The aftermath of a deadly volcanic eruption will set the stage for a new eco-thriller between Los Angeles-based Upgrade Productions, Iceland’s Act 4 and Croatia’s Drugi Plan.
The eight-part series is produced by Act 4, the newly announced production company led by prominent Icelandic creatives, including “True Detective” actor Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and “Black Sands” producer Hörður Rúnarsson, and Croatia’s Drugi Plan, led by Nebojsa Taraba and Miodrag Sila.
Executive produced by Upgrade Productions, “Volcano” is based on an original idea by Taraba and Sila and written by Rúnarsson and Mateja Božičević (Prime Video’s “Carnival Row”). The mixed-language series will be shot in Iceland and Croatia, with production scheduled to start early next year.
After a crushing volcanic eruption devastates Iceland, a Un directive relocates the surviving residents to Croatia. “Volcano” follows the tensions that arise as these vastly different societies...
The eight-part series is produced by Act 4, the newly announced production company led by prominent Icelandic creatives, including “True Detective” actor Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and “Black Sands” producer Hörður Rúnarsson, and Croatia’s Drugi Plan, led by Nebojsa Taraba and Miodrag Sila.
Executive produced by Upgrade Productions, “Volcano” is based on an original idea by Taraba and Sila and written by Rúnarsson and Mateja Božičević (Prime Video’s “Carnival Row”). The mixed-language series will be shot in Iceland and Croatia, with production scheduled to start early next year.
After a crushing volcanic eruption devastates Iceland, a Un directive relocates the surviving residents to Croatia. “Volcano” follows the tensions that arise as these vastly different societies...
- 3/21/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Co-president Matt Brodlie, EVP, head of series Caroline Kusser attending TV market in Cannes.
Upgrade Productions, the LA-based production company launched by Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier focused on local-language productions, has announced a Mexican feature project and two upcoming series from India and Italy heading into Mipcom and AFM.
Comedy drama My Teacher, Mr. Kim Remake is a Mexican remake of the 2003 South Korean film My Teacher, Mr. Kim to be directed by Celso Garcia, the fast-rising filmmaker whose multiple award-winning 2015 debut feature The Thin Yellow Line was produced by Guillermo del Toro. Mineko Mori is producing with Upgrade...
Upgrade Productions, the LA-based production company launched by Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier focused on local-language productions, has announced a Mexican feature project and two upcoming series from India and Italy heading into Mipcom and AFM.
Comedy drama My Teacher, Mr. Kim Remake is a Mexican remake of the 2003 South Korean film My Teacher, Mr. Kim to be directed by Celso Garcia, the fast-rising filmmaker whose multiple award-winning 2015 debut feature The Thin Yellow Line was produced by Guillermo del Toro. Mineko Mori is producing with Upgrade...
- 10/17/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Upgrade Productions, the production company launched last year by Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier, is working on an epic Japanese-language TV series.
The company has teamed with venerable Japanese studio Shochiku to produce “A True Novel” as an eight-part adaptation of Mizumura Minae’s 2003 Yomiuri Prize-winning novel. Inspired by Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,” the sweeping family narrative is set in the decades after World War II in Japan and the U.S.
The series, adapted by screenwriter Sakaguchi Riko will bring to life a love story spanning three generations and told by different characters.
“The extraordinary team at Shochiku, one of Japan’s most innovative and successful studios, is the perfect partner on this show. ‘A True Novel’ is a beautiful story with universal themes. And to be collaborating with the incredibly talented Sakaguchi Riko is a dream come true. It’s an epic story which is appealing to global audiences,...
The company has teamed with venerable Japanese studio Shochiku to produce “A True Novel” as an eight-part adaptation of Mizumura Minae’s 2003 Yomiuri Prize-winning novel. Inspired by Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,” the sweeping family narrative is set in the decades after World War II in Japan and the U.S.
The series, adapted by screenwriter Sakaguchi Riko will bring to life a love story spanning three generations and told by different characters.
“The extraordinary team at Shochiku, one of Japan’s most innovative and successful studios, is the perfect partner on this show. ‘A True Novel’ is a beautiful story with universal themes. And to be collaborating with the incredibly talented Sakaguchi Riko is a dream come true. It’s an epic story which is appealing to global audiences,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Sweeping romance spans decades after Second World War.
Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier’s Upgrade Productions is partnering with Japanese production powerhouse Shochiku on the series A True Novel.
The eight-part Japanese-language series is produced by Shochiku, creator of the world’s longest-running feature film series Tora-san, and written by Riko Sakaguchi, whose credits include Oscar-nominated The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya, Mary And The Witches Flower and After The Rain.
Upgrade Productions serves as executive producer on the project, based on Minae Mizumura’s 2003 Japanese novel itself inspired by Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The sweeping saga is set...
Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier’s Upgrade Productions is partnering with Japanese production powerhouse Shochiku on the series A True Novel.
