Ben Mingay.
When Ben Mingay awoke at 4 o’clock one morning, he checked his emails and saw he’d been sent the scripts for an ABC TV comedy drama.
The 1989-set series created by UK-based Australian comedian Sarah Kendall is set in Newcastle, which struck a chord with the Novocastrian-born actor/performer.
He started reading, laughing so loud and so often he woke up his wife, and didn’t stop until he had read all five episodes of Frayed he’d been sent.
Ben was asked to audition for the role of Jim, the brother of Kendall’s Sammy, a fabulously wealthy London housewife. Sammy is forced to forced to return to her Newcastle hometown with her two kids after her husband died while having sex with a prostitute.
He nailed the part after doing chemistry reads with Kendall, with whom he had an instant rapport (“we were riffing like...
When Ben Mingay awoke at 4 o’clock one morning, he checked his emails and saw he’d been sent the scripts for an ABC TV comedy drama.
The 1989-set series created by UK-based Australian comedian Sarah Kendall is set in Newcastle, which struck a chord with the Novocastrian-born actor/performer.
He started reading, laughing so loud and so often he woke up his wife, and didn’t stop until he had read all five episodes of Frayed he’d been sent.
Ben was asked to audition for the role of Jim, the brother of Kendall’s Sammy, a fabulously wealthy London housewife. Sammy is forced to forced to return to her Newcastle hometown with her two kids after her husband died while having sex with a prostitute.
He nailed the part after doing chemistry reads with Kendall, with whom he had an instant rapport (“we were riffing like...
- 6/26/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Claire Tonkin..
Claire Tonkin has been appointed head of drama development at Cjz Group, starting January.
Tonkin has spent the last decade at Ten, working as a network drama executive. She was a network executive producer for Neighbours and helped to oversee the development and production of Offspring, Puberty Blues, Rush, The Wrong Girl, Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, Underground — The Julian Assange Story, Hawke and Secrets & Lies..
Tonkin has won an Awgie award for the short Button, and in 2009 received the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award from the International Emmy Foundation for her script Me & Mine..
Tonkin joins Cjz as it expands its work in the scripted space, with multiple series currently in funded development for local and overseas networks.
On Cjz.s slate at the moment is House of Bond for the Nine Network,.starring Rachel Taylor, Adrienne Pickering, Sam Neill and Ben Mingay. It follows on...
Claire Tonkin has been appointed head of drama development at Cjz Group, starting January.
Tonkin has spent the last decade at Ten, working as a network drama executive. She was a network executive producer for Neighbours and helped to oversee the development and production of Offspring, Puberty Blues, Rush, The Wrong Girl, Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, Underground — The Julian Assange Story, Hawke and Secrets & Lies..
Tonkin has won an Awgie award for the short Button, and in 2009 received the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award from the International Emmy Foundation for her script Me & Mine..
Tonkin joins Cjz as it expands its work in the scripted space, with multiple series currently in funded development for local and overseas networks.
On Cjz.s slate at the moment is House of Bond for the Nine Network,.starring Rachel Taylor, Adrienne Pickering, Sam Neill and Ben Mingay. It follows on...
- 11/28/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Ben Mingay and Sam Neill star in Nine's new mini-series 'House of Bond'..
Nine has unveiled its programming line-up for the new year, and with it sees the return of Underbelly.—.this time focused on the .untold, uncut. story of Mark .Chopper. Read.
The series, known as Underbelly Files: Chopper, will be once again be produced by Screentime..
Also coming up for the network is the mini-series House of Bond, which tells the rags to riches tale of the controversial business tycoon Alan Bond. Sam Neill, Rachael Taylor and Adrienne Pickering star alongside Hacksaw Ridge.s Ben Mingay as Bond.
Other cast members include Samantha Jade, Gyton Grantley, Marcus Graham, Anne Looby, Johnny Ruffo, Roy Billing, Paul Gleeson and Jack Campbell..House of Bond.was produced by Cjz, with the assistance of Screen Australia and Screen Nsw. The mini was written by Sarah Smith and directed by Mark Joffe..
Karl Stefanovic...
Nine has unveiled its programming line-up for the new year, and with it sees the return of Underbelly.—.this time focused on the .untold, uncut. story of Mark .Chopper. Read.
The series, known as Underbelly Files: Chopper, will be once again be produced by Screentime..
Also coming up for the network is the mini-series House of Bond, which tells the rags to riches tale of the controversial business tycoon Alan Bond. Sam Neill, Rachael Taylor and Adrienne Pickering star alongside Hacksaw Ridge.s Ben Mingay as Bond.
Other cast members include Samantha Jade, Gyton Grantley, Marcus Graham, Anne Looby, Johnny Ruffo, Roy Billing, Paul Gleeson and Jack Campbell..House of Bond.was produced by Cjz, with the assistance of Screen Australia and Screen Nsw. The mini was written by Sarah Smith and directed by Mark Joffe..
Karl Stefanovic...
- 11/9/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Ben Mingay.
Ben Mingay (Packed to the Rafters, Hacksaw Ridge) will star as Alan Bond in House of Bond, Nine's miniseries now in production.
House of Bond tells the tale of Australia.s most controversial tycoon, whose excesses ran to women, fame, money, crime and everything in between..
The mini-series co-stars Rachael Taylor (Jessica Jones) as Diana Bliss, Adrienne Pickering (Rake) as Eileen Bond and Sam Neill (House of Hancock) as Roland .Tiny. Rowland.
House of Bond is the rags-to-riches tale of Bond.s incredible rise and spectacular fall in the 1970s and 80s as the cheeky, knockabout .Ten Pound Pom. who fought his way from the back alleys of Fremantle to become the richest man in Australia and one of our greatest sporting heroes for winning the America.s Cup..
The series will also star Gyton Grantley, Samantha Jade, Anne Looby, John Howard, Johnny Ruffo, Roy Billing, Paul Gleeson and Jack Campbell.
Ben Mingay (Packed to the Rafters, Hacksaw Ridge) will star as Alan Bond in House of Bond, Nine's miniseries now in production.
House of Bond tells the tale of Australia.s most controversial tycoon, whose excesses ran to women, fame, money, crime and everything in between..
The mini-series co-stars Rachael Taylor (Jessica Jones) as Diana Bliss, Adrienne Pickering (Rake) as Eileen Bond and Sam Neill (House of Hancock) as Roland .Tiny. Rowland.
House of Bond is the rags-to-riches tale of Bond.s incredible rise and spectacular fall in the 1970s and 80s as the cheeky, knockabout .Ten Pound Pom. who fought his way from the back alleys of Fremantle to become the richest man in Australia and one of our greatest sporting heroes for winning the America.s Cup..
The series will also star Gyton Grantley, Samantha Jade, Anne Looby, John Howard, Johnny Ruffo, Roy Billing, Paul Gleeson and Jack Campbell.
- 5/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
St Kilda Film Festival.
The St Kilda Film Festival has revealed its 2016 lineup with films including Perry, Whoever was Using This Bed and Young Labor leading the pack.
The Festival will kick off at the Palais Theatre with about 3,000 industry guests and film-lovers on the red carpet to sample a selection of the best shorts from the 2016 program..
For the second year, the St Kilda Town Hall will be transformed into a cinema to host Australia.s top 100 short films, music videos, archival footage, international programs, youth screenings and an extensive filmmaker development program.
Festival Director Paul Harris said he was delighted to announce a world-class line up of short films created by some of Australia.s most talented filmmakers..
Highlights from Australia.s Top 100 short film program include the world premiere of the Matt Day directed, Perry, starring Toby Schmitz, Ryan Johnson, Adrienne Pickering.
Perry tells the story of...
The St Kilda Film Festival has revealed its 2016 lineup with films including Perry, Whoever was Using This Bed and Young Labor leading the pack.
The Festival will kick off at the Palais Theatre with about 3,000 industry guests and film-lovers on the red carpet to sample a selection of the best shorts from the 2016 program..
For the second year, the St Kilda Town Hall will be transformed into a cinema to host Australia.s top 100 short films, music videos, archival footage, international programs, youth screenings and an extensive filmmaker development program.
