A theatrical release is planned for later in 2023.
Joan Carr-Wiggin’s romantic comedy A Grand Romantic Gesture, starrinig Dylan Llewellyn, best known for Derry Girls and Big Boys, has been sold to High Fliers Films for UK-Ireland distribution.
The film is handled by Italian sales outfit Iuvit Media Sales. Gina McKee, Douglas Hodge and Rob Stewart also star.
McKee plays a woman encouraged by her husband and daughter to take up gourmet cooking after she loses her job. Instead, she signs up for a drama class where she is cast as Juliet and falls in love with her Romeo.
It is produced through Paragraph Pictures,...
Joan Carr-Wiggin’s romantic comedy A Grand Romantic Gesture, starrinig Dylan Llewellyn, best known for Derry Girls and Big Boys, has been sold to High Fliers Films for UK-Ireland distribution.
The film is handled by Italian sales outfit Iuvit Media Sales. Gina McKee, Douglas Hodge and Rob Stewart also star.
McKee plays a woman encouraged by her husband and daughter to take up gourmet cooking after she loses her job. Instead, she signs up for a drama class where she is cast as Juliet and falls in love with her Romeo.
It is produced through Paragraph Pictures,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, Ontario Creates among financiers.
UK actors Gina McKee from drama series Emmy nominee Bodyguard and Douglas Hodge from Catastrophe have joined the cast of Paragraph Pictures and Highfield Grange Studios’ A Grand Romantic Gesture.
Shooting on the Canada-uk comedy drama is underway in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Linda Kash, Rose Reynolds, Rob Stewart, and Dylan Llewellyn round out the key cast and Joan Carr-Wiggin directs from her screenplay.
McKee plays Ava, who is encouraged by her husband (Stewart) and pregnant daughter (Reynolds) to take up gourmet cooking after she loses her job. Instead, she signs...
UK actors Gina McKee from drama series Emmy nominee Bodyguard and Douglas Hodge from Catastrophe have joined the cast of Paragraph Pictures and Highfield Grange Studios’ A Grand Romantic Gesture.
Shooting on the Canada-uk comedy drama is underway in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Linda Kash, Rose Reynolds, Rob Stewart, and Dylan Llewellyn round out the key cast and Joan Carr-Wiggin directs from her screenplay.
McKee plays Ava, who is encouraged by her husband (Stewart) and pregnant daughter (Reynolds) to take up gourmet cooking after she loses her job. Instead, she signs...
- 7/18/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for July 2019 including "Dare Me", "Titans", "Stardust" and a whole lot more:
A Grand Romantic GESTUREFeature – Theatrical
Paragraph Pictures
Prod.: David Gordian, Alan Latham
Dir.: Joan Carr-Wiggin
Jun 24 - Jul 19/19
AMÉLIE Et Compagnie! Saison 4
Episodic Series - TV
Carte Blanche Films Inc.
Prod.: Tracy Legault
Dir.: Dominque Cardona,
Jul 3 - Sep 20/19
Anne With An E Season 3
Episodic Series - TV
Northwood Anne Trois Inc.
Dir.: Various
Mar 11 – Aug 22/19
Awake
Feature Films - Streaming
eOne / Netflix
Prod.: Mark Gordon, Paul Schiff
Dir.: Mark Raso
Aug 6 – Sep 27/19
Backyard Beats
Episodic Series – TV
Bristow Global Media Inc.
Prod.: Daniel Bourre, Corinna Lehr
Dir.: tbd
Aug 19 - Sep 2/19
Beacon Street
Feature Films - Streaming
Twinkle Toes Movie Prod. Ltd.
Prod.: Susan Cartsonis, Brent Emery, Suzanne Farwell
Dir.: Elissa Down
Jul 25 - Sep 20/19
Carter...
A Grand Romantic GESTUREFeature – Theatrical
Paragraph Pictures
Prod.: David Gordian, Alan Latham
Dir.: Joan Carr-Wiggin
Jun 24 - Jul 19/19
AMÉLIE Et Compagnie! Saison 4
Episodic Series - TV
Carte Blanche Films Inc.
