Coming soon to Prime Video is a new Series based on the story we all loved so much in 1992 Feature A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN!

Synopsis:

A League of Their Own evokes the joyful spirit of Penny Marshall’s beloved classic, while widening the lens to tell the story of an entire generation of women who dreamed of playing professional baseball. The show takes a deeper look at race and sexuality, following the journey of a whole new ensemble of characters as they carve their own paths towards the field, both in the League and outside of it.

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN arrives on Prime Video Canada August 12, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Prime Video Canada)

CBC have announced an slate of outstanding Canadian Feature Films which will premiere on the Network from now through the end of the year!

See some of the titles set to premiere:

Saturday, July 2 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) – FALLS AROUND HER (2018, drama, directed by Darlene Naponse) *Canadian Network Premiere*

FALLS AROUND HER follows Mary Birchbark (Tantoo Cardinal), a legendary singer who returns to the vast wilderness of her reserve to reconnect with the land and her community. Mary begins to sense that someone might be watching her. Unsure of what is real and what is imagined, Mary embraces isolation as she explores the psychological impact of her past and present.

Saturday, July 23 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 3 a.m. PT (July 24)) – AKILLA’S ESCAPE (2020, drama, directed by Charles Officer) *Exclusive Canadian Broadcast Premiere*

When a routine deal goes bad, a drug trader tries to set things right while unexpected circumstances force him to confront his traumatic origins. During what is supposed to be a simple, routine handoff, 40-year-old drug trader Akilla Brown (Saul Williams) is suddenly caught in the middle of a violent robbery. Narrowly making it out alive, he captures one of the thieves, a teenaged Jamaican boy named Sheppard. Under the pressure of the criminals who hired him, Akilla must set things right and retrieve the stolen goods over the course of one arduous night. When Akilla discovers that Sheppard’s gang has ties to the Garrison Army, the same crime organization he fell into as a child, he has to confront his own traumatic origins and becomes compelled to help the boy survive — and possibly even make the escape that he never could.

Saturday, July 30 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) – THE SONG OF NAMES (2019, drama, directed by François Girard) *Canadian Network Premiere* 

Martin Simmonds (Tim Roth) has been haunted throughout his life by the mysterious disappearance of his “brother” and extraordinary best friend, a Polish Jewish virtuoso violinist, Dovidl Rapaport, who vanished shortly before the 1951 London debut concert that would have launched his brilliant career. Thirty-five years later, Martin discovers that Dovidl (Clive Owen) may still be alive, and sets out on an obsessive intercontinental search to find him and learn why he left.

Saturday, August 6 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) – GIANT LITTLE ONES (2018, drama, directed by Keith Behrman) *Canadian Network TV Premiere* *Available now on CBC Gem*

Franky Winter (Josh Wiggins) and Ballas Kohl (Darren Mann) have been best friends since childhood. They are high school royalty: handsome, stars of the swim team and popular with girls. They live a perfect teenage life – until the night of Franky’s epic 17th birthday party, when Franky and Ballas are involved in an unexpected incident that changes their lives forever.

Saturday, August 13 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) – MONKEY BEACH (2020, drama, directed by Loretta Todd) 

Lisa Hill (Grace Dove) has supernatural powers that foretell death and allow her to see mythical creatures and talk to dead people. But of course, she’d rather be “normal” so tries to party the visions away. At Monkey Beach, Lisa goes on a journey to the Land of the Dead where she realizes her powers are actually a gift. This is a story of both joy and tragedy, grief and survival, and a family on the edge of heartbreak. It is a rich celebration of life in the Native settlement of Kitamaat, on the coast of British Columbia.

Saturday, September 3 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) – SLEEPING GIANT (2015, drama, directed by Andrew Cividino) *Canadian Network TV Premiere* *Available now on CBC Gem*

Teenager Adam Hudson (Jackson Martin) is spending his summer vacation with his parents on rugged Lake Superior. His dull routine is shattered when he befriends Riley and Nate, smart aleck cousins who pass their ample free time with debauchery and reckless cliff jumping. The revelation of a hurtful secret triggers Adam to set in motion a series of irreversible events that test the bonds of friendship and change the boys forever.

