Twelve Times Two
Production is under way on season two of “The Twelve,” a crime drama which follows a controversial murder trial as seen through the lens of the 12 jury members, ordinary members of the public with their own realities and struggles. On completion, it will screen on Foxtel’s Binge streaming service. International distribution is by Fifth Season. Western Australia premier Roger Cook said that the “The Twelve S2” is the largest ever production in the state.
As previously announced, Sam Neill and Frances O’Connor (“The End,” “AI”) reprise their roles as senior lawyers.
Joining them is an all-star Australian cast including: Tasma Walton (“Mystery Road,” “Sweet As”), Kris McQuade (“Rosehaven”), Amy Mathews (“A Place to Call Home”), Erroll Shand (“The Clearing”), Fayssal Bazzi (“Shantaram”), Josh McKenzie (“La Brea”), Anthony Brandon Wong (“Queen of Oz”), Stefanie Caccamo (“Fighting Season”), Sharon Johal (“Neighbours,” “Shantaram”), Luke Pegler (“Ladies In Black”), Adriano Cappelletta...
Production is under way on season two of “The Twelve,” a crime drama which follows a controversial murder trial as seen through the lens of the 12 jury members, ordinary members of the public with their own realities and struggles. On completion, it will screen on Foxtel’s Binge streaming service. International distribution is by Fifth Season. Western Australia premier Roger Cook said that the “The Twelve S2” is the largest ever production in the state.
As previously announced, Sam Neill and Frances O’Connor (“The End,” “AI”) reprise their roles as senior lawyers.
Joining them is an all-star Australian cast including: Tasma Walton (“Mystery Road,” “Sweet As”), Kris McQuade (“Rosehaven”), Amy Mathews (“A Place to Call Home”), Erroll Shand (“The Clearing”), Fayssal Bazzi (“Shantaram”), Josh McKenzie (“La Brea”), Anthony Brandon Wong (“Queen of Oz”), Stefanie Caccamo (“Fighting Season”), Sharon Johal (“Neighbours,” “Shantaram”), Luke Pegler (“Ladies In Black”), Adriano Cappelletta...
- 8/31/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + 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
When Foxtel first began to craft with Fremantle Wentworth back in 2011, the hope was it would sit comfortably alongside the service’s premium HBO and BBC dramas.
While based on Reg Watson’s long-running ’80s drama Prisoner, and suitably honouring its legacy, it was not designed to a be remake. The desire was to see a modern reimagining of the characters; one that was ambitious and bold.
“We wanted to make something great for Foxtel and set the bar high. It was all part of our hopes for what we could do in the future,” executive producer and former Foxtel head of drama Penny Win recalls to If.
Originally created by Lara Radulovich and David Hannam, Fremantle Australia CEO Ian Hogg pitched Foxtel director of television Brian Walsh the series over a meal in Cannes.
By December that year, early plotting was underway, with journalist and critics Michael Idato and...
While based on Reg Watson’s long-running ’80s drama Prisoner, and suitably honouring its legacy, it was not designed to a be remake. The desire was to see a modern reimagining of the characters; one that was ambitious and bold.
“We wanted to make something great for Foxtel and set the bar high. It was all part of our hopes for what we could do in the future,” executive producer and former Foxtel head of drama Penny Win recalls to If.
Originally created by Lara Radulovich and David Hannam, Fremantle Australia CEO Ian Hogg pitched Foxtel director of television Brian Walsh the series over a meal in Cannes.
By December that year, early plotting was underway, with journalist and critics Michael Idato and...
- 10/26/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
ABC’s Rosehaven welcomes viewers to the green rolling hills of Tasmania for one final season in the small town we’ve all come to know and love.
The fifth and final season of the comedy will air August 4 at 9pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
Written, produced by and starring Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola, Rosehaven follows the story of two fictional friends and unlikely real estate agents, Daniel and Emma.
Having defeated the first agent that tried to encroach on McCallum Real Estate’s territory, Daniel and Emma are happy for things to get back to normal at the office. Navigating issues that crop up with their clients, they’re finally managing the routine of being professional adults. Barbara’s (Kris McQuade) trust is growing for the duo as she lets them take on more responsibility within the business. Could this be the year she finally retires?...
The fifth and final season of the comedy will air August 4 at 9pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
Written, produced by and starring Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola, Rosehaven follows the story of two fictional friends and unlikely real estate agents, Daniel and Emma.
Having defeated the first agent that tried to encroach on McCallum Real Estate’s territory, Daniel and Emma are happy for things to get back to normal at the office. Navigating issues that crop up with their clients, they’re finally managing the routine of being professional adults. Barbara’s (Kris McQuade) trust is growing for the duo as she lets them take on more responsibility within the business. Could this be the year she finally retires?...
- 7/8/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
After working as a writer for nearly two decades across projects like Please Like Me, Ready For This, Dance Academy, Molly and The Secret Life of Us, Liz Doran had been curious about producing.
Yet she regards her first producing credit, Sbs short-form drama The Tailings, as almost accidental.
Set in Tasmania, the 6 x 10 minute series, which premiered on Sbs On Demand this weekend, follows a troubled teen, Jas (Tegan Stimson), who launches an investigation into her dad’s death. Her accusations put her into conflict with her new teacher Ruby (Mabel Li), who is trying to make an impression during her first posting.
The script is penned by first-time writer Caitlin Richardson, from Tasmania, to whom Doran was script editor and mentor from the project’s early stages.
During that early development, Doran and then Sbs head of scripted drama Sue Masters struck up a conversation about who should produce the project.
Yet she regards her first producing credit, Sbs short-form drama The Tailings, as almost accidental.
Set in Tasmania, the 6 x 10 minute series, which premiered on Sbs On Demand this weekend, follows a troubled teen, Jas (Tegan Stimson), who launches an investigation into her dad’s death. Her accusations put her into conflict with her new teacher Ruby (Mabel Li), who is trying to make an impression during her first posting.
The script is penned by first-time writer Caitlin Richardson, from Tasmania, to whom Doran was script editor and mentor from the project’s early stages.
During that early development, Doran and then Sbs head of scripted drama Sue Masters struck up a conversation about who should produce the project.
- 4/4/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
The Tailings explores the experience of two women confronting the paradoxical layers of grief. The 6 x 10 minute digital drama series, to debut on Sbs on Demand April 2, follows the events that take place after the death of teenage Jas’s father. The tight-knit community are quick to deem the death as an accident, spiralling Jas to undertake her own investigation.
This coincides with the arrival of her new schoolteacher Ruby, who comes carrying the burden of her own past trauma. The two slowly develop a mutual trust and as secrets are exposed, the truth becomes impossible to ignore.
The cast is led by Tegan Stimson and Mabel Li together with Kris McQuade, Victoria Haralabidou, Nic English, Shaun Martindale, Sara Cooper, John Xintavelonis, Harry Prior, Harry Radbone, Michael Earnshaw, Tai Nguyen, and Jane Hamilton Foster.
Stevie Cruz-Martin directs from a script from first-time writer Caitlin Richardson. Liz Doran produces, with co-producers...
This coincides with the arrival of her new schoolteacher Ruby, who comes carrying the burden of her own past trauma. The two slowly develop a mutual trust and as secrets are exposed, the truth becomes impossible to ignore.
The cast is led by Tegan Stimson and Mabel Li together with Kris McQuade, Victoria Haralabidou, Nic English, Shaun Martindale, Sara Cooper, John Xintavelonis, Harry Prior, Harry Radbone, Michael Earnshaw, Tai Nguyen, and Jane Hamilton Foster.
Stevie Cruz-Martin directs from a script from first-time writer Caitlin Richardson. Liz Doran produces, with co-producers...
- 3/4/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The ABC has ordered a fifth season of Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola’s comedy Rosehaven, with production to kick off in Tassie next month.
The fifth instalment sees McCallum Real Estate’s Daniel (McGregor) and Emma (Pacquola) content for things to go back to normal, having defeated the first agent who tried to encroach on their territory. But Barbara (Kris McQuade) isn’t, and she forces them to take on more responsibility for the business,
The eight-part A What Horse?/Guesswork Television series will shoot over seven weeks. In a boon for the Tasmanian industry, it will employ 37 local full-time crew, 16 local casuals, 25 local actors and more than 50 extras. Six departments are completely staffed by locals, and ten departments have Tasmanian HODs.
The fifth season also sees 17 ‘Rosehaven graduates’ in the crew – that is, staff who had their first professional engagement or started as a trainee or attachment on...
The fifth instalment sees McCallum Real Estate’s Daniel (McGregor) and Emma (Pacquola) content for things to go back to normal, having defeated the first agent who tried to encroach on their territory. But Barbara (Kris McQuade) isn’t, and she forces them to take on more responsibility for the business,
The eight-part A What Horse?/Guesswork Television series will shoot over seven weeks. In a boon for the Tasmanian industry, it will employ 37 local full-time crew, 16 local casuals, 25 local actors and more than 50 extras. Six departments are completely staffed by locals, and ten departments have Tasmanian HODs.
The fifth season also sees 17 ‘Rosehaven graduates’ in the crew – that is, staff who had their first professional engagement or started as a trainee or attachment on...
- 1/21/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Emerging stars Mabel Li and Tegan Stimson will lead the cast of Sbs’s short-form drama The Tailings, which started shooting on the West Coast of Tasmania this week.
Joining them are Kris McQuade, Victoria Haralabidou, Nic English, Shaun Martindale, Harry Prior, Tai Nguyen, Michael Earnshaw, Jane Hamilton Foster and Sarah Cooper.
