA/THRILLER 2 hrs. Four high school seniors are spending the weekend at a remote cabin when Richard announces that he’s won the lottery. Kristen, whose world has just been turned upside down by her father’s company’s bankruptcy, is determined to claim the prize. She tries seducing Richard, but when that fails, she concocts a murder plan to be executed by her boyfriend Jason. DIRECTED BY Richard Shepard (Oxygen) STARRING Lindsey J McKeon (Boy Meets World) Wade Carpenter (7th Heaven) Robin Dunn (Dawson’s Creek) NETWORKS TMN Super Channel USA Network 37 PLAIN TRUTH CRIME/MYSTERY/DRAMA 2 hrs. In this taut thriller, a shocking murder shatters the picturesque calm of Pennsylvania’s Amish country when a newborn’s body is found on a farm. No one seems to know how the baby died. When young, unmarried Katie Fitch is accused of the crime, Ellie, a big-city lawyer, played by Mariska Hargitay, who is at the top of her game, is brought in to defend her. DIRECTED BY Paul Shapiro (Smallville) STARRING Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order) Alison Pill (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) Alec McClure (Lars and the Real Girl) TV MOVIES NETWORKS CTV Lifetime W Network AWARDS Won DGC Award for Sound Editing. Nominated for 3 DGC Awards. TOO YOUNG TO MARRY DRAMA 2 hrs. High school sweethearts Max Doyle, 18, and Jessica Carpenter, 17, are a modern day Romeo and Juliet. They decide to get married despite everyone telling them that they are too young and it will never work. But when the newlyweds move in together and face the realities of married life, things become complicated. Now Jessica and Max must decide if they are really meant to be together. DIRECTED BY Michel Poulette (Tipping Point) STARRING Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries) Dillon Casey (The Vampire Diaries) Polly Draper (Thirty-something) 38 NETWORKS Lifetime Super Channel W Network TV MOVIES CARNY TV MOVIES THRILLER 2 hrs. The Jersey Devil, half animal/half devil creature, escapes from a traveling carnival and brutally attacks the citizens of a small town. As the winged monster rampages around the countryside, killing and eating humans, it is up to the town’s sheriff, played by Lou Diamond Phillips, to fight the local preacher, the carnival owner, and his own inner fears to bring the horrifying creature down. NETWORKS DIRECTED BY Sheldon Wilson (Kaw) STARRING Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba) Alan C. Perterson (Cra$h & Burn) Vlasta Vrana (The Cutting Edge: Fire & Ice) Syfy Super Channel Space SAND SERPENTS TV MOVIES SCI-FI/ACTION 2 hrs. An infantry squad of eight American soldiers trapped in the Afghanistan desert must battle the ruthless Taliban enemy and a horde of giant, carnivorous, wormlike serpents awakened from under the earth. DIRECTED BY Jeff Renfroe (Being Human) STARRING Jason Gedrick (Desperate Housewives) Tamara Hope (Shall We Dance) Elias Toufexis (Played) NETWORKS Syfy Super Channel Space 39 RISE OF THE GARGOYLES SCI-FI/HORROR 2 hrs. For centuries, the gargoyle has been buried so deep beneath sacred ground that only a select few even know it exists. But when it is unleashed from a crypt beneath a condemned church in Paris, and goes on a killing spree, an American professor played by Eric Balfour, a priest, an ambitious TV reporter and her cameraman, come together to hunt and destroy the beast before it reproduces. DIRECTED BY Bill Corcoran (Falcon Beach) STARRING Eric Balfour (24) Nick Mancuso (Under Siege) Caroline Néron (Traders) TV MOVIES NETWORKS Syfy Super Channel Space HIGH PLAINS INVADERS SCI-FI/THRILLER 2 hrs. James Marsters stars as Sam Phoenix, an Old West train robber who escapes his public hanging when a swarm of monstrous