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The full schedule of Canadian feature films available on CBC TV and CBC Gem in the coming months is as follows:

*Schedule is subject to change

• FALLS AROUND HER (2018, drama, directed by Darlene Naponse) – Saturday, July 2 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) *Canadian Network Premiere*
• CLOSET MONSTER (2015, drama, directed by Stephen Dunn) – Saturday, July 2 and Saturday, August 6 at 11 p.m. (12 AT, 12:30 NT, 1 PT)  *Available now on CBC Gem*
• MEAN DREAMS (2016, drama, directed by Nathan Morlando) – Sunday, July 3 at 1 a.m. (2 AT, 2:30 NT, 3am PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN (2019, drama, directed by Kathleen Hepburn and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers) – Saturday, July 9 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) and Sunday, September 18 at 12 a.m. (1 AT, 1:30 NT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• MOUTHPIECE (2018, drama, directed by Patricia Rozema) – Saturday, July 9 at 11:30 p.m. (4:30 a.m. PT (July 10)) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• LEVEL 16 (2018, sci-fi/drama, directed by Danishka Esterhazy) – Sunday, July 10 at 1:30 a.m. (3:30 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• CLARA (2018, sci-fi/drama, directed by Akash Sherman) – Saturday, July 16 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 2am PT)  *Canadian Network TV Premiere* *Available now on CBC Gem*
• AKILLA’S ESCAPE (2020, crime/drama, directed by Charles Officer) – Saturday, July 23 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 3 a.m. PT (July 24)) *Exclusive Canadian Broadcast Premiere* 
• THE SONG OF NAMES (2019, drama, directed by François Girard) – Saturday, July 30 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) *Canadian Network Premiere* 
• INTO INVISIBLE LIGHT (2018, drama, directed by Shelagh Carter) – Saturday, July 30 at 11:30 p.m. (12:30 AT, 1am NT, 1:30am PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• BROOKLYN (2015, drama, directed by John Crowley) – Sunday, July 31 at 1:30 a.m. (2:30 AT,3 am, NT), 3:30 am PT *Available now on CBC Gem*
• GIANT LITTLE ONES (2018, drama, directed by Keith Behrman) – Saturday, August 6 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT)  *Canadian Network TV Premiere* *Available now on CBC Gem*
• OCTAVIO IS DEAD! (2018, drama, directed by Sook-Yin Lee) – Sunday, August 7 at 1 a.m. (2 AT, 2:30 NT, 3 am PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• MONKEY BEACH (2020, drama, directed by Loretta Todd) – Saturday, August 13 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) 
• MAN RUNNING (2018, drama, directed by Gary Burns) – Saturday, August 13 at 11 p.m. (12 AT, 12:30 NT, 1 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• BEEBA BOYS (2015, crime/drama, directed by Deepa Mehta) – Sunday, August 14 at 1 a.m. (2 AT, 2:30 NT, 3am PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• THROUGH BLACK SPRUCE (2018, drama, directed by Don McKellar) – Saturday, August 20 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) *Canadian Network Premiere*
• AMERICAN WOMAN (2019, drama, directed by Semi Chellas) – Saturday, August 20 at 11 p.m. (12 AT, 12:30 NT, 1 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• THE RIVER OF MY DREAMS: A PORTRAIT OF GORDON PINSENT (2016, documentary, directed by Brigitte Berman) – Sunday, August 21 at 1 a.m. (2 AT, 2:30 NT, 3 PT)
• SPLINTERS (2018, drama, directed by Thom Fitzgerald ) – Saturday, August 27 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) *Canadian Network Premiere* 
• TROUBLE IN THE GARDEN (2018, drama, directed by Roz Owen) – Saturday, August 27 at 11 p.m. (12 AT, 12:30 NT, 1 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• JEAN OF THE JONES (2016, comedy, directed by Stella Meghie) – Sunday, August 28 at 1 a.m. (2 AT, 2:30 NT, 3 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• SLEEPING GIANT (2015, drama, directed by Andrew Cividino) – Saturday, September 3 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT)  *Canadian Network TV Premiere* *Available now on CBC Gem*
• MILTON’S SECRET (2016, drama, directed by Barnet Bain) – Saturday, September 3 at 11 p.m. (12 AT, 12:30 NT, 1 PT) 
• AN AUDIENCE OF CHAIRS (2018, drama, directed by Deanne Foley) – Sunday, September 4 at 1 a.m. (2 AT, 2:30 NT, 3 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• RED SNOW (2019, drama, directed by Marie Clements) – Saturday, September 10 at 10 p.m. (11 AT, 11:30 NT, 11 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• WINDOW HORSES (2016, animation, directed by Ann Marie Fleming) – Sunday, September 11 at 12 a.m. (1 AT, 1:30 NT, 1 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• HONEY BEE (2018, drama, directed by Rama Rau) – Saturday, September 17 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) 
• ANGELIQUE’S ISLE (2018, thriller, directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Michelle Derosier) – Saturday, September 24 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• TWO LOVERS AND A BEAR (2016, adventure/drama, directed by Kim Nguyen) – Saturday, September 24 at 11 p.m. (12 AT, 12:30 NT, 1 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• PAPER YEAR (2018, drama, directed by Rebecca Addelman) – Sunday, September 25 at 1 a.m. (2 AT, 2:30 NT, 3 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• SOUL ON ICE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (2015, documentary, directed by Damon Kwame Mason) – Saturday, October 1 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT, 11 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• INDIAN HORSE (2017, drama, directed by Stephen S. Campanelli) – Saturday, October 1 at 11 p.m. (12 AT, 12:30 NT, 1 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*
• GOALIE (2019, drama, directed by Adriana Maggs) – Sunday, October 2 at 1 a.m. (2 AT, 2:30 NT, 3 PT) *Available now on CBC Gem*