Set in the West Coast Wilderness, the 6 x 10-minute mystery drama follows teenager Jas (Stimson), as she investigates the cause of her father’s death.
His funeral coincides with the arrival of a newly-graduated schoolteacher, Ruby (Li) who must also deal with her own unresolved issues. As the mystery unfolds, secrets are exposed and the two are challenged to confront the strange and paradoxical layers of grief.
A Good Lark production, in association with 2Jons and Roar Film, The Tailings is written by Tasmanian Caitlin Richardson, directed by Stevie Cruz-Martin and produced by Liz Doran with Richard Kelly and Steve Thomas.
Joining them are Kris McQuade, Victoria Haralabidou, Nic English, Shaun Martindale, Harry Prior, Tai Nguyen, Michael Earnshaw, Jane Hamilton Foster and Sarah Cooper.
Set in the West Coast Wilderness, the 6 x 10-minute mystery drama follows teenager Jas (Stimson), as she investigates the cause of her father’s death.
His funeral coincides with the arrival of a newly-graduated schoolteacher, Ruby (Li) who must also deal with her own unresolved issues. As the mystery unfolds, secrets are exposed and the two are challenged to confront the strange and paradoxical layers of grief.
A Good Lark production, in association with 2Jons and Roar Film, The Tailings is written by Tasmanian Caitlin Richardson, directed by Stevie Cruz-Martin and produced by Liz Doran with Richard Kelly and Steve Thomas.
- 10/21/2020
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
‘Rosehaven.’
Zahra Newman, Josh Quong Tart, Natalie Tran and stand-up comedian Geraldine Hickey have joined the cast of the fourth season of the ABC’s Rosehaven, which is now shooting in Tasmania.
Jonathan Brough and Shaun Wilson are sharing the directing duties on the eight episodes for What Horse? and Guesswork Television.
Creators/writers Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola are again producing with Andrew Walker, with Fiona McConaghy as co-producer, co-funded by Screen Tasmania and the ABC.
The new series sees best friends Daniel (McGregor) and Emma (Pacquola) finally getting into the groove of being real estate agents.
That’s until McCallum Real Estate, the only agency in town, faces competition from another agent, forcing the duo and Daniel’s formidable mother Barbara (Kris McQuade), who’s still in charge, to draw on all their skills and local knowledge.
Also returning are Sam Cotton as town bully Bruce, Noela Foxcroft as octogenarian receptionist Mrs Marsh,...
Zahra Newman, Josh Quong Tart, Natalie Tran and stand-up comedian Geraldine Hickey have joined the cast of the fourth season of the ABC’s Rosehaven, which is now shooting in Tasmania.
Jonathan Brough and Shaun Wilson are sharing the directing duties on the eight episodes for What Horse? and Guesswork Television.
Creators/writers Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola are again producing with Andrew Walker, with Fiona McConaghy as co-producer, co-funded by Screen Tasmania and the ABC.
The new series sees best friends Daniel (McGregor) and Emma (Pacquola) finally getting into the groove of being real estate agents.
That’s until McCallum Real Estate, the only agency in town, faces competition from another agent, forcing the duo and Daniel’s formidable mother Barbara (Kris McQuade), who’s still in charge, to draw on all their skills and local knowledge.
Also returning are Sam Cotton as town bully Bruce, Noela Foxcroft as octogenarian receptionist Mrs Marsh,...
- 10/21/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The Rosehaven TV show is an Australian production. It got its start on Australia's ABC TV in 2016. SundanceTV then boarded as a co-producer and aired the first two seasons stateside, in the fall of 2017. Now that it is back for its long-awaited third season, will the audience still care? Will Rosehaven be cancelled or renewed for season four? Stay tuned.
A SundanceTV comedy, Rosehaven stars creators Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola, with Kris McQuade, Katie Robertson, David Quirk, Kim Knuckey, Noela Foxcroft, Sam Cotton, and Susie Youssef. The TV series follows Daniel McCallum (McGregor), who returns to Rosehaven, his rural Tasmanian hometown, in order to help his steamroller of a mother, Barbara (McQuade), with her real estate business. He gets quite a surprise when Emma (Pacquola), his best friend from the mainland, follows him there. Now they have to try to...
A SundanceTV comedy, Rosehaven stars creators Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola, with Kris McQuade, Katie Robertson, David Quirk, Kim Knuckey, Noela Foxcroft, Sam Cotton, and Susie Youssef. The TV series follows Daniel McCallum (McGregor), who returns to Rosehaven, his rural Tasmanian hometown, in order to help his steamroller of a mother, Barbara (McQuade), with her real estate business. He gets quite a surprise when Emma (Pacquola), his best friend from the mainland, follows him there. Now they have to try to...
- 6/22/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Vulture Watch
Should Daniel and Emma remain in Rosehaven. Has the Rosehaven TV show been cancelled or renewed for a fourth season on SundanceTV? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Rosehaven, season four. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
An Australian comedy airing on SundanceTV in the United States, Rosehaven stars creators Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola, with Kris McQuade, Katie Robertson, David Quirk, Kim Knuckey, Noela Foxcroft, Sam Cotton, and Susie Youssef. The TV series follows Daniel McCallum (McGregor), who returns to Rosehaven, his rural Tasmanian hometown, in order to help his steamroller of a mother, Barbara (McQuade), with her real estate business. He gets quite a surprise...
Should Daniel and Emma remain in Rosehaven. Has the Rosehaven TV show been cancelled or renewed for a fourth season on SundanceTV? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Rosehaven, season four. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
An Australian comedy airing on SundanceTV in the United States, Rosehaven stars creators Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola, with Kris McQuade, Katie Robertson, David Quirk, Kim Knuckey, Noela Foxcroft, Sam Cotton, and Susie Youssef. The TV series follows Daniel McCallum (McGregor), who returns to Rosehaven, his rural Tasmanian hometown, in order to help his steamroller of a mother, Barbara (McQuade), with her real estate business. He gets quite a surprise...
- 6/22/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Are Daniel and Emma making the most of small town living during the third season of the Rosehaven TV show on SundanceTV? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Rosehaven is cancelled or renewed for season four. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we'd like to offer you the chance to rate all of the Rosehaven season three episodes here.
An Australian comedy airing on SundanceTV in the United States, Rosehaven stars creators Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola, with Kris McQuade, Katie Robertson, David Quirk, Kim Knuckey, Noela Foxcroft, Sam Cotton, and Susie Youssef. The TV series follows Daniel McCallum (McGregor), who returns to Rosehaven, his rural Tasmanian hometown, in order to...
An Australian comedy airing on SundanceTV in the United States, Rosehaven stars creators Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola, with Kris McQuade, Katie Robertson, David Quirk, Kim Knuckey, Noela Foxcroft, Sam Cotton, and Susie Youssef. The TV series follows Daniel McCallum (McGregor), who returns to Rosehaven, his rural Tasmanian hometown, in order to...
- 6/22/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
‘Riot.’
The cast members of Werner Film Productions’ Riot, Generator Pictures’ Homecoming Queens and Bunya Productions’ Mystery Road were voted by members of Equity Australia as the most outstanding ensembles in the 9th annual Equity Ensemble Awards.
Presented in Sydney on Monday night, ABC TV’s Riot’s Damon Herriman, Kate Box, Xavier Samuel, Jessica De Gouw and Josh Quong Tart took the prize for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a mini-series/telemovie.
Sbs’s Homecoming Queens‘ Michelle Law, Liv Hewson, Taylor Ferguson, George Zhao, John McNeill, Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Adele Perovic won outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.
Aaron Pedersen, Judy Davis, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair, Colin Friels, Anthony Hayes, John Waters, Tasma Walton, Tasia Zalar, Madeleine Madden, Ernie Dingo, Aaron McGrath, Rohan Mirchandaney, Meyne Wyatt, Connor Van Vuuren, Eddie Baroo, Ningali Lawford, Jessica Falkholt, Benjamin Hoetjes and Kris McQuade won the drama series category...
The cast members of Werner Film Productions’ Riot, Generator Pictures’ Homecoming Queens and Bunya Productions’ Mystery Road were voted by members of Equity Australia as the most outstanding ensembles in the 9th annual Equity Ensemble Awards.
Presented in Sydney on Monday night, ABC TV’s Riot’s Damon Herriman, Kate Box, Xavier Samuel, Jessica De Gouw and Josh Quong Tart took the prize for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a mini-series/telemovie.
Sbs’s Homecoming Queens‘ Michelle Law, Liv Hewson, Taylor Ferguson, George Zhao, John McNeill, Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Adele Perovic won outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.
Aaron Pedersen, Judy Davis, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair, Colin Friels, Anthony Hayes, John Waters, Tasma Walton, Tasia Zalar, Madeleine Madden, Ernie Dingo, Aaron McGrath, Rohan Mirchandaney, Meyne Wyatt, Connor Van Vuuren, Eddie Baroo, Ningali Lawford, Jessica Falkholt, Benjamin Hoetjes and Kris McQuade won the drama series category...
- 6/17/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Network: SundanceTV.
Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour).
Seasons: Ongoing.
TV show dates: September 27, 2017 — present.
Series status: Has not been cancelled.
Performers include: Luke McGregor, Celia Pacquola, Kris McQuade, Katie Robertson, David Quirk, Kim Knuckey, Noela Foxcroft, Sam Cotton, and Susie Youssef.
