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The rise and fall of BlackBerry will have its own movie

The The rise and fall of what was once Canada’s most highly valued company, RIM (Research in Motion), is going to have his own movieaccording to Variety. rim, creator of the first and popular BlackBerry keyboard smartphonewhich in 2013 changed its name to that of its very popular range of terminals, will tell the story of the company, and how its phones achieved immense popularity worldwide, only to later fall out of favor and disappear from practically all countries.

The film will star Canadian actor Jay Baruchel, who will play one of the founders of RIM, Mike Lazaridis. The company’s CEO, Jim Balsilie, will be played by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Glen Howerton. The adaptation of the film and its development has been made based on the 2015 book: Losing the Signal: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry (Losing the signal: the spectacular rise and fall of BlackBerry)

The person in charge of directing the film is another Canadian. Specifically, from Toronto: Matt Johnson. In addition, he will also have a role in the film. He will be another of the founders of RIM: Doug Fregin. Also in the cast are Cary Elwes, Saul Rubinel and Michael Ironside. RIM was born in 1984 by Lazaridis and Fregin, who had worked together in a failed company dedicated to LED signage. After trying to get off the ground for several years with other technologies, they focused on the two-way communication systems that would become the basis for the creation of the popular BlackBerry devices.

Currently, the film has finished shooting, and has also finished its production phase, so it can not be an excessively long time until we see it in theaters. It was shot mostly in and around Hamilton, Ontario, although some of its scenes are also set in another nearby town, Waterloo. London was also the shooting location for some parts of the film.

One of the film’s production companies, XYZ Films, is presenting it to various buyers for international distribution at TIFF. Yes, it already has a distributor for Canada: Elevation Pictures. His name is extremely simple.but leaves no room for doubt about its plot: blackberry.

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