Festival Director Paul Harris said he was delighted to announce a world-class line up of short films created by some of Australia.s most talented filmmakers..
Highlights from Australia.s Top 100 short film program include the world premiere of the Matt Day directed, Perry, starring Toby Schmitz, Ryan Johnson, Adrienne Pickering.
Perry tells the story of...
- 4/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Richard Roxburgh in Rake.
Rake Season 4 will hit Australian screens on May 19 with guest appearances from Miriam Margolyes, John Waters, Rhys Muldoon and Rachel Blake.
Co-creator and producer Richard Roxburgh is back as Cleaver Greene, last seen dangling from a balloon drifting across the Sydney skyline..
This time, Cleaver crashes into the world of a one-time mentor and now powerful criminal on the run, Edgar Thompson (Waters)..
Against the backdrop of a city that.s taken a turn to the dystopian, Cleaver frantically tries to stay alive — from seeking refuge in a country town congregation, to representing the very man who.s trying to have him killed.
Season 4 of Rake continues to cast Cleaver.s wit on politics, the legal system, and our wider fears and obsessions..
His long-suffering friends, relatives, and pugnacious foes also return in the form of Matt Day, Danielle Cormack, Russell Dykstra, Caroline Brazier, Adrienne Pickering,...
Rake Season 4 will hit Australian screens on May 19 with guest appearances from Miriam Margolyes, John Waters, Rhys Muldoon and Rachel Blake.
Co-creator and producer Richard Roxburgh is back as Cleaver Greene, last seen dangling from a balloon drifting across the Sydney skyline..
This time, Cleaver crashes into the world of a one-time mentor and now powerful criminal on the run, Edgar Thompson (Waters)..
Against the backdrop of a city that.s taken a turn to the dystopian, Cleaver frantically tries to stay alive — from seeking refuge in a country town congregation, to representing the very man who.s trying to have him killed.
Season 4 of Rake continues to cast Cleaver.s wit on politics, the legal system, and our wider fears and obsessions..
His long-suffering friends, relatives, and pugnacious foes also return in the form of Matt Day, Danielle Cormack, Russell Dykstra, Caroline Brazier, Adrienne Pickering,...
- 4/26/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Rake Series 4 has started production in Sydney with Miriam Margolyes, John Waters and Rachael Blake joining the cast.
Co-creator and producer Richard Roxburgh is back as Cleaver Greene, who was seen dangling from a balloon drifting across the Sydney skyline..
This time, Cleaver crashes into the world of a one-time mentor and now powerful criminal on the run, Edgar Thompson (Waters)..
Against the backdrop of a city that.s taken a turn to the dystopian, Cleaver frantically tries to stay alive . from seeking refuge in a country town congregation, to representing the very man who.s trying to have him killed.
Season 4 of Rake continues to cast Cleaver.s rapier wit on politics, the legal system, and our wider fears and obsessions..
His long-suffering friends, relatives, and pugnacious foes also return in the form of Matt Day, Danielle Cormack, Russell Dykstra, Caroline Brazier, Adrienne Pickering, Keegan Joyce, Kate Box, and Damien Garvey.
Co-creator and producer Richard Roxburgh is back as Cleaver Greene, who was seen dangling from a balloon drifting across the Sydney skyline..
This time, Cleaver crashes into the world of a one-time mentor and now powerful criminal on the run, Edgar Thompson (Waters)..
Against the backdrop of a city that.s taken a turn to the dystopian, Cleaver frantically tries to stay alive . from seeking refuge in a country town congregation, to representing the very man who.s trying to have him killed.
Season 4 of Rake continues to cast Cleaver.s rapier wit on politics, the legal system, and our wider fears and obsessions..
His long-suffering friends, relatives, and pugnacious foes also return in the form of Matt Day, Danielle Cormack, Russell Dykstra, Caroline Brazier, Adrienne Pickering, Keegan Joyce, Kate Box, and Damien Garvey.
- 9/29/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The Driver: BBC One, 9pm
BBC One's new thriller mini-series continues, as Ros (Claudie Blakley) begins to wonder if Vince (David Morrissey) is telling her the whole truth.
Meanwhile, Vince is left devastated when he learns that Tim (Lewis Rainer) does not want to see him.
The Leftovers: Sky Atlantic, 9pm
Matt (Christopher Eccleston) becomes increasingly desperate when his church faces closure.
However, a trip to a casino offers a lifeline.
Secrets and Lies: Channel 5, 10pm
Ben's (Martin Henderson) innocence is thrown into doubt as a murder weapon is identified.
And while helping Jess (Adrienne Pickering) come to terms with her son's death, questions emerge about Matt's own daughter.
Ray Donovan: Sky Atlantic, 10pm
Season two of the award-winning crime drama comes to an end tonight as Abby (Paula Malcomson) has to make a decision between Ray (Liev Schrieber) and Jim (Brian Geraghty).
Meanwhile, Mickey (Jon Voight...
BBC One's new thriller mini-series continues, as Ros (Claudie Blakley) begins to wonder if Vince (David Morrissey) is telling her the whole truth.
Meanwhile, Vince is left devastated when he learns that Tim (Lewis Rainer) does not want to see him.
The Leftovers: Sky Atlantic, 9pm
Matt (Christopher Eccleston) becomes increasingly desperate when his church faces closure.
However, a trip to a casino offers a lifeline.
Secrets and Lies: Channel 5, 10pm
Ben's (Martin Henderson) innocence is thrown into doubt as a murder weapon is identified.
And while helping Jess (Adrienne Pickering) come to terms with her son's death, questions emerge about Matt's own daughter.
Ray Donovan: Sky Atlantic, 10pm
Season two of the award-winning crime drama comes to an end tonight as Abby (Paula Malcomson) has to make a decision between Ray (Liev Schrieber) and Jim (Brian Geraghty).
Meanwhile, Mickey (Jon Voight...
- 9/30/2014
- Digital Spy
The UK.s Channel 5 has picked up Secrets & Lies, Hoodlum Entertainment.s six-part drama starring Martin Henderson as a guy who finds the body of a young boy and becomes the prime murder suspect.
The broadcaster seems to have an appetite for Australian drama, having scored good ratings with FremantleMedia.s prison drama Wentworth.
Scripted by Stephen M Irwin, Secrets & Lies will air in the UK after it screens on Network Ten. Diana Glen plays the wife of Henderson.s character, with Anthony Hayes as a detective and Adrienne Pickering as a neighbour.
The Us ABC network has commissioned a 10-part series adapted from the Australian show, the second Us remake for Hoodlum, whose comedy/mystery The Strange Calls is being developed for the same network by 20th TV.
Hoodlum.s Tracey Robertson and Nathan Mayfield are producing the Us series with ABC Studios and Aaron Kaplan.s Kapital Entertainment,...
The broadcaster seems to have an appetite for Australian drama, having scored good ratings with FremantleMedia.s prison drama Wentworth.
Scripted by Stephen M Irwin, Secrets & Lies will air in the UK after it screens on Network Ten. Diana Glen plays the wife of Henderson.s character, with Anthony Hayes as a detective and Adrienne Pickering as a neighbour.
The Us ABC network has commissioned a 10-part series adapted from the Australian show, the second Us remake for Hoodlum, whose comedy/mystery The Strange Calls is being developed for the same network by 20th TV.
Hoodlum.s Tracey Robertson and Nathan Mayfield are producing the Us series with ABC Studios and Aaron Kaplan.s Kapital Entertainment,...
- 11/28/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian drama Secrets & Lies will air on Channel 5 in the UK, it has been announced.
The series follows the story of an everyday family man, whose life falls apart when he is accused of murdering a 4-year-old boy.
Martin Henderson (The Ring, Smokin' Aces, Windtalkers), Anthony Hayes (Rabbit Proof Fence, Ned Kelly, The Slap), Diana Glenn and Adrienne Pickering all star.
A six-part mini-series written by Stephen M Irwin, Channel 5 has said that the show will be at the cornerstone of its schedules in 2014.
