THE GARFIELD MOVIE claws to top spot in its second weekend with $13 million from 4,018 theatres for Sony Pictures. Its two week total is $50.5 million.

In second is FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA with $11.5 million for Warner Bros. Over two weekends, it has made $50.4 million domestically.

IF lands in third with $11.million, taking it to $80 million in its third weekend with Paramount Pictures.

KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES takes fourth with $9 million, a tally of $140 million for 20th Century Studios.

HAIKYU!! THE DUMPSTER BATTLE is in fifth in its debut with $3.7 million for Sony Pictures/Crunchyroll. It gets 75% on the Tomatometer.

On Thursday, May 30th, MIDAS MAN opened the 32nd edition of the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema welcomed guests including director Joe Stephenson. A post-screening Q&A was moderated by TJFF Director of Programming, Stuart Hands.

MIDAS MAN is the emotional, heartfelt and often funny story of how Brian Epstein (played by Jacob Fortune-Lloyd), polished four scruffy lads who were going nowhere and in a matter of months turned them into a global phenomenon. They became better known as The Beatles.

Toronto Jewish Film Festival runs until Sunday, June 9th, 2024 with virtual and in-person screenings.

STILL TO COME AT TJFF…
All About the Levkoviches
Adam Breier | Hungary
In-person

Auction
Pascal Bonitzer | France
In-person & Online
*Canadian Premiere

Boy In The Woods
Rebecca Snow | Canada
In-person
*Toronto Premiere

Between the Temples
Nathan Silver | United States
In-person
*Canadian Premiere

The Catskills
Lex Gillespie | United States
In-person
*Canadian Premiere

Just Now Jeffrey
Hylton Tannenbaum, Brett Morris |
South Africa
In-person & Online
*Canadian Premiere

Where is Anne Frank
Ari Folman | Belgium, France, Netherlands, Israel
In-person & Online

Taboo: Amos Guttman
Shauly Melamed | Israel
In-person
*Canadian Premiere
*Programmer’s Pick

Yaniv
Amnon Carmi | United States
In-person
*Centrepiece Film
*Programmer’s Pick

Shoshana
Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom, Italy
In-person & Online

Seven Blessings
Ayelet Menahemi | Israel
In-person
*Toronto Premiere

Silver’s Uprising
Dan Shadur | Israel
In-person
*Canadian Premiere
*Closing Night Film

The Future
Noam Kaplan | Israel
In-person
*Canadian Premiere

The Goldman Case
Cédric Kahn | France
In-person & Online

Unspoken
Jeremy Borison | United States
In-person
*Canadian Premiere

999: The Forgotten Girls of the Holocaust
Beatriz Calleja & Heather Dune Macadam | United States, Canada, Slovakia, Poland
In-person & Online
*Ontario Premiere

By: Justin Waldman

Last night Sony Pictures Canada invited us out with our Ride or Dies to determine who is the unofficial crowned champion of axe throwing within the Bad Boys crew and fun was to be had. With the event kicking off at 7:00 PM, groups of two at a time got to test their axe throwing prowess and sling back some drinks and some great eats from Northern Guild Catering, it was a joyous night to be had. Several hours of axe throwing in competition and for fun was had at BATL Toronto (with several other locations in the GTA) was had and we left with a fun tidbit of information. The best male thrower in the world throws at the BATL location in Vaughan and the best female thrower in North America throws out of there as well.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die comes out June 7, 2024 in theatres nationwide and in premium formats and IMAX from our friends at Sony Pictures Canada, make sure to come back to see what we have to say on the Film when we see it soon! Review to come!

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television celebrated the final award show of Canadian Screen Week 2024 tonight at the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto, marking the end of four days that celebrated the achievements of Canadian talent in film, television, and digital media.

Crave/APTN’s Little Bird led television honours at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards, winning 13 awards including: Best Drama Series; Best Direction, Drama Series, presented by Playback; Best Supporting Performer, Drama for Braeden Clarke; and Best Lead Performer, Drama Series, presented by the Canada Media Fund, for Darla Contois.

CTV’s Children Ruin Everything was honoured with awards for Best Lead Performer, Comedy for Meaghan Rath and Best Supporting Performer, Comedy for Ennis Esmer, while Crave’s Letterkenny and the final season of CBC’s Sort Of received Best Ensemble Performance, Comedy and Best Direction, Comedy, presented by Cinespace Studios for Fab Filippo, respectively. The first season of Crave’s Bria Mack Gets A Life took home the award for Best Comedy Series, and the Best Reality/Competition Program or Series went to Crave’s Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World.

