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Muse Entertainment has signed an exclusive deal with Toronto-based journalist Rachel Browne to work with Muse’s unscripted team to develop and produce premium doc series for the Canadian and international markets.

“Rachel is one of Canada’s most respected investigative journalists, whom I’ve had the pleasure of working with for the past five years, I’m thrilled to be bringing her further into the fold,” says Jonas Prupas, managing director, Muse Ontario.

Muse and Browne have collaborated on several doc features and series in both development and production, with Browne contributing to current productions such as recently announced Running Smoke for CBC. 

Browne’s work has been recognized by the Canadian Association of Journalists, the Digital Publishing Awards, the National Magazine Awards, and more. She has worked with Muse and other production companies in developing and producing documentary features and series including Witness for CBC, The Dark Side of Comedy for VICE TV, and Water is the New Fire for The Weather Network. Browne is also a Contributing Writer at The Walrus magazine where she publishes longform investigations. Previously, Browne was a senior reporter at VICE, where she produced the documentaries Rat Park and Steel Town Down.

“I am excited to continue working with Muse in bringing compelling and dynamic projects to life,” says Browne.

Some of Muse’s past unscripted projects include Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy Wars (Netflix), Gangland Chronicles (History), The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith (Amazon Prime), and For Heaven’s Sake (Paramount +). 

CSAs: https://www.academy.ca/nominees/

Best Photography, Drama – Jonathan Yapp: Not So Royal Xmas

Best Lead Performer, TV Movie – Mackenzie Cardwell: Amish Affair

Leo’s:  https://www.leoawards.com/2025/nominees_and_winners/nominees_and_winners_by_name_2025.php#Television_Movie

Best TV Movie: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Moon and Back

Best Direction TV Movie:

Robin Hayes: Amish Affair
Jessica Harmon: Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Lesson in Murder
Linda Lisa Hayter: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Moon and Back

Best TV Screenwriting TV Movie: Katherine Wagner: Nelly Knows Mysteries: A Fatal Engagement

Best Production Design TV Movie: Jordan Ninkovich, Jacob Kolodziej: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters

Casey and Henry are two strangers celebrating birthdays at the same restaurant. They blow out the candles and make their birthday wishes at the same time. The wishes are granted, but there’s a mix-up, and they end up getting each other’s wishes.

Starring Emily Tennant and Jake Foy. The Wish Swap will premiere on Saturday, February 8, 8 p.m. on the Hallmark Channel.

Production is underway on the Beyond Entertainment and Muse Entertainment co-production The Family Next Door, a captivating new six-part drama series, led by Teresa Palmer (The Clearing, The Fall Guy), Bella Heathcote (The Moogai, Pieces of Her) and Philippa Northeast (Territory, The Newsreader).

The Family Next Door tells the story of a woman who moves into a small seaside cul-de-sac where her obsessive drive to solve a mystery casts suspicion on four neighbouring families.

Commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the series also has major production investment from Screen Australia and the ABC. It is developed and produced in association with VicScreen. International Distributor is Sphere Abacus.

Praise for Muse Entertainment’s Hot Frosty which opened as the Number 1 watched movie on Netflix worldwide in its first week:

“Netflix’s Sexy Snowman Movie Will Change Your Life.”
-The Daily Beast

“I am in love with a movie about a woman falling for a snowman.”
-USA Today

“Underneath the gimmicky title of “Hot Frosty” lies a sweet, disarming feature about healing from tragedy. It’s also just a goofy, lovable no-brainer to click play on when craving escapism.”
-Variety

Hot Frosty, Muse Entertainment’s romantic comedy feature, hits the streaming service on Nov 13, 2024, just in time for the holiday season.

Two years after losing her husband, Kathy (Lacey Chabert) magically brings a handsome snowman (Dustin Milligan) to life! Through his naïveté, the snowman helps Kathy to laugh, feel and love again, as the two fall for each other just in time for the holidays… and before he melts.