TV show description:
From real-life best friends, comedians, creators, and writers Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola, the Rosehaven TV show is an Australian comedy series and a co-production between Australia's ABC network and SundanceTV. The story follows Daniel McCallum (McGregor), who returns to Rosehaven, his rural Tasmanian hometown, in order to help his steamroller of a mother, Barbara (McQuade), with her real estate business. He gets quite a surprise when Emma (Pacquola), his best friend from the mainland, follows him there.
Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour).
Seasons: Ongoing.
TV show dates: September 27, 2017 — present.
Series status: Has not been cancelled.
Performers include: Luke McGregor, Celia Pacquola, Kris McQuade, Katie Robertson, David Quirk, Kim Knuckey, Noela Foxcroft, Sam Cotton, and Susie Youssef.
TV show description:
From real-life best friends, comedians, creators, and writers Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola, the Rosehaven TV show is an Australian comedy series and a co-production between Australia's ABC network and SundanceTV. The story follows Daniel McCallum (McGregor), who returns to Rosehaven, his rural Tasmanian hometown, in order to help his steamroller of a mother, Barbara (McQuade), with her real estate business. He gets quite a surprise when Emma (Pacquola), his best friend from the mainland, follows him there.
- 6/1/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
‘Mystery Road.’
BBC4 in the UK has acquired Bunya Productions’ six-part drama Mystery Road in a deal with All3Media International.
The series starring Aaron Pedersen and Judy Davis, a spin-off of Ivan Sen’s feature film, will premiere as a weekly double bill at 9 pm on Saturday September 22.
Directed by Rachel Perkins, the show launched last month in the Us on Acorn TV, which bills itself as North America’s most popular streaming service for British and international television. Acorn also picked up secondary rights in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
BBC2 bought the Mystery Road movie which screened on September 2 and is still available to stream.
Sue Deeks, BBC head of program acquisition, said: “Mystery Road is set in a uniquely stark and beautiful landscape and features a cast of some of the best acting talent around. We’re thrilled to be bringing this compelling and visually stunning drama to BBC viewers.
BBC4 in the UK has acquired Bunya Productions’ six-part drama Mystery Road in a deal with All3Media International.
The series starring Aaron Pedersen and Judy Davis, a spin-off of Ivan Sen’s feature film, will premiere as a weekly double bill at 9 pm on Saturday September 22.
Directed by Rachel Perkins, the show launched last month in the Us on Acorn TV, which bills itself as North America’s most popular streaming service for British and international television. Acorn also picked up secondary rights in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
BBC2 bought the Mystery Road movie which screened on September 2 and is still available to stream.
Sue Deeks, BBC head of program acquisition, said: “Mystery Road is set in a uniquely stark and beautiful landscape and features a cast of some of the best acting talent around. We’re thrilled to be bringing this compelling and visually stunning drama to BBC viewers.
- 9/12/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Stars: Martin Freeman, Anthony Hayes, Susie Porter, Caren Pistorius, Kris McQuade, Natasha Wanganeen, Bruce R. Carter, Simone Landers, David Gulpilil | Written by Yolanda Ramke | Directed by Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke
In a desperate bid to outrun a violent pandemic, Andy and Kay have holed up on a houseboat with their one-year-old daughter, Rosie. Their protected river existence is shattered by a violent attack, which sees Kay tragically die and Andy infected. Left with only 48 hours before he transforms into one of the creatures they have fought so long to evade, Andy sets out on a precarious journey to find a new guardian for his child. A flourishing Aboriginal tribe are Rosie’s best chance of survival – but with their merciless attitude toward the afflicted, they also pose a grave threat. A young Indigenous girl becomes Andy’s only chance of safe passage into this sacred community. But unfortunately the girl...
In a desperate bid to outrun a violent pandemic, Andy and Kay have holed up on a houseboat with their one-year-old daughter, Rosie. Their protected river existence is shattered by a violent attack, which sees Kay tragically die and Andy infected. Left with only 48 hours before he transforms into one of the creatures they have fought so long to evade, Andy sets out on a precarious journey to find a new guardian for his child. A flourishing Aboriginal tribe are Rosie’s best chance of survival – but with their merciless attitude toward the afflicted, they also pose a grave threat. A young Indigenous girl becomes Andy’s only chance of safe passage into this sacred community. But unfortunately the girl...
- 7/16/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Hot off starring in Marvel’s smash hit blockbuster Black Panther – which continues to destroy the box office – Martin Freeman is now swapping the fictional land of Wakanda for the barren but beautiful landscape of rural Australia in upcoming zombie thriller Cargo. And though the scenery is nice, there’s an (un)deadly danger out there in the outback, as teased by this brand new clip.
The footage shown here promises a taut, emotional ride, as Freeman plays a man – named Andy – who’s trying to protect his baby daughter from a zombie outbreak. The worst part is that he himself is infected, after his partner bit him before she died. Now, he only has 48 hours to get her to a safe place before he succumbs to the virus.
As for this clip in particular, the context is a bit unclear, but it would seem that Andy’s found himself in a rather sticky situation,...
The footage shown here promises a taut, emotional ride, as Freeman plays a man – named Andy – who’s trying to protect his baby daughter from a zombie outbreak. The worst part is that he himself is infected, after his partner bit him before she died. Now, he only has 48 hours to get her to a safe place before he succumbs to the virus.
As for this clip in particular, the context is a bit unclear, but it would seem that Andy’s found himself in a rather sticky situation,...
- 4/18/2018
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
"If I don't make it to the hills, you're all I've got..." Netflix has released another, additional Us trailer for the horror thriller Cargo, from directors Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke. We already posted the Australian trailer for this a few days ago, and they've followed up with this preview which plays a bit differently - more about the zombie hunters than the survival of this guy. Martin Freeman stars as a father trying to save his child at all costs in a post-apocalyptic world. The film's full cast includes Anthony Hayes, Susie Porter, Caren Pistorius, Kris McQuade, Natasha Wanganeen, Bruce R. Carter, Simone Landers, and David Gulpilil. This does look fairly entertaining, but it doesn't seem to be any reinvention of the zombie genre, just another zombie story. This trailer does more clearly show the 48 hour countdown. Watch below. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Ben Howling & Yolanda Ramke's Cargo,...
- 4/4/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The first trailer has been released for an Austrian post-apocalyptic zombie film called Cargo. The movie stars Martin Freeman (The Hobbit) and it tells an incredibly intense and heartbreaking story of a dad who is bitten by a zombie. He has 48 hours until he turns into one himself, and before he does, he has to set in motion a plan to save his infant daughter from himself, and the zombie apocalypse in which they live.
The movie is actually based on a wonderful short film that was released about five years ago and I included it for you to watch below. The directors of the short, Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke, are also the directors of the feature film and it looks like they did a great job with it! This seriously looks like an engaging and suspenseful dramatic zombie film.
Cargo is a post-apocalyptic thriller and an emotional story...
The movie is actually based on a wonderful short film that was released about five years ago and I included it for you to watch below. The directors of the short, Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke, are also the directors of the feature film and it looks like they did a great job with it! This seriously looks like an engaging and suspenseful dramatic zombie film.
Cargo is a post-apocalyptic thriller and an emotional story...
- 4/2/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Tagline: "He is Her Only Hope and Her Greatest Threat." Cargo is a zombie thriller. Based on a short film of the same name, directors Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke bring a personal story to the screen, this year. In the film, Andy (Martin Freeman) has fourty-eight hours to get his daughter to a safe refuge, before he turns into something monstrous. The latest trailer shows Andy dealing with an infectious bite and his difficult trek, in Southern Australia. Cargo also stars: Anthony Hayes (War Machine, 2017), Susie Porter, Caren Pistorius, Kris McQuade, Natasha Wanganeen and David Gulpilil. The latest trailer, for Cargo, can be found here. The feature length trailer spoils a few plot points. Andy's wife is shown near death in one scene and definitely infected. The clip also reveals the source of Andy's bite and his discovery of a possible, safe refuge. It might be best to watch...
- 3/31/2018
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
"You're the first people I've seen. You're the first people... who are still people." The first Australian trailer has debuted for a dramatic horror thriller titled Cargo, from directors Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke. Even though this seems like a horror comedy, it's actually more of an intense thriller. Martin Freeman stars as a father trying to save his child at all costs in a post-apocalyptic world. The film's full cast includes Anthony Hayes, Susie Porter, Caren Pistorius, Kris McQuade, Natasha Wanganeen, Bruce R. Carter, Simone Landers, and David Gulpilil. As wacky as the pitch for this might seem, it looks like an engaging, suspenseful zombie flick. I'm also glad this trailer isn't from America, because they would never allow this much blood, but it's just naturally a part of the movie so it's all over the footage, of course. Enjoy. Here's the first Australian trailer (+ poster) for Ben Howling & Yolanda Ramke's Cargo,...
- 3/30/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Fresh from starring in Marvel’s smash hit blockbuster Black Panther – which continues to destroy the box office – Martin Freeman is swapping the fictional land of Wakanda for the barren but beautiful landscape of rural Australia in his new movie Cargo. And though the scenery is nice, there’s an (un)deadly danger out there in the outback, as teased by the film’s first trailer, which you can see above.
The footage shown here promises a taut, emotional indie thriller, as Freeman plays a man – named Andy – who’s trying to protect his baby daughter from a zombie outbreak. The worst part is that he himself is infected, after his partner bit him before she died. Now, he only has 48 hours to get her to a safe place before he succumbs to the virus. Along the way, it looks like he’ll meet some allies who join him on...
