We’re so excited about this! Lindsay Lohan is back in FALLING FOR CHRISTMAS, which is coming soon to Netflix for the Holidays! An official Trailer is now here!

Logline:
A newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress gets into a skiing accident, suffers from total amnesia and finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas.

Stills from the Film:

FALLING FOR CHRISTMAS arrives November 10, 2022 on Netflix.

(Photo credit: Netflix)

Toronto-based Singer-Songwrtier RÊVE is back with yet another Banger and we’re loving it! Short, sweet and uplifting, she pays tribute to her idols growing-up, sampling Whitney Houston/Chaka Khan‘s “I’m Every Woman” in the chorus. Love this so much – the lush strings, the interpretation and the message -and are excited to hear more from this emerging act! There’s also a 12″ version released as well!

Pre-Save/Pre-Order “Whitney”: https://reve.lnk.to/music

This looks like fun! The Cast and Crew behind new Series EZRA celebrated its release earlier this week. EZRA is streaming now on OUTtv (Canada) and the OUTtv channel on AppleTV+ and Amazon Prime (USA) with new episodes releasing weekly, in short quick bingey portions.

Synopsis:

EZRA is a new age take on a classic coming out story and focuses on Ezra Grey, played by Luke Hutchie. After fleeing the dark and demonic chains of his shadowy old home, Ezra, a killer gay vampire, takes a leap of faith and enters the modern world. In doing so, he is forced to navigate his own insecurities and supernatural tribulations.

See the first full episode here:

Some Snaps from the Premiere:

Cast L to R: Zoé De Grand Maison, Kara Duncan, Daniella Dela Pena, Danny Vo, Chelsea Clark, Luke Hutchie, Veronika Slowikowska, Matthew Finlan and Augusto Butter

(Photo/video credit: Out TV/Krystle Merrow)

You might remember OLIVIA LUNNY from CTV‘s popular THE LAUNCH where she was crowned a winner. The 23-year-old Singer-Songwriter from Winnipeg since signed with Universal Music Canada and is on the verge of something big, after having honed her craft since the age of 12, learning guitar and writing songs.

We were so lucky to get to attend a showcase of this exciting new talent at Universal Music Canada‘s offices where Lunny performed an eight track set including “Who Could Say No” from her 2021 self-titled EP, plus latest single “Vibe Check” which features Rapper Bhad Babie. She also performed vibey mid-tempo new single “Wonderland“, which is coming out next week.

Check-out some of Lunny‘s gorgeous Repertoire. She possesses youth and depth, all under a shiny Pop veneer.

A real short Snippet of “Wonderland“:

Be following Lunny here. Such an exciting new story in Canadian Music.

(Photo/video credit: Univeral Music Canada/Mr. Will Wong/Angela McLean)

The new Teaser Trailer for THE SUPER MARIO BROS. is here, after debuting earlier this weem as New York Comic Con festivities kick-off! Here’s also the brand-new Poster for the Film!

Synopsis:

Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic (collaborators on Teen Titans Go!, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies) from a screenplay by Matthew Fogel (The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, Minions: The Rise of Gru), the film stars Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek and Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike.

The film is produced by Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri p.g.a. and by Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo. The film is co-financed by Universal Pictures and Nintendo and will be released worldwide by Universal Pictures.

Stay tuned!

(Photo credit: Universal Pictures Canada)

Corus Entertainment’s top 10 specialty station*, W Network, brings good tidings to Canadians with the annual return of Canada’s favourite holiday programming event Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas beginning Friday, October 21 with two new premieres kicking off the stunt on Friday, October 21 and Saturday, October 22. This year, W Network, the exclusive home for Hallmark Channel in Canada, will make spirits bright with 36 new holiday movie premieres every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday starting October 28 until December 18 and back-to-back festive flicks every day until New Year’s Eve.

“We are delighted that Canadians continue to ring in the holidays each year with W Network as the go-to destination for holiday entertainment,” said Daniel Eves, Senior Vice President, Networks, Corus Entertainment. “Spanning over three consecutive months and packed full of signature Hallmark Channel programming, star-studded premieres, and heartwarming holiday classics, Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas is the ultimate holiday TV event of the season.”

Last year, nearly 13 million Canadians tuned into Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas** and since it launched in Canada in 2018, W Network has remained the #1 specialty network overall with women during the programming event***.