The eight-part Japanese-language series is produced by Shochiku, creator of the world’s longest-running feature film series Tora-san, and written by Riko Sakaguchi, whose credits include Oscar-nominated The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya, Mary And The Witches Flower and After The Rain.
Upgrade Productions serves as executive producer on the project, based on Minae Mizumura’s 2003 Japanese novel itself inspired by Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The sweeping saga is set...
- 5/12/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Upgrade Productions, the Los Angeles-based production company focusing on local-language content, has unveiled an initial trio of projects from around the world.
Launched by industry vets Matt Brodlie (ex-Disney and Netflix) and Jonathan Kier (ex-Sierra/Affinity) late last year with backing from German major Constantin, the outfit is looking to feed into the current boom of content emerging from outside of the English-language that finds audiences on a global stage.
The first three projects confirmed, all expected to head into production in early 2023, are as follows:
Twenty Faces (Japan): Based on the popular books written by the Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Ranpo, the show is co-produced with leading Japanese production and distribution company The Klockworx (Crunchyroll’s Room Camp) and is produced with Akiko Funatsu (The Goddess of 1967). Anime writer Seishi Minakami (Paprika) is attached as writer. Ranpo published 62 books from the 1920s until his death in...
Launched by industry vets Matt Brodlie (ex-Disney and Netflix) and Jonathan Kier (ex-Sierra/Affinity) late last year with backing from German major Constantin, the outfit is looking to feed into the current boom of content emerging from outside of the English-language that finds audiences on a global stage.
The first three projects confirmed, all expected to head into production in early 2023, are as follows:
Twenty Faces (Japan): Based on the popular books written by the Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Ranpo, the show is co-produced with leading Japanese production and distribution company The Klockworx (Crunchyroll’s Room Camp) and is produced with Akiko Funatsu (The Goddess of 1967). Anime writer Seishi Minakami (Paprika) is attached as writer. Ranpo published 62 books from the 1920s until his death in...
- 4/28/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Meet Lauren. She’s freshly divorced, a mother-of-two, and is looking for sex without commitment.
With the help of her best friend, Alex, Lauren creates the “Spreadsheet” – a database of male options, customised to ensure her sushi train of sex rolls around with variety and order amidst the chaos of her life.
Starring Katherine Parkinson, Robbie Magasiva, Stephen Curry, Katrina Milosevic, Ryan Shelton and Kerry Armstrong, Spreadsheet is set to premiere on Paramount+ October 27.
Created and written by Kala Ellis, Spreadsheet is a Northern Pictures production.
Joining Ellis in the writers room were Romina Accurso, Rhys Nicholson and Darren Ashton, who was also the set-up director with Sian Davies.
Spreadsheet has received major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Film Victoria. ITV Studios is handling international distribution.
The post ‘Spreadsheet’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
With the help of her best friend, Alex, Lauren creates the “Spreadsheet” – a database of male options, customised to ensure her sushi train of sex rolls around with variety and order amidst the chaos of her life.
Starring Katherine Parkinson, Robbie Magasiva, Stephen Curry, Katrina Milosevic, Ryan Shelton and Kerry Armstrong, Spreadsheet is set to premiere on Paramount+ October 27.
Created and written by Kala Ellis, Spreadsheet is a Northern Pictures production.
Joining Ellis in the writers room were Romina Accurso, Rhys Nicholson and Darren Ashton, who was also the set-up director with Sian Davies.
Spreadsheet has received major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Film Victoria. ITV Studios is handling international distribution.
The post ‘Spreadsheet’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
- 10/7/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
An ensemble cast that includes Stephen Curry, Robbie Magasiva, Rowan Witt, Katrina Milosevic, Ryan Shelton, Zahra Newman, Tina Bursill and Richard Piper will join English actress Katherine Parkinson in comedy series Spreadsheet, now shooting in Melbourne for Paramount+.
The Northern Pictures production, first announced in May, marks one of the ViacomCBS platform’s first locally commissioned originals.
Created and written by Kala Ellis, it follows Lauren (Parkinson), a divorced mother of two looking for sex without commitment. With the help of best friend Alex (Witt), she develops “Spreadsheet”: a database of sex options, customised to ensure her sushi train of sex rolls around with variety and order amidst the chaos of her life. What Lauren didn’t expect was a slew of needy men, which apparently even a well-managed excel tracker can’t control.
ViacomCBS Anz head of drama and production Rick Maier said: “When you read an idea...
The Northern Pictures production, first announced in May, marks one of the ViacomCBS platform’s first locally commissioned originals.
Created and written by Kala Ellis, it follows Lauren (Parkinson), a divorced mother of two looking for sex without commitment. With the help of best friend Alex (Witt), she develops “Spreadsheet”: a database of sex options, customised to ensure her sushi train of sex rolls around with variety and order amidst the chaos of her life. What Lauren didn’t expect was a slew of needy men, which apparently even a well-managed excel tracker can’t control.