The footage shown here promises a taut, emotional indie thriller, as Freeman plays a man – named Andy – who’s trying to protect his baby daughter from a zombie outbreak. The worst part is that he himself is infected, after his partner bit him before she died. Now, he only has 48 hours to get her to a safe place before he succumbs to the virus. Along the way, it looks like he’ll meet some allies who join him on...
- 3/30/2018
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
If you like to get your laughs from Down Under, we've got good news for you. ABC TV in Australia and SundanceTV have renewed the Rosehaven TV show for a third season, with a premiere date Tbd. The comedy originally debuted in Australia, in October of 2016. In 2017, SundanceTV boarded as a co-producer for the second season, with the first two installments launching in the Us, in September and October of 2017 (respectively). From real-life best friends, comedians, creators, and writers Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola, Rosehaven stars McGregor, Pacquola, Kris McQuade, Katie Robertson, and David Quirk. The SundanceTV show centers on Daniel McCallum (McGregor), who returns to his rural Tasmanian hometown, Rosehaven, to help his overbearing mom, Barbara (McQuade), with her real estate business. He's soon surprised when his best friend, Emma (Pacquola), leaves...
- 3/26/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
In the wake of no more Sherlock being produced for the foreseeable future, the detective drama’s two stars are keeping themselves busy with an array of interesting projects both big and small.
Benedict Cumberbatch recently featured in emotional TV movie The Child In Time, for instance, ahead of his role in Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War next May. Martin Freeman, meanwhile, is also joining Cumberbatch in the McU next year, as he’ll be appearing in February’s Black Panther. Before then, however, The Hobbit actor will be starring in indie zombie thriller Cargo.
With filming now complete and the movie knee-deep in post-production, the first clip from the upcoming UK project has arrived online and introduces the setting – that being the barren but beautiful landscape of rural Australia – before zeroing in on Martin Freeman’s desperate father Andy.
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Benedict Cumberbatch recently featured in emotional TV movie The Child In Time, for instance, ahead of his role in Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War next May. Martin Freeman, meanwhile, is also joining Cumberbatch in the McU next year, as he’ll be appearing in February’s Black Panther. Before then, however, The Hobbit actor will be starring in indie zombie thriller Cargo.
With filming now complete and the movie knee-deep in post-production, the first clip from the upcoming UK project has arrived online and introduces the setting – that being the barren but beautiful landscape of rural Australia – before zeroing in on Martin Freeman’s desperate father Andy.
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- 10/5/2017
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
'Rosehaven'..
SundanceTV is set to co-produce the second season of Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor.s Rosehaven with the ABC, What Horse?, and Guesswork Television..
The Us network has also acquired the rights to the.first season, the ABC.s highest rating comedy last year.
This is not the first co-production between the two networks, with SundanceTV also a co-producer on.Cleverman.
.When making our show in a small town in Tasmania, it's hard to imagine, next stop Hollywood! But here we are. We are so excited about Rosehaven making it all the way to the U.S.,. said writer, creator and star Pacquola.
Read our interview with Celia Pacquola about the development of the first season of Rosehaven..
..The first season is quirky, charming, relatable, sweet, and hilarious — all the ingredients of great comedy,. said SundanceTV and SundanceNow Gm Jan Diedrichsen.
.We.re thrilled to partner with...
SundanceTV is set to co-produce the second season of Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor.s Rosehaven with the ABC, What Horse?, and Guesswork Television..
The Us network has also acquired the rights to the.first season, the ABC.s highest rating comedy last year.
This is not the first co-production between the two networks, with SundanceTV also a co-producer on.Cleverman.
.When making our show in a small town in Tasmania, it's hard to imagine, next stop Hollywood! But here we are. We are so excited about Rosehaven making it all the way to the U.S.,. said writer, creator and star Pacquola.
Read our interview with Celia Pacquola about the development of the first season of Rosehaven..
..The first season is quirky, charming, relatable, sweet, and hilarious — all the ingredients of great comedy,. said SundanceTV and SundanceNow Gm Jan Diedrichsen.
.We.re thrilled to partner with...
- 5/18/2017
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
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The Kettering Incident on location. -. Sleeping Beauty, Huon Valley, Tasmania. Photo: Ben King.
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The Kettering Incident, a gripping mystery with otherworldly overtones, will make its world premiere on July 4..
Australian and international expectations for the series continue to build after the show won the Special Jury Prize at the Series Mania Festival in Paris last week..
The eight episode series stars The Night Manager.s Elizabeth Debicki with Matthew Le Nevez.
The series boasts an impressive cast including Henry Nixon, Anthony Phelan, Damon Gameau, Damien Garvey, Sacha Horler, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Ben Oxenbould, Suzi Dougherty, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Dylan Young and Neil Pigot. .Many Tasmanian actors feature in the series including Alison Whyte, Kris McQuade, Brad Kannegiesser, Katie Robertson, Marcus Hensley, Nathan Spencer and Matt Burton.
Tasmanian writer Victoria Madden (Lynda La Plante.s Trial and Retribution, The Bill, Halifax Fp) is co-creator of The Kettering Incident with Vincent Sheehan (Animal Kingdom,...
The Kettering Incident on location. -. Sleeping Beauty, Huon Valley, Tasmania. Photo: Ben King.
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The Kettering Incident, a gripping mystery with otherworldly overtones, will make its world premiere on July 4..
Australian and international expectations for the series continue to build after the show won the Special Jury Prize at the Series Mania Festival in Paris last week..
The eight episode series stars The Night Manager.s Elizabeth Debicki with Matthew Le Nevez.
The series boasts an impressive cast including Henry Nixon, Anthony Phelan, Damon Gameau, Damien Garvey, Sacha Horler, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Ben Oxenbould, Suzi Dougherty, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Dylan Young and Neil Pigot. .Many Tasmanian actors feature in the series including Alison Whyte, Kris McQuade, Brad Kannegiesser, Katie Robertson, Marcus Hensley, Nathan Spencer and Matt Burton.
Tasmanian writer Victoria Madden (Lynda La Plante.s Trial and Retribution, The Bill, Halifax Fp) is co-creator of The Kettering Incident with Vincent Sheehan (Animal Kingdom,...
- 5/3/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor.
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Celia Pacquola says buying a whiteboard was the best decision she has ever made as she prepares to shoot Rosehaven — the ABC comedy series she wrote and created with Luke McGregor.
.It was only like a hundred bucks from Officeworks and it flips, it.s the greatest,. she tells If.
The whiteboard in question, despite making the comment in jest, was how Pacquola and fellow comedian McGregor mapped out their new eight-part comedy series, which starts filming on Monday in Geeveston, Tasmania
The series, which also stars McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid) was cooked up while both were on tour for their various comedy shows.
.Luke McGregor and I knew each other from standup but became really close friends from filming Utopia seasons 1 and 2,. she says..
.There was a lot of in-between-filming. talking shit...
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Celia Pacquola says buying a whiteboard was the best decision she has ever made as she prepares to shoot Rosehaven — the ABC comedy series she wrote and created with Luke McGregor.
.It was only like a hundred bucks from Officeworks and it flips, it.s the greatest,. she tells If.
The whiteboard in question, despite making the comment in jest, was how Pacquola and fellow comedian McGregor mapped out their new eight-part comedy series, which starts filming on Monday in Geeveston, Tasmania
The series, which also stars McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid) was cooked up while both were on tour for their various comedy shows.
.Luke McGregor and I knew each other from standup but became really close friends from filming Utopia seasons 1 and 2,. she says..
.There was a lot of in-between-filming. talking shit...
- 5/3/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor.
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Celia Pacquola says buying a whiteboard was the best decision she has ever made as she prepares to shoot Rosehaven — the ABC comedy series she wrote and created with Luke McGregor.
.It was only like a hundred bucks from Officeworks and it flips, it.s the greatest,. she tells If.
The whiteboard in question, despite making the comment in jest, was how Pacquola and fellow comedian McGregor mapped out their new eight-part comedy series, which starts filming on Monday in Geeveston, Tasmania
The series, which also stars McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid) was cooked up while both were on tour for their various comedy shows.
.Luke McGregor and I knew each other from standup but became really close friends from filming Utopia seasons 1 and 2,. she says..
.There was a lot of in-between-filming. talking shit...
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Celia Pacquola says buying a whiteboard was the best decision she has ever made as she prepares to shoot Rosehaven — the ABC comedy series she wrote and created with Luke McGregor.
.It was only like a hundred bucks from Officeworks and it flips, it.s the greatest,. she tells If.
The whiteboard in question, despite making the comment in jest, was how Pacquola and fellow comedian McGregor mapped out their new eight-part comedy series, which starts filming on Monday in Geeveston, Tasmania
The series, which also stars McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid) was cooked up while both were on tour for their various comedy shows.
.Luke McGregor and I knew each other from standup but became really close friends from filming Utopia seasons 1 and 2,. she says..
.There was a lot of in-between-filming. talking shit...
- 5/3/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Rosehaven writer and creator Celia Pacquola.
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Production is set to start in Tasmania on Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor's.Rosehaven, a new eight-part comedy series for the ABC. .
From the production base at the ABC Centre in Hobart, the series will be filmed entirely on location in the state, creating jobs for 200 Tasmanians as cast, crew and extras. ..
Eight emerging screen practitioners will also be engaged by the production in training positions funded by Screen Tasmania. .
Tasmanian actors have been cast in over 80 per cent of the sixty roles in the series.
Rosehaven stars two of Australia.s most popular comedians, Tasmanian born Luke McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Celia Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid), who also wrote and created the series..
