Stage 3 Media's Sanctuary makes costly record

VANCOUVER – Stage 3 Media Inc. has made it into the Guinness World Records for producing the direct-to-web show with the highest budget – Sanctuary. The Vancouver-based independent production company spent $4.5 million to produce eight 15-minute webisodes of Sanctuary. The price includes the cost of designing the show’s visual effects. Each wedisode follows the exploits of Dr. Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping), her protégé Will Zimmerman (Robin Dunne) and reckless daughter Ashley (Emilie Ullerup) as they search for terrifying creatures. Sanctuary was created by science fiction writer and Sanctuary executive producer Damian Kindler and directed by Martin Wood. Kindler, Tapping...