alien bugs land in town in search of uranium deposits found under ground. Sam, his former sweetheart, a lady bounty hunter and an eccentric mine owner, must fight for their lives and make their way out of town as a giant alien space craft hovers menacingly overhead. DIRECTED BY K.T. Donaldson (Judging Amy) STARRING James Marsters (P.S. I Love you) Cindy Sampson (The Last Kiss) Sebastian Knapp (Silent Witness) 40 NETWORKS Syfy Super Channel Space TV MOVIES HELLHOUNDS TV MOVIES SCI-FI/THRILLER 2 hrs. An ancient greek warrior travels to hell and back for the woman he loves in this Sci-Fi adventure film. Set in 500 B.C., Hellhounds tells the tale of Kleitos, who, with his companions, fights valiantly against the vicious hellhounds of the Underworld in order to rescue his bride, the Princess Demetria, from the torments of hell and bring her back to life. NETWORKS DIRECTED BY Rick Schroder (24) STARRING Scott Elrod (True Blood) Adam Butcher (Life with Derek) Amanda Brooks (My Best Friend’s Girl) Syfy Super Channel Space BLACK SWARM TV MOVIES SCI-FI/THRILLER 2 hrs. When an idyllic town suffers from a spate of deadly wasp attacks, the town’s pest control expert and his estranged lover must unravel the mystery of why these wasps have become murderous killers, and why people in the town are turning into killer drone zombies. The heroes have to find a way to stop these insect killers and whoever it was that created them before they become the next victims. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS STARRING AWARDS David Winning (Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie) Robert Englund (Freddie Vs. Jason) Sebastien Roberts (Encounter with Danger) Sarah Allen (Being Human) Syfy Super Channel Space Platinum Award for Best Director – Houston International Film Festival. 41 SWAMP DEVIL SCI-FI/THRILLER 2 hrs. This Sci-Fi thriller is an eerie tale of magic and revenge set in a small town whose nearby swamp is the scene of a series of gristly murders. What lurks inside the mud? Veteran Oscar-nominated actor Bruce Dern stars as Howard Blaime, the town’s ex-sheriff and accused murderer. To clear his name, he must prove that the Swamp Devil really exists and is responsible for the killings. DIRECTED BY David Winning (Andromeda) STARRING Bruce Dern (Big Love) Cindy Sampson (Durham County) Nicolas Wright (Accidentally on Purpose) INFECTED SCI-FI/THRILLER NETWORKS Syfy Super Channel Space AWARDS Gold World Medal for Best Direction – New York Festivals Television Programming Awards. 2 hrs. Ben Mosher is an unlikely hero with a dead-end job and a broken heart. Lisa Wallace is an ambitious reporter and Ben’s estranged lover. But when Ben and Lisa find themselves in the middle of an alien conspiracy where humans are being poisoned and impregnated with alien larvae, the pair must put their past behind them and work together to save mankind. DIRECTED BY Adam Weissman (Zoey 101) STARRING Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal) Maxim Roy (19-2) Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet) 42 TV MOVIES NETWORKS Syfy Super Channel Space TV MOVIES THE WATCH TV MOVIES THRILLER 2 hrs. In this paranormal thriller, Cassie, a university psych student, had been kidnapped and traumatized as a child by a disturbed person. To exorcize her demons and to finish her thesis, she decides on an experiment in isolation, working at a secluded watch tower as a fire lookout. But once she’s alone, strange things start happening. Or is she just paranoid? Cassie is terrified that her past is coming back to haunt her. NETWORKS DIRECTED BY Jim Donovan (Pure) STARRING Clea DuVall (Heroes) Elizabeth Whitmere (Beyond Borders) James A. Woods (Being Human) Lifetime Super Channel W Network DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE TV MOVIES THRILLER 2 hrs. In this stylish, contemporary remake of the classic mystery tale, Dougray Scott takes on the dual role of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The transformation from the upstanding physician, Dr. Jekyll, to evil murderer, Mr. Hyde, is more internal than external in this production, and is accomplished not with prosthetics and special-effectsmake-up, but through Scott’s tremendous acting. DIRECTED BY Paolo Barzman (The Phantom) STARRING Dougray Scott (Desperate Housewives) Tom Skerrit (Top Gun) Krista Bridges (Durham County) NETWORKS Global Lifetime W Network 43 HOUSE SITTER CRIME/THRILLER 2 hrs. Elise, played by Tori Spelling, is a struggling artist whose life is put in jeopardy when she takes a job as a house sitter looking after a rich man’s country villa, owned by antique coin collector Frank. The house turns out not to be the tranquil countryside estate it appears, as the story unravels that a gruesome murder took place there years before. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS Chris Leitch (CSI) STARRING TV MOVIES CityTV Oxygen W Network Tori Spelling (Beverly Hills 90210) Dean McDermott (The Tournament) Jonathan Higgins (True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet) MIND OVER MURDER DRAMA/THRILLER 2 hrs. Holly Winters, played by Tori Spelling, awakens from a car accident to discover she can now hear people’s thoughts. She uses her new ability to solve a high profile murder but she becomes the target of a hit man who seems to have been hired by a prominent U.S. Senator. DIRECTED BY Chris Leitch (CSI) STARRING Tori Spelling (Beverly Hills 90210) Dean McDermott (Missing) Carl Marotte (Lance et Compte) 44 NETWORKS CTV Lifetime W Network TV MOVIES PROOF OF LIES TV MOVIES DRAMA/THRILLER 2 hrs. Christine Hartley is a dedicated scientist on the verge of a huge discovery - the genetic cause of addictive behavior. When her life is threatened by a vicious attacker in the lab, she begins to suspect those around her of foul play - motivated by money and greed. The plot twists and turns until the very last frame. DIRECTED BY Peter Svatek (Girl’s Best Friend) STARRING Amanda Detmer (Saving Silverman) Jonathan Scarfe (Raising the Bar) Anthony Lemke (The Phantom) NETWORKS Lifetime CityTV W Network TIPPING POINT TV MOVIES MYSTERY/THRILLER 2 hrs. Nina Patterson, a beautiful 25-year-old medical student, appears to be on the road to recovery, after a traumatic experience with schizophrenia. When she suspects that a murder took place in the hospital where she works part-time and sets out to prove it, no one believes her because of her history of mental illness. DIRECTED BY Michel Poulette (Too Young to Marry) STARRING NETWORKS CityTV Lifetime W Network Katheryn Winnick (Student Bodies) Nicolas Wright (Accidentally on Purpose) Chuck Shamata (One Week) 45 THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR MYSTERY/THRILLER 2 hrs. This edge-of-your-seat thriller follows a young married couple who encounter unexplainable and deadly occurrences emanating from the house next door. The beautiful, new, architect-designed home brings out the worst in all those that enter it, by amplifying their fears and frailties until it leads to disgrace, an accident and misfortunes…even death. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS Jeff Woolnough (Battlestar Galactica) STARRING TV MOVIES Lifetime Global W Network Lara Flynn Boyle (The Practice) Colin Ferguson (Because I Said So) Noam Jenkins (Rookie Blue) MURDER IN THE HAMPTONS CRIME/DRAMA 2 hrs. A true story set in the ultra-rich Hamptons. Beautiful, but mentally unstable Generosa Rand, thinks she’s met the man of her dreams, the multi-millionaire Ted Ammon. But her growing insecurity and paranoia wreak havoc on their marriage. When Ted is found murdered in his Hamptons mansion, suspicion falls on Generosa and her lover, Danny. Though there appears to be no evidence to indict either one of them. DIRECTED BY Jerry Ciccoritti (Bomb Girls) STARRING Poppy Montgomery (Without a Trace) David Sutcliffe (Gilmore Girls) Shawn Christian (Summerland) 46 NETWORKS CTV Lifetime W Network AWARDS Lifetime Television’s highest rated original movie in 2005. TV MOVIES THE CASE OF THE WHITECHAPEL VAMPIRE TV MOVIES MYSTERY 2 hrs. Sherlock Holmes ventures into the realm of demons in this chilling thriller. Holmes is renowned for his extraordinary deductive abilities but the domain of vampires is not his natural territory. For the first time, Holmes begins to doubt his own mental powers. DIRECTED BY Rodney Gibbons (Little Men) STARRING Matt Fewer (Watchmen) Kenneth Welsh (Grey Gardens) Maria Bertrand (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) NETWORKS Global Hallmark AWARDS Nominated for CSC and ASC for Best Cinematography. THE SIGN OF FOUR TV MOVIES MYSTERY 2 hrs. In this exotic and colorful tale of greed, betrayal and revenge, the world’s most famous detective duo is on the hunt again; this time for an assassin that kills his victims with poisoned darts. Based on the novella by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the story is populated by characters that are bizarre, complex and unforgettable. DIRECTED BY Rodney Gibbons (Little Men) STARRING NETWORKS CTV Hallmark Matt Fewer (Watchmen) Kenneth Welsh (Grey Gardens) Sophie Lorain (Mambo Italiano) 47 ROYAL SCANDAL MYSTERY 2 hrs. A femme fatale, secret agents, espionage and top secret submarine plans are the ingredients of this Sherlock Holmes mystery in which, for the first time, Holmes’ passion may be his undoing. Holmes faces an old enemy in the beautiful form of Irene Adler. Commissioned by the Prince of Germany to recover a compromising photograph taken with Irene, Holmes is swept into a world of political intrigue and scandal. DIRECTED BY Rodney Gibbons (Little Men) STARRING Matt Fewer (Watchmen) Kenneth Welsh (Grey Gardens) Liliana Komorowska (Joan of Arc) TV MOVIES NETWORKS CTV Lifetime AWARDS Nominated for Gemini Award for Best Costume Design. Nominated for CSC for Best Cinematography. THE HOUND OF BASKERVILLES MYSTERY 2 hrs. In this eerie mystery, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are drawn into a fatal adventure of superstition and revenge on the desolate moors of England when they investigate the death of Sir Charles Baskerville. Locals believe that a huge dog from hell killed him. Holmes and Watson search for clues and come up with a number of possible killers and explanations. DIRECTED BY Rodney Gibbons (Little Men) STARRING Matt Fewer (Watchmen) Kenneth Welsh (Grey Gardens) Jason London (Saving Grace) 48 NETWORKS CTV Hallmark AWARDS Won 1 Gemini Award for Best Costume Design. TV MOVIES THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW TV MOVIES FAMILY MYSTERY/DRAMA 2 hrs. Ichabod Crane arrives in Sleepy Hollow and becomes the new schoolmaster. He is attracted to Katrina Van Tassel, daughter of the area’s wealthiest farmer, and blissfully fantasizes about how she and her money can be his. Her suitor Brom Bones, the village blacksmith, wants to scare him away and dresses up as the legendary Headless Horseman. During the prank, the real ghost appears and drives Ichabod off. NETWORKS DIRECTED BY Pierre Gang (More Tales of the City) Hallmark AWARDS STARRING Brent Carver (Kiss of the Spider Woman) Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) Vlasta Vrana (The Last Templar) Nominated