Amish Affair stars Mackenzie Cardwell (Upload) as Hannah, a young woman who is brought into the home of Aaron (Ryan McPartlin, Chuck and Lifetime’s The Holiday Fix Up), a charismatic Amish leader, to help care for his ailing wife. She has a spark with Aaron but knows their secret relationship means they’re both living in sin. When Aaron’s wife dies under suspicious circumstances, Hannah is framed for murder and fights to prove her innocence.

Muse Entertainment produces the film, with Jesse Prupas and Chris Wade serving as executive producers along with McPartlin. Robin Hays directs from a script by James Phillips.”

Full article:
Lifetime’s Adds True Crime Movies ‘Amish Affair,’ ‘Sister Wife Murder’ (hollywoodreporter.com)

Our latest romantic comedy Shifting Gears is premiering on Saturday, March 23, 2024 on the Hallmark Channel. The film is about car restoration… and love.

To save her father’s auto garage, talented Detroit-based mechanic Jess (Katherine Barrell) decides to compete in a classic car restoration show, only to discover that her ex-boyfriend and rival mechanic Luke (Tyler Hynes) is also competing.

The movie will be airing on international networks this spring.

Never Too Late to Celebrate is in the running for a 2024 Canadian Screen Award as Best TV Movie. In addition, Sherry Miller, also from Never Too Late to Celebrate and Niall Matter, who stars in another Muse TV movie, Family History Mysteries: Buried Past, are both nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in the category of Best Performer in a TV Movie.

Muse Entertainment’s series Best Food Forward for Apple TV won a Children and Family Emmy Award for Casting at a ceremony in Los Angeles in December 2023.

Love Drama offers romance, mystery, thrillers and holiday-themed programming, with more than 300 hours of shows available from Muse Entertainment’s library.

The channel is now available in Canada on LG Channels and Pluto TV, and in the UK on Virgin Media and Netgem TV. Love Drama will roll out across additional platforms and territories around the world in 2024.

Jamie Schouela, Blue Ant’s president of global channels & media, said: “The depth and quality of Muse’s portfolio is perfect for creating a programming destination for entertaining, scripted programming that audiences worldwide seek out and love.”

“Combining Muse’s 25 years of dynamic, award-winning productions with Blue Ant’s growing international presence and expertise in the FAST media ecosystem ensures Muse’s vast catalogue of premium scripted content will find new and renewed audiences worldwide; an exciting strategic step for our company with the perfect partner,” added Aren Prupas, president & CEO at Muse.

Shows available include a ‘Love Christmas’ strand, offering Welcome To Christmas and Holidaze, while mysteries such as Mind Over Murder and crime drama Jack of Diamonds, will also be available.

The series Best Foot Forward for Apple TV was recognized for throwing a light on important social issues at the Norman Lear Center in Los Angeles, winning the Sentinel Award for Depiction of Disabilities.

Filmed in Vietnam for Netflix, the romantic comedy is such a hit with viewers that in less than a week it is the most watched movie on the streaming platform. Starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Scott Ly and Missi Pyle, the film was directed by Steven K. Tsuchida and produced by Muse Entertainment’s Joel Rice. Don’t miss it!

Swindler Seduction wins the Canadian Screen Award for best TV movie in 2022. Congratulations to a great cast and crew! We are very proud of this achievement.

Muse Entertainment is proud to share the official trailer of A Tourist’s Guide to Love, a romantic comedy filmed in Vietnam starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Scott Ly.

It airs on Netflix starting April 21, 2023.