Channel 5's head of acquisitions Katie Keenan said: "Channel 5 viewers love compelling, character-led drama packed with twists and turns. Secrets & Lies ticks all these boxes. We're thrilled to add it to our 2014 drama line-up."
The show launches in 2014 on Network Ten Australia.
Head of the network Rick Maier said: "This is a sensational early response and full credit to the cast and crew. We can't wait...
The series follows the story of an everyday family man, whose life falls apart when he is accused of murdering a 4-year-old boy.
Martin Henderson (The Ring, Smokin' Aces, Windtalkers), Anthony Hayes (Rabbit Proof Fence, Ned Kelly, The Slap), Diana Glenn and Adrienne Pickering all star.
A six-part mini-series written by Stephen M Irwin, Channel 5 has said that the show will be at the cornerstone of its schedules in 2014.
Channel 5's head of acquisitions Katie Keenan said: "Channel 5 viewers love compelling, character-led drama packed with twists and turns. Secrets & Lies ticks all these boxes. We're thrilled to add it to our 2014 drama line-up."
The show launches in 2014 on Network Ten Australia.
Head of the network Rick Maier said: "This is a sensational early response and full credit to the cast and crew. We can't wait...
- 11/28/2013
- Digital Spy
The Us version of Rake, which stars Greg Kinnear as brilliant, womanising and self-destructive criminal lawyer Keegan Deane, will screen on the rebranded Universal Channel on Foxtel.
Due to a holdback agreement with the ABC, the Us show cannot screen in Oz until after the third series of the Australian Rake airs on the public broadcaster. The remake premieres on Fox at 10 pm on Sunday January 19 with a strong lead-in, the Nfc Championship Game, and will then screen on Thursday nights at 9.
Peter Duncan, who co-created the original series with Richard Roxburgh and Charles Waterstreet, tells If the holdback agreement is not an issue, noting, .The ABC has been pretty generous. The Us series won.t finish screening until April. I am not sure when the new series will go to air in Australia but I believe it.s late February, so it.s not going to be a massive imposition.
Due to a holdback agreement with the ABC, the Us show cannot screen in Oz until after the third series of the Australian Rake airs on the public broadcaster. The remake premieres on Fox at 10 pm on Sunday January 19 with a strong lead-in, the Nfc Championship Game, and will then screen on Thursday nights at 9.
Peter Duncan, who co-created the original series with Richard Roxburgh and Charles Waterstreet, tells If the holdback agreement is not an issue, noting, .The ABC has been pretty generous. The Us series won.t finish screening until April. I am not sure when the new series will go to air in Australia but I believe it.s late February, so it.s not going to be a massive imposition.
- 11/3/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
An Australian broadcaster is poised to acquire the Us version of Rake, which stars Greg Kinnear as brilliant, womanising and self-destructive criminal lawyer Keegan Deane.
Due to a holdback agreement with the ABC, the Us show cannot screen in Oz until after the third series of the Australian Rake airs on the public broadcaster. The remake premieres on Fox at 10 pm on Sunday January 19 with a strong lead-in, the Nfc Championship Game, and will then screen on Thursday nights at 9.
.There is an Australian deal in the offing,. Peter Duncan, who co-created the original series with Richard Roxburgh, tells If on the line from Los Angeles, where he is co-executive producing Fox.s version with Peter Tolan.
Duncan would not be drawn on the likely Australian buyer but he acknowledged the Us networks. hour-long format - each episode runs 42 ½ minutes, whereas the Australian eps are 57 minutes- is hard for the...
Due to a holdback agreement with the ABC, the Us show cannot screen in Oz until after the third series of the Australian Rake airs on the public broadcaster. The remake premieres on Fox at 10 pm on Sunday January 19 with a strong lead-in, the Nfc Championship Game, and will then screen on Thursday nights at 9.
.There is an Australian deal in the offing,. Peter Duncan, who co-created the original series with Richard Roxburgh, tells If on the line from Los Angeles, where he is co-executive producing Fox.s version with Peter Tolan.
Duncan would not be drawn on the likely Australian buyer but he acknowledged the Us networks. hour-long format - each episode runs 42 ½ minutes, whereas the Australian eps are 57 minutes- is hard for the...
- 11/3/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Us ABC network has commissioned a 10-part series adapted from Hoodlum Entertainment.s drama Secrets & Lies.
That.s the second Us remake for Hoodlum, whose comedy/mystery The Strange Calls is being developed for the same network by 20th TV.
Network Ten commissioned Secrets & Lies, a six-part series starring Martin Henderson as Ben, an ordinary family man who finds the body of a young boy and becomes the prime murder suspect. Ben searches for the killer as he strives to save his marriage, his kids, his reputation and his sanity.
Diana Glen plays his wife, Anthony Hayes is a detective and Adrienne Pickering is a neighbour.
Hoodlum.s Tracey Robertson and Nathan Mayfield will produce the Us series with ABC Studios and Aaron Kaplan.s Kapital Entertainment, which is partnered with Hoodlum on The Strange Calls.
Hoodlum's Australian-based Leigh McGrath will continue to develop drama projects for the company...
That.s the second Us remake for Hoodlum, whose comedy/mystery The Strange Calls is being developed for the same network by 20th TV.
Network Ten commissioned Secrets & Lies, a six-part series starring Martin Henderson as Ben, an ordinary family man who finds the body of a young boy and becomes the prime murder suspect. Ben searches for the killer as he strives to save his marriage, his kids, his reputation and his sanity.
Diana Glen plays his wife, Anthony Hayes is a detective and Adrienne Pickering is a neighbour.
Hoodlum.s Tracey Robertson and Nathan Mayfield will produce the Us series with ABC Studios and Aaron Kaplan.s Kapital Entertainment, which is partnered with Hoodlum on The Strange Calls.
Hoodlum's Australian-based Leigh McGrath will continue to develop drama projects for the company...
- 10/24/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
ABC telemovie An Accidental Soldier looks set to be sold to multiple territories after London-based Dcd Rights acquired the international distribution rights.
Dcd Rights will introduce the film to international buyers at the Mipcom market in Cannes which runs October 7-10. The firm has an impressive track record in selling Australian dramas and comedies including Rake, The Slap, Mr & Mrs Murder, The Straits, The Strange Calls and A Moody Christmas.
Directed by Rachel Ward and produced by Goalpost Pictures and Taylor Media, An Accidental Soldier starred Dan Spielman, Marie Brunel, Bryan Brown and Julia Zemiro.
Set during WW1 and scripted by Blake Ayshford and based on the book Silent Parts by John Charalambous, it.s the tale of a romance between a young Australian baker who deserted the front line and a grieving French woman who risks her life by sheltering him from the authorities.
Meanwhile, the third season of...
Dcd Rights will introduce the film to international buyers at the Mipcom market in Cannes which runs October 7-10. The firm has an impressive track record in selling Australian dramas and comedies including Rake, The Slap, Mr & Mrs Murder, The Straits, The Strange Calls and A Moody Christmas.
Directed by Rachel Ward and produced by Goalpost Pictures and Taylor Media, An Accidental Soldier starred Dan Spielman, Marie Brunel, Bryan Brown and Julia Zemiro.
Set during WW1 and scripted by Blake Ayshford and based on the book Silent Parts by John Charalambous, it.s the tale of a romance between a young Australian baker who deserted the front line and a grieving French woman who risks her life by sheltering him from the authorities.
Meanwhile, the third season of...
- 9/29/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Series two of Australian drama Rake begins shooting in Sydney in April.
The series, which first aired on ABC1 in 2010, stars Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge, Blue Murder) as self-destructive criminal defence barrister Cleaver Greene.
Producer/director Peter Duncan said it was great to be back in production. "Once again we have an opportunity to channel our various depravities into Cleaver . rather than exercise them ourselves. This is a considerable relief for our friends and loved ones,. he said in a statement.
Indeed it is, as Cleaver.s debaucherous private life continues in series two. The series will see Cleaver engaged in a passionate affair with a dangerous liaison, stories of suicide bombers and psychotic schoolgirls, as well as a .pedantic chameleon. and an alleged .serial bobbitter..
