Our Projects
Work created and produced by Original Pictures includes the drama series Falcon Beach for ABC Family and Global TV in Canada. Fremantle International Distribution has sold the show in more than 135 territories. The television movie A Bear Named Winnie, a co-production between OP and Power Television of the UK, won a Crystal Heart at the Heartland Film Festival in the United States and captured the biggest drama audience of the year for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Guinevere Jones
A 2002 26-part children’s series shot on HD in Australia with Crawford Productions Ltd; aired on YTV in Canada, Network 10 in Australia and around the world. Gwen Jones is the re-incarnation of the legendary Guinevere of the Arthurian legends. Thrust into the intrigue of a normal high school, Gwen battles demons and magicians modern and ancient who travel through time spreading both good and evil - Firmly based both on high school life and the world of mystery, magic and Merlin. Created by Elizabeth Stewart and starring Tamara Hope as Gwen.
Leaving Metropolis
A 2002 Feature film, in partnership with Realtime Films Inc. Distributed by Film Tonic. Broadcasters: CHUM/CITY, Superchannel and TMN. Written and Directed by Brad Fraser and based on the play Poor Super Man by Brad Fraser. A semi-successful artist, feeling out of touch with his muse, gets a job at a restaurant run by a young couple. The men's friendship evolves into an affair that has profound ramifications on them and the women in their lives.
Starring: Troy Ruptash, Thom Allison, Lynda Boyd, Vincent Corazza, Cherilee Taylor.
Service Productions
Fargo S5 – MGM and FX – Season 5 of the series inspired by the Coen Brothers’ film completed filming in Calgary, Alberta in early 2023 and premiered on FX November 21, 2023.
Violent Night – Universal Pictures – Feature Film starring David Harbour and John Leguizamo filmed in Winnipeg, winter 2022 and theatrically released December 2, 2022.