A Tourists Guide to Love – Trailer

Muse Entertainment productions have snagged ten Canadian Screen Award nominations including:

Best Television Movie:
Swindler Seduction

Best performance in television movie:
Gabrielle Graham (Swindler Seduction)
Tori Anderson (Campfire Christmas)

Best Direction, Drama Series (Coroner):
Cory Bowles

Best Writing, Drama Series (Coroner):
Adriana Maggs

Best Photography, Drama Series (Coroner):
Samy Inayeh

Best Picture Editing, Drama (Coroner):
Teresa de Luca

Best Achievement in Makeup (Coroner):
Dorota Mitoraj
Sasha Pawluk

Best Supporting Performer (Coroner):
Thom Allison
Andy McQueen

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation, starring Jennifer Grey, will have its Canadian premiere on CTV Life on Friday, Feb 10, 2023, 8 pm.

Filmed in Montreal, the story is about a real-life diet guru who built a church and convinced her followers that weight loss would lead to God.

Muse Entertainment is proud to announce that as of January 1, 2023, Aren Prupas has been appointed as President and CEO. He takes the reins from his father, Michael Prupas, the respected industry veteran and founder of Muse, who now assumes the mantle as Executive Chairman of the Board.

“This change represents Muse’s commitment to building a company for a future that is as successful as Muse has been over the past 25 years, with a new generation of leadership that is very attuned to the contemporary industry environment,” Michael says. “Aren has proven himself to be a strong leader during his 10 years in Business & Legal affairs at Muse and subsequently as its COO. We are supremely confident that with his experience and business know-how, he is well positioned to boldly navigate the challenging and exciting new world of audiovisual entertainment.” Michael Prupas will maintain an active presence in the company, as both an ambassador for Muse in its relationships with the international industry and in public affairs within Canada, as well as a leading supporter of the entire team at the company.

“I am humbled and honoured by the trust and faith placed in me by the entire board and management team” says Aren. “It will be my singular purpose to continue Muse’s legacy over another quarter century, telling inspiring screen-based stories with commercial appeal that entertain and reflect the societal fabric of today.

Variety reports on Muse Entertainment’s executive change:

https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/muse-entertainment-aren-prupas-ceo-1235505933/amp/

The hit comedy series Ghosts, which is a service production of Muse Entertainment and is produced by Muse’s Irene Litinsky in Montreal, is the # 1 comedy series on Paramount+ and is CBS’ most-streamed program (Paramount+ and CBS TVE) per Nielsen and CBS.
Starring Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar, the series has just been renewed for its third season. A young couple intend to turn an old mansion they inherited into a B & B but they must share it with several ghosts who live there.

‘Ghosts’ Renewed For Season 3 At CBS

Niall Matter and Janel Parrish star in Muse Entertainment’s latest mystery franchise for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries: Family History Mysteries: Buried Past.
Genealogist Sophie McClaren (Parrish) is an expert at bringing families together. When her close friend Jonathan (Matter) urgently needs to find a bone marrow donor, the case becomes personal.

Don’t miss its premiere on Sunday, January 8 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

Don’t miss Muse Entertainment’s Holiday Heritage on CTV Life Channel this Wednesday December 21 at 7 p.m. It is Muse’s first Kwanzaa Christmas movie. Kwanzaa is an African American cultural holiday that has been adopted around the world including in Canada to celebrate African family, community, and culture.

Check out this film review:

https://decider.com/2022/12/16/holiday-heritage-hallmark-review

Alfred Molina plays Chief Inspector Gamache in Three Pines, a detective series soon to be released on Amazon Prime. Muse Entertainment is providing production services on the series for UK production company Left Bank Pictures. Molina and Penny met at the red carpet premiere recently in Montreal.

https://epaper.montrealgazette.com/article/281492165321061

On February 4, 2023, Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation will make its debut on Lifetime channel in the US. Produced by Muse Entertainment, and starring Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation is directed by John L’Ecuyer from a script by Gregory Small and Richard Blaney. Executive producers are Nancy Bennett and Jesse Prupas.