The new series will see several actors returning including Matt Day (Tangle) as David Potter; Russell Dykstra (Romulus, My Father) as Barney, Cleaver.s...
The series, which first aired on ABC1 in 2010, stars Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge, Blue Murder) as self-destructive criminal defence barrister Cleaver Greene.
Producer/director Peter Duncan said it was great to be back in production. "Once again we have an opportunity to channel our various depravities into Cleaver . rather than exercise them ourselves. This is a considerable relief for our friends and loved ones,. he said in a statement.
Indeed it is, as Cleaver.s debaucherous private life continues in series two. The series will see Cleaver engaged in a passionate affair with a dangerous liaison, stories of suicide bombers and psychotic schoolgirls, as well as a .pedantic chameleon. and an alleged .serial bobbitter..
The new series will see several actors returning including Matt Day (Tangle) as David Potter; Russell Dykstra (Romulus, My Father) as Barney, Cleaver.s...
- 2/12/2012
- by Fay Al-Janabi
- IF.com.au
Want to win a couple of newly released Blu Rays? That’s good, because we want to give them to you. The only thing that makes a horror double feature better, is viewing said double feature in crystal clear 1080p, on the most amazing home video platform to date.
It’s easy to win. You simply have to be a “fan” of our facebook page, a follower on our twitter, and leave a comment below, telling us how you’re staying cool in the great heatwave of 2011. Easy enough for two free Blu-Rays right? Thought so. Contest is limited to residents of the Us only, and please, only one entry per contestant. The winner will be chosen at random via random.org. Contest will end at midnight, the 23rd of August, which is the release date of Super Hybrid. Good luck, and have fun. All that we ask in return...
It’s easy to win. You simply have to be a “fan” of our facebook page, a follower on our twitter, and leave a comment below, telling us how you’re staying cool in the great heatwave of 2011. Easy enough for two free Blu-Rays right? Thought so. Contest is limited to residents of the Us only, and please, only one entry per contestant. The winner will be chosen at random via random.org. Contest will end at midnight, the 23rd of August, which is the release date of Super Hybrid. Good luck, and have fun. All that we ask in return...
- 8/6/2011
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
The Reef is the latest “Based on a True Story” movie that follows a group of Australian friends who take boat out in the ocean and something bad happens. The movie follows along the same lines as Open Water and several other “shark infested” movies from the past few years. We follow our friends who set out to deliver a yacht to its new owner. Something happens (of course) along the way and the bottom of the boat hits a reef and ends up ripping a hole in it. Decision making plays the key part of the story as they have to decide if they should stay with the boat and wait for a passer by or swim for shore or whatever comes first. You know what happens next, trouble with a fin!
Director Andrew Traucki takes us on this ride with these people as he builds the characters and...
Director Andrew Traucki takes us on this ride with these people as he builds the characters and...
- 7/21/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:
Captain America: The First Avenger - Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones
Friends with Benefits - Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Patricia Clarkson
Movie of the Week
Friends with Benefits
The Stars: Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Patricia Clarkson
The Plot: A guy (Timberlake) and girl (Kunis) try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it’s not long before they learn that they want something more.
The Buzz: Hmm, this premise is strangely familiar, and comes with an even more docile cast than No Strings Attached. I still have some faith in the film itself though, as director Will Gluck’s previous entry was the excellent Easy A. Still, Gluck didn’t write Easy A, and that’s what was great about that film, the writing. Two new relatively untested writers penned Friends with Benefits – yeah, I’m right back to doubting this film. But...
Captain America: The First Avenger - Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones
Friends with Benefits - Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Patricia Clarkson
Movie of the Week
Friends with Benefits
The Stars: Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Patricia Clarkson
The Plot: A guy (Timberlake) and girl (Kunis) try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it’s not long before they learn that they want something more.
The Buzz: Hmm, this premise is strangely familiar, and comes with an even more docile cast than No Strings Attached. I still have some faith in the film itself though, as director Will Gluck’s previous entry was the excellent Easy A. Still, Gluck didn’t write Easy A, and that’s what was great about that film, the writing. Two new relatively untested writers penned Friends with Benefits – yeah, I’m right back to doubting this film. But...
- 7/20/2011
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
Rank the week of July 19th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time: New Releases Limitless
(DVD & Blu-ray | PG13 | 201)
Flickchart Ranking: #1890
Times Ranked: 3217
Win Percentage: 51%
Top-20 Rankings: 12
Directed By: Neil Burger
Starring: Bradley Cooper • Robert De Niro • Abbie Cornish • Anna Friel • Andrew Howard
Genres: Psychological Sci-Fi • Psychological Thriller • Science Fiction • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Take Me Home Tonight
(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5722
Times Ranked: 1234
Win Percentage: 49%
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Michael Dowse
Starring: Topher Grace • Anna Faris • Dan Fogler • Teresa Palmer • Chris Pratt
Genres: Comedy • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama • Period Film • Romance • Romantic Comedy • Romantic Drama
Rank This Movie
The Reef
(DVD & Blu-ray | Nr | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #10667
Times Ranked: 152
Win Percentage: 47%
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Andrew Traucki
Starring: Adrienne Pickering • Gyton Grantley • Zoe Naylor • Damian Walshe-Howling • Kieran Darcy-Smith
Genres: Horror • Natural Horror • Thriller
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Tekken
(DVD & Blu-ray | Nr | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #9314
Times Ranked: 332
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(DVD & Blu-ray | PG13 | 201)
Flickchart Ranking: #1890
Times Ranked: 3217
Win Percentage: 51%
Top-20 Rankings: 12
Directed By: Neil Burger
Starring: Bradley Cooper • Robert De Niro • Abbie Cornish • Anna Friel • Andrew Howard
Genres: Psychological Sci-Fi • Psychological Thriller • Science Fiction • Thriller
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Take Me Home Tonight
(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5722
Times Ranked: 1234
Win Percentage: 49%
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Michael Dowse
Starring: Topher Grace • Anna Faris • Dan Fogler • Teresa Palmer • Chris Pratt
Genres: Comedy • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama • Period Film • Romance • Romantic Comedy • Romantic Drama
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The Reef
(DVD & Blu-ray | Nr | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #10667
Times Ranked: 152
Win Percentage: 47%
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Andrew Traucki
Starring: Adrienne Pickering • Gyton Grantley • Zoe Naylor • Damian Walshe-Howling • Kieran Darcy-Smith
Genres: Horror • Natural Horror • Thriller
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Tekken
(DVD & Blu-ray | Nr | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #9314
Times Ranked: 332
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- 7/19/2011
- by Jonathan Hardesty
- Flickchart
The inaugural Equity Awards will tonight celebrate achievements in ensemble perfomances for both drama and comedy.
In a ceremony at Sydney’s Ivy Penthouse, the Equity Awards are the only acting awards voted on by their performing peers, members of the Actors Equity.
The cast of Rake won the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in Drama Series, while The Librarians won for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a comedy series.
Rake cast members to receive the award are: Richard Roxburgh, Kate Box, Caroline Brazier, Richard Carter, Danielle Cormack, Matt Day, Russell Dykstra, Keegan Joyce, Steve Le Marquand, Geoff Morrell and Adrienne Pickering.
Rake was nominated alongside Bed of Roses, Offspring, Packed to the Rafters and Underbelly: The Golden Mile.
Librarians cast members to receive the award are: Heidi Arena, Stephen Ballantyne, Keith Brockett, Robyn Butler, Victoria Eagger, Bob Franklin, Justin Hamilton, Roz Hammond, Fiona Harris, Wayne Hope,...
In a ceremony at Sydney’s Ivy Penthouse, the Equity Awards are the only acting awards voted on by their performing peers, members of the Actors Equity.
The cast of Rake won the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in Drama Series, while The Librarians won for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a comedy series.
Rake cast members to receive the award are: Richard Roxburgh, Kate Box, Caroline Brazier, Richard Carter, Danielle Cormack, Matt Day, Russell Dykstra, Keegan Joyce, Steve Le Marquand, Geoff Morrell and Adrienne Pickering.
Rake was nominated alongside Bed of Roses, Offspring, Packed to the Rafters and Underbelly: The Golden Mile.
