The next “Doctor Who" installment, produced by the UK’s BBC, starring the ‘Fifteenth Doctor’, played by Ncuti Gatwa and his companion ‘Ruby Sunday’, portrayed by Millie Gibson, streams May 10, 2024 on Disney+:
“…this season of ‘Doctor Who’ , directed by Ben Chessell, Jamie Donoughue, Julie Anne Robinson and Dylan Holmes Williams follows the ‘Doctor’ and ‘Ruby Sunday’ through infinite adventures across time and space in the ‘Tardis’.
“From the ‘Regency’ era in England to war-torn futures, the duo champion the forces of good while encountering incredible friends and dangerous foes…”
Guest cast includes Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma and Angela Wynter.
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…this season of ‘Doctor Who’ , directed by Ben Chessell, Jamie Donoughue, Julie Anne Robinson and Dylan Holmes Williams follows the ‘Doctor’ and ‘Ruby Sunday’ through infinite adventures across time and space in the ‘Tardis’.
“From the ‘Regency’ era in England to war-torn futures, the duo champion the forces of good while encountering incredible friends and dangerous foes…”
Guest cast includes Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma and Angela Wynter.
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 5/8/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The next “Doctor Who" installment, produced by the UK’s BBC, starring the ‘Fifteenth Doctor’, played by Ncuti Gatwa and his companion ‘Ruby Sunday’, portrayed by Millie Gibson, streams May 10, 2024 on Disney+:
“…this season of ‘Doctor Who’ , directed by Ben Chessell, Jamie Donoughue, Julie Anne Robinson and Dylan Holmes Williams follows the ‘Doctor’ and ‘Ruby Sunday’ through infinite adventures across time and space in the ‘Tardis’.
“From the ‘Regency’ era in England to war-torn futures, the duo champion the forces of good while encountering incredible friends and dangerous foes…”
Guest cast includes Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma and Angela Wynter.
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…this season of ‘Doctor Who’ , directed by Ben Chessell, Jamie Donoughue, Julie Anne Robinson and Dylan Holmes Williams follows the ‘Doctor’ and ‘Ruby Sunday’ through infinite adventures across time and space in the ‘Tardis’.
“From the ‘Regency’ era in England to war-torn futures, the duo champion the forces of good while encountering incredible friends and dangerous foes…”
Guest cast includes Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma and Angela Wynter.
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 4/16/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The BBC has revealed the titles, writers and directors of all eight episodes of the new series of Doctor Who, starring Ncuti Gatwa.
With a little over a month to go before the debut of Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson’s first full series aboard the Tardis, the BBC have released the titles of all eight episodes, along with the details of who wrote and directed them. Without further ado, here they are:
Episode One – Space Babies
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Episode Two – The Devil’s Chord
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Ben Chessell
Episode Three – Boom
Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Episode Four – 73 Yards
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Dylan Holmes Williams
Episode Five – Dot and Bubble
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Dylan Holmes Williams
Episode Six – Rogue
Writers: Kate Herron and Briony Redman
Director: Ben Chessell
Episode Seven – The Legend of Ruby...
With a little over a month to go before the debut of Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson’s first full series aboard the Tardis, the BBC have released the titles of all eight episodes, along with the details of who wrote and directed them. Without further ado, here they are:
Episode One – Space Babies
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Episode Two – The Devil’s Chord
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Ben Chessell
Episode Three – Boom
Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Episode Four – 73 Yards
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Dylan Holmes Williams
Episode Five – Dot and Bubble
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Dylan Holmes Williams
Episode Six – Rogue
Writers: Kate Herron and Briony Redman
Director: Ben Chessell
Episode Seven – The Legend of Ruby...
- 4/2/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
The next “Doctor Who" installment, produced by the UK’s BBC, starring the ‘Fifteenth Doctor’, played by Ncuti Gatwa and his companion ‘Ruby Sunday’, portrayed by Millie Gibson, (who was dropped from the series in favor of a more ‘woke’ looking actor), streams May 10, 2024 on Disney+:
“…this season of ‘Doctor Who’ , directed by Ben Chessell, Jamie Donoughue, Julie Anne Robinson and Dylan Holmes Williams follows the ‘Doctor’ and ‘Ruby Sunday’ through infinite adventures across time and space in the ‘Tardis’.
“From the ‘Regency’ era in England to war-torn futures, the duo champion the forces of good while encountering incredible friends and dangerous foes…”
Guest cast includes Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma and Angela Wynter.
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…this season of ‘Doctor Who’ , directed by Ben Chessell, Jamie Donoughue, Julie Anne Robinson and Dylan Holmes Williams follows the ‘Doctor’ and ‘Ruby Sunday’ through infinite adventures across time and space in the ‘Tardis’.
“From the ‘Regency’ era in England to war-torn futures, the duo champion the forces of good while encountering incredible friends and dangerous foes…”
Guest cast includes Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma and Angela Wynter.
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 4/1/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
If you thought Ruby Sunday's (Millie Gibson) declaration that one of the situations she and The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) find themselves in for Doctor Who's new season is "so Bridgerton" was the only reference to the Netflix period romp, you would be mistaken. Because Queen Charlotte herself, Golda Rosheuvel, is also among the guest stars for the new season.
Rosheuvel will appear in the first episode of the latest run, playing a character named Jocelyn who collides with our dynamic duo. "It’s been amazing to see the whole world appreciate Golda’s talents, because of Bridgerton, and it’s been an absolute joy to invite her to Cardiff to help launch Ncuti and Millie’s first season," says showrunner Russell T. Davies.
And that's not the only news to break from the show. We also now know the episode titles for the whole of the new season. Davies...
Rosheuvel will appear in the first episode of the latest run, playing a character named Jocelyn who collides with our dynamic duo. "It’s been amazing to see the whole world appreciate Golda’s talents, because of Bridgerton, and it’s been an absolute joy to invite her to Cardiff to help launch Ncuti and Millie’s first season," says showrunner Russell T. Davies.
And that's not the only news to break from the show. We also now know the episode titles for the whole of the new season. Davies...
- 4/1/2024
- by James White
- Empire - TV
The Doctor Who simultaneous global premiere arrives in May, and the episode titles for the season have now been revealed.
In addition, another guest star has been added to the cast. In the Julie Anne Robinson directed Space Babies, Golda Rosheuvel (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story) joins Doctor Who as Jocelyn.
“It’s been amazing to see the whole world appreciate Golda’s talents, because of Bridgerton, and it’s been an absolute joy to invite her to Cardiff to help launch Ncuti and Millie’s first season,” said Russell T Davies, the Doctor Who showrunner.