ViacomCBS Anz head of drama and production Rick Maier said: “When you read an idea...
- 7/11/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Paris Hilton and pop superstar JoJo Siwa are heading to Peacock with new docuseries.
They will be joined by True Story, a U.S. remake of Australian unscripted comedy format with Ed Helms and Randall Park, which was previously set up at NBC.
Hilton, who recently launched her own production company and signed an overall deal with Warner Bros, is starring in 13-part series Paris In Love (w/t).
The series will see Hilton, who starred in The Simple Life, one of the first reality docuseries and last year’s YouTube Originals doc This Is Paris, document her life as she prepares to marry venture capitalist Carter Reum. The series will cover everything from bridal dress shopping and choosing the venue to designing her dream destination wedding and participating in a bachelorette party.
Paris In Love is produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Shed Media, Telepictures and...
They will be joined by True Story, a U.S. remake of Australian unscripted comedy format with Ed Helms and Randall Park, which was previously set up at NBC.
Hilton, who recently launched her own production company and signed an overall deal with Warner Bros, is starring in 13-part series Paris In Love (w/t).
The series will see Hilton, who starred in The Simple Life, one of the first reality docuseries and last year’s YouTube Originals doc This Is Paris, document her life as she prepares to marry venture capitalist Carter Reum. The series will cover everything from bridal dress shopping and choosing the venue to designing her dream destination wedding and participating in a bachelorette party.
Paris In Love is produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Shed Media, Telepictures and...
- 5/12/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Peacock is expanding its unscripted offerings with a 13-part docuseries from Paris Hilton, a new music competition series featuring JoJo Siwa and a hybrid alternative-scripted series hosted by Ed Helms and Randall Park.
Hilton’s docuseries, tentatively titled “Paris In Love,” follows the international influencer as she prepares to get married to venture capitalist Carter Reum. The series will feature everything from Hilton’s bridal dress shopping to choosing her wedding venue and participating in, what the network describes as, “what certainly will be a fun and crazy” bachelorette party. The series will also capture the wedding itself, and promises to showcase a “personal side of Paris that only her closest friends and family get to see.”
The docuseries hails from Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Shed Media, Telepictures and Slivington Manor Entertainment. It is executive produced by Hilton and Bruce Gersh.
Forthcoming music competition series, currently titled “The Siwa Dance Pop Revolution,...
Hilton’s docuseries, tentatively titled “Paris In Love,” follows the international influencer as she prepares to get married to venture capitalist Carter Reum. The series will feature everything from Hilton’s bridal dress shopping to choosing her wedding venue and participating in, what the network describes as, “what certainly will be a fun and crazy” bachelorette party. The series will also capture the wedding itself, and promises to showcase a “personal side of Paris that only her closest friends and family get to see.”
The docuseries hails from Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Shed Media, Telepictures and Slivington Manor Entertainment. It is executive produced by Hilton and Bruce Gersh.
Forthcoming music competition series, currently titled “The Siwa Dance Pop Revolution,...
- 5/12/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Streaming service is also adapting “True Story with Hamish & Andy,” hosted by Ed Helms and Randall Park
Peacock has picked up three new unscripted shows, including a docuseries following Paris Hilton down the aisle, a pop star competition hosted by Jojo Siwa and her “momager” Jessalynn Siwa, and an adaptation of Australian comedy talk show “True Story With Hamish & Andy” to be hosted by Ed Helms and Randall Park.
This trio of alternative series join Peacock’s previously announced unscripted slate, which includes “Hart to Hart,” “Unidentified with Demi Lovato” (working title), “Ex-Rated,” “The End Is Nye,” and “Frogger.”
Hilton’s show is a 13-part docuseries titled “Paris in Love” (working title) following the “international influencer and one of the world’s most eligible bachelorettes” who is “finally ready to walk down the aisle with the man of her dreams,” venture capitalist Carter Reum.
Per Peacock, “In the 13-episode docuseries,...
Peacock has picked up three new unscripted shows, including a docuseries following Paris Hilton down the aisle, a pop star competition hosted by Jojo Siwa and her “momager” Jessalynn Siwa, and an adaptation of Australian comedy talk show “True Story With Hamish & Andy” to be hosted by Ed Helms and Randall Park.
This trio of alternative series join Peacock’s previously announced unscripted slate, which includes “Hart to Hart,” “Unidentified with Demi Lovato” (working title), “Ex-Rated,” “The End Is Nye,” and “Frogger.”
Hilton’s show is a 13-part docuseries titled “Paris in Love” (working title) following the “international influencer and one of the world’s most eligible bachelorettes” who is “finally ready to walk down the aisle with the man of her dreams,” venture capitalist Carter Reum.
