Ron & Aussie Productions and Launch North sign three-picture co-production deal, casting Lovell Adams-Gray and Kiana Madeira

Toronto-based Ron & Aussie Productions has signed a three-picture deal with Launch North, the Canadian arm of Los Angeles-based media company The Launch Company, Deadline reported August 26. The agreement calls for Launch North to co-produce all three features alongside Ron & Aussie, a film production company founded by Ron Dias and Joanne Jansen.

Deadline’s report says the first film from the slate is being positioned around an initial cast that includes Lovell Adams-Gray and Kiana Madeira. Additional casting listed in the announcement includes Madeira’s co-stars Orville Cummings and, along with Joanne Jansen, several other performers associated with the project’s early packaging, according to the Deadline report.

The deal places two production teams working from different countries at the center of the same three-film pipeline, with Ron & Aussie operating out of Toronto and Launch North serving as Launch Company’s Canada-focused production platform. The structure is designed to keep both entities involved across the three features, rather than limiting Launch North to a single title, Deadline said.

Deadline characterized Ron & Aussie Productions as being led by Dias and Jansen, linking the company’s current slate work to its role in developing the first feature in the new agreement. The report also frames the collaboration as a step in expanding production activity tied to Launch North’s broader film interests, with co-production responsibilities spanning the entire three-picture commitment.

While details on the films’ genres, release windows, and specific storylines were not included in the available portion of Deadline’s write-up, the casting package for the first movie indicates the project’s early emphasis on lead performers with recent screen credits. The agreement’s sequencing matters for industry planning, since co-production deals typically affect financing timelines, casting schedules, and production dates for principal photography once projects move from package to greenlight.

The announcement arrives at a time when mid-budget film production frequently depends on co-production partnerships to align resources across locations and talent pools. In that context, the Ron & Aussie and Launch North arrangement ties Canadian production operations to an international media company through a defined set of three releases, giving both partners a longer planning horizon than a single-film agreement.

Next steps for the projects will likely involve formalizing production schedules, completing supporting cast and crew signings, and confirming financing and distribution arrangements for each title in the slate. Deadline did not specify additional partners for distribution at the time of the announcement, but the reported agreement establishes the production relationship that will shape how the first film proceeds and how the remaining two titles are developed under the same co-production framework.