New episodes will debut weekly across BBC iPlayer, BBC One and outside of the UK on Disney+ (where available), with the Steven Moffat-penned adventure Boom up next, followed by 73 Yards, Dot and Bubble, Rogue, and a two-part finale spread across two weeks, The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death.
Other guests this season include Callie Cooke,...
In addition, another guest star has been added to the cast. In the Julie Anne Robinson directed Space Babies, Golda Rosheuvel (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story) joins Doctor Who as Jocelyn.
“It’s been amazing to see the whole world appreciate Golda’s talents, because of Bridgerton, and it’s been an absolute joy to invite her to Cardiff to help launch Ncuti and Millie’s first season,” said Russell T Davies, the Doctor Who showrunner.
New episodes will debut weekly across BBC iPlayer, BBC One and outside of the UK on Disney+ (where available), with the Steven Moffat-penned adventure Boom up next, followed by 73 Yards, Dot and Bubble, Rogue, and a two-part finale spread across two weeks, The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death.
Other guests this season include Callie Cooke,...
- 3/31/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
No one’s ever really gone when it comes to a timey wimey show like Doctor Who, including past showrunner Steven Moffat, who is back penning a new episode of series 14. We still know very little about his new story except that it’ll be the third episode of the series, will feature Hitchcock-style suspense, and is the second episode directed by Julie Anne Robinson after the series 14 premiere.
And now add a new detail: the episode’s title, which is simply “Boom.” Sounds explosive, indeed.
BOOM⁰Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Julie Anne Robinson#DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/4LowSa4HzP
— Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) March 31, 2024
Fans may be reminded of some of Moffat’s other episodes with one-word titles, including arguably his best — “Blink,” which he wrote during Davies’ first run as NuWho showrunner and introduced his greatest addition to Doctor Who lore: the Weeping Angels. But we’d also...
And now add a new detail: the episode’s title, which is simply “Boom.” Sounds explosive, indeed.
BOOM⁰Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Julie Anne Robinson#DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/4LowSa4HzP
— Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) March 31, 2024
Fans may be reminded of some of Moffat’s other episodes with one-word titles, including arguably his best — “Blink,” which he wrote during Davies’ first run as NuWho showrunner and introduced his greatest addition to Doctor Who lore: the Weeping Angels. But we’d also...
- 3/31/2024
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Disney+ has released the first trailer for its series reboot of the classic sci-fi adventure series “Doctor Who,” lead by “Sex Education” star Ncuti Gatwa as the titular time jumper and Millie Gibson as his traveling partner Ruby Sunday. The premiere will stream on Disney+ on May 10 and release simultaneously worldwide (excluding the U.K.). In the United Kingdom, the series will premiere at midnight GMT on May 11 on the BBC iPlayer.
Other confirmed cast members include Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma and Angela Wynter.
In the trailer, the 15th doctor and Ruby can be see roaming with the dinosaurs, ballroom dancing in victorian England and fighting off alien creatures in a war-torn future. In a peak at the climatic finish, Ruby triumphantly exclaims, “…to realize what I am meant to do. I’m going to save the world.
Other confirmed cast members include Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma and Angela Wynter.
In the trailer, the 15th doctor and Ruby can be see roaming with the dinosaurs, ballroom dancing in victorian England and fighting off alien creatures in a war-torn future. In a peak at the climatic finish, Ruby triumphantly exclaims, “…to realize what I am meant to do. I’m going to save the world.
- 3/22/2024
- by Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
The next “Doctor Who" installment, produced by the UK’s BBC, starring the ‘Fifteenth Doctor’, played by Ncuti Gatwa and his companion ‘Ruby Sunday’, portrayed by Millie Gibson, who was dropped from the series in favor of a more ‘woke’ looking actor, streams May 10, 2024 on Disney+:
“…this season of ‘Doctor Who’ , directed by Ben Chessell, Jamie Donoughue, Julie Anne Robinson and Dylan Holmes Williams follows the ‘Doctor’ and ‘Ruby Sunday’ through infinite adventures across time and space in the ‘Tardis’.
“From the ‘Regency’ era in England to war-torn futures, the duo champion the forces of good while encountering incredible friends and dangerous foes…”
Guest cast includes Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma and Angela Wynter.
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…this season of ‘Doctor Who’ , directed by Ben Chessell, Jamie Donoughue, Julie Anne Robinson and Dylan Holmes Williams follows the ‘Doctor’ and ‘Ruby Sunday’ through infinite adventures across time and space in the ‘Tardis’.
“From the ‘Regency’ era in England to war-torn futures, the duo champion the forces of good while encountering incredible friends and dangerous foes…”
Guest cast includes Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma and Angela Wynter.
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 3/16/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Poster for ‘Doctor Who’
Disney+ and BBC have set a May 10, 2024 premiere date for the new season of Doctor Who. The new season starring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday will be the first to debut on Disney+ and worldwide simultaneously.
“At last, it’s my great delight to unleash a whole new season of the Doctor and Ruby’s adventures together. Monsters! Chases! Villains! Mysteries! And a terrifying secret that’s been spanning time and space for decades. Don’t miss a second!,” teased showrunner, executive producer and writer Russell T Davies.
Guest stars include Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, and Jonathan Groff. Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma, and Angela Wynter also guest star. Phil Collinson, Joel Collins, Julie Gardner, and Jane Tranter serve as executive producers, with Ben Chessell, Jamie Donoughue, Julie Anne Robinson,...
Disney+ and BBC have set a May 10, 2024 premiere date for the new season of Doctor Who. The new season starring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday will be the first to debut on Disney+ and worldwide simultaneously.
“At last, it’s my great delight to unleash a whole new season of the Doctor and Ruby’s adventures together. Monsters! Chases! Villains! Mysteries! And a terrifying secret that’s been spanning time and space for decades. Don’t miss a second!,” teased showrunner, executive producer and writer Russell T Davies.
Guest stars include Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, and Jonathan Groff. Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma, and Angela Wynter also guest star. Phil Collinson, Joel Collins, Julie Gardner, and Jane Tranter serve as executive producers, with Ben Chessell, Jamie Donoughue, Julie Anne Robinson,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Welcome back to the Whoniverse. The new season of “Doctor Who,” starring “Sex Education” breakout Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, will premiere on May 10.