Tom George directs SEE HOW THEY RUN starring Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan and Adrien Brody! See some of the brand-new Trailer, in addition to some stills released recently from the Film.

Synopsis:

In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and eager rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.

Searchlight Pictures release SEE HOW THEY RUN in theatres September 30, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Searchlight Pictures)

Name a better pair! Julia Roberts and George Clooney team-up together in TICKET TO PARADISE.

Synopsis:

Academy Award® winners George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite on the big screen as exes who find themselves on a shared mission to stop their lovestruck daughter from making the same mistake they once made. From Working Title, Smokehouse Pictures and Red Om Films, Ticket to Paradise is a romantic comedy about the sweet surprise of second chances. 

Directed by Ol Parker (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, writer of the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films) from his script with Daniel Pipski, Ticket to Paradise is produced by Tim Bevan (Darkest Hour, The Danish Girl) and Eric Fellner (The Theory of Everything,  Les Misérables) for Working Title, by Sarah Harvey (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, co-producer In Bruges), by Deborah Balderstone (Palm Beach, Gone), by George Clooney and Oscar® winner Grant Heslov (Argo, The Midnight Sky ) for Smokehouse Pictures and by Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill (both co-executive producers, the Homecoming series) for Red Om Films. 

Ticket to Paradise is filmed on location in Queensland, Australia, aided by incentives from the Australian federal government and from Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy.

See the Trailer:

Universal Pictures Canada release TICKET TO PARADISE October 21, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada)

SEE returns for a third and final season. Here’s a glimpse at the new Trailer for this Series filmed in and around Toronto!

Synopsis:

“See” is set in a brutal and primitive future, hundreds of years after humankind has lost the ability to see. In season three, almost a year has passed since Baba Voss (Jason Momoa) defeated his nemesis brother Edo and bid farewell to his family to live remotely in the forest. But when a Trivantian scientist develops a new and devastating form of sighted weaponry that threatens the future of humanity, Baba returns to Paya in order to protect his tribe once more.  

The series features cast and crew who are blind or have low vision and has been honoured for its representation of the visually impaired, winning the Ruderman Family Foundation Seal of Authentic Representation in 2020. “See” was also recognized this year with an NAACP Image Awards nomination for star Alfre Woodard in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category.

Starring alongside Momoa in the third season of “See” are ensemble cast members Sylvia Hoeks, Hera Hilmar, Christian Camargo, Archie Madekwe, Nesta Cooper, Tom Mison, Olivia Cheng, Eden Epstein, Michael Raymond-James, David Hewlett and Trieste Kelly Dunn. 

SEE Season Three which will make its global debut on Friday, August 26, 2022, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday.

(Photo/video credit: Apple TV+)

Focus Features have announced today that Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse are set to star in late ’80s-set LISA FRANKENSTEIN to be directed by first-time Feature Director Zelda Williams, with a Script from Oscar winner Diablo Cody. Production begins this Summer.