Per Peacock, “In the 13-episode docuseries,...
- 5/12/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Humdrum Comedy’s Metro Sexual is set to be given a makeover, with filming on an expanded season to commence in Melbourne during June.
After premiering as an 8 x 10-minute series on 9Go! in 2019, and Canada’s OUTtv in 2020, the Lgbti sitcom will be broadened to comprise 6 x 30 minutes episodes for its second outing.
Shot in a mockumentary style, the series follows the lives of doctors Stephanie Huddleston (Geraldine Hickey) and Langdon Marsh (Riley Nottingham), who work at Metropolitan Sexual Health.
The upcoming storyline has the pair navigate an outbreak of sexually transmitted infections in Melbourne, forcing them to do whatever they can to get the crisis under control, while also juggling friendships, relationships with colleagues, and their love lives.
The cast also includes Ryan Shelton, Shabana Azeez, Urvi Majumdar, and Rebecca Massey, with more announcements soon.
Metro Sexual season 2 is a Humdrum Comedy and Nottingham Pictures production being jointly...
After premiering as an 8 x 10-minute series on 9Go! in 2019, and Canada’s OUTtv in 2020, the Lgbti sitcom will be broadened to comprise 6 x 30 minutes episodes for its second outing.
Shot in a mockumentary style, the series follows the lives of doctors Stephanie Huddleston (Geraldine Hickey) and Langdon Marsh (Riley Nottingham), who work at Metropolitan Sexual Health.
The upcoming storyline has the pair navigate an outbreak of sexually transmitted infections in Melbourne, forcing them to do whatever they can to get the crisis under control, while also juggling friendships, relationships with colleagues, and their love lives.
The cast also includes Ryan Shelton, Shabana Azeez, Urvi Majumdar, and Rebecca Massey, with more announcements soon.
Metro Sexual season 2 is a Humdrum Comedy and Nottingham Pictures production being jointly...
- 4/13/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Adele Vuko, Christiaan Van Vuuren and family.
Screen Australia has assured producers that all the production funds for At Home Alone Together will go direct to the writers, performers and production teams whose concepts are commissioned for the eight-part ABC comedy.
The agency stressed that none of the funding will go to ABC employees. While the ABC will own the program’s IP, the content creators can exploit the IP of their characters by sharing the sketches on social media platforms and YouTube
If questioned the commissioning and funding process after being contacted by two producers who feared the funding might go to the ABC as an in-house ABC production, thus setting a precedent.
They expressed concern that producers may have to compete with the public broadcaster for direct subsidies from Screen Australia even if the production companies are then commissioned by the ABC.
Hosted by Ray Martin, each half-hour...
Screen Australia has assured producers that all the production funds for At Home Alone Together will go direct to the writers, performers and production teams whose concepts are commissioned for the eight-part ABC comedy.
The agency stressed that none of the funding will go to ABC employees. While the ABC will own the program’s IP, the content creators can exploit the IP of their characters by sharing the sketches on social media platforms and YouTube
If questioned the commissioning and funding process after being contacted by two producers who feared the funding might go to the ABC as an in-house ABC production, thus setting a precedent.
They expressed concern that producers may have to compete with the public broadcaster for direct subsidies from Screen Australia even if the production companies are then commissioned by the ABC.
Hosted by Ray Martin, each half-hour...
- 5/1/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Ray Martin.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, ABC and Screen Australia have partnered in a comedy initiative designed to culminate in eight-part series, At Home Alone Together.
Dubbed a “lifestyle show for a world in which nobody has a life”, At Home Alone Together will be produced by the ABC and gather comedians and actors to give audiences advice on how they can live their best life in the time of Covid-19.
Hosted by Ray Martin, each half-hour episode will feature regular contributors, including comedians Anne Edmonds, Ryan Shelton, Becky Lucas, Christiaan Van Vuuren and Adele Vuko, who will share their knowledge, inspirations and advice on how to achieve self-improvement during the corona crisis, covering a range of topics, including D.I.Y, wellness, parenting and personal finances.
Martin said: “I’ve worked in journalism for over 50 years, but it’s always been my dream to front a lifestyle show.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, ABC and Screen Australia have partnered in a comedy initiative designed to culminate in eight-part series, At Home Alone Together.
Dubbed a “lifestyle show for a world in which nobody has a life”, At Home Alone Together will be produced by the ABC and gather comedians and actors to give audiences advice on how they can live their best life in the time of Covid-19.
Hosted by Ray Martin, each half-hour episode will feature regular contributors, including comedians Anne Edmonds, Ryan Shelton, Becky Lucas, Christiaan Van Vuuren and Adele Vuko, who will share their knowledge, inspirations and advice on how to achieve self-improvement during the corona crisis, covering a range of topics, including D.I.Y, wellness, parenting and personal finances.