Film honours were led by Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry which received a record 14 Canadian Screen Awards, including: Best Motion Picture; Achievement in Direction for Matt Johnson; Performance in a Leading Role, Comedy for Jay Baruchel; and Performance in a Supporting Role, Comedy for Glenn Howerton.

The Queen Of My Dreams secured the win for Performance in a Leading Role, Drama for Amrit Kaur, while the award for Original Screenplay went to Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person | Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant. The John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award went to Zarrar Kahn for In Flames.

“Within our ever-evolving screen-based industries, we find endless wells of creativity and dedication. I stand in awe of the remarkable individuals who push the boundaries of storytelling both in front of and behind the camera. Their passion and talent are the driving forces behind the magic we witness on screen,” expressed Tammy Frick, CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. “To our dedicated team who brought Canadian Screen Week to life, and the visionary winners of the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards, your commitment to excellence is not only recognized but celebrated as the cornerstone of our industry’s success. Here’s to another year of innovation, inspiration, and storytelling that captivates audiences around the world.”

Additional highlights from the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards include the wins for The Drop, which secured both the Best Lead Performance, Web Program or Series and Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series for Aisha Evelyna and Aurora Browne, respectively; How to Fail as a Popstar, which was crowned Best Web Program or Series, Fiction and Best Writing, Web Program or Series for Vivek Shraya; YTV’s The Hardy Boys, which took home Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series, presented by Spin Master Entertainment and CBC Indigenous: Time to Eat for Best Lifestyle Program or Series.

Canadian Screen Week 2024 also welcomed several of this year’s Special Award recipients, who took to the stage to be honoured in front of their peers. At The 2024 Canadian Screen Awards Gala, the Academy Icon Award was presented to Academy Award®-nominated director, screenwriter and producer Denis Villeneuve (photographed above), who accepted the award with a moving speech following a video package featuring an extraordinary moment from Hans Zimmer who performed alongside award-winning flutist Pedro Eustache and a full symphony orchestra in his honour, while accomplished executive producer and writer Marsha Greene took to the stage to present award-winning actress, producer and activist Tonya Williams with the Changemaker Award, presented by Insight Productions. The evening also honoured Lamar Johnson and Devery Jacobs with the Radius Award, presented by MADE | NOUS with a special presentation.

At The News, Entertainment, and Sports Awards, presented by CTV, journalist Paul Workman accepted the Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism. The Documentary, Factual, Lifestyle, and Reality Awards, presented by CTV, celebrated Marilyn Denis, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award; and Brenda Tremblay, accepting the Sustainable Production Award, presented by CBC alongside David Lickley on behalf of Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope by Science North. The Cinematic Arts Awards, presented by Telefilm Canada, supported by Cineplex, featured special presentations for the late Jeff Barnaby, who was posthumously awarded the Academy Board of Directors’ Tribute Award, and Patrick Huard, who was honoured with the Earle Grey Award.

The 2024 Canadian Screen Awards, which just aired on CBC and CBC Gem, invited viewers into The 2024 Canadian Screen Awards Gala that took place earlier this evening. Award-winning Canadian comedian, actor, writer, and producer Mae Martin was the host of the one-hour broadcast, which was full of joyous award acceptances and spirited on-stage moments with presenters including Jay Baruchel, Mark Critch, Hamza Haq, Matt Johnson, Laurence Leboeuf, and Catherine Reitman. The evening also featured a moving performance from actor and musician Noah Reid, who performed a stunning rendition of “If It Be Your Will” to commemorate those from our community who are no longer with us.

All of the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards were handed out over a series of genre-based presentations which featured several pillars of Canada’s entertainment industry serving as hosts, including Mae Martin, Sarah Davis, Andrew Phung, Keshia Chanté, Anne-Marie Mediwake, and Sabine Daniel.

You can view The 2024 Canadian Screen Awards on-demand on CBC Gem and the additional genre-based presentations at CanadianScreenAwards.ca.

Canadian Screen Week 2024 comes to a close on Saturday, June 1, 2024 with the Board Tribute Dinner, the Canadian Academy’s annual fundraising event, supported by Patron Partners Bell Media and Cineplex. The event will honour the esteemed 2024 Special Award recipients, where this year’s Industry Leadership Award honouree, Michael MacMillan, will be presented with his award.