The new installment will be the first-ever to launch on Disney+ and release simultaneously worldwide. The premiere will start on May 10 at 7 p.m. Et in the U.S. and internationally (excluding the U.K.) with Christmas special “The Church on Ruby Road” airing before two brand-new episodes. In the U.K., the season will premiere at midnight GMT on May 11 on BBC iPlayer.
Stream Doctor Who On Disney+
As pictured in new art from the series above, Millie Gibson stars alongside Gatwa as his companion, Ruby Sunday. According to its official description, “This season of ‘Doctor Who’ follows the Doctor and Ruby Sunday through infinite adventures across time and space in the Tardis. From the Regency era in England to war-torn futures, the duo...
The new installment will be the first-ever to launch on Disney+ and release simultaneously worldwide. The premiere will start on May 10 at 7 p.m. Et in the U.S. and internationally (excluding the U.K.) with Christmas special “The Church on Ruby Road” airing before two brand-new episodes. In the U.K., the season will premiere at midnight GMT on May 11 on BBC iPlayer.
Stream Doctor Who On Disney+
As pictured in new art from the series above, Millie Gibson stars alongside Gatwa as his companion, Ruby Sunday. According to its official description, “This season of ‘Doctor Who’ follows the Doctor and Ruby Sunday through infinite adventures across time and space in the Tardis. From the Regency era in England to war-torn futures, the duo...
- 3/15/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
“No job. No boss. Just fun.” That was the offer the Fifteenth Doctor made to Ruby Sunday in the Doctor Who series 14 trailer. ‘And’, he should probably have added, ‘quite a lot of mortal peril,’ – but when has the Doctor ever been upfront with companions about the not-insignificant dangers of travelling in time and space? He probably doesn’t even fill in a risk assessment.
We else do we know about series 14? The first episode will arrive on BBC One, iPlayer and Disney+ on a Saturday in May 2024, and there will be eight episodes in total followed by a Christmas Day special. We also know that the currently-filming series 15 will follow in 2025 with a rumoured new companion.
Aside from that, verified info about the new series is summarised below (catch up on the valiant work of the @set_dw account for non-official but useful clues). We’ll update it all...
We else do we know about series 14? The first episode will arrive on BBC One, iPlayer and Disney+ on a Saturday in May 2024, and there will be eight episodes in total followed by a Christmas Day special. We also know that the currently-filming series 15 will follow in 2025 with a rumoured new companion.
Aside from that, verified info about the new series is summarised below (catch up on the valiant work of the @set_dw account for non-official but useful clues). We’ll update it all...
- 3/1/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Season fourteen of the Brit-produced science fiction TV series “Doctor Who, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams, Mark Tonderai, Julie Anne Robinson, Ben Chessell and Jamie Donoughue, stars Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson, streaming May 2024 on Disney+:
‘…Ncuti Gatwa plays a new incarnation of the ‘Doctor’, an alien ‘Time Lord’ who travels through time and space in the ‘Tardis’, which appears to be a British police box from the outside.
‘The series also stars Millie Gibson…
‘…as the Doctor's newest companion, ‘Ruby Sunday’.”
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‘…Ncuti Gatwa plays a new incarnation of the ‘Doctor’, an alien ‘Time Lord’ who travels through time and space in the ‘Tardis’, which appears to be a British police box from the outside.
‘The series also stars Millie Gibson…
‘…as the Doctor's newest companion, ‘Ruby Sunday’.”
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- 12/28/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Warning: contains set photos and speculation with potential Doctor Who spoilers
Ever since the BBC released photos of Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson filming a Doctor Who episode set in the swinging sixties, speculation has been rife about what the plot might involve.
The latest set photos give some serious hints that this adventure might involve a certain Fab Four, aka The Beatles. Let It Be! and Get Back! we hear you cry. Time to Come Together and take a look at the evidence:
The Doctor and Ruby Visit Abbey Road
#dwsr #doctorwho #bbc pic.twitter.com/K2MFjg91uC
— The Dalek Lord (@games_ferre) May 8, 2023
After traversing Across The Universe, The Doctor and Ruby have found themselves on a Long and Winding Road.
Not only were Gatwa and Gibson spotted by a makeshift Abbey Road, but this video also shows The Doctor and Ruby dancing across the famous zebra...
Ever since the BBC released photos of Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson filming a Doctor Who episode set in the swinging sixties, speculation has been rife about what the plot might involve.
The latest set photos give some serious hints that this adventure might involve a certain Fab Four, aka The Beatles. Let It Be! and Get Back! we hear you cry. Time to Come Together and take a look at the evidence:
The Doctor and Ruby Visit Abbey Road
#dwsr #doctorwho #bbc pic.twitter.com/K2MFjg91uC
— The Dalek Lord (@games_ferre) May 8, 2023
After traversing Across The Universe, The Doctor and Ruby have found themselves on a Long and Winding Road.
Not only were Gatwa and Gibson spotted by a makeshift Abbey Road, but this video also shows The Doctor and Ruby dancing across the famous zebra...
- 5/11/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Doctor Who script editor Scott Handcock has teased the return of a past guest star in the forthcoming Christmas special.
This year’s festive period will see Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa take over as the 15th Time Lord in the long-running saga.
He’ll be joined by Coronation Street actor Millie Gibson, who was announced as the new companion during Children in Need in November.
While there’ll be plenty of new faces, Handcock has said that a character from 2005 will make a return.
“As we get into the second week of our Christmas Special shoot, a guest star from 2005 returns; one of our writers delivers their fourth draft of a script for Block Three; a hero prop gets its first unveiling in a Block Three tone meeting, and Block Four director Ben Chessell starts work with the crew in Cardiff,” the script editor wrote in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine.
This year’s festive period will see Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa take over as the 15th Time Lord in the long-running saga.
He’ll be joined by Coronation Street actor Millie Gibson, who was announced as the new companion during Children in Need in November.
While there’ll be plenty of new faces, Handcock has said that a character from 2005 will make a return.
“As we get into the second week of our Christmas Special shoot, a guest star from 2005 returns; one of our writers delivers their fourth draft of a script for Block Three; a hero prop gets its first unveiling in a Block Three tone meeting, and Block Four director Ben Chessell starts work with the crew in Cardiff,” the script editor wrote in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine.
- 3/31/2023
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - TV
Production has begun in Tasmania, Australia on “Deadloch,” a noir comedy that will be an Amazon original series.
The story is set in the once sleepy seaside hamlet of Deadloch and begins after a man’s dead body is found on the beach. Two female detectives are thrown together to solve the case, one fastidious, the other a more rough and ready type from out of town. Along with an over-eager junior they have to pool forces to solve the case while the town is putting on its annual crafts, culture and cooking festival.
