New film Blackberry to explore rise and fall of Canadian smartphone
The rise and catastrophic fall of what was as soon as Canada’s most respected firm is about for the large display screen.
Blackberry will inform the story of Waterloo, Ont.-based Analysis in Movement (RIM), creators of the titular gadget, which for a time was the world’s hottest smartphone.
The movie stars Canadian actor Jay Baruchel as firm co-founder Mike Lazaridis and It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia‘s Glenn Howerton as co-CEO Jim Balsillie.
The movie was tailored from the 2015 e-book Dropping the Sign: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry, by Sean Silcoff and Jacquie McNish.
Toronto’s Matt Johnson directs and in addition seems within the movie as RIM’s different co-founder, Doug Fregin. The forged additionally consists of Cary Elwes, Saul Rubinek and Michael Ironside.
On Tuesday, producers added that Blackberry had completed manufacturing. It was filmed in and round Hamilton, Ont., with some scenes from close by Waterloo and London. XYZ Movies, which co-financed the movie, shall be introducing the mission to patrons at TIFF, whereas Elevation Photos shall be distributing it in Canada.
RIM was based in 1984 by enterprise companions Lazaridis and Fregin, who had beforehand labored collectively on a failed LED signal enterprise. After a decade of dabbling in varied different know-how initiatives, they turned their consideration to the two-way communications techniques that will develop into the muse for the BlackBerry gadget.