Martin said: “I’ve worked in journalism for over 50 years, but it’s always been my dream to front a lifestyle show.
- 4/29/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Ed Helms and Randall Park are attached to co-host a hybrid scripted-alternative series titled “True Story” at NBC.
The hour-long show has received a six-episode order. It is based on the Australian series “True Story with Hamish & Andy.” In the series, everyday Americans sit down with Helms and Park to share their most extraordinary and unbelievably true stories for the first time. As the stories unfold, a star-studded cast of comedians and actors will appear in dramatized re-enactments.
“I can’t wait to bring ‘True Story’ to American audiences with my buddy Randall Park,” Helms said. “It’s an incredibly warm, hilarious and kind-spirited show that celebrates the lost art of laughing at ourselves … with a little help from epic reenactments.”
“True Story” is executive produced by Tim Bartley, Hamish Blake, Andy Lee, Ryan Shelton, Helms, Mike Falbo and Nicolle Yaron, who will also serve as showrunner. The series is...
The hour-long show has received a six-episode order. It is based on the Australian series “True Story with Hamish & Andy.” In the series, everyday Americans sit down with Helms and Park to share their most extraordinary and unbelievably true stories for the first time. As the stories unfold, a star-studded cast of comedians and actors will appear in dramatized re-enactments.
“I can’t wait to bring ‘True Story’ to American audiences with my buddy Randall Park,” Helms said. “It’s an incredibly warm, hilarious and kind-spirited show that celebrates the lost art of laughing at ourselves … with a little help from epic reenactments.”
“True Story” is executive produced by Tim Bartley, Hamish Blake, Andy Lee, Ryan Shelton, Helms, Mike Falbo and Nicolle Yaron, who will also serve as showrunner. The series is...
- 2/21/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
NBC has given a six-episode pickup to the “Drunk History”-style re-enactment series “True Story,” co-hosted by Ed Helms and Randall Park.
Based on the Australian format “True Story with Hamish & Andy,” “True Story” will see everyday Americans sit down with Helms and Park to “share their most extraordinary and unbelievably true stories.” The stories will be brought to life by a star-studded cast of comedians and actors in “heightened, dramatized re-enactments of cinematic proportions.”
“I can’t wait to bring ‘True Story’ to American audiences with my buddy Randall Park,” said Helms, who also serves as executive producer on the show. “It’s an incredibly warm, hilarious and kind-spirited show that celebrates the lost art of laughing at ourselves … with a little help from epic reenactments.”
Also Read: 'Superstore' Renewed for Season 6 at NBC
“I’m so excited to be a part of a show that combines...
Based on the Australian format “True Story with Hamish & Andy,” “True Story” will see everyday Americans sit down with Helms and Park to “share their most extraordinary and unbelievably true stories.” The stories will be brought to life by a star-studded cast of comedians and actors in “heightened, dramatized re-enactments of cinematic proportions.”
“I can’t wait to bring ‘True Story’ to American audiences with my buddy Randall Park,” said Helms, who also serves as executive producer on the show. “It’s an incredibly warm, hilarious and kind-spirited show that celebrates the lost art of laughing at ourselves … with a little help from epic reenactments.”
Also Read: 'Superstore' Renewed for Season 6 at NBC
“I’m so excited to be a part of a show that combines...
- 2/21/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Exclusive: NBC is going to fuse comedy with shocking real-life stories in True Story, a hybrid alternative-scripted series hosted by Ed Helms and Randall Park. The six-episode series, based on the Australian show True Story with Hamish & Andy, hails from Warner Horizon Unscripted Television.
In True Story, everyday Americans sit down with Helms and Park to share their most extraordinary and unbelievably true stories. The stories get heightened, dramatized re-enactments of cinematic proportions by a cast of top comedians and actors. Each hourlong episode will feature two real-life stories.
“I can’t wait to bring True Story to American audiences with my buddy, Randall Park,” said Helms, who also executive produces the series. “It’s an incredibly warm, hilarious and kind-spirited show that celebrates the lost art of laughing at ourselves … with a little help from epic reenactments.
In True Story, everyday Americans sit down with Helms and Park to share their most extraordinary and unbelievably true stories. The stories get heightened, dramatized re-enactments of cinematic proportions by a cast of top comedians and actors. Each hourlong episode will feature two real-life stories.
“I can’t wait to bring True Story to American audiences with my buddy, Randall Park,” said Helms, who also executive produces the series. “It’s an incredibly warm, hilarious and kind-spirited show that celebrates the lost art of laughing at ourselves … with a little help from epic reenactments.
- 2/21/2020
- by Jake Kanter and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
A new podcast, Anatomy, interviews Australian creators to deconstruct their process and find out what inspires them.
In recent episodes, Ryan Shelton has talked about.his Instagram series Cliff, and Zan Rowe has talked about her work with ABC iView.s The Critics.
