Corner Gas: The Movie "Gasses Up" as Production Gets Underway

Corner Gas: The Movie "Gasses Up" as Production Gets Underway


- Feature film and holiday television event from the smash hit Canadian
franchise CORNER GAS now shooting in Regina and Rouleau, Saskatchewan -

- Starring original ensemble cast Brent Butt, Gabrielle Miller, Eric
Peterson, Fred Ewanuick, Janet Wright, Lorne Cardinal, Tara
Spencer-Nairn, and Nancy Robertson -

- Guest-starring Graham Greene, Don Lake, Reagan Pasternak, Will Sasso,
Saskatchewan-native Darren "Dutchy" Dutchyshen, Jay Onrait, and Dan
O'Toole -

- Directed by CORNER GAS television series director,David Storey -

- Kickstarter wraps reaching nearly three times the target goal and
2,500 backers -

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REGINA & ROULEAU, SK, June 23, 2014 /CNW/ - Bell Media, Telefilm Canada,
and Prairie Pants Distribution are pleased to announce that production
is underway on Corner Gas: The Movie. The 90-minute feature film began shooting yesterday in Regina and
Rouleau, Saskatchewan. Production continues until July 22, 2014.


**Media Note** Download artwork for Corner Gas: The Movie at BellMediaPR.ca


"The entire cast is back and we are all so thrilled to be shooting in
Saskatchewan," said Executive Producer Virginia Thompson. "We look
forward to bringing our fans a Corner Gas movie they will cherish for
years to come!"



Guest-starring in cameo roles are: actors Graham Greene (The Green Mile, Dances with Wolves), Don Lake (LIFE WITH BONNIE, Waiting for Guffman), and Reagan Pasternak (BEING ERICA, Welcome to Mooseport); comedian Will Sasso (MADtv, Best in Show); and sports commentators Darren "Dutchy" Dutchyshen (SPORTSCENTRE),
Jay Onrait (FOX SPORTS LIVE) and Dan O'Toole (FOX SPORTS LIVE).


Corner Gas: The Movie's Kickstarter Campaign, a 30-day campaign promoting fan engagement
through exclusive rewards and once-in-a-lifetime behind-the-scenes
experiences, wrapped on June 18. Fan response has been overwhelming, as
2,500 backers have contributed nearly three times the target goal. The
campaign reached 100% of its initial goal in just one day. The top
reward went to Saskatoon philanthropist Bart Hunter - an opportunity to
host a private screening with Brent Butt, bringing the world-debut of Corner Gas: The Movie to Saskatoonand turning it into a charity event. Support came from fans around the
world, including Canada, the U.S., U.K., Europe, Australia, and as far
afield as Saudi Arabia, Oman, India, China, Japan and Kyrgyzstan.



It's been five years, and there's still not a lot going on 40 kilometers
from nowhere. But that's all about to change as the fine folks of Dog
River, Saskatchewan face their biggest crisis ever. Brent and the gang
discover that the town's been badly mismanaged, leaving residents with
little choice but to pack up and leave. As residents make one last
rally to save Dog River as they know it, they discover a devious plan
by a corporate giant that would change life for Dog Riverites forever.



Headlined by creator and comedian Brent Butt, Corner Gas: The Movie stars the original award-winning ensemble cast including Gabrielle
Miller, Eric Peterson, Fred Ewanuick, Janet Wright, Lorne Cardinal,
Tara Spencer-Nairn, and Nancy Robertson. Written by Brent Butt, Andrew
Carr, and Andrew Wreggitt, the movie will be directed by David Storey,
who served as key director on the series.


Corner Gas: The Movie will roll out as a national multi-platform event in November and
December. The landmark feature film will open with an exclusive
Cineplex Front Row Centre Events theatrical debut across Canada,
followed by premieres on The Movie Network, CTV, and The Comedy
Network, and complemented by a special collector's edition DVD to be
available for purchase before the holidays.



CORNER GAS the television series was originally developed by Brent Butt,
Mark Farrell, David Storey, and Virginia Thompson for CTV and The
Comedy Network. It premiered January 22, 2004 on CTV with 1.15 million
viewers and was a runaway hit. Dog River became a favourite Canadian
television destination. During its entire six-season run, CORNER GAS
was the #1 Canadian sitcom in Canada, maintaining an impressive average
audience of 1.4 million viewers over its 107-episode run. The series
finale made television history when a record-breaking 3.02 million
viewers tuned into the series finale on April 13, 2009. It was a new
audience high for CORNER GAS and is still the largest audience on
record for a Canadian scripted television series.


