Actors Jovanna Burke & Chelsea Hobbs team up to launch Grand Boulevard Entertainment

Actors-turned-creators Jovanna Burke (Supernatural) and Chelsea Hobbs (Lords of Dogtown) have partnered to launch a production company based in Vancouver.

Grand Boulevard Entertainment launched at the Banff World Media Festival this week and aims to amplify underrepresented voices in film and television.

The company has projects in development and pre-production, including Puck Bunnies, a mockumentary about hockey moms, and The Sandwich Generation, a comedy about parenting.

The first project will be the Creative Sisterhood Podcast, which launches this summer, spotlighting female creatives who are reinventing themselves and forging their paths in film and television.

Grand Boulevard also has a series set to film this summer, as well as a scripted comedy, procedural drama and a scripted series for teens in active development. Short film Palindrome, meanwhile, is currently on the festival circuit and screened at Inside Out in May.

“As a woman of Hispanic descent and as a woman period, my personal experiences navigating an industry with limited roles for women like herself fuels our mission at Grand Boulevard to create authentic, diverse stories both in front of and behind the camera and make opportunities for other women creatives like ourselves,” said Burke.

“This partnership marks an exciting new chapter for us. With this launch we are deepening our commitment to bold, inclusive storytelling through our work. The power of presence, authenticity and building spaces – both literal and metaphorical – where all stories belong is key to our mission,” added Hobbs.