The podcast has been music industry-heavy so far, but producer Ben Newton tells If the team "certainly plans on featuring more screen creators. We got our start focussing on the music industry but our roots are in film and video production and that's where our passion lies"..
"We have a series of industry-focussed episodes in the works, we just released an artist management episode and we have a music video-focussed episode due soon."
Anatomy originally started as a documentary project, not a podcast.
"We wanted to create a series of short, music-themed documentaries called Anatomy of a Song", Newton said. (The pilot can be seen here).
"The...
In recent episodes, Ryan Shelton has talked about.his Instagram series Cliff, and Zan Rowe has talked about her work with ABC iView.s The Critics.
The podcast has been music industry-heavy so far, but producer Ben Newton tells If the team "certainly plans on featuring more screen creators. We got our start focussing on the music industry but our roots are in film and video production and that's where our passion lies"..
"We have a series of industry-focussed episodes in the works, we just released an artist management episode and we have a music video-focussed episode due soon."
Anatomy originally started as a documentary project, not a podcast.
"We wanted to create a series of short, music-themed documentaries called Anatomy of a Song", Newton said. (The pilot can be seen here).
"The...
- 1/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Russell Crowe-Directed Movie Up for Australian Film Award; Crowe Shortlisted Only in Acting Category
Director Russell Crowe Movie up for Best Film: Australian Academy Awards 2015 nominations (photo: Actor-director Russell Crowe in 'The Water Diviner') Aacta Awards: Feature Film Categories Best Film The Babadook Kristina Ceyton and Kristian Moliere Charlie's Country Nils Erik Nielsen, Peter Djigirr and Rolf de Heer Predestination Paddy McDonald, Tim McGahan, Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Railway Man Chris Brown, Andy Paterson and Bill Curbishley Tracks Emile Sherman and Iain Canning The Water Diviner Andrew Mason, Keith Rodger and Troy Lum Best Director The Babadook Jennifer Kent Charlie's Country Rolf de Heer Predestination Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Rover David Michôd Best Actress Kate Box The Little Death Essie Davis The Babadook Sarah Snook Predestination Mia Wasikowska Tracks Best Actor Russell Crowe The Water Diviner David Gulpilil Charlie's Country Damon Herriman The Little Death Guy Pearce The Rover Best Supporting Actor Patrick Brammall The Little Death Yilmaz Erdogan...
- 12/3/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The ABC is looking to commission a second series of It.s a Date, the narrative comedy created by Peter Helliar.
Brendan Dahill, Head of Programming for ABC1 and ABC2, rates It.s a Date and Upper Middle Bogan as the broadcaster.s stand-out comedy hits of last year. The shows aired back-to-back on Thursday nights.
Gristmill Productions. Wayne Hope and Robyn Butler are producing another eight episodes of Upper Middle Bogan.
Dahill says he is talking to the producers of It.s a Date, Princess Pictures, about a second series. The show explores the tension, expectation and complication of finding true love, with each episode following two self-contained dates as they head toward desire or disaster.
It had an all-star cast including Asher Keddie, Kate Ritchie, John Wood, Lisa McCune, Stephen Curry, Sibylla Budd, Shane Jacobson, Sophie Lowe, Nadine Garner, Pia Miranda and Helliar.
Helliar was lead writer with a team of Phil Lloyd,...
Brendan Dahill, Head of Programming for ABC1 and ABC2, rates It.s a Date and Upper Middle Bogan as the broadcaster.s stand-out comedy hits of last year. The shows aired back-to-back on Thursday nights.
Gristmill Productions. Wayne Hope and Robyn Butler are producing another eight episodes of Upper Middle Bogan.
Dahill says he is talking to the producers of It.s a Date, Princess Pictures, about a second series. The show explores the tension, expectation and complication of finding true love, with each episode following two self-contained dates as they head toward desire or disaster.
It had an all-star cast including Asher Keddie, Kate Ritchie, John Wood, Lisa McCune, Stephen Curry, Sibylla Budd, Shane Jacobson, Sophie Lowe, Nadine Garner, Pia Miranda and Helliar.
Helliar was lead writer with a team of Phil Lloyd,...
- 2/19/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
It.s not surprising that comedic actor Ed Kavalee.s debut telemovie Scumbus is about to hit screens. What is surprising is that he used his life savings to self-fund the project, which was strong enough to attract come of the biggest names in Australian comedy including Glenn Robbins, Tony Martin, Peter Helliar and Dave Hughes.
.What do they tell you not to do? Don.t put your own money in,. Kavalee says. .But I didn.t have a choice . what am I going to do? Ring up a funding body and say I have this idea for a comedy telemovie? They would have hung up straight away. You know you get to this point where you say .I.ve got to do something.....
Kavalee has been winning fans over the past six years on radio and as a host and performer on TV shows such Thank God You.re Here; TV Burp; Santo,...