The series, which will screen in the second half of 2016, is a Guesswork Television production. .
It is produced by Andrew Walker and .co-produced by Fiona McConaghy.
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Production is set to start in Tasmania on Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor's.Rosehaven, a new eight-part comedy series for the ABC. .
From the production base at the ABC Centre in Hobart, the series will be filmed entirely on location in the state, creating jobs for 200 Tasmanians as cast, crew and extras. ..
Eight emerging screen practitioners will also be engaged by the production in training positions funded by Screen Tasmania. .
Tasmanian actors have been cast in over 80 per cent of the sixty roles in the series.
Rosehaven stars two of Australia.s most popular comedians, Tasmanian born Luke McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Celia Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid), who also wrote and created the series..
The series, which will screen in the second half of 2016, is a Guesswork Television production. .
It is produced by Andrew Walker and .co-produced by Fiona McConaghy.
- 4/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Rosehaven writer and creator Celia Pacquola.
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Production is set to start in Tasmania on Celia Pacquola's Rosehaven, a new eight-part comedy series for the ABC. .
From the production base at the ABC Centre in Hobart, the series will be filmed entirely on location in the state, creating jobs for 200 Tasmanians as cast, crew and extras. ..
Eight emerging screen practitioners will also be engaged by the production in training positions funded by Screen Tasmania. .
Tasmanian actors have been cast in over 80 per cent of the sixty roles in the series.
Rosehaven stars two of Australia.s most popular comedians, Tasmanian born Luke McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Celia Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid), who also wrote and created the series..
The series, which will screen in the second half of 2016, is a Guesswork Television production. .
It is produced by Andrew Walker and .co-produced by Fiona McConaghy.
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Production is set to start in Tasmania on Celia Pacquola's Rosehaven, a new eight-part comedy series for the ABC. .
From the production base at the ABC Centre in Hobart, the series will be filmed entirely on location in the state, creating jobs for 200 Tasmanians as cast, crew and extras. ..
Eight emerging screen practitioners will also be engaged by the production in training positions funded by Screen Tasmania. .
Tasmanian actors have been cast in over 80 per cent of the sixty roles in the series.
Rosehaven stars two of Australia.s most popular comedians, Tasmanian born Luke McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Celia Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid), who also wrote and created the series..
The series, which will screen in the second half of 2016, is a Guesswork Television production. .
It is produced by Andrew Walker and .co-produced by Fiona McConaghy.
- 4/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
If the 3rd annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards could be categorised as a David vs Goliath battle between The Rocket and The Great Gatsby, Goliath is the hands-down winner.
Baz Luhrmann.s opulent romantic drama won six awards tonight, for best film, director, adapted screenplay, lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, supporting actor Joel Edgerton and supporting actress Elizabeth Debicki.
That.s in addition to the six awards in craft categories plus the Aacta award for outstanding achievement in visual effects bestowed on Luhrmann.s film on Tuesday.
Kim Mordaunt's The Rocket, which had 12 nominations versus 14 for Gatsby, had to be content with just one trophy, for Mordaunt.s original screenplay.
The outcome is likely to reignite the debate about the near-impossibility of comparing a lavishly-mounted 3D film financed by Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures, which cost $160 million, with an independently-funded Lao-set film from a first-time director budgeted at about $2 million.
Baz Luhrmann.s opulent romantic drama won six awards tonight, for best film, director, adapted screenplay, lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, supporting actor Joel Edgerton and supporting actress Elizabeth Debicki.
That.s in addition to the six awards in craft categories plus the Aacta award for outstanding achievement in visual effects bestowed on Luhrmann.s film on Tuesday.
Kim Mordaunt's The Rocket, which had 12 nominations versus 14 for Gatsby, had to be content with just one trophy, for Mordaunt.s original screenplay.
The outcome is likely to reignite the debate about the near-impossibility of comparing a lavishly-mounted 3D film financed by Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures, which cost $160 million, with an independently-funded Lao-set film from a first-time director budgeted at about $2 million.
- 1/30/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian prison drama Wentworth has premiered successfully on the UK.s Channel 5, drawing 1.8 million viewers.
The FremantleMedia-produced series ranked second in its 10 pm Wednesday timeslot, trailing BBC News (3.2 million viewers) and ahead of ITV.s News (1.4 million), Channel 4.s The Last Leg, the talk show co-hosted by Adam Hills (900,000), and BBC2.s The Culture Show (500,000).
Entitled Wentworth Prison in the UK, it ranked No 1 among people aged 16-34 and registered strongly with women and .upmarket adults..
That performance delighted FremantleMedia executives who hope it will encourage broadcasters in other territories, most notably the Us, to buy the show. Foxtel has commissioned a second series which starts shooting in Melbourne in late September.
The re-imagining of Prisoner, which many Poms fondly remember as Prisoner Cell Block H, got mixed reviews. The Telegraph.s critic lauded the show as .edgy and gripping. and declared the final showdown between Franky (Nicole da Silva...
The FremantleMedia-produced series ranked second in its 10 pm Wednesday timeslot, trailing BBC News (3.2 million viewers) and ahead of ITV.s News (1.4 million), Channel 4.s The Last Leg, the talk show co-hosted by Adam Hills (900,000), and BBC2.s The Culture Show (500,000).
Entitled Wentworth Prison in the UK, it ranked No 1 among people aged 16-34 and registered strongly with women and .upmarket adults..
That performance delighted FremantleMedia executives who hope it will encourage broadcasters in other territories, most notably the Us, to buy the show. Foxtel has commissioned a second series which starts shooting in Melbourne in late September.
The re-imagining of Prisoner, which many Poms fondly remember as Prisoner Cell Block H, got mixed reviews. The Telegraph.s critic lauded the show as .edgy and gripping. and declared the final showdown between Franky (Nicole da Silva...
- 8/30/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
One of the greatest ever Aussie exports, Prisoner: Cell Block H, is the latest TV show to get the remake treatment for the 21st Century.
Re-imagined with an updated cast, a bit of extra grit and a new title - Wentworth Prison - the show picked up plenty of critical acclaim when it was launched in Australia earlier this year. Keep reading for five reasons to watch the behind-bars drama.
1. The show has managed to please hardcore fans of the original.
"I really felt the pressure of bringing back an iconic show and there was a lot of scepticism from the original fans," says Nicole da Silva, who plays lead character Franky Doyle.
"But the response has been so positive and it's been so successful... we could not have dreamed of a better reception."
The show's first episode pulled in 244,000 viewers in Oz, a Foxtel record, and it was compared...
Re-imagined with an updated cast, a bit of extra grit and a new title - Wentworth Prison - the show picked up plenty of critical acclaim when it was launched in Australia earlier this year. Keep reading for five reasons to watch the behind-bars drama.
1. The show has managed to please hardcore fans of the original.
"I really felt the pressure of bringing back an iconic show and there was a lot of scepticism from the original fans," says Nicole da Silva, who plays lead character Franky Doyle.
"But the response has been so positive and it's been so successful... we could not have dreamed of a better reception."
The show's first episode pulled in 244,000 viewers in Oz, a Foxtel record, and it was compared...
- 8/28/2013
- Digital Spy
The exodus of actors from International Casting Services (Ics) continues as the agency founded 52 years ago by the late Gloria Payten prepares to shut its doors.
This week Cameron.s Management announced David Roberts and Jennifer Hagan had joined its agency after earlier signing Drew Forsythe.
Lisa Mann Creative Management (Lmcm) confirmed it is now representing former Ics clients Alycia Debnam-Carey, Christie Whelan Browne, Sophie Ross and Justin Cotta.
Linsten Morris Management has signed Dee Smart and her daughter Charlie Hancock.
Melina McKenna, who was a senior agent at Ics, joined Lmcm on June 4, and Martin Sacks, Kris McQuade, Helen Dallimore, Erica Lovell, Jo Turner, Nick Simpson-Deeks, Edmund Lembke-Hogan, Kip Gamblin and Nathan O.Keefe crossed from Ics to Lmcm.
As If reported previously, Rachel Blake, John Batchelor and Tony Martin subsequently joined Rgm, John Waters signed with Marquee and Debra Lawrance went to Creative Representation.
After McKenna departed Pauline Lee,...
This week Cameron.s Management announced David Roberts and Jennifer Hagan had joined its agency after earlier signing Drew Forsythe.
Lisa Mann Creative Management (Lmcm) confirmed it is now representing former Ics clients Alycia Debnam-Carey, Christie Whelan Browne, Sophie Ross and Justin Cotta.
Linsten Morris Management has signed Dee Smart and her daughter Charlie Hancock.
Melina McKenna, who was a senior agent at Ics, joined Lmcm on June 4, and Martin Sacks, Kris McQuade, Helen Dallimore, Erica Lovell, Jo Turner, Nick Simpson-Deeks, Edmund Lembke-Hogan, Kip Gamblin and Nathan O.Keefe crossed from Ics to Lmcm.
As If reported previously, Rachel Blake, John Batchelor and Tony Martin subsequently joined Rgm, John Waters signed with Marquee and Debra Lawrance went to Creative Representation.
After McKenna departed Pauline Lee,...
- 7/4/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
As talent agency International Casting Services (Ics) prepares to shut its doors after 52 years, many of the actors it has represented have found new homes,
Former Ics clients Martin Sacks, Kris McQuade, Helen Dallimore, Erica Lovell, Jo Turner, Nick Simpson-Deeks, Edmund Lembke-Hogan, Kip Gamblin and Nathan O.Keefe have all crossed to Lisa Mann Creative Management (Lmcm).