for 3 Gemini Awards. Nominated for CSC Award for Best Cinematography. THE STORK DERBY TV MOVIES DRAMA 2 hrs. This is a dramatic account of one of the most sensational, true stories of the Great Depression. When a wealthy bachelor dies in 1926, he leaves $1,000,000 in his will to the woman who produces the most babies in a ten-year period. The “Great Toronto Stork Derby,” ignites a media frenzy as journalists come from around the world to pity, sensationalize or champion the mothers who vie for the prize. DIRECTED BY NETWORKS STARRING AWARDS Mario Azzopardi (Stargate: Atlantis) Megan Follows (Anne of Green Gables) Pascale Montpetit (Mon Meilleur Ennemi) Ellen David (Barney’s Version) CBC Lifetime Nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Supporting Actress. Nominated for 2 Golden Reel Awards. 49 BLACK WIDOWER CRIME/DRAMA 2 hrs. Based on a true story, this drama is a psychological cat-and-mouse game where the outcome is held in suspense until the very last moment. Nancy Westveld, played by Kelly McGillis, is a brilliant assistant district attorney who tracks down three-time wife killer Ed Amos. Bringing him to long-delayed justice is a huge challenge for Nancy since Ed is a charming and cunning sociopath who has been getting away with murder for years. DIRECTED BY Chris Leitch (CSI) STARRING TV MOVIES NETWORKS CTV Lifetime Kelly McGillis (Top Gun) David Lipper (Trump Unauthorized) Francis X. McCarthy (NYPD Blue) CHASING CAIN: FACE CRIME/DRAMA 2 hrs. Homicide detectives Kazlowski and McGoogan have a knack for solving crimes, but this one - the knifing of a beautiful and popular young black woman - has them stumped. Set in the heart of the Caribbean community in Toronto, the film gives a gritty and realistic look at police work as well as a compelling portrait of police officers determined to seek justice in a racially explosive environment. DIRECTED BY Jerry Ciccoritti (Played) STARRING Peter Outerbridge (Bomb Girls) Alberta Watson (La Femme Nikita) Karen LeBlanc (Defying Gravity) 50 NETWORKS CBC Showcase AWARDS Nominated for 5 Gemini Awards including Best TV Movie. TV MOVIES THE PARTY NEVER STOPS TV MOVIES DRAMA 2 hrs. Eighteen-year-old track star Jessie is finally ready to spread her wings as she moves away from her mother April and younger sister Sadie to begin her first year of college. At school, she instantly hits it off with her new roommate, and together, they discover the freedom of college life and its temptations. Innocent “partying” gets out of control and they find themselves sucked into the binge drinking lifestyle. NETWORKS DIRECTED BY David Wu (The Associates) STARRING Sara Paxton (Last House on the Left) Nancy Travis (Becker) Chelsea Hobbs (Make It or Break It) RIVALS TV MOVIES DRAMA/ THRILLER Global Lifetime W Network 2 hrs. Friendship turns to obsession - then to cold-blooded murder - in this shocking true story of teenage rivalry that veers out-of-control. Michelle, the leader of the “in-crowd” in school, uses her sexy looks to get whatever she wants and to keep her brawny boyfriend Butch at her beck and call. When awkward, but beautiful, new student Laurie arrives, Michelle sees her as an arch rival and decides to eliminate her. DIRECTED BY Norma Bailey (Falcon Beach) STARRING Mary-Margaret Humes (Dawson’s Creek) Jennifer Finnigan (The Bold and the Beautiful) Rel Hunter (Macbeth) NETWORKS TMN TQS CityTV USA Network Movie Central W Network 51 F AC TU A L FACTUAL JFK: THE SMOKING GUN FACTUAL DOCU-DRAMA 1 hr. or 2 hrs. JFK: The Smoking Gun looks at the assassination of John F. Kennedy through the forensic analysis conducted by Colin McLaren, a foremost Australian homicide detective, who, by using modern technology to examine every piece of ballistic