SHAFTESBURY HONOURED WITH 12 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST DRAMA SERIES FOR SLASHER: RIPPER
TORONTO, March 6, 2024 – Canadian producer Shaftesbury has received 12 nominations across 6 productions, as announced today by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Nominated projects are Murdoch Mysteries, Hudson & Rex, Slasher: Ripper, Ruby & The Well, Macy Murdoch and Life With Luca. “Every year, when the Academy announces these nominations, it is never lost on me just how hard our casts and crews have worked...
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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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