{"id":2543,"date":"2014-01-21T18:47:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T18:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2014\/01\/21\/toronto-play-kims-convenience-being-adapted-for-film-and-tv\/"},"modified":"2014-01-21T18:47:05","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T18:47:05","slug":"toronto-play-kims-convenience-being-adapted-for-film-and-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2014\/01\/21\/toronto-play-kims-convenience-being-adapted-for-film-and-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto play Kim\u2019s Convenience being adapted for film and TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert Everett-Green\u00a0\/ The Globe and Mail<\/em><\/p>\n

Ins Choi\u2019s hit play\u00a0Kim\u2019s Convenience<\/em>\u00a0could get a lot more convenient if a new joint venture by Toronto\u2019s Soulpepper Theatre Company and Vancouver\u2019s Thunderbird Films comes off as planned. The companies have announced they will work together on a range of projects for film, TV and digital media, beginning with a film and TV series based on Choi\u2019s play, which Soulpepper is currently touring to major Canadian cities.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe like Soulpepper a lot, we think it\u2019s an extraordinarily creative place,\u201d says Ivan Fecan, executive chairman of Thunderbird Films. \u201cWe\u2019ve been dating for awhile and now we\u2019re kind of shacking up with them.\u201d<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

The two companies have been talking since last spring, says Fecan, who notes that Thunderbird wasn\u2019t the theatre group\u2019s only suitor. He says the film and TV series of\u00a0Kim\u2019s Convenience<\/em>\u00a0will be developed simultaneously with Choi\u2019s participation, though how and when they might appear would depend on how much interest is shown by distributors and production investors. \u201cThis is more than just taking an option,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are immensely proud of our original theatrical productions and have long been committed to exploring other avenues to share those works,\u201d says Albert Schultz, Soulpepper\u2019s artistic director, in a prepared statement. \u201cThunderbird is a great match for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soulpepper is jumping into what is becoming a crowded field of Canadian theatrical producers with plans to get their work on screen. In November, the Stratford Festival said it will begin filming three to four shows a year for distribution in Canada and abroad.<\/p>\n

The rush of interest in filmed theatre follows the successful incursion into Canadian cinemas of filmed productions by Britain\u2019s National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Metropolitan Opera.<\/p>\n

Thunderbird holds a catalogue of Canadian TV shows that includes\u00a0Da Vinci\u2019s Inquest,<\/em>\u00a0and has a 50 per cent stake in a forthcoming\u00a0Blade Runner<\/em>\u00a0film sequel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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