Paragraph Pictures Inc. was filming Love of My Life today at Q Cafe and Bakery at 472 Queen Street East.
The feature-length film describes the "temptations, comedy and chaos" that descend on the life of an architect who learns that she only has a few days to live.
Actors known to be associated with the production include:
- Anna Chancellor (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 2005; The Hour, 2011-2012; Downton Abbey, 2014; Mapp & Lucia, 2014)
- John Hannah (The Mummy, 1999) Spartacus: War of the Damned, 2010, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena), 2011)
- Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility, 1995; Johnny English, 2003; Horatio Hornblower 3, 2003)
- Hannah Anderson (Backlash, 2013; Lizzie Borden Took An Ax, 2014)
- Katie Boland (The Master, 2012); Reign (2013-2015)
- James Fleet (Four Weddings and a Funeral, 1994; Sense and Sensibility, 1995; Phantom of the Opera, 2004)
The story is set in downtown Toronto and extras were chosen to reflect a diverse big-city ethnic population.
Production vehicles filled upper March Street today and the former Bubble Pop store was used as a holding area for extras and crew.
Toronto-based Paragraph Pictures received $500,000 from Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. toward the cost of the Sault production.
Directing Love Of My Life is Joan Carr-Wiggin, who also directed Happily Ever After (currently in post-production) here in Sault Ste. Marie.