Librarians cast members to receive the award are: Heidi Arena, Stephen Ballantyne, Keith Brockett, Robyn Butler, Victoria Eagger, Bob Franklin, Justin Hamilton, Roz Hammond, Fiona Harris, Wayne Hope,...
- 6/15/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Reed The waters of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are unmatched in beauty and danger. Clear and blue, teeming with life – they tempt adventurers from the world over. On July 19 Image Entertainment presents The Reef. Based on a true event, it’s the gripping story of a group of friends on a yachting trip who find themselves facing the terrifying choice of “sink or swim.” A thriller that pits man’s will to live against nature’s relentless urge to feed, Andrea Traucki’s (Black Water) The Reef will be available on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and on Blu-ray™ for $29.97. This title will also be available on digital download.
Ship delivery man Luke (Damian Walsh-Howling) is accompanied by four friends (Gyton Grantley, Adrienne Pickering, Zoe Naylor, Mark Simpson) as he charts a yacht to its new owner. Along the way, their ship is ripped open by the coral...
Ship delivery man Luke (Damian Walsh-Howling) is accompanied by four friends (Gyton Grantley, Adrienne Pickering, Zoe Naylor, Mark Simpson) as he charts a yacht to its new owner. Along the way, their ship is ripped open by the coral...
- 5/6/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Hey peeps! Here's another cool looking shark movie based on based on a true story. Image Entertainment will drop The Reef on DVD and Blu-ray on July 19th.
The waters of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are unmatched in beauty and danger. Clear and blue, teeming with life – they tempt adventurers from the world over. On July 19 Image Entertainment presents The Reef. Based on a true event, it’s the gripping story of a group of friends on a yachting trip who find themselves facing the terrifying choice of “sink or swim.” A thriller that pits man’s will to live against nature’s relentless urge to feed, Andrea Traucki’s (Black Water) The Reef will be available on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and on Blu-ray™ for $29.97. This title will also be available on digital download. Pre-book is June 21st.
Ship delivery man Luke (Damian Walsh-Howling) is accompanied by four friends (Gyton Grantley,...
The waters of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are unmatched in beauty and danger. Clear and blue, teeming with life – they tempt adventurers from the world over. On July 19 Image Entertainment presents The Reef. Based on a true event, it’s the gripping story of a group of friends on a yachting trip who find themselves facing the terrifying choice of “sink or swim.” A thriller that pits man’s will to live against nature’s relentless urge to feed, Andrea Traucki’s (Black Water) The Reef will be available on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and on Blu-ray™ for $29.97. This title will also be available on digital download. Pre-book is June 21st.
Ship delivery man Luke (Damian Walsh-Howling) is accompanied by four friends (Gyton Grantley,...
- 5/6/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
We mentioned a few days ago that the shark thriller The Reef was swimming our way, but the good folks over at Image Entertainment have just made it official. Read on for the details.
From the Press Release
The waters of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are unmatched in beauty and danger. Clear and blue, teeming with life – they tempt adventurers from the world over. On July 19 Image Entertainment presents The Reef. Based on a true event, it’s the gripping story of a group of friends on a yachting trip who find themselves facing the terrifying choice of “sink or swim.” A thriller that pits man’s will to live against nature’s relentless urge to feed, Andrea Traucki’s (Black Water) The Reef ill be available on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and on Blu-ray™ for $29.97. This title will also be available on digital download.
Ship delivery man...
From the Press Release
The waters of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are unmatched in beauty and danger. Clear and blue, teeming with life – they tempt adventurers from the world over. On July 19 Image Entertainment presents The Reef. Based on a true event, it’s the gripping story of a group of friends on a yachting trip who find themselves facing the terrifying choice of “sink or swim.” A thriller that pits man’s will to live against nature’s relentless urge to feed, Andrea Traucki’s (Black Water) The Reef ill be available on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and on Blu-ray™ for $29.97. This title will also be available on digital download.
Ship delivery man...
- 5/6/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
On July 19, Image Entertainment will release Andrea Traucki's The Reef on DVD. Ship delivery man Luke (Damian Walsh-Howling) is accompanied by four friends (Gyton Grantley, Adrienne Pickering, Zoe Naylor, Mark Simpson) as he charts a yacht to its new owner. Along the way, their ship is ripped open by the coral reefs hiding just below the ocean.s surface. They are forced to choose: stay on board with slim hope of rescue, or swim twelve miles to the nearest island.through shark-infested waters. Those that abandon ship are faced with the race of their lives, for as soon as they enter the water a Great White shark catches their scent and the white-knuckled chase is on! During shooting, Traucki actually shot The Reef in Australia using real sharks. No one was eaten....
- 5/5/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Mid-July is going to be a good time for DVD and Blu-ray releases featuring people getting eaten alive. Dinocroc and Supergator take time out between rounds to devour anyone in their path. Native American lycan legends go on the prowl in Maneater and Monster Wolf. Most importantly, the Australian Open Water-ish shark thriller The Reef finally surfaces on American shores.
The people chomping begins on July 12th when Anchor Bay releases the Roger Corman produced, Jim Wynorski directed, Syfy original creature feature Dinocroc vs. Supergator (review here). The late David Carradine makes one of his final appearances in this monstrous smackdown that sees genetically engineered reptilian rivals escaping their confines and chomping their way through a series of scientists, tourists, and bikini babes in Hawaii. The actors chew the scenery almost as much as the monsters.
E1 Entertainment will release Maneater to DVD on July 12th. Dean Cain stars as a former FBI profiler,...
The people chomping begins on July 12th when Anchor Bay releases the Roger Corman produced, Jim Wynorski directed, Syfy original creature feature Dinocroc vs. Supergator (review here). The late David Carradine makes one of his final appearances in this monstrous smackdown that sees genetically engineered reptilian rivals escaping their confines and chomping their way through a series of scientists, tourists, and bikini babes in Hawaii. The actors chew the scenery almost as much as the monsters.
E1 Entertainment will release Maneater to DVD on July 12th. Dean Cain stars as a former FBI profiler,...
- 4/30/2011
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Image Entertainment will release the shark-infested thriller The Reef on Blu-ray and DVD on July 19 — and it’s based on a true story.
It's woman versus Great White Shark in The Reef.
Directed by Andrew Traucki, the independent film focuses on ship delivery man Luke (Damian Walshe-Howling, Crushed) and four of his friends as they set sail on the beautiful but dangerous waters of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to deliver a yacht to its new owner. Along the way, their ship is torn open by sharp rocks and begins to sink, leaving the passengers with a terrifying choice: stay on board with slim hope of rescue, or swim 12 miles to the nearest island — through a watery reef filled with sharks. When they enter the water, an unstoppable, relentless Great White immediately follows their trail … and he’s really hungry!
Also starring obligatory bikini babes Zoe Naylor (TV’s McLeod...
It's woman versus Great White Shark in The Reef.
Directed by Andrew Traucki, the independent film focuses on ship delivery man Luke (Damian Walshe-Howling, Crushed) and four of his friends as they set sail on the beautiful but dangerous waters of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to deliver a yacht to its new owner. Along the way, their ship is torn open by sharp rocks and begins to sink, leaving the passengers with a terrifying choice: stay on board with slim hope of rescue, or swim 12 miles to the nearest island — through a watery reef filled with sharks. When they enter the water, an unstoppable, relentless Great White immediately follows their trail … and he’s really hungry!
Also starring obligatory bikini babes Zoe Naylor (TV’s McLeod...
- 4/7/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Four years ago, producer Michael Robertson.s company Prodigy Movies released its first feature, survival thriller Black Water, in which a group of tourists is stalked by crocodiles in northern Australia. Black Water co-writer and director Andrew Traucki.s latest film for Prodigy is The Reef, in which a group of tourists (played by Damien Walshe-Howling, Gyton Grantley, Adrienne Pickering and Zoe Naylor) is stalked by a shark off the coast of Queensland. The progression from killer crocs to killer shark is, perhaps, a perfectly natural one. .It is a natural progression,. admits Robertson. .It.s something Andrew thought about for a while, whether he should follow up with such a similar theme. He.s always felt sharks are a very dangerous...