Prod.: Tracy Legault
Dir.: Dominque Cardona,
Jul 3 - Sep 20/19
Anne With An E Season 3
Episodic Series - TV
Northwood Anne Trois Inc.
Dir.: Various
Mar 11 – Aug 22/19
Awake
Feature Films - Streaming
eOne / Netflix
Prod.: Mark Gordon, Paul Schiff
Dir.: Mark Raso
Aug 6 – Sep 27/19
Backyard Beats
Episodic Series – TV
Bristow Global Media Inc.
Prod.: Daniel Bourre, Corinna Lehr
Dir.: tbd
Aug 19 - Sep 2/19
Beacon Street
Feature Films - Streaming
Twinkle Toes Movie Prod. Ltd.
Prod.: Susan Cartsonis, Brent Emery, Suzanne Farwell
Dir.: Elissa Down
Jul 25 - Sep 20/19
Carter...
- 6/24/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for June 2018 including "V Wars", "The Boys, "Largo" and a whole lot more:
V Wars
TV Series
Idw (Netflix)
Prod.: Tom Vencelides
Dir.: Brad Turner
Jun 11 – tba
Dino Dana The Movie
Feature
Sinking Ship Entertainment
Line Prod.: Eric Beldowski
May 22 - Jun 27/18
Frankie Drake Mysteries Season 2
TV Series
Shaftesbury
Prod.: Teresa Ho
Dir.: Ruba Nadda
May 9 - Aug 28/18
Green Harvest Season 2
TV Series
CBS Studios Inc.
Prod.: Thom Pretak
Dir: Various
Apr 16 - Nov 8/18
Holly Hobbie - Season 1
TV Series
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Andrew Rosen, Anthony Leo
Dir.: Stefan Brogren,
May 7 - Jun 11/18
Jellybean
Mini Series
New Metric Media / Sphere Media
Producer: Paula J. Smith
Dir.: Jeff Renfore, Molly McGlynn
Apr 23 - Jun 22/18
Killer High
Feature
Prod.: Mary Anne Waterhouse
Dir.: Jem Garrard
May 22 - Jun 9/18
Killjoys Seasons 4 - 5
TV Series
Temple Street
Prod.
V Wars
TV Series
Idw (Netflix)
Prod.: Tom Vencelides
Dir.: Brad Turner
Jun 11 – tba
Dino Dana The Movie
Feature
Sinking Ship Entertainment
Line Prod.: Eric Beldowski
May 22 - Jun 27/18
Frankie Drake Mysteries Season 2
TV Series
Shaftesbury
Prod.: Teresa Ho
Dir.: Ruba Nadda
May 9 - Aug 28/18
Green Harvest Season 2
TV Series
CBS Studios Inc.
Prod.: Thom Pretak
Dir: Various
Apr 16 - Nov 8/18
Holly Hobbie - Season 1
TV Series
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Andrew Rosen, Anthony Leo
Dir.: Stefan Brogren,
May 7 - Jun 11/18
Jellybean
Mini Series
New Metric Media / Sphere Media
Producer: Paula J. Smith
Dir.: Jeff Renfore, Molly McGlynn
Apr 23 - Jun 22/18
Killer High
Feature
Prod.: Mary Anne Waterhouse
Dir.: Jem Garrard
May 22 - Jun 9/18
Killjoys Seasons 4 - 5
TV Series
Temple Street
Prod.
- 6/6/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Film Bazaar’s Co-Production Market project Joan Carr-Wiggin’s An Unromantic Woman has presold to the UK, with Gsp Studios picking up the film from Toronto-based production company Paragraph Pictures.
Including this pre-sale, Paragraph Pictures has secured 60% of the $2.5m budget for the new project. The finance raised also includes equity, tax credits and incentives from Canada.
Producer David Gordian of Paragraph Pictures is structuring the project as a Canada-India coproduction. He is now at Film Bazaar looking for an Indian co-producer.
It will be the first time for Carr-Wiggin to shoot in India. The English-language comedy is about a Canadian woman who files to India to stop her newlywed daughter from falling for a young Indian poet, but only to fall in love herself.