detail and eye-witness testimony – solves the greatest cold case mystery of all time and concludes that all evidence points to a 2nd shooter. DIRECTED BY Malcolm McDonald (The Extraordinary Tale of William Buckley) STARRING Colin McLaren (Infiltration) Bonar Menninger (Mortal Error: The Shot That Killed JFK) Colleen Donahue NETWORKS Discovery Canada ReelzChannel USA SBS Australia Channel 5 (UK) 53 SKY JUMPERS DOCUMENTARY 1 hr. or 1 1/2 hrs. Over the Edge is a character-driven, feature documentary that takes viewers deep into the dangerous world of top-tier skydiving, where split-second decisions make the difference between life and death. With spectacular photography and heart-stopping moments, it is immersive, real time story-telling. DIRECTED BY Hedy Korbee (Recipe to Riches) STARRING Jonathan Tagle Shannon Pilcher JC Colclasure Jay Moledzki Ian bobo 54 NETWORKS History Channel FACTUAL MARCH TO THE TOP FACTUAL DOCUMENTARY 1 hr. or 1 1/2 hrs. Twelve ill and injured soldiers from the Canadian forces journey half way around the world to Nepal where in the shadow of the world’s highest peak Mount Everest, they are pushed to their limits as they attempt to climb the 20,305 ft. giant known as Island Peak. Their mission is to raise awareness and funds for other battle-injured soldiers with the hope that the expedition will help heal their emotional, mental and physical wounds. DIRECTED BY Ben Webster (Everest: Ultimate Survival) Richard Vadentillaart (Kilimanjaro: The Meaning of The Mountain) NETWORKS Documentary CBC AWARDS 1 Canadian Screen Award nomination 55 MARCH TO THE POLE DOCUMENTARY 1 x 1 hr. As part of their recovery from life-altering injuries, 12 wounded Canadian Afghanistan veterans attempt to reach Canada’s Magnetic North Pole on cross-country skis across 140 km of harsh, unforgiving terrain. March to the Pole is an extraordinary documentary of an expedition and of hardship and healing. Characteristics which drove these men and women to serve their country - commitment, empathy and resilience - are the same traits they must call upon to re-build their bodies and souls. DIRECTED BY Richard Vandentillaart (Kilimanjaro: The Meaning of the Mountain) Russell Gienapp (Mayday: Air Disasters) 56 NETWORKS History Channel FACTUAL HUMAN NATURE FACTUAL DOCUMENTARY 4 x 1 hr. Human Nature explores the puzzling world of human response: crying, laughing, pain and pleasure. By combining intimate stories of individuals with insights from researchers and scientists, the series unravels the mysteries of human reactions, giving viewers a deeper understanding of themselves and others. DIRECTED BY Peter Svatek (The Christmas Choir) NETWORKS Discovery Health Canada Life Network TFO Knowledge SCN 57 FEATUR E FI LM S THE DEAL FEATURE FILMS COMEDY 100 minutes A long time Hollywood producer, on the verge of suicide, cons a major studio to finance a $100 million dollar film based on a non-existent script, starring a black action star who has converted to Judaism, to be shot in South Africa. When the leading man gets kidnapped and the picture gets shut down, the producer flees to Prague with a beautiful Hollywood studio executive and uses the studio’s blocked funds to make a completely different picture. DIRECTED BY Steven Schachter (The Wool Cap) STARRING William H. Macy (Fargo) Meg Ryan (Sleepless In Seattle) LL Cool J (Charlie’s Angels) Jason Ritter (Parenthood) Elliott Gould (Ocean’s Thirteen) 59 ROCKSTEADY: THE ROOTS OF REGGAE DOCUMENTARY 2 hrs. The documentary film Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae is a musical journey to Jamaica’s Golden Age of music, Rocksteady. The film features the music and stories of the legendary singers and musicians of the Rocksteady era. They