Toronto Producers Ron & Aussie And Launch North Strike 3-Film Deal; First Movie To Star Lovell Adams-Gray, Kiana Madeira, More
Toronto-based production company Ron & Aussie Productions has signed a three-picture co-production deal with Launch North, the Canadian arm of Los Angeles media company The Launch Company. The agreement builds on the pair's 2025 theatrical release Morningside and gives filmmakers Ron Dias and Joanne Jansen a structured path to develop and produce further projects while accessing Los Angeles-based packaging, funding and market connections without relocating their work abroad.
The first film begins production this autumn in Toronto, with a cast that includes Lovell Adams-Gray, Kiana Madeira, Joanne Jansen and Orville Cummings; Dias will direct all three films, which he and Jansen will co-write. Full details of the remaining two titles are due to be revealed on 11 September 2026 at Big Day Out, an industry event held during the Toronto International Film Festival.
- Ron & Aussie Productions signs three-film deal with Launch North
- First film starts shooting this autumn in Toronto
- Remaining titles to be revealed at TIFF's Big Day Out, 11 September 2026
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Ron & Aussie Productions is a Toronto film company run by filmmakers Ron Dias and Joanne Jansen. It previously worked with Launch North on Morningside, a film released in cinemas in 2025.
Launch North is the Canadian arm of The Launch Company, a Los Angeles media company that can help package films, find funding and connect projects with the market. The new agreement gives the Toronto filmmakers a route to make three films with that support while keeping their work based in Canada.
Dias is set to direct all three films, which he and Jansen will write. The first is due to begin filming in Toronto this autumn, with actors including Lovell Adams-Gray and Kiana Madeira; the deal matters because it links local production with wider industry resources.