Corner Gas: The Movie is an inter-provincial co-production produced by Corner Gas The Movie
(SK) Inc. and Corner Gas The Movie (ON) Inc. in association with Bell
Media, Telefilm Canada, Cineplex Inc., Tourism Saskatchewan, Creative
Saskatchewan and the Canada Media Fund. Executive producers are
Virginia Thompson, Brent Butt and David Storey. Saskatchewan producer
is Jack Tunnicliffe. Janice Dawe is consulting producer. Victoria Woods
is line producer. Kara Haflidsonis production executive for Bell Media. Sarah Fowlie is Director,
Independent Production, Bell Media. Corrie Coe is Senior
Vice-President, Independent Production, Bell Media. Mike Cosentino is
Senior Vice-President, Programming, CTV Networks. Phil King is
President - CTV, Sports, and Entertainment Programming. Corner Gas: The Movie is distributed worldwide by Prairie Pants Distribution. The Collectors
DVD will be distributed across Canada by Video Services Corp. (VSC).


WEBSITE:
cornergasthemovie.com

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:


Twitter:
@CornerGas

#CornerGasMovie
@VirginiaTV - Virginia Thompson
@BrentButt - Brent Butt
@MillerGabrielle - Gabrielle Miller
@FredEwanuick - Fred Ewanuick
@janetwstorm - Janet Wright
@LorneCardinal - Lorne Cardinal
@TSpencerNairn - Tara Spencer Nairn



Facebook:
Facebook.com/cornergasthemovie


Instagram:
Brent Butt

About Bell Media

With passion and an unrelenting commitment to excellence, Bell Media
creates content and builds brands that entertain, inform, engage, and
inspire audiences through the platforms of their choice. Bell Media is
Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in television,
radio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media. Bell Media owns 30
local television stations led by CTV, Canada's #1 television network;
35 specialty channels, including TSN and RDS, Canada's most-watched
specialty channels in English and French; four pay TV services,
including The Movie Network and Super Écran; and is managing
shareholder of premium pay-per-view service Viewers Choice Canada. Bell
Media is also Canada's largest radio broadcaster, with 106 licensed
radio stations in 54 markets across Canada. Bell Media owns Astral
Out-of-Home, one of Canada's most dynamic and innovative out-of-home
advertising companies with a network of more than 9,500 advertising
faces in Québec, Ontario and British Columbia. Bell Media also operates
more than 200 websites, delivers TV Everywhere with its innovative GO
video streaming services, including CTV GO, TMN GO and Bravo GO, and
owns Dome Productions Inc., a multi-platform production company. Bell
Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada's largest
communications company. For more on Bell Media, please visit www.bellmedia.ca.


About Telefilm Canada

Telefilm is dedicated to the cultural, commercial and industrial success
of Canada's audiovisual industry. Through its various funding and
promotion programs, Telefilm supports dynamic companies and creative
talent here at home and around the world. Telefilm also administers the
programs of the Canada Media Fund. Visit telefilm.ca and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/telefilm_canada or on Facebook at facebook.com/telefilmcanada.


About Cineplex

Cineplex Inc. ("Cineplex") is one of Canada's leading entertainment
companies and operates one of the most modern and fully digitized
motion picture theatre circuits in the world. A top-tier Canadian
brand, Cineplex operates numerous businesses including theatrical
exhibition, food services, gaming, alternative programming (Front Row
Centre Events), Cineplex Media, Cineplex Digital Solutions, Cineplex
Digital Networks, and the online sale of home entertainment content
through CineplexStore.com and on apps embedded in various electronic
devices. Cineplex is also a joint venture partner in SCENE - Canada's
largest entertainment loyalty program.



Cineplex is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, and operates 162 theatres
with 1,638 screens from coast to coast, serving approximately 77
million guests annually through the following theatre brands: Cineplex
Odeon, SilverCity, Galaxy Cinemas, Scotiabank Theatres, Cineplex
Cinemas and Cineplex VIP Cinemas presented by Scotiabank. Cineplex also
owns and operates the UltraAVX, Poptopia, and Outtakes brands. Cineplex
trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CGX. More
information is available at cineplex.com.

About Prairie Pants Distribution

Prairie Pants Distribution Inc. is the world-wide distributor of Corner Gas: The Movie. The company is owned and operated by CORNER GAS Executive Producers
Brent Butt (Sparrow Media: CORNER GAS, HICCUPS and NO CLUE), David
Storey (Aslan Entertainment: CORNER GAS, HICCUPS, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP
KID: THE DON CHERRY STORY, BLACKFLY) and Virginia Thompson (Vérité
Films: CORNER GAS, INSECURITY, RENEGADEPRESS.COM and INCREDIBLE STORY
STUDIO).



Source: Numeris (formerly BBM Canada)

CTV electronic audience databases incorporate data beginning in 1994.

Audience prior to August 31, 2009 based on BBM Nielsen Media Research
Mark II meters.


SOURCE Bell Media

Bell Media

CONTACT: Margaret Sirotich, Unit Publicity, 647.466.1746 or msirotich@sympatico.ca
Jacqui VanSickle, CTV Networks, 416.384.5091 or Jacqueline.vansickle@bellmedia.ca
Jim Quan, CTV Networks, 416.384.5311 or jim.quan@bellmedia.ca


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