The full list of 2024 Canadian Screen Award winners can be viewed here.

Apple TV+ today unveiled a first-look and the premiere date for the second season of its award-winning and critically hailed, epic hit drama “Pachinko.” Told in three languages — Korean, Japanese, and English — and consisting of eight, one-hour episodes, season two of “Pachinko” will premiere globally on Friday, August 23, 2024 with one episode, followed by one episode weekly every Friday through October 11. Hailing from Media Res, “Pachinko,” has been celebrated for its epic storytelling and praised as “an immersive, poignant, must-see journey.” The series quickly became Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes during its first season and has been praised as “masterful” and deemed as “an extraordinary drama” and “one of the best shows of 2022.”

Based on The New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, “Pachinko” is a sweeping and deeply moving story of love and survival across four generations. The first season received eleven international awards including a Peabody Award, an American Film Institute Award, a Critics Choice Award and a Gotham Independent Film Award. Season two stars Lee Minho, Minha Kim, Anna Sawai, Yuh-Jung Youn, Jin Ha, Eunchae Jung, Soji Arai, Junwoo Han, and Sungkyu Kim.

“Pachinko” is created and written by Soo Hugh who serves as executive producer alongside Media Res’ Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer, and Theresa Kang for Blue Marble Pictures. Season two is directed by Leanne Welham, Arvin Chen, and Sang-il Lee.

Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all your favourite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honoured with 489 wins and 2,153 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy “Ted Lasso” and historic Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”

The countdown is on, Canada! Shake Shack will open the doors of its first Canadian location at the corner of Yonge and Dundas on June 13, 2024 at 11:00am. As part of their commitment to celebrate the local community, Shake Shack is unveiling more Canadian exclusive menu items and unique partnerships with Ontario-based businesses.

Shake Shack collaborated with a variety of local partners to embrace the flavors and ingredients that Canadians know and love. These ingredients are incorporated into several dessert items using frozen custard. Shake Shack’s premium ice cream made with real cane sugar and cage-free eggs.

Meet the Menu: Canadian Exclusive Items:
The Maple Salted Pretzel Shake: vanilla frozen custard blended with pretzels and maple syrup, topped with whipped cream and crushed pretzels;

The I Heart Butter Tart Concrete: vanilla frozen custard blended with brodflour butter tarts and flaky salt;

The More S’mores Concrete: chocolate and vanilla frozen custard blended with toasted marshmallow sauce, fudge sauce, graham crumb and chopped chocolate pieces topped with a graham cracker dipper;

The Shack Attack Concrete: chocolate frozen custard blended with brownies, fudge sauce, chocolate chunks and cocoa nibs from Chocosol;

The menu will also feature a variety of regional beer and wine selections, created specifically for Shake Shack, including ShackMeister Ale, brewed by Bellwoods Brewery on Ossington and Shack Red and Shack White vinted by Rosewood Winery in Niagara.

Shake Shack has also partnered with Wufers on special treats for their four-legged friends including; Bag O’ Bones, Shack dog biscuits, and Pooch-inis, vanilla frozen custard topped with Shack dog biscuits.

Partnerships with Power: Stand for Something Good
With a shared passion for high-quality ingredients, Shake Shack has partnered with Canadian farmers for their custom Angus beef burgers and whole white meat chicken, both using 100% Canadian meat, never frozen and raised without antibiotics.

Shake Shack is also proud to partner with several organizations as part of their mission to Stand For Something Good.

A portion of overall sales will go towards Second Harvest, a global thought leader on perishable food redistribution and Canada’s largest food rescue charity.

5% of Shack2O water bottle sales will benefit Water First, Canada’s leading charity working in partnership with Indigenous communities to address local water challenges through education and training.
5% of More S’mores Concrete sales will be donated to Campfire Circle, a charity that brings healing through happiness to kids with cancer or serious illness and their families. Campfire Circle provides camp-inspired programs in children’s hospitals, local communities, and at their medically supported overnight camps.

For more information about Shake Shack Canada, please visit shakeshack.ca or follow @shakeshackca on Instagram.

About Shake Shack Canada
Formed in 2023, Shake Shack Canada is a partnership between Osmington Inc. and Harlo Entertainment Inc. Both Toronto-based private investment companies, Osmington and Harlo Entertainment prioritize innovation, value creation, and delivering exceptional experiences. Serving up the same Shake Shack experience known around the world, Shake Shack Canada’s ambitious vision includes opening Shacks nationwide, with the first flagship location opening in Toronto in June 2024.

About Shake Shack
Shake Shack serves elevated versions of American classics using only the best ingredients. It’s known for its delicious made-to-order Angus beef burgers, crispy chicken, hand-spun milkshakes, house-made lemonades, beer, wine, and more. With its high-quality food at a great value, warm hospitality, and a commitment to crafting uplifting experiences, Shake Shack quickly became a cult-brand with widespread appeal. Shake Shack’s purpose is to Stand For Something Good®, from its premium ingredients and employee development, to its inspiring designs and deep community investment. Since the original Shack opened in 2004 in NYC’s Madison Square Park, the Company has expanded to over 520 locations system-wide, including over 320 in 33 U.S. States and the District of Columbia, and over 175 international locations across London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Mexico City, Istanbul, Dubai, Tokyo, Seoul and more.

Toronto’s MICHELIN award-winning ABURI Hana announces the launch of its Early Summer Kyo-Kaiseki menu beginning on June 1, 2024. With a set menu by executive chef Ryusuke Nakagawa and desserts by executive pastry chef Aiko Uchigoshi, each dish pulls inspiration from early summers in Ontario. 

Speaking to the inspiration behind this carefully curated menu, ABURI Hana’s executive chef Ryusuke Nakagawa says, “As spring blossoms fade and summer arrives in Canada, I am reminded of my hometown in Ehime Prefecture. The refreshing summer sea, vibrant blue coastline and lush green mountains have inspired this menu. We use locally sourced ingredients such as duck, foie gras and fish to create dishes that reflect the unique Kaiseki style of cuisine. Our culinary approach captures the essence of Ontario during this time of year.” 

Course 1: Hirame Ryuhimaki

Ryuhi Kombu, Hirame, Gari, chives, Dashi soy, Mejiso, Sawagani

Course 2: Lobster Chawanmushi

Chawanmushi, lobster, Yakinasu soup, Junsai, Kombu oil, East Coast caviar, Janome Kyuri

Course 3: O’toro & Caviar Sushi Monaka

Monaka, O’toro, Shari, Nori, Kimizu, Caviar, Shio flower, Chrysanthemum, Iburigakko, Dashi soy

Course 4: Tachiuo Warayaki

Tachiuo, white sesame sauce, Manganji Togarashi, Kinjisou, Sudachi

Course 5: Quebec Duck Aka-Miso Yaki

Quebec duck breast, Aka miso sauce, Foie Gras miso, Kabocha, Kimi Karashi sauce, coriander flowers

Course 6: Maguro Flower

Bluefin Tuna Akami, Chutoro, Midori Daikon Tsukemono, Daikon Oroshi Mizorezu, Dashi Shoyu sauce, Shiso & Negi oil, Shiso flower, grated horseradish, dried ice with Hinoki mist 

Course 7: Sustainability Fish 

Ontario white fish Yuanyaki, Ontario Ikura, Ontario fish liver, fresh wasabi, Shiso flowers, Negi sprouts, yellow zucchini

Course 8: Abalone & Uni

Abalone, Uni, Nagaimo tofu, Abalone liver sauce, wasabi, Umibudo

Course 9: A5 Miyazaki Wagyu Sukiyaki

A5 Miyazaki Wagyu Ribeye, Mizu-Nasu, Umeboshi sauce, Ponzu sauce, turnip, Myoga, Japanese ginger

Course 10: Unagi Gohan

Pot-cooked rice, Unagi Kabayaki, Sancho powder, Kinome, miso soup, and Tsukemono served on the side

Extra Course: A5 Wagyu | Bluefin Tuna

A5 Wagyu

A5 Wagyu, Hokkaido Uni, Dashi soy, black truffles

Bluefin Tuna

Akami, Chu-toro, O’toro, Hokkaido Uni, Dashi soy, Shiso flowers, Sturgeon caviar

Course 11: Hokkaido Sweet Corn Soup

Hokkaido yellow corn, Hokkaido pure white corn, Kome Koji, Mugicha Espuma, corn flowers

Course 12: Miyazaki Mango

Mango passionfruit creme, coconut tapioca, honey pearls, Elderflower yogurt sherbert, Aosa Nori meringue

Course 13: Petit Four 

Caramelized Raspberry Ganache

Yukari, red Shiso, strawberry chocolate 

Natsumikan Pate de fruit

Mikan from Kagoshima 

Reservations for ABURI Hana’s Early Summer menu for June and July can be made HERE or through the link in their Instagram bio. 

John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus, Rabbit Hole) joins the producing team as Executive Producer for Paying for It, the live-action movie adaptation of legendary cartoonist Chester Brown’s best-selling graphic novel, “a comic-strip memoir about being a john.” In a double act of portraiture, Brown’s real-life ex, filmmaker Sook-Yin Lee (Octavio is Dead! Year of the Carnivore), directs and co-writes Paying For It in a singular work of cinematic auto-fiction that is alive, funny, and moving. The film is completing post-production and is readying for the festival circuit.

“Paying For It…is truly groundbreaking…I found myself utterly captivated by [Brown’s] story.”
– Annie Sprinkle, The New York Times Book Review

The fall will also see a re-issue of Paying For It in a new paperback edition from Drawn & Quarterly, with a cover by Brown inspired by the film adaptation, an introduction written by director Lee, expanded notes, movie stills, behind-the-scenes photographs, and artwork that Brown created for the production. Paying For It: The Film Edition is a must-have for fans of Brown and filmmaking alike.

Paying for It stars award-winning comic actor Daniel Beirne (Twentieth Century, Priscilla), emerging actor Emily Lê (Riceboy Sleeps), acclaimed activist/author/performer Andrea Werhun (Modern Whore, Thriving: A Dissociative Reverie), and is produced by Matt Code of Wildling Pictures, Sonya Di Rienzo and Aeschylus Poulos of Hawkeye Pictures.

In the late 90s, Chester and Sonny are a long-term, committed, romantic couple. When Sonny wants to redefine their relationship, Chester, a painfully introverted cartoonist, starts sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of intimacy in the process.

Paying for It is an intelligent and affecting work about love, sex and non-monogamy for adults. The film is an adaptation through a female gaze. Lee pushes perceptions around consensual sex work, allowing sex-worker perspectives to shine through.

Paying for It is produced by Matt Code (See for Me, Mary Goes Round, the upcoming Young Werther), Sonya Di Rienzo (Brother, The Young Arsonists, the upcoming The Players), Aeschylus Poulos (Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe, Brother, Sleeping Giant), co-produced by Natalie Urquhart (Suits, Stardust), and Sook-Yin Lee, and Executive Produced by John Cameron Mitchell and Daniel Beirne. The screenplay is co-written by Lee and Joanne Sarazen (Backspot, Tammy’s Always Dying). Dylan Gamble (Hot Garbage) and Lee compose the original score.

Paying for It is produced by Wildling Pictures and Hawkeye Pictures with the participation of Telefilm Canada, Ontario Creates and in association with Bell Media’s Crave and CBC Films.

ABOUT SOOK-YIN LEE:
Sook-Yin Lee is a Toronto-based filmmaker, musician, actor and broadcaster (CBC, BBC, MuchMusic). She starred in SHORTBUS, the ground-breaking 2SLGBTQ movie directed by John Cameron Mitchell that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Her feature film writer and directorial debut, YEAR OF THE CARNIVORE, starring Cristin Milioti, premiered at TIFF. In 2014, Lee won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by a Lead Dramatic Actress in JACK and went on to write and perform UNSAFE for Canadian Stage, which examined questions of censorship and artistic freedom. She won Best Director and Best Picture at the 2018 Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival for OCTAVIO IS DEAD! –a ghost story starring Sarah Gadon and Rosanna Arquette. DEATH AND SICKNESS, her feature movie made with Dylan Gamble, streams on CBC Gem. She acts in DARKEST MIRIAM, executive produced by Charlie Kaufman, and is set to release her experimental comedy REST AND RELAX. Sook-Yin is a music recording artist and film score composer. She contributed songs to Brandon Cronenberg’s horror movies INFINITY POOL and ANTIVIRAL. https://www.sookyinlee.com

ABOUT WILDLING PICTURES:
Wildling Pictures is a film and television production company based in Canada. As an experienced team of filmmakers with a slate spanning series, film and animation, Wildling creates content that travels the world, reaching audiences at home, in theatres, and at festivals. Their past films have played festivals internationally including Sundance, Berlinale, TIFF, SXSW, and Tribeca, and won numerous awards. Wildling’s recent original productions include the romantic comedy YOUNG WERTHER from José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço, starring Alison Pill, Douglas Booth, Iris Apatow and Patrick J. Adams, and the comedy SUZE from Linsey Stewart & Dane Clark, starring Michaela Watkins and Charlie Gillespie set for release in 2024. Its TV slate are the TV series adaptations of bestselling novels A DEATH AT THE PARTY by Amy Stuart and CLARA VOYANT by Rachelle Delaney.

ABOUT HAWKEYE PICTURES:
HAWKEYE PICTURES is an award-winning producer of feature films, documentaries and series. Hawkeye’s projects have been selected at prestigious international festivals including Cannes, TIFF, SXSW, Locarno, BFI London, Busan Clermont-Ferrand and Hot Docs. 2022 was a banner year with both Sheila Pye’s THE YOUNG ARSONISTS and Clement Virgo’s BROTHER world premiering at TIFF and going on to releases in 2023. Critically acclaimed during its festival run, BROTHER was also one of TIFF Canada’s Top 10 films; the winner of a record 12 Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture and of the 2024 NAACP Outstanding International Motion Picture and Outstanding Independent Film Awards. 2023 also launched the award-winning Ireland-Canada co-production THE GRACELESS AGE and the features VALLEY OF EXILE and QUEEN TUT. Most recently the feature documentary MR. DRESSUP: THE MAGIC OF MAKE-BELIEVE, world premiered at TIFF2023 and went on to win the People’s Choice Documentary Award. Upcoming Hawkeye projects include the feature THE PLAYERS by TIFF / Reykjavik Talent alumna Sarah Galea-Davis (CAN YOU WAVE BYE-BYE) and lensed by multi award-winning dop Sara Mishara (TU DORS NICOLE, LES OISEAUX IVRES); and the international docu-series WHO OWNS THE WORLD (PBS International).

Zac Efron, Joey King and Nicole Kidman star in Netflix‘s A FAMILY AFFAIR, arriving June 28, 2024 on the service! Today we get a new Trailer!

LOGLINE: A surprising romance kicks off comic consequences for a young woman, her mother and her movie star boss as they face the complications of love, sex, and identity.

DIRECTOR: Richard Lagravenese

WRITTEN BY: Carrie Solomon

PRODUCERS: Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Michelle Morrissey, Alyssa Altman, Carrie Solomon

CAST: Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Joey King, Liza Koshy, Kathy Bate

Today, Disney+ debuted the official trailer for the critically acclaimed, Emmy® Award-winning hit comedy series FX’s “The Bear,” which will premiere its third season on Thursday, June 27, 2024 exclusively on Disney+ in Canada. All 10 episodes will be available at premiere.

Season three of FX’s “The Bear” follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri) and Richard “Richie” Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they do what it takes to elevate The Bear, their beef stand turned fine dining establishment, to the highest level, all while doing their best just to stay in business. It’s a losing battle every single day in the restaurant business. Carmy pushes himself harder than ever, and demands excellence from his crew, who do their best to match his intensity.

Their quest for culinary excellence will propel the crew to new levels and stress the bonds that hold the restaurant together. As the team grows in size, each member will strive to reach a greater level of service within their role. In the restaurant industry, you’re never on solid ground, and with that ever-changing landscape comes new challenges and opportunities. Our chefs have learned that every second counts, but this season we’ll find out if they have what it takes to make it to tomorrow.

The half-hour series also stars Abby Elliott, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas and Matty Matheson, with Oliver Platt and Molly Gordon in recurring roles.

Named an AFI Television Program of the Year for two years running, FX’s “The Bear” has garnered significant Awards attention for its critically acclaimed first and second seasons including nominations and/or wins from the Emmy® Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Peabody Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Writers Guild Awards, Directors Guild Awards, Producer Guild Awards, NAACP Image Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, MPSE Golden Reel Awards, CAS Awards, ACE Eddie Awards, TCA Awards, amongst others.

FX’s “The Bear” was created by Christopher Storer, who acts as executive producer alongside Josh Senior, Joanna Calo, Cooper Wehde, Tyson Bidner, Matty Matheson and Hiro Murai. Courtney Storer serves as a co-executive producer and culinary producer. The series is produced by FX Productions.

Robust parental controls ensure that Disney+ remains a suitable viewing experience for everyone in the family. Subscribers can set access limits on mature content and create PIN-protected profiles alongside the already existing Junior Mode profiles to give parents and guardians peace of mind.