Carr-Wiggin, a former economist, has written and directed five feature films, all of which are comedies with strong roles for women.
Three of her films are co-productions with Gsp, including [link=tt...
Including this pre-sale, Paragraph Pictures has secured 60% of the $2.5m budget for the new project. The finance raised also includes equity, tax credits and incentives from Canada.
Producer David Gordian of Paragraph Pictures is structuring the project as a Canada-India coproduction. He is now at Film Bazaar looking for an Indian co-producer.
It will be the first time for Carr-Wiggin to shoot in India. The English-language comedy is about a Canadian woman who files to India to stop her newlywed daughter from falling for a young Indian poet, but only to fall in love herself.
Carr-Wiggin, a former economist, has written and directed five feature films, all of which are comedies with strong roles for women.
Three of her films are co-productions with Gsp, including [link=tt...
- 11/21/2015
- ScreenDaily
Co-production Market to feature new projects from Kanu Behl, Aditya Vikram Sengupta and Nandita Das, along with Ritesh Batra’s first project as a producer.
Film Bazaar, hosted by India’s National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc), has unveiled the 19 South Asian projects selected for this year’s Co-production Market.
The line-up includes new projects from Kanu Behl, whose Titli premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard 2014; Aditya Vikram Sengupta, director of Venice 2014 title Labor Of Love; acclaimed Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage; and Fahad Mustafa, whose credits include award-winning documentary Katiyabaaz.
In addition, Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) is stepping into producing with Raj Rish More’s Pirates, which Batra will produce through his new outfit Poetic License Motion Pictures.
Drishyam Films’ Manish Mundra is bringing a new project from Amit V Masurkar (Sulemani Keeda), while acclaimed filmmaker Nandita Das will present her new project Manto at Film Bazaar.
The market is introducing a new feature this year – Open...
Film Bazaar, hosted by India’s National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc), has unveiled the 19 South Asian projects selected for this year’s Co-production Market.
The line-up includes new projects from Kanu Behl, whose Titli premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard 2014; Aditya Vikram Sengupta, director of Venice 2014 title Labor Of Love; acclaimed Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage; and Fahad Mustafa, whose credits include award-winning documentary Katiyabaaz.
In addition, Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) is stepping into producing with Raj Rish More’s Pirates, which Batra will produce through his new outfit Poetic License Motion Pictures.
Drishyam Films’ Manish Mundra is bringing a new project from Amit V Masurkar (Sulemani Keeda), while acclaimed filmmaker Nandita Das will present her new project Manto at Film Bazaar.
The market is introducing a new feature this year – Open...
- 10/12/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Alex Kingston, Peter Firth and Tom Cullen have joined Paragraph Pictures’ If You See Her.
Joan Carr-Wiggin’s comedy-drama stars Janet Montgomery and Sara Paxton in the story of estranged friends who reconnect at a wedding.
If You See Her is shooting on location in Canada. David Gordian produces for Paragraph Pictures and Alan Latham for UK-based Green Screen Productions.
Joan Carr-Wiggin’s comedy-drama stars Janet Montgomery and Sara Paxton in the story of estranged friends who reconnect at a wedding.
If You See Her is shooting on location in Canada. David Gordian produces for Paragraph Pictures and Alan Latham for UK-based Green Screen Productions.
- 11/7/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Kino Lorber, Inc. is proud to announce the acquisition of theatrical U.S. rights to writer / director Joan Carr-Wiggin’s crowd-pleasing comedy if i were you, starring Marcia Gay Harden, Leonor Watling, and Aidan Quinn. The film will be released theatrically in select cities across the nation on March 15, 2013. Kino Lorber’s CEO Richard Lorber negotiated the deal with producer David Gordian of Paragraph Pictures. Kino Lorber’s CEO Richard Lorber, commented: “if i were you is a charming, smart and very funny look at the unexpected places life can take us. Marcia Gay Harden’s virtuosity and emotional mastery as an actress have never been put to better use as she and Leonor Watling escalate hilarious complications in this refreshing female-driven comedy. We believe American audiences will eagerly savor this delicious film which is why we are releasing it widely to theaters and homes.” A pre-theatrical VOD release is...