The eight-part show was conceived by comedy duo Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan and will star Kate Box, Madeleine Sami “The Breaker Upperers”), Alicia Gardiner (“Wakefield”) and Nina Oyama (“Utopia”), as well as an ensemble cast.
“Deadloch” is to be directed between February and May by acclaimed Australian directors Ben Chessell, Gracie Otto and Beck Cole.
The story is set in the once sleepy seaside hamlet of Deadloch and begins after a man’s dead body is found on the beach. Two female detectives are thrown together to solve the case, one fastidious, the other a more rough and ready type from out of town. Along with an over-eager junior they have to pool forces to solve the case while the town is putting on its annual crafts, culture and cooking festival.
The eight-part show was conceived by comedy duo Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan and will star Kate Box, Madeleine Sami “The Breaker Upperers”), Alicia Gardiner (“Wakefield”) and Nina Oyama (“Utopia”), as well as an ensemble cast.
“Deadloch” is to be directed between February and May by acclaimed Australian directors Ben Chessell, Gracie Otto and Beck Cole.
- 2/20/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Two animated children’s projects and two live-action series will share in $3.2 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Northern Pictures’ Tom Weekly Versus… and Werner Film Productions’ Surviving Summer are being made for ViacomCBS and Netflix, respectively, while animation offerings 100% Wolf: The Book of Hath from Flying Bark Productions and Kangaroo Beach Summer Special from Cheeky Little Media will both appear on the ABC.
Screen Australia’s head of content Sally Caplan said the funding reflected Screen Australia’s commitment to supporting quality Australian screen stories for young audiences.
“It’s important that Australian kids can see their stories and experiences reflected on screen and families around the country will be in for a treat with these new projects,” she said.
“Northern Pictures are going from strength to strength – building on the success of Hardball, they are now set to bring popular book series Tom Weekly to the screen.
Northern Pictures’ Tom Weekly Versus… and Werner Film Productions’ Surviving Summer are being made for ViacomCBS and Netflix, respectively, while animation offerings 100% Wolf: The Book of Hath from Flying Bark Productions and Kangaroo Beach Summer Special from Cheeky Little Media will both appear on the ABC.
Screen Australia’s head of content Sally Caplan said the funding reflected Screen Australia’s commitment to supporting quality Australian screen stories for young audiences.
“It’s important that Australian kids can see their stories and experiences reflected on screen and families around the country will be in for a treat with these new projects,” she said.
“Northern Pictures are going from strength to strength – building on the success of Hardball, they are now set to bring popular book series Tom Weekly to the screen.
- 8/20/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Netflix and Germany’s Zdfe have co-commissioned a 10-episode teen surfing drama from Werner Film Productions, set to get underway in Victoria later this month.
Titled Surviving Summer, the series has been created by Joanna Werner and Josh Mapleston.
Sky Katz (Raven’s Home) stars as the titular character of Summer, a fierce Brooklyn teen who is sent Down Under to live with family friends in a tiny coastal town on the Great Ocean Road.
Starring alongside are Brazilian rising star João Gabriel Marinho (Malhação), Kai Lewins, Savannah La Rain and in her first foray into acting, five-time Queensland Junior State Surf Champion Lilliana Bowrey.
Surviving Summer is Werner Film Productions first young adult drama since Dance Academy, which screened in 165 countries, after producing a range of adult dramas including upcoming series The Newsreader and Riot.
Werner, who will both produce and EP with Stuart Menzies, said: “Surviving Summer has been...
Titled Surviving Summer, the series has been created by Joanna Werner and Josh Mapleston.
Sky Katz (Raven’s Home) stars as the titular character of Summer, a fierce Brooklyn teen who is sent Down Under to live with family friends in a tiny coastal town on the Great Ocean Road.
Starring alongside are Brazilian rising star João Gabriel Marinho (Malhação), Kai Lewins, Savannah La Rain and in her first foray into acting, five-time Queensland Junior State Surf Champion Lilliana Bowrey.
Surviving Summer is Werner Film Productions first young adult drama since Dance Academy, which screened in 165 countries, after producing a range of adult dramas including upcoming series The Newsreader and Riot.
Werner, who will both produce and EP with Stuart Menzies, said: “Surviving Summer has been...
- 2/16/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Production begins this month on “Surviving Summer,” a teen-surfing drama series for Netflix and Zdf Enterprises. The show is produced by Werner Film Production, a three-time Emmy-nominated Australian firm headed by Joanna Werner.
Sky Katz (previously known as Skylar Katz) (Disney Channel’s “Raven’s Home”) stars as the titular character Summer, a fierce Brooklyn teen who is sent ‘Down Under’ to live with family friends in a coastal town on the Great Ocean Road. She stars alongside Brazilian rising star Joao Gabriel Marinho (“Malhacao”), Australia’s Kai Lewins (“Wild Boys”) and Savannah La Rain (“Content”). It also stars Lilliana Bowrey, a five-time Queensland junior state surf champion, making her first foray into acting.
The ten-part show will be shot at some of Australia’s most iconic surf beaches in Victoria.
It was created by Werner and Josh Mapleston (“Ready For This,” “Beat Bugs,” “Dance Academy”), and was written by Mapleston,...
Sky Katz (previously known as Skylar Katz) (Disney Channel’s “Raven’s Home”) stars as the titular character Summer, a fierce Brooklyn teen who is sent ‘Down Under’ to live with family friends in a coastal town on the Great Ocean Road. She stars alongside Brazilian rising star Joao Gabriel Marinho (“Malhacao”), Australia’s Kai Lewins (“Wild Boys”) and Savannah La Rain (“Content”). It also stars Lilliana Bowrey, a five-time Queensland junior state surf champion, making her first foray into acting.
The ten-part show will be shot at some of Australia’s most iconic surf beaches in Victoria.
It was created by Werner and Josh Mapleston (“Ready For This,” “Beat Bugs,” “Dance Academy”), and was written by Mapleston,...
- 2/16/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
This The Great review contains no spoilers.
In The Great, Elle Fanning anchors a deceptively biting romp punctuated with the visceral realities of the 18th century Russian court of Peter III. With a passing resemblance to history, The Great tracks Catherine’s trajectory from a naive German princess obsessed with romance to a savvy woman managing affairs of state and plotting a coup against her husband. A wild ride through the romance, grit, and plotting it takes to become the storied Catherine the Great, Hulu’s new series is frothy fun with a deadly dark side.
