Moviemaker magazine ranks Calgary 10th on list of âbest places to live and work It s the first time Calgary made the list in the leading industry publication that comes out quarterly and offers profiles, advice, insider tips and product reviews
Author of the article: Eric Volmers
Publishing date: Jan 27, 2021  â¢Â January 27, 2021  â¢Â 3 minute read  â¢Â A blue screen in one of the many studios inside the Calgary Film Centre. Photo by Postmedia Archives
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Moviemaker magazine has ranked Calgary the 10th best place to live and work for moviemakers in its annual Top 25 list, touting the cityâs âsound stages galore, great crews and production services that are ready when you are.â
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi added he’s pleased the beloved show is working on its re-boot in the city.
“We are very proud of the talent in our film sector here, as well as Calgary’s reputation as a world leader in the art of puppetry,” he said.
The new series will reunite familiar puppet characters Gobo, Red, Boober, Mokey, Wembley, and Uncle Travelling Matt for some new adventures. Producers hope the show retains the same spirit as the original.
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Let the music play and dance your cares away…Fraggle Rock is making its way back to TV, well to Apple TV.
After making its debut in 1983 the show quickly became a cult classic but only lasted five seasons before creator Jim Henson decided to pull the plug.
There have been several attempts to reboot the series over the years including a short lived 13 episode series on 1987 and two seasons produced for hulu. Several feature length movies were also pitched with none managing to get off the ground.
In 2020 Apple TV announced they had acquired the rights to stream the original series and would be releasing a few new original shorts.
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Red Fraggle, one of Jim Henson Company s Fraggle Rock characters, is shown at Time To Play Holiday Show, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, in New York. The Jim Henson Company says production has officially started in Calgary on a reboot of the original 1980s children s puppet series, which was filmed in Toronto.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mark Lennihan January 26, 2021 - 1:15 AM
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