.What do they tell you not to do? Don.t put your own money in,. Kavalee says. .But I didn.t have a choice . what am I going to do? Ring up a funding body and say I have this idea for a comedy telemovie? They would have hung up straight away. You know you get to this point where you say .I.ve got to do something.....
Kavalee has been winning fans over the past six years on radio and as a host and performer on TV shows such Thank God You.re Here; TV Burp; Santo,...
- 11/1/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
It.s not surprising that comedic actor Ed Kavalee.s debut telemovie Scumbus is about to hit screens. What is surprising is that he used his life savings to self-fund the project, which was strong enough to attract come of the biggest names in Australian comedy including Glenn Robbins, Tony Martin, Peter Helliar and Dave Hughes.
.What do they tell you not to do? Don.t put your own money in,. Kavalee says. .But I didn.t have a choice . what am I going to do? Ring up a funding body and say I have this idea for a comedy telemovie? They would have hung up straight away. You know you get to this point where you say .I.ve got to do something.....
Kavalee has been winning fans over the past six years on radio and as a host and performer on TV shows such Thank God You.re Here,...
.What do they tell you not to do? Don.t put your own money in,. Kavalee says. .But I didn.t have a choice . what am I going to do? Ring up a funding body and say I have this idea for a comedy telemovie? They would have hung up straight away. You know you get to this point where you say .I.ve got to do something.....
Kavalee has been winning fans over the past six years on radio and as a host and performer on TV shows such Thank God You.re Here,...
- 11/1/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Ed Kavalee: writer, producer, actor of Scumbus
Network Ten has picked up first rights to a debut comedy feature by Ed Kavalee starring some of Australia’s best known comedians.
Scumbus is Kavalee’s first film, written, produced and funded by the comedian and directed by Luke Tierney.
The film, an idea of Kavalee’s and friend Josh Lawson, will be broadcast on Saturday 10 November at 9.30pm and later on Ten’s catch up service.
Kavalee told Encore: “It was conceived by myself and Josh Lawson before he got taken under the wing of Will Ferrell.”
“It was made for TV. No one is making comedy telemovies. So I thought let’s give this a go. Ten saw it, loved it and said they’d love to play it,” he said.
“It’s basically a little comedy about two life-long best friends who are also cops. One is a...
Network Ten has picked up first rights to a debut comedy feature by Ed Kavalee starring some of Australia’s best known comedians.
Scumbus is Kavalee’s first film, written, produced and funded by the comedian and directed by Luke Tierney.
The film, an idea of Kavalee’s and friend Josh Lawson, will be broadcast on Saturday 10 November at 9.30pm and later on Ten’s catch up service.
Kavalee told Encore: “It was conceived by myself and Josh Lawson before he got taken under the wing of Will Ferrell.”
“It was made for TV. No one is making comedy telemovies. So I thought let’s give this a go. Ten saw it, loved it and said they’d love to play it,” he said.
“It’s basically a little comedy about two life-long best friends who are also cops. One is a...
- 10/23/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
An ad promoting an iced coffee drink has won Mumbrella’s April Ad of the Month.
The ad, for Dare Iced Coffee, featured comedian Ryan Shelton in a mock-home renovation show, The Dare Fix Challenge.
The full version of the ad ran for three minutes and premiered in an entire ad break.
Created by Dare’s marketing team, Shelton and McM Media, McM’s group content director, Sam Thompson said: “This campaign is a great example of real collaboration between the Dare Brand team at Lion, Starcom and McM Media; and Ryan was the perfect creative to bring to life the concept.”
Starcom MediaVest covered media.
The Dare Fix Challenge was selected from Mumbrella’s Ad of the Month shortlist which included:
1. Kia Grand Carnival – stickers – Innocean
2. Tac – Motorcycle reconstruction – Grey Melbourne
3. Cadbury – Welcome to Joyville – Saatchi Saatchi
4. Miroslav – Miroslav Quality – M&C Saatchi
5. Vb – Raise a glass – Droga 5
6. Dare...
The ad, for Dare Iced Coffee, featured comedian Ryan Shelton in a mock-home renovation show, The Dare Fix Challenge.
The full version of the ad ran for three minutes and premiered in an entire ad break.
Created by Dare’s marketing team, Shelton and McM Media, McM’s group content director, Sam Thompson said: “This campaign is a great example of real collaboration between the Dare Brand team at Lion, Starcom and McM Media; and Ryan was the perfect creative to bring to life the concept.”
Starcom MediaVest covered media.
The Dare Fix Challenge was selected from Mumbrella’s Ad of the Month shortlist which included:
1. Kia Grand Carnival – stickers – Innocean
2. Tac – Motorcycle reconstruction – Grey Melbourne
3. Cadbury – Welcome to Joyville – Saatchi Saatchi
4. Miroslav – Miroslav Quality – M&C Saatchi
5. Vb – Raise a glass – Droga 5
6. Dare...
- 5/25/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The finalists for the latest round of Mumbrella’s TV Ad of the Month can now be revealed.
