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The Comedy Network greenlights Corner Gas animated series

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 11:53 AM PST

A new animated reboot of comedy series Corner Gas is coming to The Comedy Network next fall. The series is executive produced by Virginia Thompson (NSI Features First).

Pre-production on the 13-episode, half hour show will begin in January at Smiley Guy Studios in Toronto and Vancouver with the main cast fully onboard.

Dinx

Posted: 15 Dec 2016 10:39 AM PST

A dissatisfied shooter boy in a men’s burlesque club gets thrown back in time to relive a day from his childhood – in short-shorts.

Creative team

Writer/director: Trevor Anderson
Producer: William Minsky

About Trevor Anderson

Since 2005, Trevor Anderson has written and directed 10 short films.

His most recent film, The Little Deputy, premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.

Previous films include The Man That Got Away which won the prestigious D.A.A.D. Short Film Prize at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival; The High Level Bridge which was included in the 2012 Sundance Shorts touring package, and which Roger Ebert proclaimed, “better, minute for minute, than most of the features at your multiplex”; and Rock Pockets which won the inaugural Lindalee Tracey Award at Hot Docs 2007, presented to “an emerging Canadian filmmaker working with passion, humour, a strong sense of social justice and a personal point of view.”

Happy holidays from NSI

Posted: 13 Dec 2016 08:41 AM PST

Best wishes for a wonderful holiday and all the best in 2017 from the NSI team.