NewsAugust 8, 2017
CHRISTINA FON JOINS SHAFTESBURY AS VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS & SCRIPTED CONTENT
TORONTO, CANADA: September 8, 2023 – Shaftesbury is pleased to announce that Christina Fon, formerly the Vice-President/Executive Producer at Rezolution Pictures (Little Bird, Mohawk Girls, RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World), will join the company as VP, Strategic Partnerships and Scripted Content, effective September 11. Based out of Montreal and Toronto, Fon will be part of the Shaftesbury creative team that will...
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SHAFTESBURY HONOURED WITH 23 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD NOMINATIONS
TORONTO, February 22, 2023 – Leading Canadian producer Shaftesbury has received 23 nominations across seven shows, as announced today by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Nominated projects are Murdoch Mysteries, Hudson & Rex, Departure, Ruby & The Well, Mary & Flo On The Go, Slo Pitch and Topline. MURDOCH MYSTERIES – 6 nominations Best Supporting...
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PRODUCTION BEGINS ON NEW TWEEN MURDOCH MYSTERIES SPINOFF MACY MURDOCH FOR CBC GEM
Canadian Screen Award-winner Shailyn Pierre-Dixon stars as Detective William Murdoch’s time-travelling great-great-great granddaughter (TORONTO, October 12, 2022) – Shaftesbury announced today that production is now underway on Macy Murdoch (8x11), a new CBC Gem original tween series that follows the adventures of Detective William Murdoch’s time-travelling great-great-great- granddaughter. A spinoff of Shaftesbury and CBC’s hit long-running drama Murdoch Mysteries based...
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WATERLOO REGION CELEBRATES CANADA’S BELOVED DRAMA MURDOCH MYSTERIES
Toronto and Kitchener ON | Thursday, October 6 – Shaftesbury, the production company behind Murdoch Mysteries, and THEMUSEUM are excited to announce Murdoch Mysteries: The Experience beginning Friday, November 11, 2022, and running through mid February 2023. From Cambridge to Kitchener’s Walper Hotel, Waterloo Region has been a favourite spot to film the hit television show, now in its 16th...
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SHAFTESBURY APPOINTS LIZ LEVINE SENIOR PRODUCER AND VICE PRESIDENT, TELEVISION
TORONTO (June 23, 2022) – Shaftesbury has named award-winning producer Liz Levine, Senior Producer and Vice President, Television. Reporting to Christina Jennings, Chairman and President of Shaftesbury, Levine will oversee all aspects of Shaftesbury’s scripted slate as properties leave development and move into production. “It’s wonderful to have a producer with Liz’s breadth of experience on our team to take...
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SEASON 2 OF CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED GLOBAL ORIGINAL DEPARTURE PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, JULY 13
Emmy® Winner Archie Panjabi and Oscar® Winner Christopher Plummer Return for an Action-Packed Season 2 Praised by Variety as “a drama that will hook those who seek from their viewing a charge of adrenaline,” Season 1 of Departure is available to watch now with STACKTV and the Global TV App. TORONTO, June 16, 2022 – All aboard! Global is set...
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