Billed as “an occasionally true story,” The Great is history in the style of Apple TV+’s Dickinson, albeit without the needle drops. The asterisk on every title card allows The Great’s playful nature to apply to its take on the historic record as well as gender roles, dialogue, and probably the behavior of bears.
In The Great, Elle Fanning anchors a deceptively biting romp punctuated with the visceral realities of the 18th century Russian court of Peter III. With a passing resemblance to history, The Great tracks Catherine’s trajectory from a naive German princess obsessed with romance to a savvy woman managing affairs of state and plotting a coup against her husband. A wild ride through the romance, grit, and plotting it takes to become the storied Catherine the Great, Hulu’s new series is frothy fun with a deadly dark side.
Billed as “an occasionally true story,” The Great is history in the style of Apple TV+’s Dickinson, albeit without the needle drops. The asterisk on every title card allows The Great’s playful nature to apply to its take on the historic record as well as gender roles, dialogue, and probably the behavior of bears.
- 5/1/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Ben Chessell.
Director Ben Chessell’s career has hit a sweet spot with his crime thriller series Giri/Haji premiering today on Netflix worldwide except in the UK, where it screened on BBC Two late last year.
In addition, the 2001 Vca graduate has just directed two episodes of The Great, a 10-part series created by Tony McNamara for Hulu, an irreverent take on the rise of 18th Century Russian Empress Catherine the Great.
UK producer Susie Liggat, who produced Giri/Haji (Duty/Shame) for Jane Featherstone’s Sister Pictures, hired Chessell, whom she got to know after he moved to London eight years ago.
Liggat had put his name forward for a couple of projects she was producing including the Sky Atlantic-commissioned horror/drama Fortitude but could not convince the executive producers he had enough experience.
Chessell, who was in Australia shooting Doctor Doctor, was asked to direct three episodes of Giri/Haji...
Director Ben Chessell’s career has hit a sweet spot with his crime thriller series Giri/Haji premiering today on Netflix worldwide except in the UK, where it screened on BBC Two late last year.
In addition, the 2001 Vca graduate has just directed two episodes of The Great, a 10-part series created by Tony McNamara for Hulu, an irreverent take on the rise of 18th Century Russian Empress Catherine the Great.
UK producer Susie Liggat, who produced Giri/Haji (Duty/Shame) for Jane Featherstone’s Sister Pictures, hired Chessell, whom she got to know after he moved to London eight years ago.
Liggat had put his name forward for a couple of projects she was producing including the Sky Atlantic-commissioned horror/drama Fortitude but could not convince the executive producers he had enough experience.
Chessell, who was in Australia shooting Doctor Doctor, was asked to direct three episodes of Giri/Haji...
- 1/10/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Entries are open for the Adelaide Film Festival and the Australian Writers. Guild.s biennial screenwriting development initiative, the Insite Award — presented to the writer of a screenplay that hasn.t yet secured a producer or funding..
Screenwriter Blake Ayshford.s screenplay Cut Snake was the inaugural winner of the award back in 2003. It was made into a feature film by Tony Ayres, premiering internationally at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival..
The most recent winner was Harry Alteras for his script Martingale. The win saw Alteras inducted into the Awg.s Pathways Program. He also received a Scripted Ink-funded mentorship with Ayshford and development funding for a second draft.
.Since winning the 2015 Insite award, Martingale has received a level of exposure and recognition that simply wouldn't be possible without the continued support of the Australian Writers' Guild and the Pathways Program,. said Alteras..
Awg Executive Director Jacqueline Elaine said Insite...
Screenwriter Blake Ayshford.s screenplay Cut Snake was the inaugural winner of the award back in 2003. It was made into a feature film by Tony Ayres, premiering internationally at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival..
The most recent winner was Harry Alteras for his script Martingale. The win saw Alteras inducted into the Awg.s Pathways Program. He also received a Scripted Ink-funded mentorship with Ayshford and development funding for a second draft.
.Since winning the 2015 Insite award, Martingale has received a level of exposure and recognition that simply wouldn't be possible without the continued support of the Australian Writers' Guild and the Pathways Program,. said Alteras..
Awg Executive Director Jacqueline Elaine said Insite...
- 4/6/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The Family Law.
Sbs has announced today that a second season of The Family Law is in production. Filming will begin in Queensland later this year, and the series will air in 2017. Written and created by Benjamin Law, and based on his memoir of the same name, The Family Law is a coming-of-age story told through the eyes of teenager Benjamin as he navigates growing up amidst the chaos of his hilarious, heart-warming and dysfunctional family. In season two, Benjamin and the Laws are excited to explore fresh careers, fresh ambitions, even fresh romances. Series creator Law said that one of the most satisfying things about season one was seeing how many audience members — Asian and non-Asian Australian alike — felt their own families were finally reflected back at them. .We.re excited to be putting a 90 per cent Asian-Australian cast on TV again, and picking right up from where we left the Laws.
Sbs has announced today that a second season of The Family Law is in production. Filming will begin in Queensland later this year, and the series will air in 2017. Written and created by Benjamin Law, and based on his memoir of the same name, The Family Law is a coming-of-age story told through the eyes of teenager Benjamin as he navigates growing up amidst the chaos of his hilarious, heart-warming and dysfunctional family. In season two, Benjamin and the Laws are excited to explore fresh careers, fresh ambitions, even fresh romances. Series creator Law said that one of the most satisfying things about season one was seeing how many audience members — Asian and non-Asian Australian alike — felt their own families were finally reflected back at them. .We.re excited to be putting a 90 per cent Asian-Australian cast on TV again, and picking right up from where we left the Laws.
- 6/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Ben Chessell and Lawrence Leung’s hit and miss con-man movie betrays its standup roots, but Spall enjoys himself opposite YouTube star John Luc
Sucker is a cutesy Australian spin on the travelling shyster or scammer film – The Sting down under – crossed with a fluffy road movie. A sweet-natured screenplay, written by the director, Ben Chessell, and Lawrence Leung, pegs a coming-of-age story to the familiar pairing of an impressionable apprentice and a leery, seen-it-all-before mentor.
Related: Australian cinema's lost wave: the renaissance nobody's noticed
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Sucker is a cutesy Australian spin on the travelling shyster or scammer film – The Sting down under – crossed with a fluffy road movie. A sweet-natured screenplay, written by the director, Ben Chessell, and Lawrence Leung, pegs a coming-of-age story to the familiar pairing of an impressionable apprentice and a leery, seen-it-all-before mentor.