The shortlist for April’s ads is based on self nominations, Mumbrella’s own selections and reader submissions. The winners are decided by Mumbrella readers who vote by taking part in the survey at the bottom of this item. The deadline for voting is Thursday 24 April.
Campaigns are eligible whichever screen format they first ran on including TV, cinema and the web.
The shortlist for April’s ad of the month:
1. Kia Grand Carnival – Stickers – Innocean
2. Tac – Motorcycle reconstruction – Grey Melbourne
3. Cadbury – Welcome to Joyville – Saatchi & Saatchi
4. Miroslav – Miroslav Quality – M&C Saatchi
5. Vb – Raise a glass – Droga 5
6. Dare Iced Coffee – The Dare Fix – McM Media & Ryan Shelton
7. Jeep – Ultimate Search Engine – CumminsRoss
Vote in April’s Ad of the Month:
1. Kia Grand Carnival - stickers - Innocean
2. Tac - Motorcycle reconstruction...
The shortlist for April’s ads is based on self nominations, Mumbrella’s own selections and reader submissions. The winners are decided by Mumbrella readers who vote by taking part in the survey at the bottom of this item. The deadline for voting is Thursday 24 April.
Campaigns are eligible whichever screen format they first ran on including TV, cinema and the web.
The shortlist for April’s ad of the month:
1. Kia Grand Carnival – Stickers – Innocean
2. Tac – Motorcycle reconstruction – Grey Melbourne
3. Cadbury – Welcome to Joyville – Saatchi & Saatchi
4. Miroslav – Miroslav Quality – M&C Saatchi
5. Vb – Raise a glass – Droga 5
6. Dare Iced Coffee – The Dare Fix – McM Media & Ryan Shelton
7. Jeep – Ultimate Search Engine – CumminsRoss
Vote in April’s Ad of the Month:
1. Kia Grand Carnival - stickers - Innocean
2. Tac - Motorcycle reconstruction...
- 5/18/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Lion’s Dare Iced Coffee has taken over an entire ad break on Nine, with a branded content piece featuring comedian Ryan Shelton.
The 13-week campaign, which breaks tomorrow, will involve TV, radio and online, and aims to get consumers to upload their own everday dilemmas on the Dare Facebook page for the chance to win $30,000 and have their problem fixed on national TV.
“This campaign is a great example of real collaboration between the Dare Brand team at Lion, Starcom and McM Media; and Ryan was the perfect creative to bring to life the concept,” said McM group content director Sam Thompson.
Credits:
Client – Jessica Severin, Brand Manager Dare Iced Coffee
Production and Creative – McM Media and Ryan Shelton
Media – Starcom MediaVest Group...
The 13-week campaign, which breaks tomorrow, will involve TV, radio and online, and aims to get consumers to upload their own everday dilemmas on the Dare Facebook page for the chance to win $30,000 and have their problem fixed on national TV.
“This campaign is a great example of real collaboration between the Dare Brand team at Lion, Starcom and McM Media; and Ryan was the perfect creative to bring to life the concept,” said McM group content director Sam Thompson.
Credits:
Client – Jessica Severin, Brand Manager Dare Iced Coffee
Production and Creative – McM Media and Ryan Shelton
Media – Starcom MediaVest Group...
- 4/16/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
For: Jess Harris, co-creator, writer and star of ABC2’s comedy series Twentysomething
Josh Schmidt (Twentysomething co-creator) and I wanted to get into the industry but we didn’t really know the gap between having an idea and making it a job. We knew about community station Channel 31 because our friend, Ryan Shelton, had done a show on 31 called Radio Karate. We decided to make a series about being in your twenties, struggling and not really knowing what you’re doing with your life.
It took us about two years to finish the six episodes and we didn’t get in contact with Channel 31 until the very end. We called them up and said, “we’ve got six episodes here of a show we would love to air on your channel”. We had to pay an airing fee so we got Rmitv, Rmit University’s media production group, to help...
Josh Schmidt (Twentysomething co-creator) and I wanted to get into the industry but we didn’t really know the gap between having an idea and making it a job. We knew about community station Channel 31 because our friend, Ryan Shelton, had done a show on 31 called Radio Karate. We decided to make a series about being in your twenties, struggling and not really knowing what you’re doing with your life.
It took us about two years to finish the six episodes and we didn’t get in contact with Channel 31 until the very end. We called them up and said, “we’ve got six episodes here of a show we would love to air on your channel”. We had to pay an airing fee so we got Rmitv, Rmit University’s media production group, to help...
- 12/7/2011
- by Brooke Hemphill
- Encore Magazine
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