U.S. projects in Toronto include Janek MOW and Open Season

Aaron Spelling Productions is in town to shoot an mow starting Sept. 12, but they aren't doing any Canadian-content shows. They are shooting another installment of the Frank Janek, New York Cop series for cbs. Robert Iscove is directing this episode, entitled "Wallflower".

Robert "Buzz" Berger and Aaron Spelling are executive producing. Marilyn Stonehouse is producing, Joe Boccia is production manager and Gillian Helfield is production co-ordinator. The series stars Richard Crenna.

Open Season in Toronto

What would happen if Nielsen numbering malfunctioned? Open season on network television for sure. Open Season is a low-budget spoof from the u.s. that is shooting in town to the end of September. Production manager Robert Urquhart is the Canadian connection for line producer Karen Koch, director Robert Wuhl and producer Dan Raskov of Frozen Rope Productions in the U.S.

Back at Mother Corp.

Their CODCO days are over, but the talented Greg Malone and Tommy Sexton are back at the cbc, this time to do the musical MOW for the Mother Corp., Adult Children of Alcoholics. Malone and Sexton are writing and starring in the movie. They have enlisted Paul Brown (I Love a Man in Uniform) to produce. The project was scheduled to shoot this month but has been delayed.

MOW Power to them

Power Pictures is cranking out the mows in association with Hearst Entertainment. And Then There Was One is a movie starring Amy Madigan and Dennis Boutsikaris for Lifetime in the u.s. Angela Bromstad is producing and David Jones is directing. Executive producer is Freyda Rothstein and supervising producer is Julian Marks.

CBS is getting David's Mother, an mow starring Kirsty Alley that's being serviced here. Director is Robert Allan Ackerman and producer is Bob Randall. Jennifer Allward is executive producing and supervising producer is Julian Marks. Production on David's Mother starts Sept. 15.

The delayed cbs mow Ultimate Betrayal is back on track with director and executive producer Donald Wrye. The shoot is scheduled to begin Sept. 27. Producer is Julian Marks. Ultimate Betrayal stars Marlo Thomas, Ally Sheedy and Mel Harris.

Candy is dandy

Director Michael Moore is prepping for his comedy Canadian Bacon. The feature starring John Candy has the u.s. picking a fight with its northern neighbor because there is no Cold War to keep them occupied anymore. No production manager has been hired, but Mark Fischer is line producing. Louis Freidman is producing.

From the mouths of set designers

One disgruntled set designer has described In The Mouth of Madness as a feature done on the budget of an mow. He didn't take the gig, but someone else obviously has, because the picture is going to shoot. John Danylkiw is the production manager for this John Carpenter feature. Sandy King is producing.

Roll 'em

The feature film The Rez (aka Dance Me Outside), to be directed by Bruce McDonald and produced through Yorktown Productions (Norman Jewison's Toronto-based company), is set to shoot this month in Parry Sound, Ont. Brian Dennis is producing.