come together after 40 years to record an album of Rocksteady hits, to perform together again at an All-Stars reunion concert in Kingston, Jamaica, and to tell their story. DIRECTED BY Stascha Bader STARRING Stranger Cole Hopeton Lewis Judy Mowatt Rita Marley Marcia Griffith Ken Boothe Leroy Sibbles 60 NETWORKS Allarco HBO - Latin America Canal + Poland Ceska Televize Czech Red Bull Media House Germany STARZ Only subtitled in French - no dub FEATURE FILMS INDEX Company Profile Miniseries 1 2 Answered By Fire Ben Hur Cat. 8 Exploding Sun Flood Human Trafficking Impact Kennedys, The Killer Wave Last Templar, The Phantom, The Pillars of the Earth, The Superstorm 8 4 6 6 9 9 8 3 10 7 7 5 10 Series 11 Being Human Bomb Girls Bounty Hunters Bullet in the Face Crusoe Durham County Family Biz Gawsayn Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog, The Played Signed, Sealed, Delivered Tales From the Neverending Story Twice in a Lifetime Wonderland, This is 15 14 16 17 22 18 22 19 20 13 12 20 21 21 TV Movies A Banner 4th of July Accidental Friendship, An Black Swarm Black Widower Carny Case of the Whitechapel Vampire, The Chasing Cain: Face Christmas Choir, The Christmas with Tucker Class Warfare Cyberbully Deadly Friends Desperately Seeking Santa Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Girl’s Best Friend Hellhounds 22 27 29 41 50 39 47 50 36 27 37 26 30 28 43 29 41 High Plains Invaders Holidaze Hound of the Baskervilles, The House Next Door, The House Sitter I Me Wed Infected Investigation, The Jack of Diamonds Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Many Trials of One Jane Doe, The Mind Over Murder Murder in the Hamptons Night Before the Night Before Christmas, The Notes from the Heart Healer Old Fashioned Christmas, An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving, An Party Never Stops, The Plain Truth Proof of Lies Recipe for a Perfect Christmas Reviving Ophelia Rise of the Gargoyles Rivals Royal Scandal Sand Serpents Savage Messiah Sign of Four, The Silent Night Stork Derby, The Swamp Devil Taking a Chance on Love Tipping Point Too Young to Marry Unstable Watch, The Wild Girl, The Zapped Factual Human Nature JFK: The Smoking Gun March to the Pole March to the Top Sky Jumpers Feature Films Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae The Deal 40 26 48 46 44 34 42 31 37 49 30 44 46 35 33 28 32 51 38 45 32 25 40 51 48 39 31 47 36 49 42 33 45 38 34 43 35 24 52 57 53 56 55 54 56 60 59 61 CONTACT INFORMATION MUSE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES HEAD OFFICE 3451 St. Jacques Montreal, QC, Canada H4C 1H1 Tel: (1) 514-866-6873 Fax: (1) 514-876-3911 www.muse.ca Chief Executive Officer Michael Prupas mprupas@muse.ca VP Development & Distribution Jesse Prupas jprupas@muse.ca Chief Financial Officer Sandy Jesion sjesion@muse.ca VP Communications & Factual Betty Palik bpalik@muse.ca MUSE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES USA 4400 Coldwater Canyon Avenue, Suite 355 Studio City, CA, USA 91605 Tel: (1) 818-358-3615 Fax: (1) 818-474-7700 President Joel S. Rice jrice@muse.ca MUSE DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONAL 3451 St. Jacques Montreal, QC, Canada H4C 1H1 Tel: (1) 514-866-6873 Fax: (1) 514-876-3911 www.muse.ca MUSE ENTERTAINMENT ONTARIO 171 East Liberty Street, Suite 272 Toronto, Ontario M6K 3P6 Tel: (1) 416-306-6473 General Manager Jonas Prupas jonasprupas@muse.ca President of Factual Programming Ann Harbron aharbron@muse.ca MUSE PRODUCTION – MONTREAL 706 Brewster Avenue Montreal, QC, Canada H4C 2K1 Tel: (1) 514-932-2580 Fax: (1) 514-932-5133 www.muse.ca President of Production (Quebec) Irene Litinsky ilitinsky@muse.ca
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