Related: Australian cinema's lost wave: the renaissance nobody's noticed
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- 12/3/2015
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Add Sucker to the growing list of Australian films that will have event cinema screenings followed a month or so later by DVD and VOD release. The producers and Madman Entertainment are counting on the sizable YouTube following of lead actor John Luc to help drive awareness of the comedy-drama which co-stars Timothy Spall and Lily Sullivan. Directed by Ben Chessell, who co-wrote the screenplay with Lawrence Leung, the film will screen at Hoyts Cinemas in the mainland capitals early next month. Luc and Leung will attend the screenings. Madman will release the title on VOD and DVD on January 13. "There will only be more and more attempts to innovate around release strategy for films which have audiences more broadly spread across various channels," a Madman spokesman said. Luc plays Lawrence, an 18-year-old Chinese Australian who cheats in his high school final year exams and fails to get into medicine.
- 11/10/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Nine features have been nominated for this year's Awgie Awards for performance writing.
Eight telemovies and miniseries are in contention. The Australian Writers. Guild says nominations in the 25 categories for the 48th Annual Awgie Awards reflect the abundance of outstanding work currently being produced in Australia. Nominees for best original telemovie are Steven McGregor for Redfern Now: Promise Me and Katherine Thomson for House of Hancock, while Christopher Lee.s Gallipoli and Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon.s The Secret River contend for best adaptation in a television miniseries. There are four nominees for original television mini-series: The Principal by Alice Addison and Kristen Dunphy; The Kettering Incident by Vicki Madden, Andrew Knight, Cate Shortland and Louise Fox; Deadline Gallipoli by Jacquelin Perske, Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland; and Love Child: Series 2 from Tim Pye, Cathryn Strickland, Chris McCourt, Jane Allen and Tamara Asmar. In the categories...
Eight telemovies and miniseries are in contention. The Australian Writers. Guild says nominations in the 25 categories for the 48th Annual Awgie Awards reflect the abundance of outstanding work currently being produced in Australia. Nominees for best original telemovie are Steven McGregor for Redfern Now: Promise Me and Katherine Thomson for House of Hancock, while Christopher Lee.s Gallipoli and Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon.s The Secret River contend for best adaptation in a television miniseries. There are four nominees for original television mini-series: The Principal by Alice Addison and Kristen Dunphy; The Kettering Incident by Vicki Madden, Andrew Knight, Cate Shortland and Louise Fox; Deadline Gallipoli by Jacquelin Perske, Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland; and Love Child: Series 2 from Tim Pye, Cathryn Strickland, Chris McCourt, Jane Allen and Tamara Asmar. In the categories...
- 7/23/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
When Matt Levett was nominated for this year.s Heath Ledger Scholarship along with 17 other rising talents, the actor didn.t fancy his chances amongst what he described as a .an intimidating. line-up.
So he was both stunned and stoked to win the award presented on Monday night Us time in Los Angeles.
The 2009 Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts (Waapa) graduate says the $US10,000 cash prize will enable him to further his ambitions in Hollywood.
.It will give me the ability to stay longer and give me a foot in the door,. says Levett, who first went to the Us last September/October, when he signed with the Gersh Agency. The runners-up are fellow Waapa graduate Emilie Cocquerel and Lily Sullivan, who each get a round-trip ticket to Los Angeles and a scholarship to attend Masterclasses at Screenwise Film & TV School for actors in Sydney.
On behalf of the judges,...
So he was both stunned and stoked to win the award presented on Monday night Us time in Los Angeles.
The 2009 Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts (Waapa) graduate says the $US10,000 cash prize will enable him to further his ambitions in Hollywood.
.It will give me the ability to stay longer and give me a foot in the door,. says Levett, who first went to the Us last September/October, when he signed with the Gersh Agency. The runners-up are fellow Waapa graduate Emilie Cocquerel and Lily Sullivan, who each get a round-trip ticket to Los Angeles and a scholarship to attend Masterclasses at Screenwise Film & TV School for actors in Sydney.
On behalf of the judges,...
- 6/2/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian YouTube stars pitched their wares at the Mip Digital Screenings in Cannes last week, leading to some meetings with high-powered online executives.
The presentations by John Luc, Derek Muller, Natalie Tran, Nick Boshier and Connor Van Vuuren were organised by Screen Australia, which has funded 50 online content creators whose works have had an estimated 1 billion views.
Screen Australia COO Fiona Cameron tells If the Aussies .made their mark. in the presentation, which she described as a little risqué, adding, .It did cut through..
Cameron said there were follow-up meetings with .some heavy hitters. which she is sure will lead to further opportunities for the online stars.
Van Vuuren and Boshier met with reps of the the UK's Comedy Central to explore ideas of co-producing a second series of their comedy Soul Mates; another possibility is a co-pro with the Us...
Australia has more than 50 YouTube channels, of which 12 have more than one million subscribers.
The presentations by John Luc, Derek Muller, Natalie Tran, Nick Boshier and Connor Van Vuuren were organised by Screen Australia, which has funded 50 online content creators whose works have had an estimated 1 billion views.
Screen Australia COO Fiona Cameron tells If the Aussies .made their mark. in the presentation, which she described as a little risqué, adding, .It did cut through..
Cameron said there were follow-up meetings with .some heavy hitters. which she is sure will lead to further opportunities for the online stars.
Van Vuuren and Boshier met with reps of the the UK's Comedy Central to explore ideas of co-producing a second series of their comedy Soul Mates; another possibility is a co-pro with the Us...
Australia has more than 50 YouTube channels, of which 12 have more than one million subscribers.
- 4/23/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Sales outfit LevelK is to debut Scandinavian horror-sci fi Encounters at the Afm.
Also on the slate are Anders Thomas Jensen’s Men and Chicken starring Mads Mikkelsen; Sucker, which stars Timothy Spall as a con-man; and documentary Drone.
Encounters, directed by Anders Johannes Bukh, follows a group of young filmmakers who travel into the Swedish woods to shoot a low-budget horror film. After they become lost one of the actors disappears only to return hours later, naked and in a catatonic state.
The film is set for a VOD release in conjunction with Danish horror festival Bloody Weekend.
Pre-sales will continue on Anders Thomas Jensen’s black comedy Men and Chicken, with Mikkelsen and David Dencik in the lead roles.
There will be a promo for Sucker, director Ben Chessell’s debut feature in which Timonthy Spall plays an ageing conman who takes a young novice under his wing.
Warfare doc [link...
Also on the slate are Anders Thomas Jensen’s Men and Chicken starring Mads Mikkelsen; Sucker, which stars Timothy Spall as a con-man; and documentary Drone.