Rachel Blake and Tony Martin have joined Rgm, John Waters signed with Marquee and Debra Lawrance has gone to Creative Representation. As If reported previously, Abe Forsythe signed with United Management and John Batchelor moved to Rgm. Some other Ics clients have told industry colleagues they have yet to decide what to do.
nm2942148 autoMelina McKenna[/link], who was a senior agent at Ics, joined Lmcm on June 4. There are differing accounts of the circumstances leading to the decision to close Ics. Lisa Mann told If on May 24, .When Melina was offered senior agent...
Former Ics clients Martin Sacks, Kris McQuade, Helen Dallimore, Erica Lovell, Jo Turner, Nick Simpson-Deeks, Edmund Lembke-Hogan, Kip Gamblin and Nathan O.Keefe have all crossed to Lisa Mann Creative Management (Lmcm).
Rachel Blake and Tony Martin have joined Rgm, John Waters signed with Marquee and Debra Lawrance has gone to Creative Representation. As If reported previously, Abe Forsythe signed with United Management and John Batchelor moved to Rgm. Some other Ics clients have told industry colleagues they have yet to decide what to do.
nm2942148 autoMelina McKenna[/link], who was a senior agent at Ics, joined Lmcm on June 4. There are differing accounts of the circumstances leading to the decision to close Ics. Lisa Mann told If on May 24, .When Melina was offered senior agent...
- 6/4/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
One of Australia.s longest-established talent agencies, International Casting Services (Ics), is closing its doors.
Other agents expressed sadness and surprise that the agency founded by the late Gloria Payten in 1961 is going out of business.
Ics represented dozens of Australian artists working in film, television, theatre, radio and commercial media platforms. Its creatives department looked after choreographers, cinematographers, designers, directors and writers while Ics Voices provided talent for TV and radio commercials, documentaries, corporate presentations, book readings and business events.
According to the agency.s website its roster included Jacki Weaver (who now works mostly in the Us, where she.s repped by ICM Partners, Elevate Entertainment and Felker Tocezk), Kris McQuade, John Waters, Martin Sacks, Rachel Blake, Helen Morse, Drew Forsythe, John Gaden, Tony Martin, Philip Quast, Debra Lawrance and Lorna Lesley.
Word of Ics.s demise spread on Monday after the Darlinghurst-based agency sent emails to its clients advising of the closure,...
Other agents expressed sadness and surprise that the agency founded by the late Gloria Payten in 1961 is going out of business.
Ics represented dozens of Australian artists working in film, television, theatre, radio and commercial media platforms. Its creatives department looked after choreographers, cinematographers, designers, directors and writers while Ics Voices provided talent for TV and radio commercials, documentaries, corporate presentations, book readings and business events.
According to the agency.s website its roster included Jacki Weaver (who now works mostly in the Us, where she.s repped by ICM Partners, Elevate Entertainment and Felker Tocezk), Kris McQuade, John Waters, Martin Sacks, Rachel Blake, Helen Morse, Drew Forsythe, John Gaden, Tony Martin, Philip Quast, Debra Lawrance and Lorna Lesley.
Word of Ics.s demise spread on Monday after the Darlinghurst-based agency sent emails to its clients advising of the closure,...
- 5/21/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Foxtel and FremantleMedia Australia have announced the cast for the remake of classic Australian series Prisoner.
The contemporised Wentworth, which begins production next week, will see the return of Bea Smith played by Underbelly: Razor’s Danielle Cormack, Liz Birdsworth played by Celia Ireland of Laid and Franky Doyle, now a GenY lesbian, played by Rush’s Nicole Da Silva.
Kris McQuade of Killing Time will play new crime matriarch Jacs Holt and Shareena Clanton will play a young indigenous woman Doreen Anderson.
Other cast members include Catherine McClements, Kate Atkinson, Aaron Jeffrey, Robbie Magaziva and Leeanna Walsman.
Brian Walsh, Foxtel’s executive director of television said: “Wentworth will be bold Australian storytelling with this remarkable group of actors portraying the rivalries, power struggles and heartbreak of prison life in a drama tailor-made for the subscription television audience.”
FremantleMedia’s Jo Porter, director of drama and Ep on Wentworth said:...
The contemporised Wentworth, which begins production next week, will see the return of Bea Smith played by Underbelly: Razor’s Danielle Cormack, Liz Birdsworth played by Celia Ireland of Laid and Franky Doyle, now a GenY lesbian, played by Rush’s Nicole Da Silva.
Kris McQuade of Killing Time will play new crime matriarch Jacs Holt and Shareena Clanton will play a young indigenous woman Doreen Anderson.
Other cast members include Catherine McClements, Kate Atkinson, Aaron Jeffrey, Robbie Magaziva and Leeanna Walsman.
Brian Walsh, Foxtel’s executive director of television said: “Wentworth will be bold Australian storytelling with this remarkable group of actors portraying the rivalries, power struggles and heartbreak of prison life in a drama tailor-made for the subscription television audience.”
FremantleMedia’s Jo Porter, director of drama and Ep on Wentworth said:...
- 10/4/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Wentworth, the new drama based on iconic Australian TV series Prisoner, starts production in Melbourne next week.
The 10-part series will be filmed on a purpose-built women.s prison, the Wentworth Detention Centre, where inmates and corrections staff will be forced to forge unlikely friendships to survive on the inside.
The cast includes Danielle Cormack (Underbelly Razor, Rake) as Wentworth.s latest arrival, suburban wife and mum Bea Smith; Nicole Da Silva (Rush, East West 101) as Gen Y lesbian Franky Doyle; Celia Ireland (Laid, All Saints) as earthy Liz Birdsworth; and Shareena Clanton as young Aboriginal woman Doreen Anderson.
Catherine McClements (Rush, Water Rats) and Kate Atkinson (Offspring, Rush) play Governor Meg Jackson and her deputy Vera Bennett. Aaron Jeffery (Underbelly Badness, McLeod.s Daughters) and Robbie Magasiva (Shortland Street) are corrections officers Matthew .Fletch. Fletcher and Will Jackson. Leeanna Walsman (Underbelly Badness) plays progressive and crusading lawyer Erica Davidson.
The 10-part series will be filmed on a purpose-built women.s prison, the Wentworth Detention Centre, where inmates and corrections staff will be forced to forge unlikely friendships to survive on the inside.
The cast includes Danielle Cormack (Underbelly Razor, Rake) as Wentworth.s latest arrival, suburban wife and mum Bea Smith; Nicole Da Silva (Rush, East West 101) as Gen Y lesbian Franky Doyle; Celia Ireland (Laid, All Saints) as earthy Liz Birdsworth; and Shareena Clanton as young Aboriginal woman Doreen Anderson.
Catherine McClements (Rush, Water Rats) and Kate Atkinson (Offspring, Rush) play Governor Meg Jackson and her deputy Vera Bennett. Aaron Jeffery (Underbelly Badness, McLeod.s Daughters) and Robbie Magasiva (Shortland Street) are corrections officers Matthew .Fletch. Fletcher and Will Jackson. Leeanna Walsman (Underbelly Badness) plays progressive and crusading lawyer Erica Davidson.
- 10/3/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
Channel Seven has picked up Fremantle Media’s drama Killing Time. The 10-part series starring David Wenham previously ran on Foxtel’s TV1.The announcement:
Channel Seven will soon air the award-winning crime drama Killing Time, starring David Wenham.
Killing Time is the true story of the rise and fall of notorious Melbourne criminal defence lawyer Andrew Fraser. His clients ranged from accused cop killers to the rich and famous including international businessman Alan Bond.
At the top of his game, Fraser commanded a huge salary and lived the dream. But when his cocaine addiction spiralled into a thousand dollar-a-day habit, his judgment became unsound and he crossed the line into the criminal milieu. He was disbarred, discredited, broken financially and his marriage was destroyed.
Caged amongst serial killers and psychopaths, Fraser is forced to reflect on where it all went so wrong, and try to salvage his shattered reputation.
Channel Seven will soon air the award-winning crime drama Killing Time, starring David Wenham.
Killing Time is the true story of the rise and fall of notorious Melbourne criminal defence lawyer Andrew Fraser. His clients ranged from accused cop killers to the rich and famous including international businessman Alan Bond.
At the top of his game, Fraser commanded a huge salary and lived the dream. But when his cocaine addiction spiralled into a thousand dollar-a-day habit, his judgment became unsound and he crossed the line into the criminal milieu. He was disbarred, discredited, broken financially and his marriage was destroyed.
Caged amongst serial killers and psychopaths, Fraser is forced to reflect on where it all went so wrong, and try to salvage his shattered reputation.
- 9/11/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
This review was written for the theatrical release of "December Boys".
"December Boys" bathes in the summer sun and sea breezes even as it exudes the energy of youth and promise. It is set in an affable seaside community in South Australia in the 1960s, in a few homey shacks built within a cove. There is a flavor of nostalgia here, too, as old rock tunes waft through the air. The film's dramatic moments are small but exquisitely rendered so that you feel the emotions experienced so many years ago. The film lingers afterward in your mind like a favorite vacation that triggered moments of sheer intensity.
Based on the Australian coming-of-age novel by Michael Noonan and featuring Daniel Radcliffe in his first major role apart from the Harry Potter character, "December Boys" is a modest though poignant film that touches on timeless themes of love, friendship and family. Radcliffe is the film's calling card; otherwise, it would be difficult for Warner Independent Pictures to create awareness of such a small-scale film. Likewise, Village Roadshow, which handles international sales, must hope that Radcliffe will lead audiences to this satisfying movie experience.
