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The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has partnered with Film Fund Luxembourg (FFL) and South Africa’s National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) to contribute over C$792,000 ($620,000) in either the co-development and co-production of five projects.

ComediHa! has secured an agreement with the Montreal-based production company Melenny Productions to pick up The Boys film and television franchise.

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and WarnerMedia have aligned for a talent activation initiative focused on experienced Canadian writers from underrepresented communities.

Brightlight Pictures is developing the new comedy series Fort Puleyne along with Pier 21 Films, writer Evany Rosen (New Eden) and Bell Media.

Bell Media has picked up a minority stake in Montreal-based Grandé Studios to drive the creation of French-language content in Québec.

This market report, backed by Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC), puts the spotlight on five diverse titles being offered up to the global content community from Québec: the dramas Dark Soul, Plan B, Amber Alert and Outbreak, and the acclaimed youth production 422.

Matt Shewchuk, executive producer on Rust Valley Restorers, has set up Big Time Decent Productions, a new company in Vancouver, Canada, to make unscripted and scripted series, feature films and digital content.

Pier 21 Films has partnered with YouTube personality Jasmeet Singh Raina (known as Jus Reign) on a new half-hour series, Late Bloomer (working title), currently in development at the CBC.

Media Ranch has received major funding from the Creative Export Canada Program under the ministry of Canadian Heritage.

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has rolled out additional measures to support screen-based creators, organizations and businesses from diverse communities.