TORONTO – Coincidentally, days after my teenage sons and I were discussing hypothetical crossovers in the comic book world – in which my eldest son suggested John Wick should team up with Batman – Italian Producer Andrea Iervolino announced additional cast members to his much buzzed about Indie-Superhero flick Bunny-Man. The project already included an eclectic cast ranging from Boxing Legend Mike Tyson, to a semi-blacklisted James Franco to Bella Thorne – a former Disney star and Actress/Director who dipped her toes in Only Fans. Adding to this hotchpotch of actors, Andrea Iervolino recently announced the addition of Italian talents Michele Morrone and Franco Nero.
TORONTO – The removal of three (3) cycle lanes in Toronto “will cost at least 48 million dollars”: this is stated in a City of Toronto report published on Wednesday (you can read it here), after the Ontario government introduced – on October 21st – a legislation to remove the bike lanes on Bloor Street, University Avenue and Yonge Street (for a total of 20.2 kilometres: the bike lanes in Toronto cover a total of 270 .9 kilometers of roads, according to the network status of the Municipality, updated on 2022). An elimination necessary, according to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, to at least partially eliminate traffic jams in the city. →
OTTAWA – Stop the strikes in the major Canadian ports of Quebec and British Columbia: the federal Labor Minister, Steven MacKinnon, decided it today, imposing a “final and binding arbitration” on the parties. Port workers had been abstaining from work for several days, as unions and employers had failed to reach an agreement: workers at the port of Montreal had taken the picket lines on Sunday evening, joining their colleagues already on strike at the British Columbia. →
COP29, an announced flop with few leaders present. Greta Thunberg: “It’s a mere act of greenwashing”
BAKU – Rather than COP29, it should be called FLOP29. In fact, the annual United Nations summit on climate change, which began today in Baku, Azerbaijan, risks being a resounding failure. →
TORONTO – The biggest networking event in the film industry, the American Film Market (AFM), was hosted in Las Vegas last week. Every year in November approximately 7,000 attendees attend an eight-day event, which brings filmmakers together with acquisition and development teams from all corners of the globe. Producers and filmmakers alike showcase their projects to would-be financiers in hopes of getting green lit or licensed. In fact, the event boasts $1 billion in distribution and film financing each year – for projects at all stages of development.