- 3/28/2011
- by Tim Kroenert
- IF.com.au
Aussie shark thriller 'The Reef', helmed by Andrew Traucki, saw it's UK premiere at the Film4 Frightfest All-Night event in London last October and it's already been picked up stateside by Image Entertainment. There's no Us release date just yet though so for the time being you'll just have to gawp at the new batch of stills and a couple of new look one-sheet posters for the flick with bite below. I'm always a little perturbed by the movie's tagline 'Pray That You Drown First', that's just asking for trouble and waiting for a hate-filled critic to use! 'The Reef' stars Adrienne Pickering, Zoe Naylor, Damian Walshe-Howling, Gyton Grantley and Kieran Darcy-Smith....
- 2/8/2011
- Horror Asylum
No, thankfully not that Finding Nemo copy cat (you know, for kids!), without the heart and with some fish being a bit too sexually provocative for my liking, though both films do feature sharks. Australian survival/creature horror The Reef, is new to DVD and it packs a surprising amount of bite. Let’s hope you can get to the Fin-ish in one piece. I’m here all week…
Beautifully shot and pretty beautifully chilling, The Reef is an incredibly engaging triumph of minimalist thrills and the unavoidable empathy an audience feels when something is truly hopeless. It is a film that lives almost entirely on its ability to wring everything out of its concept without going too far beyond the point of no return, for which all the plaudits must fall to director Andrew Traucki, last seen working with swamps in 2007′s creepy Black Water. What is it with...
Beautifully shot and pretty beautifully chilling, The Reef is an incredibly engaging triumph of minimalist thrills and the unavoidable empathy an audience feels when something is truly hopeless. It is a film that lives almost entirely on its ability to wring everything out of its concept without going too far beyond the point of no return, for which all the plaudits must fall to director Andrew Traucki, last seen working with swamps in 2007′s creepy Black Water. What is it with...
- 1/31/2011
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
Shark films. It seems impossible for filmmakers to return to the crystal blue depths without critics and fans drawing comparisons with Spielberg’s fantastic classic thriller, Jaws. The problem here of course is that in most cases there are stark differences between Jaws and whichever other shark film you may be looking at. Budget, script, scope and of course a lack of Spielberg in any new shark attack thriller makes the comparisons relatively unfair.
So for once let’s forget jaws, this’ll have you on the edge of your seat!
Directed by Andrew Traucki, The Reef is an Australian horror/thriller has succeeded where so many other shark films have failed. Bringing together a relatively unknown cast (this side of the hemisphere at least), the film gives us believable characters and even a somewhat plausible story.
A group of friends, Luke (Damian Walshe-Howling), Matt (Gyton Grantley), Suzie (Adrienne Pickering...
So for once let’s forget jaws, this’ll have you on the edge of your seat!
Directed by Andrew Traucki, The Reef is an Australian horror/thriller has succeeded where so many other shark films have failed. Bringing together a relatively unknown cast (this side of the hemisphere at least), the film gives us believable characters and even a somewhat plausible story.
A group of friends, Luke (Damian Walshe-Howling), Matt (Gyton Grantley), Suzie (Adrienne Pickering...
- 1/22/2011
- by Craig Sharp
- FilmShaft.com
The Reef, the latest Australian offering which brings viewers yet more deep-sea scares is set to hit DVD and Blu-ray next week and to celebrate FilmShaft have been sent and exclusive clip featuring interviews with cast and crew from the film in which they share one or two of their own shark stories with us!
Love sharks? Yeah they are pretty cool when all is said and done, but even the most hardened shark fanatic will think twice before going into the water after watching The Reef, a film supposedly based on true events which tells the story of a Great White Shark with a taste for human flesh.
I had the opportunity to watch the film last year and it kept me on the edge of my seat (look out for my review this weekend), but until Monday, for a cheeky look behind the scenes on the shoot, check...
Love sharks? Yeah they are pretty cool when all is said and done, but even the most hardened shark fanatic will think twice before going into the water after watching The Reef, a film supposedly based on true events which tells the story of a Great White Shark with a taste for human flesh.
I had the opportunity to watch the film last year and it kept me on the edge of my seat (look out for my review this weekend), but until Monday, for a cheeky look behind the scenes on the shoot, check...
- 1/21/2011
- by Craig Sharp
- FilmShaft.com
Director: Andrew Traucki. Review: Adam Wing. I hate sharks. I just want to make that clear from the outset. Of all the memorable screen villains created over the years, the mere suggestion of shark bait is enough to see me running – or should that be wallowing? Even Deep Blue Sea, Renny Harlin’s unintentionally hilarious action thriller managed to scare the crap out of me. I hate sharks – it’s as simple as that. Andrew Traucki sticks to what he knows best with his second water based feature, not to be confused with the Freddie Prinze Jr. voiced animated effort of course. That was a whole different kind of scary. The Australian swamps of Black Water are replaced by the Great Barrier Reef, and our hapless victims are stalked not by a killer crocodile, but by a rather impressive white pointer shark. Four backpackers set out on a week’s holiday,...
- 1/17/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
Momentum have brought sharks right back into the forefront of our minds with their brand new movie coming out in January called ‘The Reef’. It stars Adrienne Pickering, Zoe Naylor, Damian Walshe-Howling, Gyton Grantley, Kieran Darcy-Smith and is written, produced and directed by Andrew Traucki.
Based on a true story, The Reef sees a group of friends go out on a pleasure boat who, after running aground and capsizing are limited on options. Their dingy has sprung a leak, their Sos system only works if a plane flies overhead and they have to decide whether it’s best to stay on the boat or to try and swim to land which is 10 miles away! After choosing to swim to land, we’re taken on a roller-coaster ride which involves the group doing their best to avoid the killer sharks that may be lurking in the Coral Sea of the east coast of Australia.
Based on a true story, The Reef sees a group of friends go out on a pleasure boat who, after running aground and capsizing are limited on options. Their dingy has sprung a leak, their Sos system only works if a plane flies overhead and they have to decide whether it’s best to stay on the boat or to try and swim to land which is 10 miles away! After choosing to swim to land, we’re taken on a roller-coaster ride which involves the group doing their best to avoid the killer sharks that may be lurking in the Coral Sea of the east coast of Australia.
- 12/28/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Reef
Stars: Damien Walshe-Howling, Zoe Naylor, Adrienne Pickering, Gyton Grantley, Kieran Darcy-Smith | Written and Directed by Andrew Traucki
Based on a true story, The Reef is the latest entry into the “open water” school of horror that has already brought us films such as Open Water and Adrift. This latest effort comes from Andrew Traucki, the director of Black Water – the Aussie killer croc movie that, like this film, was also based on a true life story.
For four friends, a week sailing on the Great Barrier Reef should have been a dream vacation. But when their boat crashes into the reef and capsizes, the dream turns into a nightmare. Plunged into the icy depths of the ocean, the friends take their chances and attempt swim from the now-useless, and slowly sinking boat, to land. Taking to the open water, the four realise – all too late – that they are not alone…...
Stars: Damien Walshe-Howling, Zoe Naylor, Adrienne Pickering, Gyton Grantley, Kieran Darcy-Smith | Written and Directed by Andrew Traucki
Based on a true story, The Reef is the latest entry into the “open water” school of horror that has already brought us films such as Open Water and Adrift. This latest effort comes from Andrew Traucki, the director of Black Water – the Aussie killer croc movie that, like this film, was also based on a true life story.
For four friends, a week sailing on the Great Barrier Reef should have been a dream vacation. But when their boat crashes into the reef and capsizes, the dream turns into a nightmare. Plunged into the icy depths of the ocean, the friends take their chances and attempt swim from the now-useless, and slowly sinking boat, to land. Taking to the open water, the four realise – all too late – that they are not alone…...
- 12/11/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
According to Prodigy Movies producer Michael Robertson, his company will continue to make genre-based lower budget films even though Road Train failed at the box office.