Everyone’s favourite stars return in this season’s line-up of all-new holiday movies including, Canadians Andrew Walker, Benjamin Ayres, Brennan Elliott, Luke Macfarlane, Paul Campbell, and Tyler Hynes. Lacey Chabert, who stars in a record-breaking twelfth Christmas movie for Hallmark this year, is also joined by fan-favourites Alison Sweeney, Ashley Williams, Erin Cahill, Jonathan Bennett, Kristoffer Polaha, Marilu Henner, Nikki DeLoach, Ryan Paevey, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Taylor Cole, Will Kemp and more.

Also lighting up the screen this year are legendary new talent such as award-winning actress Marlo Thomas, Ann-Margret, Ellen Travolta, Greta Scacchi, Kara Wang, Grammy Award-winning R&B artist Ledisi, Emmy Award-winner Lynn Whitfield, Margaret Colin, Moira Kelly, Mykelti Williamson, Reginald VelJohnson, Reshma Shetty, Stephen Tobolowsky, Tamala Jones, and Yael Grobglas, among many others.

Featuring titles from Hallmark Channel, Lifetime and UPtv, W Network’s merry movie schedule boasts 25 Canadian productions including A Magical Christmas Village (Lighthouse), The Royal Nanny (Leif Films), A Fabled Holiday (Studio BRB (AFH Productions Inc.)) and more. Viewers can also stream all 2022 premieres live and on demand on STACKTV. See the W Network’s 2022 movie premiere schedule:

· Noel Next Door – Friday, October 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Natalie Hall (Charmed), Corey Sevier (Immortals)

· We Wish You a Married Christmas – Saturday, October 22 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Marisol Nichols (Riverdale), Kristoffer Polaha (Jurassic World Dominion)

· We Need a Little Christmas – Friday, October 28 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Erica Durance (Supergirl), Patrick Sabongui (The Flash), Lynn Whitfield (Greenleaf)

· Jolly Good Christmas – Saturday, October 29 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Reshma Shetty (Blindspot), Will Kemp (Christmas Waltz)

· A Kismet Christmas – Sunday, October 30 at 6 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Sarah Ramos (Parenthood), Carlo Marks (Chesapeake Shores), Marilu Henner (Taxi)

· A Magical Christmas Village – Friday, November 4 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Alison Sweeney (Days of our Lives), Luke Macfarlane (Bros), Marlo Thomas (That Girl)

· Christmas Bedtime Stories – Saturday, November 5 at 6 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Erin Cahill (Every Time a Bell Rings), Steve Lund (Schitts Creek), Charlie Weber (How to Get Away with Murder)

· Lights, Camera, Christmas! – Saturday, November 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Kimberley Sustad (Travelers), John Brotherton (Fuller House)

· Ghosts of Christmas Always – Sunday, November 6 at 6 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Kim Matula (LA to Vegas), Ian Harding (Pretty Little Liars), Beth Leavel (This Is Where I Leave You), Lori Tan Chinn (Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens), Reginald VelJohnson (Die Hard, Family Matters)

· In Merry Measure – Friday, November 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Patti Murin (Frozen, Chicago Med), Brendan Penny (Chesapeake Shores), Jennifer Robertson (Schitt’s Creek)

· The Royal Nanny – Saturday, November 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Rachel Skarsten (Batwoman), Dan Jeannotte (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), Greta Scacchi (The Terror)

· All Saints Christmas – Sunday, November 13 at 6 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Ledisi (Selma), Roger Cross (Murdoch Mysteries)

· Inventing the Christmas Prince – Friday, November 18 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Tamera Mowry-Housley (The Santa Stakeout), Ronnie Rowe Jr. (The Porter)

· Three Wise Men and a Baby – Saturday, November 19 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Paul Campbell (Turner & Hooch), Tyler Hynes (Letterkenny), Andrew Walker (Merry & Bright), Margaret Colin (Chicago Med)

· Christmas at the Golden Dragon – Sunday, November 20 at 6 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Kara Wang (Good Trouble), Osric Chau (The Flash), Sara Canning (Nancy Drew), Antonio Cupo (Blood & Treasure), Barbara Niven (Chesapeake Shores)

· A Royal Corgi Christmas – Friday, November 25 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Hunter King (Life in Pieces), Jordan Renzo (The Spanish Princess)

· A Tale of Two Christmases – Saturday, November 26 at 6 p.m. ET/P
Starring Kat Barrell (Wynonna Earp), Chandler Massey (Days of our Lives), Evan Roderick (Arrow)

· Haul Out the Holly – Saturday, November 26 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Lacey Chabert (The Wedding Veil), Wes Brown (Sweet Pecan Summer), Ellen Travolta (Charles in Charge), Peter Jacobson (WeCrashed, House), Melissa Peterman (Reba), Stephen Tobolowsky (One Day at a Time, Spaceballs)