The film follows controversial religious leader and Christian diet guru Gwen Shamblin Lara, who founded the Remnant Fellowship Church and the Weigh Down Workshop. As her church grew across the US and she accumulated power and money, she demanded that church members alienate themselves from anyone who was not a member, banished those that became overweight, threatened legal action against dissenters and advocated for strict punishment of those who failed to follow the church’s tenets. Her reign came to an end in May 2021 when the plane she was on crashed shortly after takeoff, killing her, her husband, their son-in-law and four other church leaders.

Swindler Seduction, a thriller based on real events, will air on Lifetime on Saturday, October 22, 2022, 8pm and on the Canadian network CTV Life on October 23, 8pm. The movie, starring Colton Haynes and Gabrielle Graham and produced by Muse Entertainment, will also air on many international cable and broadcast networks soon.

Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/50JD-9R9CNw

Muse Entertainment is the service producer of the series Three Pines for Amazon Prime. It will launch in December 2022 in Canada, the US, and the UK.

Watch the trailer here:

https://thebritishtvplace.com/2022/10/three-pines-prime-video-releases-teaser-for-new-canadian-mystery-series

The cast includes Rossif Sutherland (Reign), Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blood Quantum), Tantoo Cardinal (Stumptown), Clare Coulter (Helix), Sarah Booth (Murdoch Mysteries), Anna Tierney (Deceit), Julian Bailey (Transplant), Frédéric-Antoine Guimond (District 31), Pierre Simpson (Transplant), Marie-France Lambert (Victor Lessard), Frank Schorpion (Bad Blood), Marcel Jeannin (19-2), Georgina Lightning (Blackstone), Crystle Lightning (Trickster), Isabel Deroy-Olson (Shadow of the Rougarou), and Anna Lambe (Trickster).

Muse Entertainment’s service production Ghosts is the No. 2 comedy on broadcast TV in the US, behind only CBS’ Young Sheldon. It is also performing well on Paramount Plus, which reports that it’s the No. 1 comedy on the streamer.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/ghosts-cbs-comedy-hit-1235170357

Muse Entertainment’s Best Foot Forward for Apple TV+ was praised by many media outlets including The New York Times for how the production prioritized disability representation on both sides of the camera. We did a global search to find Logan Marmino who could authentically portray the lead role of Josh having the same limb difference.  We hired five writers with disabilities making up half the writers’ room. Forty cast and crew members self-identified as having a disability.  Muse Entertainment, alongside Apple TV, created a safe and accessible set with Kiah Amara serving as our Production Accessibility Coordinator.

In the 10-episode series, Josh goes from homeschool to public school, eager to experience everything middle school has to offer! But along the way, Josh also faces a brand-new set of challenges, including how to get an entire school of kids to see past his prosthetic leg, and get to know him for who he is. With the support of his parents and the help of his best friends, Kyle and Gabriella, Josh learns, laughs, and grows, excited to come back every day for more.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/arts/television/best-foot-forward-apple.html

Muse Entertainment’s Swindler Seduction will premiere October 22, 2022 on the Lifetime channel in the US. It stars Colton Haynes as the swindler Steve Johnson who quickly sweeps Louisa, played by Gabrielle Graham, off her feet while on a sales trip to Chicago. She falls in love with him and his glamorous world, only to realize that Steve is weaving a web of lies.

Muse Entertainment’s factual editors, Eamonn O’Connor and Nick Taylor, won a CCE Award for best editing of the docu-series For Heaven’s Sake from Canadian Cinema Editors.

RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
Best Program
Direction – Linda-Lisa Hayter
Lead Performance – Marco Grazzini

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED: THE VOWS WE HAVE MADE
Direction – Linda Lisa Hayter

POISONED IN PARADISE: A MARTHA’S VINEYARD MYSTERIES
Cinematography – Will McKnight

Muse Entertainment productions collected 15 Canadian Screen Award nominations. 10 of the 15 were for Season 3 of our dramatic series, Coroner. Our docu-series For Heaven’s Sake received 3 nominations and our Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Till Death Do Us Part collected 2 nominations.