Encounters, directed by Anders Johannes Bukh, follows a group of young filmmakers who travel into the Swedish woods to shoot a low-budget horror film. After they become lost one of the actors disappears only to return hours later, naked and in a catatonic state.
The film is set for a VOD release in conjunction with Danish horror festival Bloody Weekend.
Pre-sales will continue on Anders Thomas Jensen’s black comedy Men and Chicken, with Mikkelsen and David Dencik in the lead roles.
There will be a promo for Sucker, director Ben Chessell’s debut feature in which Timonthy Spall plays an ageing conman who takes a young novice under his wing.
Warfare doc [link...
- 10/23/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Director Ben Chessell finishes principal photography on Sucker, his debut feature, in Melbourne today, full of praise for the chemistry between his young lead, YouTube star John Luc, and veteran English actor Timothy Spall.
Luc plays Lawrence, an 18-year-old Chinese Australian who cheats in his high school final year exams and fails to get into medicine. Banished to stay with his uncle for the summer, Lawrence meets Spall.s the Professor, a colourful, ageing conman.
Lawrence begins a road trip with the Professor and his daughter Sarah (Lily Sullivan) as the Professor teaches him the art of swindling and cheating, while from Sarah he learns a hard lesson in unrequited love.
.John, Tim and Lily showed a real chemistry and camaraderie which comes across in their scenes," said Chessell, who was one of 10 directors on the 2007 comedy Little Deaths and has since directed episodes of Offspring, Rush, Rescue Special Ops and Camp,...
Luc plays Lawrence, an 18-year-old Chinese Australian who cheats in his high school final year exams and fails to get into medicine. Banished to stay with his uncle for the summer, Lawrence meets Spall.s the Professor, a colourful, ageing conman.
Lawrence begins a road trip with the Professor and his daughter Sarah (Lily Sullivan) as the Professor teaches him the art of swindling and cheating, while from Sarah he learns a hard lesson in unrequited love.
.John, Tim and Lily showed a real chemistry and camaraderie which comes across in their scenes," said Chessell, who was one of 10 directors on the 2007 comedy Little Deaths and has since directed episodes of Offspring, Rush, Rescue Special Ops and Camp,...
- 5/7/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Sundance London Unveils More Events Sundance Institute on Tuesday announced the program of free talks, screenings, events and music performances for the third Sundance London film and music festival, set for April 25-27 at The O2. Among the notables set for the talks are David Cross and David Wain. The Truly Independent Visions panel event will focus on what it takes to create an independent film today. Also in the lineup are International Premiere: 5 Projects from the Sundance Institute Short Film Challenge, a free screening event celebrating the international debut of five new short films created by acclaimed independent filmmakers, the Film Appreciation Event, a free event for students interested in careers in film. LevelK Palms Off International Sales Rights To ‘Sucker’ LevelK will handle international sales on Sucker, a coming-of-age comedy about the timeless art of the swindle, the sting and sleight of hand. Written by Ben Chessell and...
- 4/9/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
LevelK to handle international distribution on feature adapted from con artist stage show.
British actor Timothy Spall and YouTube star John Luc are to star in Sucker, which has begun principal photography in Melbourne, Australia.
Spall, best known for his roles in the Harry Potter franchise and Mike Leigh’s films including the upcoming Mr Turner, will play an conman in the feature.
Luc, who has more than 2 million subscribers on YouTube, will play Lawrence, an 18-year-old Chinese Australian who cheats in his high school final year exams and fails to get into medicine.
Banished to stay with his uncle for the summer, Lawrence meets the Professor (Spall), a colourful, ageing conman and so begins a road-trip with the Professor and his daughter Sarah, played by Lily Sullivan. Other cast members include Kat Stewart and Jacek Koman.
It marks the feature directorial debut of Ben Chessell and is an adaptation of Lawrence Leung’s stage show that...
British actor Timothy Spall and YouTube star John Luc are to star in Sucker, which has begun principal photography in Melbourne, Australia.
Spall, best known for his roles in the Harry Potter franchise and Mike Leigh’s films including the upcoming Mr Turner, will play an conman in the feature.
Luc, who has more than 2 million subscribers on YouTube, will play Lawrence, an 18-year-old Chinese Australian who cheats in his high school final year exams and fails to get into medicine.
Banished to stay with his uncle for the summer, Lawrence meets the Professor (Spall), a colourful, ageing conman and so begins a road-trip with the Professor and his daughter Sarah, played by Lily Sullivan. Other cast members include Kat Stewart and Jacek Koman.
It marks the feature directorial debut of Ben Chessell and is an adaptation of Lawrence Leung’s stage show that...
- 4/8/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Young YouTube star John Luc and veteran English actor Timothy Spall are playing the odd couple at the centre of Sucker, director Ben Chessell.s. feature which is shooting in Melbourne.
Luc plays Lawrence, an 18-year-old Chinese Australian who cheats in his high school final year exams and fails to get into medicine. Banished to stay with his uncle for the summer, Lawrence meets Spall.s the Professor, a colourful, ageing conman.
Lawrence begins a road trip with the Professor and his daughter Sarah (Lily Sullivan) as the Professor teaches Lawrence the art of swindling and cheating, while from Sarah he learns a hard lesson in unrequited love.
As Lawrence and the Professor plan their biggest scam, the teenager and Sarah plan a swindle of their own. and Lawrence is forced to make a choice between love, life and lies. Kat Stewart is cast as Sarah.s mother and Jacek Koman...
Luc plays Lawrence, an 18-year-old Chinese Australian who cheats in his high school final year exams and fails to get into medicine. Banished to stay with his uncle for the summer, Lawrence meets Spall.s the Professor, a colourful, ageing conman.
Lawrence begins a road trip with the Professor and his daughter Sarah (Lily Sullivan) as the Professor teaches Lawrence the art of swindling and cheating, while from Sarah he learns a hard lesson in unrequited love.
As Lawrence and the Professor plan their biggest scam, the teenager and Sarah plan a swindle of their own. and Lawrence is forced to make a choice between love, life and lies. Kat Stewart is cast as Sarah.s mother and Jacek Koman...
- 4/6/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Launched less than a year ago, Jake Film Finance has put money into two Australian features and has signed letters of intent with a number of producers.
The Perth-based film is cash flowing the producer offset and pre-sales, drawing on funds from high-net worth individuals.
Its first investment was in Kriv Stenders. crime thriller Kill Me Three Times. The second is Sucker, writer-director Ben Chessell.s saga of a 17-year-old Chinese-Australian boy who embarks on a road trip with the Professor, a colourful, aging conman, and his daughter.