Cody will write and serve as a producer alongside Mason Novick who will produce via his MXN Entertainment banner. LISA FRANKENSTEIN reunites Cody and Novick who have previously collaborated on films including TULLY, YOUNG ADULT, JENNIFER’S BODY and JUNO, which Cody earned an Oscar® for Best Original Screenplay. Jeff Lampert will serve as executive producer. Focus Features’s Vice President of Production and Development, Michelle Momplaisir, will serve as the creative executive on the project.

Synopsis:

Set in 1989, an unpopular high schooler accidentally re-animates a handsome Victorian corpse during a lightning storm and starts to rebuild him into the man of her dreams using the broken tanning bed in her garage.

(Photo credit: Focus Features)

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jojo Siwa join the Cast of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES and here’s your first look at the new Trailer for Season Three.

Synopsis:

Season three of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” is set at Camp Shallow Lake, a sleepaway camp in California, as the Wildcats and their fellow campers are primed for an unforgettable summer ripe with romance, curfew-less nights and a taste of the great outdoors.  With a high-stakes production of “Frozen” on the horizon AND a drama-filled “docu-series” of the production in the works, the Wildcats will attempt to show who is “best in snow” without leaving anyone out in the cold.

Ferguson will play “Marvin,” an old family friend of Olivia Rodrigo’s character “Nini.” Fresh off of his first-ever Tony Award win for “Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play” in the revival of playwright Richard Greenberg’s “Take Me Out,” the actor, author, producer, and host is known not only for his work but for his ongoing advocacy in the LGBTQIA+ community. He starred as the widely beloved character “Mitchell Pritchett” on the award-winning “Modern Family,” for which he received five Emmy Award nominations for “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series” and four People’s Choice Award nominations for “Favorite Comedic TV Actor.”  Most recently, he produced the documentary “Broadway Rising,” which premiered this year at Tribeca and executive-produced and stars in Spotify original podcast, “Gay Pride & Prejudice.”  He also recently wrapped production on the thriller “Cocaine Bear,” directed by Elizabeth Banks. In March 2021, Ferguson and co-author Julie Tanous released his first cookbook, “Food Between Friends.” Ferguson recently served as an executive producer on David France’s Emmy Award nominated and BAFTA Award winning documentary, “Welcome to Chechnya.” In 2020, he hosted the reboot of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” as well as the prestigious James Beard Awards in 2017 and 2019.  In 2012, Ferguson and his husband Justin Mikita co-founded Pronoun, previously known as Tie The Knot, an organization that has proudly raised over 1.5 million dollars and has supported important and impactful LGBTQIA+ orgs across the nation.  

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES Season Three arrives July 27, 2022 on Disney+.

(Photo/video credit: Disney)

Following its Premiere at TIFF ’19, Rian Johnson‘s followup to KNIVES OUT, GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, will make its way to Toronto for TIFF ’22! This is TIFF‘s 47th edition, believe it or not!

Synopsis:
In the follow-up to Rian Johnson’s 2019 Knives Out, which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, Detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colorful suspects. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery stars Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline with Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista. Written and directed by Rian Johnson and produced alongside his partner Ram Bergman under their T-Street banner, Glass Onion:  A Knives Out Mystery is a Netflix film.

The Film will arrive later this year on Netflix. More to come.

(Photo credit: Netflix)

Ron Howard is back with THIRTEEN LIVES, based on a recent true story of a Thai Soccer Team who were trapped and rescued! See the new Trailer.

Synopsis:

Thirteen Lives recounts the incredible true story of the tremendous global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team who become trapped in the Tham Luang cave during an unexpected rainstorm. Faced with insurmountable odds, a team of the world’s most skilled and experienced divers – uniquely able to navigate the maze of flooded, narrow cave tunnels – join with Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers to attempt a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach. With impossibly high stakes and the entire world watching, the group embarks on their most challenging dive yet, showcasing the limitlessness of the human spirit in the process.

Thirteen Lives Will Release in Select Theaters on July 29, 2022 for Limited One-Week Engagements and

Globally on Prime Video Starting August 5, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Prime Video Canada)

After its Premiere at Cannes, THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING soon will get a release here in Canada.

Synopsis:

A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. Stars Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, George Miller directs.

Elevation Pictures release THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING in theatres August 31, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Elevation Pictures)