The story, which Marc Rosenberg adapted from Noonan's novel, revolves around four orphan boys born in December who have grown up in a Catholic convent in the Outback. All have reached or are reaching an age when the prospects of adoption are increasingly slim. A Christmas outing to the seaside gives them a welcome respite from school.
The narrator actually is the youngest boy, Misty Lee Cormie, quite good), who is quiet, neat, mature and determined to get adapted. The eldest boy, Maps (Radcliffe), is closing in on 17 and not even certain at that age whether he even wants to be adopted.
Spark (Christian Byers) has a taste for the forbidden. This includes cigarettes and lingerie ads. Aside from the disgusting social habit that gives him his nickname, Spit (James Fraser) loves challenges and feels he is up to each and every one.
The boys stay in a house with an aging couple, Bandy McAnsh (veteran Aussie star Jack Thompson), a retired naval officer who salts his language with nautical terms, and his wife (Kris McQuade), who have a secret motive for inviting the lads to join them.
The boys meet a circus performer and his French wife. Since they can't have children, they seem the perfect couple to adopt. A competition breaks out among the three youngest boys, which puts friendships to a test. Meanwhile, Maps becomes utterly infatuated with a local blonde named Lucy (Teresa Palmer), who both enjoys and encourages his romantic interest.
Misty narrates from deep into the future, so this is a memory piece and, perhaps, memory plays its tricks. Could all of these slender narrative strands have been so neatly resolved? Did that idyllic December really freight so much emotional weight? Does Misty in the future really remember the cove's metaphoric wildlife -- a black horse that wanders the beach and a huge fish named Henry, which has eluded capture by an old fisherman for years. Not to mention a personal appearance by Our Lady to two of the young Catholic boys?
Director Rod Hardy favors sunsets over the ocean and high angle shots of the cove, the sea and the striking topography of this desolate, gorgeous location. It's a neat package save for a curious ending, many years later -- presumably today -- where actors far too old to be those boys in 2007 reassemble on the cove to spread the ashes of the one lad who has died. Didn't anybody do the math?
DECEMBER BOYS
Warner Independent Pictures
WIP and Village Roadshow Pictures
in association with Becker Films and the South Australian Film Corp. present a Richard Becker production
Credits:
Director: Rod Hardy
Screenwriter: Marc Rosenberg
From story work by: Ronald Kinnoch
Based on the novel by: Michael Noonan
Producer: Richard Becker
Executive producers: Hal Gaba, Jonathan Shteinman
Director of photography: Dave Connell
Production designer: Les Binns
Music: Carlo Giacco
Co-producer: Jay Sanders
Costume designer: Mariot Kerr
Editor: Dany Cooper
Cast:
Maps: Daniel Radcliffe
Spark: Christian Byers
Misty: Lee Cormie
Spit: James Fraser
Lucy: Teresa Palmer
Bandy McAnsh: Jack Thompson
Teresa: Victoria Hill
Fearless: Sullivan Stapleton
Shellback: Ralph Cotterill
Running time -- 105 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
"December Boys" bathes in the summer sun and sea breezes even as it exudes the energy of youth and promise. It is set in an affable seaside community in South Australia in the 1960s, in a few homey shacks built within a cove. There is a flavor of nostalgia here, too, as old rock tunes waft through the air. The film's dramatic moments are small but exquisitely rendered so that you feel the emotions experienced so many years ago. The film lingers afterward in your mind like a favorite vacation that triggered moments of sheer intensity.
Based on the Australian coming-of-age novel by Michael Noonan and featuring Daniel Radcliffe in his first major role apart from the Harry Potter character, "December Boys" is a modest though poignant film that touches on timeless themes of love, friendship and family. Radcliffe is the film's calling card; otherwise, it would be difficult for Warner Independent Pictures to create awareness of such a small-scale film. Likewise, Village Roadshow, which handles international sales, must hope that Radcliffe will lead audiences to this satisfying movie experience.
The story, which Marc Rosenberg adapted from Noonan's novel, revolves around four orphan boys born in December who have grown up in a Catholic convent in the Outback. All have reached or are reaching an age when the prospects of adoption are increasingly slim. A Christmas outing to the seaside gives them a welcome respite from school.
The narrator actually is the youngest boy, Misty Lee Cormie, quite good), who is quiet, neat, mature and determined to get adapted. The eldest boy, Maps (Radcliffe), is closing in on 17 and not even certain at that age whether he even wants to be adopted.
Spark (Christian Byers) has a taste for the forbidden. This includes cigarettes and lingerie ads. Aside from the disgusting social habit that gives him his nickname, Spit (James Fraser) loves challenges and feels he is up to each and every one.
The boys stay in a house with an aging couple, Bandy McAnsh (veteran Aussie star Jack Thompson), a retired naval officer who salts his language with nautical terms, and his wife (Kris McQuade), who have a secret motive for inviting the lads to join them.
The boys meet a circus performer and his French wife. Since they can't have children, they seem the perfect couple to adopt. A competition breaks out among the three youngest boys, which puts friendships to a test. Meanwhile, Maps becomes utterly infatuated with a local blonde named Lucy (Teresa Palmer), who both enjoys and encourages his romantic interest.
Misty narrates from deep into the future, so this is a memory piece and, perhaps, memory plays its tricks. Could all of these slender narrative strands have been so neatly resolved? Did that idyllic December really freight so much emotional weight? Does Misty in the future really remember the cove's metaphoric wildlife -- a black horse that wanders the beach and a huge fish named Henry, which has eluded capture by an old fisherman for years. Not to mention a personal appearance by Our Lady to two of the young Catholic boys?
Director Rod Hardy favors sunsets over the ocean and high angle shots of the cove, the sea and the striking topography of this desolate, gorgeous location. It's a neat package save for a curious ending, many years later -- presumably today -- where actors far too old to be those boys in 2007 reassemble on the cove to spread the ashes of the one lad who has died. Didn't anybody do the math?
DECEMBER BOYS
Warner Independent Pictures
WIP and Village Roadshow Pictures
in association with Becker Films and the South Australian Film Corp. present a Richard Becker production
Credits:
Director: Rod Hardy
Screenwriter: Marc Rosenberg
From story work by: Ronald Kinnoch
Based on the novel by: Michael Noonan
Producer: Richard Becker
Executive producers: Hal Gaba, Jonathan Shteinman
Director of photography: Dave Connell
Production designer: Les Binns
Music: Carlo Giacco
Co-producer: Jay Sanders
Costume designer: Mariot Kerr
Editor: Dany Cooper
Cast:
Maps: Daniel Radcliffe
Spark: Christian Byers
Misty: Lee Cormie
Spit: James Fraser
Lucy: Teresa Palmer
Bandy McAnsh: Jack Thompson
Teresa: Victoria Hill
Fearless: Sullivan Stapleton
Shellback: Ralph Cotterill
Running time -- 105 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 9/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
December Boys bathes in the summer sun and sea breezes even as it exudes the energy of youth and promise. It is set in an affable seaside community in South Australia in the 1960s, in a few homey shacks built within a cove. There is a flavor of nostalgia here, too, as old rock tunes waft through the air. The film's dramatic moments are small but exquisitely rendered so that you feel the emotions experienced so many years ago. The film lingers afterward in your mind like a favorite vacation that triggered moments of sheer intensity.
Based on the Australian coming-of-age novel by Michael Noonan and featuring Daniel Radcliffe in his first major role apart from the Harry Potter character, December Boys is a modest though poignant film that touches on timeless themes of love, friendship and family. Radcliffe is the film's calling card; otherwise, it would be difficult for Warner Independent Pictures to create awareness of such a small-scale film. Likewise, Village Roadshow, which handles international sales, must hope that Radcliffe will lead audiences to this satisfying movie experience.
The story, which Marc Rosenberg adapted from Noonan's novel, revolves around four orphan boys born in December who have grown up in a Catholic convent in the Outback. All have reached or are reaching an age when the prospects of adoption are increasingly slim. A Christmas outing to the seaside gives them a welcome respite from school.
The narrator actually is the youngest boy, Misty Lee Cormie, quite good), who is quiet, neat, mature and determined to get adapted. The eldest boy, Maps (Radcliffe), is closing in on 17 and not even certain at that age whether he even wants to be adopted.
Spark (Christian Byers) has a taste for the forbidden. This includes cigarettes and lingerie ads. Aside from the disgusting social habit that gives him his nickname, Spit (James Fraser) loves challenges and feels he is up to each and every one.
The boys stay in a house with an aging couple, Bandy McAnsh (veteran Aussie star Jack Thompson), a retired naval officer who salts his language with nautical terms, and his wife (Kris McQuade), who have a secret motive for inviting the lads to join them.
The boys meet a circus performer and his French wife. Since they can't have children, they seem the perfect couple to adopt. A competition breaks out among the three youngest boys, which puts friendships to a test. Meanwhile, Maps becomes utterly infatuated with a local blonde named Lucy (Teresa Palmer), who both enjoys and encourages his romantic interest.
Misty narrates from deep into the future, so this is a memory piece and, perhaps, memory plays its tricks. Could all of these slender narrative strands have been so neatly resolved? Did that idyllic December really freight so much emotional weight? Does Misty in the future really remember the cove's metaphoric wildlife -- a black horse that wanders the beach and a huge fish named Henry, which has eluded capture by an old fisherman for years. Not to mention a personal appearance by Our Lady to two of the young Catholic boys?