Jake Film Finance founders and directors are Jarod Stone and Michael O.Donnell. They hired entertainment lawyer Joan Peters as executive producer.
.I am the interface between producers and the money, " said Peters, who is also a member of Screen Australia.s board. .The fund is gearing up and we.re open to new projects. We would like to grow to the...
The Perth-based film is cash flowing the producer offset and pre-sales, drawing on funds from high-net worth individuals.
Its first investment was in Kriv Stenders. crime thriller Kill Me Three Times. The second is Sucker, writer-director Ben Chessell.s saga of a 17-year-old Chinese-Australian boy who embarks on a road trip with the Professor, a colourful, aging conman, and his daughter.
Jake Film Finance founders and directors are Jarod Stone and Michael O.Donnell. They hired entertainment lawyer Joan Peters as executive producer.
.I am the interface between producers and the money, " said Peters, who is also a member of Screen Australia.s board. .The fund is gearing up and we.re open to new projects. We would like to grow to the...
- 3/20/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Judy Davis has joined Kate Winslet on The Dressmaker, which has received backing from Screen Australia and is Jocelyn Moorhouse’s first film since 1997.
The board of Screen Australia has approved financing of The Dressmaker, which marks the return of Jocelyn Moorhouse to the director’s chair for the first time in 15 years.
The film will star Kate Winslet, as first reported by ScreenDaily in May, and Judy Davis in “a gothic tale of love, revenge and haute couture”
Written and directed by Moorhouse, it marks her return to filmmaking since Michelle Pfeiffer drama A Thousand Acres in 1997.
“Kate only makes two or three pictures a year and gets sent hundreds of scripts,” producer Sue Maslin (Japanese Story) told ScreenDaily. “She chose The Dressmaker because of Jocelyn’s stunning script.”
The film, set in the 1950s, tells the story of a talented couture dressmaker who returns home from Europe to a small town in country Australia with revenge...
The board of Screen Australia has approved financing of The Dressmaker, which marks the return of Jocelyn Moorhouse to the director’s chair for the first time in 15 years.
The film will star Kate Winslet, as first reported by ScreenDaily in May, and Judy Davis in “a gothic tale of love, revenge and haute couture”
Written and directed by Moorhouse, it marks her return to filmmaking since Michelle Pfeiffer drama A Thousand Acres in 1997.
“Kate only makes two or three pictures a year and gets sent hundreds of scripts,” producer Sue Maslin (Japanese Story) told ScreenDaily. “She chose The Dressmaker because of Jocelyn’s stunning script.”
The film, set in the 1950s, tells the story of a talented couture dressmaker who returns home from Europe to a small town in country Australia with revenge...
- 8/8/2013
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Films directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, Michael Rowe and Ben Chessell received a total of $4.4 million in funding at Screen Australia.s board meeting on Wednesday.
The agency said the three features will generate almost $25 million in production investment. The casts include Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Melissa George and Canadian Roy Dupuis.
Winslet and Davis will star in writer/director Moorhouse and producer Sue Maslin.s comic drama The Dressmaker.. Adapted from Rosalie Ham.s novel, it.s described as a Gothic tale of love, revenge and haute couture.. Winslet will play Tilly, a glamorous young woman who returns after many years in Europe to her small home town in rural Australia aiming to right some wrongs from the past as she was accused of murder when she was a child. She also falls unexpectedly in love, which leads to her greatest loss and her most destructive deed. Davis will play her eccentric mother.
The agency said the three features will generate almost $25 million in production investment. The casts include Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Melissa George and Canadian Roy Dupuis.
Winslet and Davis will star in writer/director Moorhouse and producer Sue Maslin.s comic drama The Dressmaker.. Adapted from Rosalie Ham.s novel, it.s described as a Gothic tale of love, revenge and haute couture.. Winslet will play Tilly, a glamorous young woman who returns after many years in Europe to her small home town in rural Australia aiming to right some wrongs from the past as she was accused of murder when she was a child. She also falls unexpectedly in love, which leads to her greatest loss and her most destructive deed. Davis will play her eccentric mother.
- 8/7/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
"Little Deaths has taught us all so much," filmmaker Sian Davies enthuses. "It's been a labour of love and bloody-minded determination that's got it to this point. We've all learned so much and it feels fantastic that a project born of sheer passion and somewhat naïve ambition has grown with us all to finally find its place in the world. God I sound like a parent," she laughs. One can understand why Davies is so proud of the project that has finally been given a cinema release. The first meetings for Little Deaths - between the core creative group of writer Giula Sandler, directors Ben Chessell and Chris Benz - began back in 2003.
- 11/2/2010
- FilmInk.com.au
DigiSPAA winner Little Deaths will receive a limited theatrical release at Cinema Nova in Melbourne.
The film, produced by Jason Byrne and featuring eleven shorts written by Giula Sandler, will begin this limited engagement on November 4.
In Little Deaths, each story comments on and adds to the ones that came before and after. As a feature film, the story of the lonely tollbooth operator (Abe Forsythe) provides the thread that joins the interweaving tales. Whilst he imagines the love stories of those who pass through his toll gate, he discovers one of his own to explore and ultimately, the stories help guide him toward true love.
The shorts were directed by Ben Chessell, Sian Davies, Melanie Brunt, Giula Sandler, Chris Benz, Fin Edquist, Jarrah Gurrie, Genevieve Bailey, Geoff Hitchins, James Teh and Toby Angwin. The cast includes Magda Szubanski, Adam Zwar, Alexandra Schepisi, Abe Forsythe and even Animal Kingdom director David Michod.
The film, produced by Jason Byrne and featuring eleven shorts written by Giula Sandler, will begin this limited engagement on November 4.
In Little Deaths, each story comments on and adds to the ones that came before and after. As a feature film, the story of the lonely tollbooth operator (Abe Forsythe) provides the thread that joins the interweaving tales. Whilst he imagines the love stories of those who pass through his toll gate, he discovers one of his own to explore and ultimately, the stories help guide him toward true love.
The shorts were directed by Ben Chessell, Sian Davies, Melanie Brunt, Giula Sandler, Chris Benz, Fin Edquist, Jarrah Gurrie, Genevieve Bailey, Geoff Hitchins, James Teh and Toby Angwin. The cast includes Magda Szubanski, Adam Zwar, Alexandra Schepisi, Abe Forsythe and even Animal Kingdom director David Michod.
- 10/4/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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