“Road Train did not perform at the box office and will now go out as a DVD in March next year, but the reason I am pursuing genre-based lower budget storylines is that they do sell overseas, and I have the track record of Black Water, Road Train (aka Road Kill in the United States) and the soon-to-be-released The Reef to show for this,” Robertson told Encore.
Road Train was released in South Australia on October 21. It received positive reviews, but it didn’t succeed at the box office.
“This is a contrary reaction to the film’s achievements overseas as per the sales it has obtained, including the most recent one to Korea at the American Film Market. The 30+ countries that have all...
“Road Train did not perform at the box office and will now go out as a DVD in March next year, but the reason I am pursuing genre-based lower budget storylines is that they do sell overseas, and I have the track record of Black Water, Road Train (aka Road Kill in the United States) and the soon-to-be-released The Reef to show for this,” Robertson told Encore.
Road Train was released in South Australia on October 21. It received positive reviews, but it didn’t succeed at the box office.
“This is a contrary reaction to the film’s achievements overseas as per the sales it has obtained, including the most recent one to Korea at the American Film Market. The 30+ countries that have all...
- 11/23/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
If you thought that Jaws gave you pause for thought while you were on your holidays then you definitely haven’t heard of The Reef! Starring Damien Walshe-Howling, Zoe Naylor, Adrienne Pickering, Gyton Grantley and Kieran Darcy-Smith, The Reef is an independently financed Australian picture headed to UK DVD in January 2011.
I’m please to say I’ve had the chance to see this film in all of it’s deep blue glory and while you won’t be getting my review until later this year I can quite happily say that I spent the entire time on the edge of my seat. The trailer, which can be seen below, truly does not do this film justice but it does give you a tiny glimpse of what lies under the water in this fantastically put together aquatic thriller. Enjoy!
When the trip of a lifetime takes a devastating turn, four...
I’m please to say I’ve had the chance to see this film in all of it’s deep blue glory and while you won’t be getting my review until later this year I can quite happily say that I spent the entire time on the edge of my seat. The trailer, which can be seen below, truly does not do this film justice but it does give you a tiny glimpse of what lies under the water in this fantastically put together aquatic thriller. Enjoy!
When the trip of a lifetime takes a devastating turn, four...
- 10/25/2010
- by Craig Sharp
- FilmShaft.com
Some time back, as principal photography was getting started, we told you about an upcoming Australian thriller called The Reef . Andrew ( Black Water ) Traucki directed, utilizing real sharks (!) for the shoot. That said, an official trailer is now live - dissimilar from that sales preview that was posted and yanked from the web earlier this year. Damian Walshe-Howling, Zoe Naylor, Gyton Grantley, Adrienne Pickering and Kieran Darcy-Smith star in the film as four friends who are forced to swim ashore when their boat capsizes in the Great Barrier Reef. There, they are stalked by a 15-foot great white shark.
- 10/22/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Aussie shark-fest 'The Reef', based on true events, has gotten itself a new trailer. This is not writer/director Andrew Traucki's first creature feature having previously helmed the man-eating crocodile movie 'Black Water' a few years back. Trying to survive the great white torment will be actors Adrienne Pickering (below), Zoe Naylor, Damian Walshe-Howling, Gyton Grantley and Kieran Darcy-Smith. I did have to giggle at the movie's tagline though: 'Pray That You Drown First'. It seems even the marketing team don't have much faith in this one! Check out the trailer at the link below. 'The Reef' will get it's UK premiere as part of the Film4 Frightfest All-Night event taking place in London's Leicester Square on Saturday 30 October. So if you can stay up till 2:30am when it gets its' screening and have tickets go check it out. If you don't...
- 10/21/2010
- Horror Asylum
From Andrew Traucki, the director that brought you Black Water comes The Reef, starring Damien Walshe-Howling, Zoe Naylor, Adrienne Pickering, Gyton Grantley and Kieran Darcy-Smith. Filmed using real sharks, The Reef is based on a true story of four backbackers who were stalked by a 14ft White Shark for several days whilst they were stranded at sea…
When the trip of a lifetime takes a devastating turn, four friends are faced with a life or death decision: should they stay put and pray for rescue or should they take their life into their own hands and make a desperate break for safety? The only thing that’s certain in The Reef is that there’ll be blood in the water
For four old friends a week sailing on the Great Barrier Reef should have been a dream come true. But when the vessel capsizes, plunging its human cargo into the depths of the treacherous ocean,...
When the trip of a lifetime takes a devastating turn, four friends are faced with a life or death decision: should they stay put and pray for rescue or should they take their life into their own hands and make a desperate break for safety? The only thing that’s certain in The Reef is that there’ll be blood in the water
For four old friends a week sailing on the Great Barrier Reef should have been a dream come true. But when the vessel capsizes, plunging its human cargo into the depths of the treacherous ocean,...
- 10/18/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
This Halloween (well, Saturday October 30th to be specific), the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square will once again play host to FrightFest’s annual "All-Nighter". The full line-up has now been announced. Feast your eyes!
Of course Dread Central will be there to bring you all the info you need on the movies shown. Hope to see you there!
Confessions (UK Premiere)
A teacher attempts to wreak a terrible revenge on the students she blames for the death of her 4-year-old daughter in Kamikaze Girls and Memories of Matsuko director Tetsuya Nakashima’s ethereal and sinister shocker, selected as Japan's official entry for the 2010 Oscars. Through the most twisted retaliations, a stunning operatic style, fabulous cinematic flourishes and a theme song by Radiohead, you’ll be blown away by this intensely savage masterpiece throbbing with the darkest of emotions. Shot in the cool greys and blues of a...
Of course Dread Central will be there to bring you all the info you need on the movies shown. Hope to see you there!
Confessions (UK Premiere)
A teacher attempts to wreak a terrible revenge on the students she blames for the death of her 4-year-old daughter in Kamikaze Girls and Memories of Matsuko director Tetsuya Nakashima’s ethereal and sinister shocker, selected as Japan's official entry for the 2010 Oscars. Through the most twisted retaliations, a stunning operatic style, fabulous cinematic flourishes and a theme song by Radiohead, you’ll be blown away by this intensely savage masterpiece throbbing with the darkest of emotions. Shot in the cool greys and blues of a...
- 10/5/2010
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
FilmShaft enjoyed the hell out of this year’s Film 4 FrightFest and their Halloween all-nighters are legendary.
The programme for Saturday 30th October has been announced – and boy is it great! It’s got “American psychos, sharks, cannibal girls and a Finnish nightmare before Christmas” according to the press release sent to us and it’s littered with UK premieres, a retro classic plus a world premiere for you horror hounds to enjoy and feast upon!
Tickets went on sale yesterday (2nd October) and cost £50. For ticket info and getting them you can call: call 08 714 714 714, see FrightFest’s website www.frightfest.co.uk for the full schedule and times and buy them online at www.empirecinemas.co.uk
Confessions (UK Premiere)
A teacher attempts to wreak a terrible revenge on the students she blames for the death of her 4 year-old daughter in Kamikaze Girls and Memories Of Matsuko director Tetsuya Nakashima...
The programme for Saturday 30th October has been announced – and boy is it great! It’s got “American psychos, sharks, cannibal girls and a Finnish nightmare before Christmas” according to the press release sent to us and it’s littered with UK premieres, a retro classic plus a world premiere for you horror hounds to enjoy and feast upon!
Tickets went on sale yesterday (2nd October) and cost £50. For ticket info and getting them you can call: call 08 714 714 714, see FrightFest’s website www.frightfest.co.uk for the full schedule and times and buy them online at www.empirecinemas.co.uk
Confessions (UK Premiere)
A teacher attempts to wreak a terrible revenge on the students she blames for the death of her 4 year-old daughter in Kamikaze Girls and Memories Of Matsuko director Tetsuya Nakashima...
- 10/3/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
A total of six Australian feature films and one short will be heading to the 15th Pusan International Film Festival, which will be held from October 7 to 15.