Director Rod Hardy favors sunsets over the ocean and high angle shots of the cove, the sea and the striking topography of this desolate, gorgeous location. It's a neat package save for a curious ending, many years later -- presumably today -- where actors far too old to be those boys in 2007 reassemble on the cove to spread the ashes of the one lad who has died. Didn't anybody do the math?
DECEMBER BOYS
Warner Independent Pictures
WIP and Village Roadshow Pictures
in association with Becker Films and the South Australian Film Corp. present a Richard Becker production
Credits:
Director: Rod Hardy
Screenwriter: Marc Rosenberg
From story work by: Ronald Kinnoch
Based on the novel by: Michael Noonan
Producer: Richard Becker
Executive producers: Hal Gaba, Jonathan Shteinman
Director of photography: Dave Connell
Production designer: Les Binns
Music: Carlo Giacco
Co-producer: Jay Sanders
Costume designer: Mariot Kerr
Editor: Dany Cooper
Cast:
Maps: Daniel Radcliffe
Spark: Christian Byers
Misty: Lee Cormie
Spit: James Fraser
Lucy: Teresa Palmer
Bandy McAnsh: Jack Thompson
Teresa: Victoria Hill
Fearless: Sullivan Stapleton
Shellback: Ralph Cotterill
Running time -- 105 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
Based on the Australian coming-of-age novel by Michael Noonan and featuring Daniel Radcliffe in his first major role apart from the Harry Potter character, December Boys is a modest though poignant film that touches on timeless themes of love, friendship and family. Radcliffe is the film's calling card; otherwise, it would be difficult for Warner Independent Pictures to create awareness of such a small-scale film. Likewise, Village Roadshow, which handles international sales, must hope that Radcliffe will lead audiences to this satisfying movie experience.
The story, which Marc Rosenberg adapted from Noonan's novel, revolves around four orphan boys born in December who have grown up in a Catholic convent in the Outback. All have reached or are reaching an age when the prospects of adoption are increasingly slim. A Christmas outing to the seaside gives them a welcome respite from school.
The narrator actually is the youngest boy, Misty Lee Cormie, quite good), who is quiet, neat, mature and determined to get adapted. The eldest boy, Maps (Radcliffe), is closing in on 17 and not even certain at that age whether he even wants to be adopted.
Spark (Christian Byers) has a taste for the forbidden. This includes cigarettes and lingerie ads. Aside from the disgusting social habit that gives him his nickname, Spit (James Fraser) loves challenges and feels he is up to each and every one.
The boys stay in a house with an aging couple, Bandy McAnsh (veteran Aussie star Jack Thompson), a retired naval officer who salts his language with nautical terms, and his wife (Kris McQuade), who have a secret motive for inviting the lads to join them.
The boys meet a circus performer and his French wife. Since they can't have children, they seem the perfect couple to adopt. A competition breaks out among the three youngest boys, which puts friendships to a test. Meanwhile, Maps becomes utterly infatuated with a local blonde named Lucy (Teresa Palmer), who both enjoys and encourages his romantic interest.
Misty narrates from deep into the future, so this is a memory piece and, perhaps, memory plays its tricks. Could all of these slender narrative strands have been so neatly resolved? Did that idyllic December really freight so much emotional weight? Does Misty in the future really remember the cove's metaphoric wildlife -- a black horse that wanders the beach and a huge fish named Henry, which has eluded capture by an old fisherman for years. Not to mention a personal appearance by Our Lady to two of the young Catholic boys?
Director Rod Hardy favors sunsets over the ocean and high angle shots of the cove, the sea and the striking topography of this desolate, gorgeous location. It's a neat package save for a curious ending, many years later -- presumably today -- where actors far too old to be those boys in 2007 reassemble on the cove to spread the ashes of the one lad who has died. Didn't anybody do the math?
DECEMBER BOYS
Warner Independent Pictures
WIP and Village Roadshow Pictures
in association with Becker Films and the South Australian Film Corp. present a Richard Becker production
Credits:
Director: Rod Hardy
Screenwriter: Marc Rosenberg
From story work by: Ronald Kinnoch
Based on the novel by: Michael Noonan
Producer: Richard Becker
Executive producers: Hal Gaba, Jonathan Shteinman
Director of photography: Dave Connell
Production designer: Les Binns
Music: Carlo Giacco
Co-producer: Jay Sanders
Costume designer: Mariot Kerr
Editor: Dany Cooper
Cast:
Maps: Daniel Radcliffe
Spark: Christian Byers
Misty: Lee Cormie
Spit: James Fraser
Lucy: Teresa Palmer
Bandy McAnsh: Jack Thompson
Teresa: Victoria Hill
Fearless: Sullivan Stapleton
Shellback: Ralph Cotterill
Running time -- 105 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 9/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES, A daft and endearing comedy, "Billy's Holiday" is the story of a stumpy, middle-aged hardware store owner who discovers he has a talent for singing like Billie Holiday. It's an incredible, warm-hearted "Cinderella" story, which, unfortunately, trips over its many time signatures. Still, it's one of the most likable movies to screen at this year's market. Best prospects in the United States may be as a remake: This nostalgic, spry comedy would make for an ideal pairing of Dudley Moore and Blake Edwards.
Life has been decidedly flat lately for 50-ish Billy (Max Cullen). Although he still plays trombone and croons a bit in a band, his main preoccupation is raising his teen-age daughter (Kris McQuade) in the wake of his wife's desertion six year's earlier. A former entertainer, he's past his prime and wallows in performing the oldies now in Saturday-night stints. For Billy
life's refrain is all repetition with no new riffs in sight. Then one fine morning, while warbling in the shower, he finds that he sounds just like Billie Holiday. Realizing his life needs a boost, he surprises the band on Saturday night, and, to his grand amazement, brings down the house.
Undeniably, screenwriter Denis Whitburn's scenario rests squarely on the central comic gimmick of an ordinary Australian bloke sounding just like the sultry black blues artist, but it's also lined with a winning track of self-revitalization as over-the-hill Billy rediscovers his passions.
In this boom-box age, older viewers in particular will thrill to the soundtrack's succulent Big Band oldies as well as be amused by the film's satirical slant on the record business. While Richard Wherrett's direction is cheerfully cheeky, it's also a bit boxy, particularly with its group stagings and choreography. Still, Wherrett's directorial baton brings forth some amusing and warm moments.
Cullen is a bundle of pixie-ish charm as the hardwareman/songstress, while Genevieve Lemon is fittingly garish as his self-absorbed ex-wife.
Technical contributions are topped off by the film's liltingly romantic musical numbers, a testament to musical director Peter Cobbin's astute sensibility.
`Holiday'
BILLY'S HOLIDAY
Beyond Films Ltd.
Producers Tristram Miall, Denis Whitburn
Director Richard Wherrett
Screenwriter Denis Whitburn
Production supervisor Sally Ayre-Smith
Musical director Peter Cobbin
Director of photography Roger Lanser
Editor Sue Blainey
Costume designer Terry Ryan
Production designer Michael Scott-Mitchell
Choreography Kim Walker
Color/Stereo
CAST:
Billy Apples Max Cullen
Kate Hammond Kris McQuade
Sid Banks Drew Forsyth
Julie Coates Genevieve Lemon
Louise Appleby Tin Bursill
Rob McSpedden Richard Roxburgh
Running time - 98 minutes
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
Life has been decidedly flat lately for 50-ish Billy (Max Cullen). Although he still plays trombone and croons a bit in a band, his main preoccupation is raising his teen-age daughter (Kris McQuade) in the wake of his wife's desertion six year's earlier. A former entertainer, he's past his prime and wallows in performing the oldies now in Saturday-night stints. For Billy
life's refrain is all repetition with no new riffs in sight. Then one fine morning, while warbling in the shower, he finds that he sounds just like Billie Holiday. Realizing his life needs a boost, he surprises the band on Saturday night, and, to his grand amazement, brings down the house.
Undeniably, screenwriter Denis Whitburn's scenario rests squarely on the central comic gimmick of an ordinary Australian bloke sounding just like the sultry black blues artist, but it's also lined with a winning track of self-revitalization as over-the-hill Billy rediscovers his passions.
In this boom-box age, older viewers in particular will thrill to the soundtrack's succulent Big Band oldies as well as be amused by the film's satirical slant on the record business. While Richard Wherrett's direction is cheerfully cheeky, it's also a bit boxy, particularly with its group stagings and choreography. Still, Wherrett's directorial baton brings forth some amusing and warm moments.
Cullen is a bundle of pixie-ish charm as the hardwareman/songstress, while Genevieve Lemon is fittingly garish as his self-absorbed ex-wife.
Technical contributions are topped off by the film's liltingly romantic musical numbers, a testament to musical director Peter Cobbin's astute sensibility.
`Holiday'
BILLY'S HOLIDAY
Beyond Films Ltd.
Producers Tristram Miall, Denis Whitburn
Director Richard Wherrett
Screenwriter Denis Whitburn
Production supervisor Sally Ayre-Smith
Musical director Peter Cobbin
Director of photography Roger Lanser
Editor Sue Blainey
Costume designer Terry Ryan
Production designer Michael Scott-Mitchell
Choreography Kim Walker
Color/Stereo
CAST:
Billy Apples Max Cullen
Kate Hammond Kris McQuade
Sid Banks Drew Forsyth
Julie Coates Genevieve Lemon
Louise Appleby Tin Bursill
Rob McSpedden Richard Roxburgh
Running time - 98 minutes
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
- 5/25/1995
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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