- 2/6/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Toronto -- DDA Consulting's Dennis Davidson has signed on to represent the Marcia Gay Harden-starrer "If I Were You," which just wrapped production in Toronto after a five-week shoot (Hr, 01/19).
Davidson is lining up a sales agent to start shopping the Paragragh Pictures' dramedy in Cannes.
"If I Were You," written and directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin, also stars Leonor Watling and Aidan Quinn in a film about two women who become unlikely friends to fix their troubled lives.
The comedy drama from producers David Gordian and Alan Latham also stars Joseph Kell, Michael Therriault, Elizabeth Whitmere, Claire Brosseau and Bethany Jillard.
Dennis Davidson recently shrunk his roster to focus on Dda Consulting after a recent management buyout of Dda Public Relations, the global PR giant he founded with offices in London and Los Angeles (Hr, 10/19/09).
Davidson is lining up a sales agent to start shopping the Paragragh Pictures' dramedy in Cannes.
"If I Were You," written and directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin, also stars Leonor Watling and Aidan Quinn in a film about two women who become unlikely friends to fix their troubled lives.
The comedy drama from producers David Gordian and Alan Latham also stars Joseph Kell, Michael Therriault, Elizabeth Whitmere, Claire Brosseau and Bethany Jillard.
Dennis Davidson recently shrunk his roster to focus on Dda Consulting after a recent management buyout of Dda Public Relations, the global PR giant he founded with offices in London and Los Angeles (Hr, 10/19/09).
- 2/25/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toronto -- Marcia Gay Harden, Leonor Watling and Aidan Quinn are to play the leads in Joan Carr-Wiggin's "If I Were You" from Paragraph Pictures and FDC Distribution.
The comedy drama from producers David Gordian and Alan Latham, shooting in Toronto, also stars Joseph Kell, Michael Therriault, Elizabeth Whitmere, Claire Brosseau and Bethany Jillard.
Gay Harden and Spanish actress Watling perform the roles of two women who become unlikely friends to fix their troubled lives.
Carr-Wiggin recently completed "A Previous Engagement," a comedy starring Juliet Stevenson that she also wrote and directed.
Vio Bianchini, Savitri Gordian and Mark Paladini share executive producer credits on the five-week Canadian shoot.
The comedy drama from producers David Gordian and Alan Latham, shooting in Toronto, also stars Joseph Kell, Michael Therriault, Elizabeth Whitmere, Claire Brosseau and Bethany Jillard.
Gay Harden and Spanish actress Watling perform the roles of two women who become unlikely friends to fix their troubled lives.
Carr-Wiggin recently completed "A Previous Engagement," a comedy starring Juliet Stevenson that she also wrote and directed.
Vio Bianchini, Savitri Gordian and Mark Paladini share executive producer credits on the five-week Canadian shoot.
- 1/19/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Principal photography begins today on If I Were You , shooting for five weeks on location in Toronto, it was announced by producer David Gordian. Marcia Gay Harden, Leonor Watling, and Aidan Quinn star in the comedy drama, written and directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin ( A Previous Engagement ). Rounding out the cast are Joseph Kell, Michael Therriault, Elizabeth Whitmere, Claire Brosseau and Bethany Jillard. If I Were You combines comedy and drama in a powerful and entertaining story of two women who become the unlikeliest of friends. Two women who meet by chance make a pact to fix their troubled lives: they will each do what the other one says. But one of them has a secret. She knows her husband is sleeping with the other woman. The wife's plan backfires when the mistress an...
- 1/19/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Indican Pictures has acquired all North American rights to the Rachael Leigh Cook-led My First Wedding from Paragraph Pictures. Director Laurent Firode's screwball comedy about a woman's premarital jitters, costarring Kenny Doughty, is scheduled for a nationwide theatrical release in March. Negotiations were handled by Indican partner Shaul Hill and Paragraph's David Gordian, who also served as the film's producer.
- 11/30/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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