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World Cinema
Dreamland
Production Company: Bunya Productions
Producer: David Jowsey
Director/Writer: Ivan Sen
Sales: Bunya Productions
Australian Distributor: PackScreen in association with Bunya Productions
Cast: Daniel Roberts, Tasma Walton
Synopsis: Dan Freeman, an obsessive UFO hunter, roams the Nevada desert around the border of Area 51 searching the skies for contact. But alone in the desert he awakens to a bigger mystery.
Oranges and Sunshine
Production Companies: See-Saw Films & Sixteen Films
Producers: Emile Sherman, Camilla Bray, Iain Canning
Director: Jim Loach
Writer: Rona Munro
Sales: Icon Entertainment
Australian Distributor: Icon Film Distribution
Cast: Emily Watson, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving
Synopsis: The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the organised deportation of children from the UK.
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World Cinema
Dreamland
Production Company: Bunya Productions
Producer: David Jowsey
Director/Writer: Ivan Sen
Sales: Bunya Productions
Australian Distributor: PackScreen in association with Bunya Productions
Cast: Daniel Roberts, Tasma Walton
Synopsis: Dan Freeman, an obsessive UFO hunter, roams the Nevada desert around the border of Area 51 searching the skies for contact. But alone in the desert he awakens to a bigger mystery.
Oranges and Sunshine
Production Companies: See-Saw Films & Sixteen Films
Producers: Emile Sherman, Camilla Bray, Iain Canning
Director: Jim Loach
Writer: Rona Munro
Sales: Icon Entertainment
Australian Distributor: Icon Film Distribution
Cast: Emily Watson, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving
Synopsis: The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the organised deportation of children from the UK.
- 9/15/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Another day another dull looking shark movie. After a slew of shark-related tales over the past years we're about to be hit with the latest of a 'based on true events' man-eater story. The new trailer for Ozzie creature feature 'The Reef', written and directed by Andrew Traucki, has landed and looks as cheap and uninteresting as the last pair of socks I bought from Primark. Think 'Open Water' meets...well something similar. You can check out the trailer below as well as the admittedly creepy one-sheet (which seems to contain a truly over-sized fin compared to the actual shark used in the movie). 'For three British backpackers it seemed like a dream come true. A Week cruising the world's most beautiful coral reef on their own yacht. But when their boat capsizes leaving them stranded on an overturned hull the dream turns into a nightmare.
- 6/7/2010
- Horror Asylum
A teaser trailer for the Australian water survival feature The Reef has been available at the film's website for almost a year now and finally a full length trailer, which shows the characters, is available right here (Quiet). In the clip four friends are put in a desperate situation when their boat capsizes and unfortunately for them the surrounding waters of Australia are home to one of the greatest denizens of the ocean, the great white shark! Have a watch as two couples breath their last, while wondering: "why did I not stay with the boat?"
The synopsis for The Reef:
"For a group of friends it seemed like a dream come true: A week cruising the world's most beautiful coral reef on their own yacht. But when their boat capsizes leaving them stranded on an overturned hull, the dream quickly turns into a nightmare. Deciding to swim for land,...
The synopsis for The Reef:
"For a group of friends it seemed like a dream come true: A week cruising the world's most beautiful coral reef on their own yacht. But when their boat capsizes leaving them stranded on an overturned hull, the dream quickly turns into a nightmare. Deciding to swim for land,...
- 6/5/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
During principal photography, the team behind The Reef had cut together a sales trailer that was nothing more than a teaser with some second unit underwater photography. A new trailer has been cobbled together with actual footage from director Andrew ( Black Water ) Traucki's latest. Damian Walshe-Howling, Zoe Naylor, Gyton Grantley, Adrienne Pickering and Kieran Darcy-Smith star in the film as four friends who are forced to swim ashore when their boat capsizes in the Great Barrier Reef. There, they are stalked by a 15-foot great white shark. Traucki tried to keep everything practical so that shark you see...that's the real deal.
- 6/4/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Lightning Entertainment will be bringing the shock to the European Film Market, which begins February 11th and lasts until the 21st. Lightning will be screening action thriller Road Train at the festival along with The Reef, a water survival story involving a fifteen foot shark. Not beginning until next month, things seem to be heating up at the Efm, with these and other entries from Lightning (Backyard Trespatio, The Irishman, Moment of Truth). This article focuses on The Reef with more info' on these other projects coming soon. Have a look at the movie poster for The Reef here, the synopsis below, and a teaser trailer inside.
The synopsis for The Reef:
"For a group of friends it seemed like a dream come true: A week cruising the world's most beautiful coral reef on their own yacht. But when their boat capsizes leaving them stranded on an overturned hull,...
The synopsis for The Reef:
"For a group of friends it seemed like a dream come true: A week cruising the world's most beautiful coral reef on their own yacht. But when their boat capsizes leaving them stranded on an overturned hull,...
- 1/25/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Fango just spent some time on the set of The Reef, the new film by Andrew Traucki (the Australian filmmaker who co-directed and co-scripted 2007’s exceptional killer-crocodile flick Black Water) and came back with a couple of exclusive pics, which you can see below. Traucki, a longtime surfer who couldn’t stay away from the water if he tried, is once again investigating the theme of large predatory animal interactions with humans, but is wading into much deeper here.
And if you’d like to share the experiences of the cast and crew of The Reef (which we first reported on here), you can join them live when they stream on-line in real time from the location in Hervey Bay, Queensland this Wednesday, November 4 if you’re U.S./UK-based and Thursday, Nov. 5 for Australians. Check out the film’s official website to sign up, and also read a production blog and other info.
And if you’d like to share the experiences of the cast and crew of The Reef (which we first reported on here), you can join them live when they stream on-line in real time from the location in Hervey Bay, Queensland this Wednesday, November 4 if you’re U.S./UK-based and Thursday, Nov. 5 for Australians. Check out the film’s official website to sign up, and also read a production blog and other info.
- 11/3/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Helms)
- Fangoria
Tomorrow, if you tune in to ReefMovie.com and click on their "live stream" icon, you can get a live behind-the-scenes look at Andrew ( Black Water ) Traucki's latest effort. Damian Walshe-Howling, Zoe Naylor, Gyton Grantley, Adrienne Pickering and Kieran Darcy-Smith star in the film as four friends who are forced to swim ashore when their boat capsizes in the Great Barrier Reef. There, they are stalked by a 15-foot great white shark. Here, we'll let Traucki explain more about the streaming video.
- 11/3/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Sharks are probably one of the scariest creatures on the planet. There's just no reasoning with them. You're not a person in their cold black eyes. You, just like everything else in their way, are simply lunch. Hell, depending on your size, maybe even just a snack! It's that very justified fear of these creatures that the filmmakers behind The Reef hope to tap into.
The Reef is Aussie writer/director/producer Andrew (Black Water) Traucki's second feature, and you can keep tabs on his progress via The Reef Blog. He describes the film as "swimming the line between horror and psychological thriller, a terrifying tale of true survival. A tale that for me asks the fascinating questions, What would I do in this situation? How would I react? Would I be a survivor or would I die?"
The film's official site states the film is based on a true story and provides a synopsis.
The Reef is Aussie writer/director/producer Andrew (Black Water) Traucki's second feature, and you can keep tabs on his progress via The Reef Blog. He describes the film as "swimming the line between horror and psychological thriller, a terrifying tale of true survival. A tale that for me asks the fascinating questions, What would I do in this situation? How would I react? Would I be a survivor or would I die?"
The film's official site states the film is based on a true story and provides a synopsis.
- 9/16/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Pre-production has begun on The Reef at Sydney, Australia's Fox Studios for Mysterious Light and ProdigyMovies. Damian Walshe-Howling, Zoe Naylor, Gyton Grantley, Adrienne Pickering and Kieran Darcy-Smith star as four friends who are forced to swim ashore when their boat capsizes in the Great Barrier Reef. Here's the rub: They're stalked by a 15-foot great white shark. Writer-director Andrew Traucki ( Black Water ) asserts he will not use any CGI or animatronics when it comes to the sharks. Instead, he'll use live footage of great whites shot in Southern Australia. Principal photography begins this October in Hervey Bay in Queensland; you'll be able to keep tabs on production via a live video stream that will go live on November 5. Keep checking ReefMovie.com...
- 9/15/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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