· When I Think of Christmas – Sunday, November 27 at 6 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Shenae Grimes-Beech (The Detail), Niall Matter (The Predator), Beth Broderick (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)

· A Holiday Spectacular – Sunday, November 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Ginna Claire Mason (Wicked), Derek Klena (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Eve Plumb (The Brady Bunch), Ann-Margret (Bye Bye Birdie, The Kominsky Method)

· My Southern Family Christmas – Friday, December 2 at 8 p.m.ET/PT
Starring Jaicy Elliot (Grey’s Anatomy), Bruce Campbell (Ash vs Evil Dead), Ryan Rottman (Guidance), Moira Kelly (The Cutting Edge, Panic), Brian McNamara (Magnum P.I.)

· Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas – Saturday, December 3 at 6 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Holland Roden (Mayans M.C.), Tyler Hynes (Letterkenny), Tenille Townes (The Lemonade Stand)

· A Fabled Holiday – Saturday, December 3 at 8 p.m ET/PT
Starring Brooke D’Orsay (Royal Pains), Ryan Paevey (General Hospital)

· Long Lost Christmas – Sunday, December 4 at 6 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Taylor Cole (Making Spirits Bright), Benjamin Ayres (Burden of Truth)

· Undercover Holiday – Sunday, December 4 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Noemi Gonzalez (Selena: The Series), Stephen Huszar (Tribal)

· The Most Colorful Time of the Year – Friday, December 9 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Katrina Bowden (30 Rock), Christopher Russell (Day of the Dead)

· The Holiday Stocking – Saturday, December 10 at 6 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Nadine Ellis (Our Kind of People), B.J. Britt (Being Mary Jane, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Karon Riley (The Black Hamptons), Tamala Jones (Rebel, Castle), Mykelti Williamson (Fences, Law & Order: Organized Crime)

· Christmas Class Reunion – Saturday, December 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Aimeé Teegarden (Friday Night Lights), Tanner Novlan (The Bold and the Beautiful)

· A Tiny Home Christmas (UPtv) – Sunday, December 11 at 6 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Rebecca Dalton and Christopher Seivright

· The Holiday Sitter – Sunday, December 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Jonathan Bennett (The Christmas House, Mean Girls), George Krissa (Road Trip Romance), Chelsea Hobbs (Poisoned in Paradise: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery)

· #Xmas – Friday, December 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Clare Bowen (Nashville), Brant Daugherty (Pretty Little Liars)

· The Gift of Peace – Saturday, December 17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Nikki DeLoach (Five More Minutes), Brennan Elliott (UnREAL)

· Five More Minutes: Moments Like These – Sunday, December 18 at 6 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Ashley Williams (Sister Swap: Christmas in the City), Lucas Bryant (Haven)

· Hanukkah on Rye – Sunday, December 18 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Starring Jeremy Jordan (Supergirl), Yael Grobglas (Jane the Virgin), Lisa Loeb (Gossip Girl, Hot Tub Time Machine 2)

· Well Suited Christmas (Lifetime) – Broadcast details to be announced at a later date
Starring Mercedes de la Zerda, Franco Lo Presti, Xavier Sotelo, Stephanie Herrera, Gabriel Hudson

· World Record Christmas (Lifetime) – Broadcast details to be announced at a later date
Starring Michelle Argyris, Andrew Bushell, Danny Vo

For the most up-to-date schedule and for more information about this year’s movies, visit wnetwork.com.

W Network is available on National Free Preview from November 1 to November 30, 2022. Please check local listings for additional information.

Walt Disney Animation Studios today announced that it will team with Lighthouse Immersive Studios, the producers of the blockbuster Immersive Van Gogh, to develop Disney Animation Immersive Experience, which will receive its world premiere in Toronto this December and then can be seen across the United States and other areas of the world in the next year.

Creating iconic animated stories for all ages for nearly a century, Walt Disney Animation Studios will join forces with North America’s top creator of experiential projection exhibitions to present the music and artistry within Disney Animation’s canon of films—from hits of today like Encanto, Zootopia and Frozen, to all of the classics including The Lion King, Peter Pan and Pinocchio. Audiences will feel like they’ve entered the incredible worlds of beloved Disney characters and become one with them.

Disney Animation: Immersive Experience will debut at Lighthouse ArtSpace Toronto in December 2022, and will subsequently be seen in Cleveland, Nashville, Detroit, Denver, Boston, San Antonio, Las Vegas, Minneapolis and Columbus in the first four months of 2023. Additional cities are currently being scheduled and Tokyo will be the first city outside of North America to receive Disney Animation: Immersive Experience.

“The collaboration with Lighthouse Immersive is a first for Disney Animation,” said Clark Spencer, president, Walt Disney Animation Studios and two-time Academy Award®-winner (Encanto, Zootopia). “It’s a dream to bring the best of animated storytelling together with the top experts in the immersive art experience. We can’t wait for audiences around the world, of all ages, to experience the great moments from our legacy of feature films in this incredible way.”

“Like so many of us, I have a life-long love of Disney films,” said Lighthouse Immersive founder Corey Ross. “I’ve grown up with them since childhood and so has my family. The work lends itself brilliantly to the immersive experience and I am confident this program will give our guests the opportunity to be engulfed in the world of Disney, making them feel like they’re standing next to their favorite characters and seeing the world through their eyes.”

The creative team for the Disney Animation Immersive Experience is led by Oscar®-winning producer J. Miles Dale (Best Picture 2018 -The Shape of Water) who said, “Trailblazing in a new medium is always exciting, and this is truly going to be the most challenging and rewarding project of my career. Being entrusted with Disney’s rich archive of animation is a great honour, but also a tremendous responsibility. With such a wealth of material and a treasure trove of memorable characters, it will be a thrill to bring the work of all the great Disney animators and performers to life in a 360-degree immersive environment.” Mexico City-based Cocolab is working with Dale and the Creative Legacy team at Walt Disney Animation Studios to develop the program for Lighthouse Immersive Studios. Special Projects Producer Dorothy McKim (Oscar-nominated, Get A Horse!) is spearheading the project for Disney Animation.

The audience experience will be further enhanced by Lighthouse Immersive’s Global Creative Director David Korins, (Tony Award®-nominee whose credits include more than 20 Broadway shows including Hamilton, and an Emmy Award® winner for Grease Live). Korins will develop never-before-seen interactive lobby elements that guests can enjoy before or after entering the gallery.

Ross captures the excitement both Disney and Lighthouse Immersive feel for the project as he describes how it begins: “Just imagine journeying through Zootopia with Judy Hopps, diving to the ocean floor with Ariel, flying on a magic carpet with Aladdin, and stepping into Casita with Mirabel and the family Madrigal. This is where the Disney Animation: Immersive Experience will take you.”

Collaborating with Lighthouse Immersive is the Creative Legacy team of Walt Disney Animation Studios, helping bring their library of films to audiences in a manner never before experienced.

The schedule of openings, on-sale date for tickets and prices will be announced at a future date. The public can sign up to receive more information at disneyimmersive.com.

Finally! We get the official Trailer for Francis Lawrence‘s Toronto-filmed SLUMBERLAND.

Synopsis:

Slumberland takes audiences to a magical new place, a dreamworld where precocious Nemo (Marlow Barkley) and her eccentric companion Flip (Jason Momoa) embark on the adventure of a lifetime. After her father Peter (Kyle Chandler) is unexpectedly lost at sea, young Nemo’s idyllic Pacific Northwest existence is completely upended when she is sent to live in the city with her well-meaning but deeply awkward uncle Phillip (Chris O’Dowd). Her new school and new routine are challenging by day but at night, a secret map to the fantastical world of Slumberland connects Nemo to Flip, a rough-around-the-edges but lovable outlaw who quickly becomes her partner and guide. She and Flip soon find themselves on an incredible journey traversing dreams and fleeing nightmares, where Nemo begins to hope that she will be reunited with her father once again.

Slumberland is directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire & Mockingjay), written by David Guion and Michael Handelman (Night at the Museum; Secret of the Tomb) and produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, David Ready and Francis Lawrence. The film also stars Weruche Opia, India De Beaufort, and Humberly Gonzalez.

SLUMBERLAND arrives November 18, 2022 on Netflix.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will are thrilled to give Readers a chance to win Advance Passes to see TICKET TO PARADISE.

Screenings take place as follows on Wednesday, October 19, 2022:

• Toronto: Scotiabank Theatre at 7:00 pm
• Montreal: Cineplex Forum at 7:00 pm 
• Vancouver: Scotiabank Theatre at 7:00 pm 

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. 

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TICKET TO PARADISE is in theatres October 21, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada)

Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will are thrilled to give Readers a chance to win Advance Passes to see TILL.

Screenings take place as follows on Thursday, October 20, 2022:

• Toronto: Cineplex Varsity at 7:30 pm
• Montreal: Cineplex Forum at 7:30 pm 
• Vancouver: International Village at 7:00 pm 

Synopsis:

Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie’s poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother’s ability to change the world.

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TILL is in theatres October 21, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada)