Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated writer Vanessa Alexander and unscripted producer Wes Denning are among the international speakers at Screenworks’ upcoming Regional to Global Screen Forum.
The organisation unveiled its full program today, with over 40 speakers to address industry over the three-day hybrid event, taking place online and in Nsw’s Lennox Head.
The event will include speakers from the Northern Rivers region, from companies such as Every Cloud Productions, Magpie Pictures, Mememe Productions, Byron Studios and Cumulus VFX. These come in addition to executives and creatives from the ABC, Fremantle, Netflix, Amazon, Tony Ayres Productions (Tap), Goalpost Pictures, Spirit Pictures, the Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff), Bus Stop Films and Ludo Studio, as well as screen agency executives from Screen Nsw, Screen Queensland, Screen Territory and Ausfilm.
There will also be intensive workshops hosted by Rick Kalowski, Dwa Law, Bus Stop Films and Screen ABC.
An in conversation event with...
The organisation unveiled its full program today, with over 40 speakers to address industry over the three-day hybrid event, taking place online and in Nsw’s Lennox Head.
The event will include speakers from the Northern Rivers region, from companies such as Every Cloud Productions, Magpie Pictures, Mememe Productions, Byron Studios and Cumulus VFX. These come in addition to executives and creatives from the ABC, Fremantle, Netflix, Amazon, Tony Ayres Productions (Tap), Goalpost Pictures, Spirit Pictures, the Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff), Bus Stop Films and Ludo Studio, as well as screen agency executives from Screen Nsw, Screen Queensland, Screen Territory and Ausfilm.
There will also be intensive workshops hosted by Rick Kalowski, Dwa Law, Bus Stop Films and Screen ABC.
An in conversation event with...
- 3/5/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Alexandra Keddie, Drew Weston and Gemma Bird Matheson in ‘The Housemate.’
Frustrated with the scarcity of job offers, two years ago young actors Gemma Bird Matheson and Alexandra Keddie decided to launch their own production company, Chips & Gravy Films.
Their maiden production was The Housemate, an affectionate take on The Bachelor. They spent several thousand dollars of their own money to make a 4-minute teaser, in which they played friends who are searching for the housemate of their dreams, posted it online and got 260,000 views in the first week.
So they sent the teaser to Rick Kalowski, then the ABC’s head of comedy, who called them within 30 minutes and quickly commissioned a series of 6 x 5′ episodes for iview.
Since then the duo have created four or five projects which are in development with Screen Australia, while Matheson also performs in plays (currently the Griffin Theatre Company’s Superheroes...
Frustrated with the scarcity of job offers, two years ago young actors Gemma Bird Matheson and Alexandra Keddie decided to launch their own production company, Chips & Gravy Films.
Their maiden production was The Housemate, an affectionate take on The Bachelor. They spent several thousand dollars of their own money to make a 4-minute teaser, in which they played friends who are searching for the housemate of their dreams, posted it online and got 260,000 views in the first week.
So they sent the teaser to Rick Kalowski, then the ABC’s head of comedy, who called them within 30 minutes and quickly commissioned a series of 6 x 5′ episodes for iview.
Since then the duo have created four or five projects which are in development with Screen Australia, while Matheson also performs in plays (currently the Griffin Theatre Company’s Superheroes...
- 10/7/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Nick Hayden.
The ABC has promoted entertainment manager Nick Hayden, who created the iso-comedy At Home Alone Together, Whovians, Tonightly and the Australia Talks live show, to head of entertainment.
Hayden will drive the entertainment slate including Gruen, Hard Quiz, Mad As Hell, The Weekly, You Can’t Ask That and the upcoming Reputation Rehab.
His appointment completes a restructuring of the content divisions which resulted in the exit of head of entertainment and factual Josie Mason-Campbell.
Last week Jennifer Collins was named the ABC’s inaugural head of factual and culture, leading the development and production across arts, religion, science, education, health, history and social affairs.
Earlier Todd Abbott came on board as head of comedy, a role held by a number of execs in an acting capacity after the departure of Rick Kalowski.
Since joining the ABC in 2016 as an executive producer, entertainment, he developed and produced the Spicks and Specks Reunion Specials,...
The ABC has promoted entertainment manager Nick Hayden, who created the iso-comedy At Home Alone Together, Whovians, Tonightly and the Australia Talks live show, to head of entertainment.
Hayden will drive the entertainment slate including Gruen, Hard Quiz, Mad As Hell, The Weekly, You Can’t Ask That and the upcoming Reputation Rehab.
His appointment completes a restructuring of the content divisions which resulted in the exit of head of entertainment and factual Josie Mason-Campbell.
Last week Jennifer Collins was named the ABC’s inaugural head of factual and culture, leading the development and production across arts, religion, science, education, health, history and social affairs.
Earlier Todd Abbott came on board as head of comedy, a role held by a number of execs in an acting capacity after the departure of Rick Kalowski.
Since joining the ABC in 2016 as an executive producer, entertainment, he developed and produced the Spicks and Specks Reunion Specials,...
- 10/5/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Todd Abbott.
The ABC has officially announced the appointment of Todd Abbott as head of comedy, succeeding Rick Kalowski who departed the broadcaster in February.
Abbott joined the ABC in July from Guesswork Television, where he was creative director. He has worked with the ABC previously on shows like Rosehaven, Frayed and The Weekly with Charlie Pickering.
Most recently for Guesswork, Abbott produced Stan’s pandemic stand-up special, the Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival, and a series of one-hour comedy specials for Amazon Prime Video, including comedians Celia Pacquola, Judith Lucy, Lano & Woodley, Tom Walker and Dilruk Jayasinha.
Abbott’s other credits include The Dream with Roy & Hg, Please Like Me, a reimagining of Geoffrey Robertson’s Hypotheticals and Ten’s reboot of Rove, Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey and Micallef Tonight.
At the ABC, he will lead the commissioning and creative execution of comedy programs across multiple platforms.
ABC head of drama,...
The ABC has officially announced the appointment of Todd Abbott as head of comedy, succeeding Rick Kalowski who departed the broadcaster in February.
Abbott joined the ABC in July from Guesswork Television, where he was creative director. He has worked with the ABC previously on shows like Rosehaven, Frayed and The Weekly with Charlie Pickering.
Most recently for Guesswork, Abbott produced Stan’s pandemic stand-up special, the Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival, and a series of one-hour comedy specials for Amazon Prime Video, including comedians Celia Pacquola, Judith Lucy, Lano & Woodley, Tom Walker and Dilruk Jayasinha.
Abbott’s other credits include The Dream with Roy & Hg, Please Like Me, a reimagining of Geoffrey Robertson’s Hypotheticals and Ten’s reboot of Rove, Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey and Micallef Tonight.
At the ABC, he will lead the commissioning and creative execution of comedy programs across multiple platforms.
ABC head of drama,...
- 9/3/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Rosehaven’s’ Luke McGregor (l) and Celia Pacquola with Rick Kalowski.
In six-and-a-half years as head of comedy at the ABC, Rick Kalowski oversaw a number of series which he believes could have found homes at the commercial free-to-air networks – if they had been offered to them.
“The ABC does an incredible job as the driver of Australian scripted comedy but I truly see no reason why, with the right projects, the love can’t be spread,” he tells If.
Rosehaven would have been a comfortable fit for the Nine or Ten Networks, he thinks, while Frayed would have suited Nine, albeit, he notes, perhaps with some of the fruitier bad language toned down.
The Letdown might have been a good match for Ten’s demographic while Ronny Chieng: International Student could have fulfilled Sbs’s remit..
Given the ratings success of several ABC comedies, Kalowski, who steps down this Friday,...
In six-and-a-half years as head of comedy at the ABC, Rick Kalowski oversaw a number of series which he believes could have found homes at the commercial free-to-air networks – if they had been offered to them.
“The ABC does an incredible job as the driver of Australian scripted comedy but I truly see no reason why, with the right projects, the love can’t be spread,” he tells If.
Rosehaven would have been a comfortable fit for the Nine or Ten Networks, he thinks, while Frayed would have suited Nine, albeit, he notes, perhaps with some of the fruitier bad language toned down.
The Letdown might have been a good match for Ten’s demographic while Ronny Chieng: International Student could have fulfilled Sbs’s remit..
Given the ratings success of several ABC comedies, Kalowski, who steps down this Friday,...
- 1/27/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Rick Kalowski.
The ABC’s highly respected head of comedy Rick Kalowski today announced his resignation after more than six years in the post.
After commissioning and overseeing the production of 80 titles, spanning pilots, series, digital content and podcasts, the executive tells If he is exhausted and needs a break.
He will stay in place until February to give the ABC ample time to recruit a successor and will pursue new career opportunities in the Australian and global screen industry. He’s having discussions about his next move but nothing is locked in.
Arguably he will step down after one of the ABC’s most distinctive and successful years in comedy, with hits such as Frayed, the fourth season of Utopia, the second of Squinters and the finales of Get Krack!n and The Letdown.
Among other shows produced under his watch, including several commissioned by his predecessor Debbie Lee, were Rosehaven,...
The ABC’s highly respected head of comedy Rick Kalowski today announced his resignation after more than six years in the post.
After commissioning and overseeing the production of 80 titles, spanning pilots, series, digital content and podcasts, the executive tells If he is exhausted and needs a break.
He will stay in place until February to give the ABC ample time to recruit a successor and will pursue new career opportunities in the Australian and global screen industry. He’s having discussions about his next move but nothing is locked in.
Arguably he will step down after one of the ABC’s most distinctive and successful years in comedy, with hits such as Frayed, the fourth season of Utopia, the second of Squinters and the finales of Get Krack!n and The Letdown.
Among other shows produced under his watch, including several commissioned by his predecessor Debbie Lee, were Rosehaven,...
- 12/11/2019
- by The IF Team
- 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
‘Frayed.’
Merman Television and Guesswork Television’s comedy Frayed created by and starring Sarah Kendall will premiere on the ABC and iview on Wednesday October 16 at 9.10 pm.
The UK-based Australian comedian plays Simone Cooper, a fabulously wealthy London housewife who in 1988 is forced to return to her Newcastle hometown after her husband has a fatal attack during sex with a prostitute.
Broke, homeless and a social outcast, back home with her children she must revisit her past and the events that led her to flee as a teenager years earlier.
The ensemble cast includes Kerry Armstrong as Simone’s mother, Ben Mingay as her brother Jim, Doris Younane as Jim’s partner Bev, Matt Passmore as Dan, Simone’s high school sweetheart whom she left behind in Newcastle 20 years earlier, Diane Morgan and Robert Webb.
Nicole O’Donohue is the producer and the directors are Jennifer Leacey and Shaun Wilson.
Merman Television and Guesswork Television’s comedy Frayed created by and starring Sarah Kendall will premiere on the ABC and iview on Wednesday October 16 at 9.10 pm.
The UK-based Australian comedian plays Simone Cooper, a fabulously wealthy London housewife who in 1988 is forced to return to her Newcastle hometown after her husband has a fatal attack during sex with a prostitute.
Broke, homeless and a social outcast, back home with her children she must revisit her past and the events that led her to flee as a teenager years earlier.
The ensemble cast includes Kerry Armstrong as Simone’s mother, Ben Mingay as her brother Jim, Doris Younane as Jim’s partner Bev, Matt Passmore as Dan, Simone’s high school sweetheart whom she left behind in Newcastle 20 years earlier, Diane Morgan and Robert Webb.
Nicole O’Donohue is the producer and the directors are Jennifer Leacey and Shaun Wilson.
- 9/3/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Rick Kalowski.
ABC head of comedy Rick Kalowski has a ready answer when producers complain they can’t get a show funded because they have been unable to land an international financier or co-producer.
“If you can’t co-finance your scripted show internationally it’s not because it’s too local, it’s because it’s not good enough,” he tells If.
“There is so much hunger out there for scripted content that if you can’t finance it, it’s not a conspiracy. Many good Australian producers have had a lot of success selling their shows internationally.”
Most ABC scripted comedies are now co-financed internationally by streaming platforms or cable broadcasters such as Sky TV. “One of the few good things about the budget cuts in the past few years is that they have forced us to think internationally about our financing,” he says.
“Since I started in September 2013, I,...
ABC head of comedy Rick Kalowski has a ready answer when producers complain they can’t get a show funded because they have been unable to land an international financier or co-producer.
“If you can’t co-finance your scripted show internationally it’s not because it’s too local, it’s because it’s not good enough,” he tells If.
“There is so much hunger out there for scripted content that if you can’t finance it, it’s not a conspiracy. Many good Australian producers have had a lot of success selling their shows internationally.”
Most ABC scripted comedies are now co-financed internationally by streaming platforms or cable broadcasters such as Sky TV. “One of the few good things about the budget cuts in the past few years is that they have forced us to think internationally about our financing,” he says.
“Since I started in September 2013, I,...
- 7/23/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Lauren Elliott.
Mad Kids co-founder and managing director Lauren Elliott is launching a new production company focused on long-form television and features, Galactic Baby.
Elliott founded the Perth-based Mad Kids seven years ago with Henry Inglis and Matt Lovkis. It has produced a variety of content such as the Aacta-nominated Small Town Hackers for Saturday Night Live’ digital platform Above Average; The Big Spaghetti (which won director Zoe Pepper an Australian Directors’ Guild Award); Lucy Durack’s Lift for 10Peach, Dafuq? for ABC iview and The Legend of Gavin Tanner for ABC1.
ABC iview comedy series Kgb, which launches this Sunday and stars Clarence Ryan, Bjorn Stewart, Mark Coles Smith, Aaron McGrath and Genevieve Morris, will be the last project under the Mad Kids banner.
Having produced 11 web series to date, Elliott tells If she feels ready to take the next step in her career and move into longer-form with Galactic Baby.
Mad Kids co-founder and managing director Lauren Elliott is launching a new production company focused on long-form television and features, Galactic Baby.
Elliott founded the Perth-based Mad Kids seven years ago with Henry Inglis and Matt Lovkis. It has produced a variety of content such as the Aacta-nominated Small Town Hackers for Saturday Night Live’ digital platform Above Average; The Big Spaghetti (which won director Zoe Pepper an Australian Directors’ Guild Award); Lucy Durack’s Lift for 10Peach, Dafuq? for ABC iview and The Legend of Gavin Tanner for ABC1.
ABC iview comedy series Kgb, which launches this Sunday and stars Clarence Ryan, Bjorn Stewart, Mark Coles Smith, Aaron McGrath and Genevieve Morris, will be the last project under the Mad Kids banner.
Having produced 11 web series to date, Elliott tells If she feels ready to take the next step in her career and move into longer-form with Galactic Baby.
- 7/3/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Tristram Baumber.
Tristram Baumber studied English and creative writing at the University of Wollongong with the aim of making a living as a screenwriter.
That was 20 years ago. Since then his life and career have taken several twists and turns – but he is now reaping the rewards of persistence and determination.
“It took me a long time to get good at writing,” he tells If. The turning point came in March 2017 when Aquarius Films’ Polly Staniford and Angie Fielder hired him as an in-house writer.
He had been working with the producers on several projects including a rom-com feature and they were able to put him on staff thanks to a grant from Screen Australia’s Enterprise People program.
For the next two years he worked on multiple projects including the second season of Matt Okine’s Stan sitcom The Other Guy and The Unlisted, an action sci-fi thriller created...
Tristram Baumber studied English and creative writing at the University of Wollongong with the aim of making a living as a screenwriter.
That was 20 years ago. Since then his life and career have taken several twists and turns – but he is now reaping the rewards of persistence and determination.
“It took me a long time to get good at writing,” he tells If. The turning point came in March 2017 when Aquarius Films’ Polly Staniford and Angie Fielder hired him as an in-house writer.
He had been working with the producers on several projects including a rom-com feature and they were able to put him on staff thanks to a grant from Screen Australia’s Enterprise People program.
For the next two years he worked on multiple projects including the second season of Matt Okine’s Stan sitcom The Other Guy and The Unlisted, an action sci-fi thriller created...
- 6/24/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Peep Show and Back star Robert Webb and Motherland’s Diane Morgan have joined the cast of Sky and ABC Australia comedy Frayed.
The pair will star alongside Sarah Kendall, Hacksaw Ridge’s Ben Mingay, The Glades’ Matt Passmore and Razzle Dazzle’s Kerry Armstrong in the six-part comedy, which is produced by Guesswork Television, the production company behind Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, and Sharon Horgan’s Merman.
The series sees Kendall, who also appeared in Motherland, as a well-off London housewife who suddenly finds herself back in the Australian town that she grew up in, facing the flawed family she left behind. Set in 1988, Kendall plays Simone Burbeck, whose life appears perfect with a mansion in London with her perfect husband and children. However, it’s all lies. When her husband has a fatal heart attack in a disastrous session with a prostitute, the true state of their finances is revealed.
The pair will star alongside Sarah Kendall, Hacksaw Ridge’s Ben Mingay, The Glades’ Matt Passmore and Razzle Dazzle’s Kerry Armstrong in the six-part comedy, which is produced by Guesswork Television, the production company behind Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, and Sharon Horgan’s Merman.
The series sees Kendall, who also appeared in Motherland, as a well-off London housewife who suddenly finds herself back in the Australian town that she grew up in, facing the flawed family she left behind. Set in 1988, Kendall plays Simone Burbeck, whose life appears perfect with a mansion in London with her perfect husband and children. However, it’s all lies. When her husband has a fatal heart attack in a disastrous session with a prostitute, the true state of their finances is revealed.
- 11/19/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarah Kendall
UK-based Australian comedian Sarah Kendall is starring in Frayed, a six-part comedy-drama commissioned by the ABC and Sky UK, the first collaboration between the broadcasters.
Kendall created the 1989-set show in which she plays Sammy Cooper, a fabulously wealthy London housewife who is forced to return to her hometown in Australia, where she must revisit her past and the events that led her to flee as a teenager years earlier.
Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s production company Merman Television, which developed the project with the ABC and Sky, is co-producing with Kevin Whyte’s Guesswork Television.
Filming is underway in Newcastle and Sydney supported by Create Nsw, followed by location shooting in London. Kendall wrote all the episodes. Nicole O’Donohue is the producer and the directors are Jennifer Leacey and Shaun Wilson.
The synopsis reads: “Painfully funny and sometimes dark, Frayed is full of complex characters,...
UK-based Australian comedian Sarah Kendall is starring in Frayed, a six-part comedy-drama commissioned by the ABC and Sky UK, the first collaboration between the broadcasters.
Kendall created the 1989-set show in which she plays Sammy Cooper, a fabulously wealthy London housewife who is forced to return to her hometown in Australia, where she must revisit her past and the events that led her to flee as a teenager years earlier.
Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s production company Merman Television, which developed the project with the ABC and Sky, is co-producing with Kevin Whyte’s Guesswork Television.
Filming is underway in Newcastle and Sydney supported by Create Nsw, followed by location shooting in London. Kendall wrote all the episodes. Nicole O’Donohue is the producer and the directors are Jennifer Leacey and Shaun Wilson.
The synopsis reads: “Painfully funny and sometimes dark, Frayed is full of complex characters,...
- 10/30/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Guesswork Television, the production company behind Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, is teaming with Sharon Horgan’s Merman for a period comedy series for Sky and Australia’s ABC.
The British pay-tv broadcaster and Australian public broadcaster have commissioned Frayed, a six-part series fronted by comedian Sarah Kendall and The Glades star Matt Passmore.
The series sees Kendall, who has appeared in a number of British comedies including Horgan-penned Motherland, as a well off London housewife who suddenly finds herself back in the Australian town that she grew up in, facing the flawed family she left behind. It is set in 1989.
Kendall said, “I just wanted to visit my family in Newcastle but I ended up shooting a six-part comedy here for the ABC and Sky,” she said. “I’m incredibly excited to be given this opportunity. And I also love free flights.”
“We can all relate in some way to complex family drama,...
The British pay-tv broadcaster and Australian public broadcaster have commissioned Frayed, a six-part series fronted by comedian Sarah Kendall and The Glades star Matt Passmore.
The series sees Kendall, who has appeared in a number of British comedies including Horgan-penned Motherland, as a well off London housewife who suddenly finds herself back in the Australian town that she grew up in, facing the flawed family she left behind. It is set in 1989.
Kendall said, “I just wanted to visit my family in Newcastle but I ended up shooting a six-part comedy here for the ABC and Sky,” she said. “I’m incredibly excited to be given this opportunity. And I also love free flights.”
“We can all relate in some way to complex family drama,...
- 10/30/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
'The Letdown'..
The Letdown was one of six pilots aired last year on the ABC via the broadcaster's and Screen Australia.s Comedy Showroom initiative, and the episode went on to pick up an Aacta Award for Best Screenplay in Television.
Now production is underway on a full six-part series for the ABC and Netflix..
Netflix has international distribution rights, but will also make the series available on its Australian platform after it initially airs on Abctv and iview..
A Giant Dwarf production, created and written by Sarah Scheller and Alison Bell, The Letdown follows a mother.s group thrown together through the circumstance of timing..
"We are thrilled to be working with the ABC and Netflix on a full series of The Letdown. We've learned that making a TV show is actually not unlike motherhood... floods of tears, bursts of love and unhinged hormonal meltdowns - all in the name of comedy,...
The Letdown was one of six pilots aired last year on the ABC via the broadcaster's and Screen Australia.s Comedy Showroom initiative, and the episode went on to pick up an Aacta Award for Best Screenplay in Television.
Now production is underway on a full six-part series for the ABC and Netflix..
Netflix has international distribution rights, but will also make the series available on its Australian platform after it initially airs on Abctv and iview..
A Giant Dwarf production, created and written by Sarah Scheller and Alison Bell, The Letdown follows a mother.s group thrown together through the circumstance of timing..
"We are thrilled to be working with the ABC and Netflix on a full series of The Letdown. We've learned that making a TV show is actually not unlike motherhood... floods of tears, bursts of love and unhinged hormonal meltdowns - all in the name of comedy,...
- 6/16/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
'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
John Clarke..
Renowned satirist, writer and actor John Clarke, died Sunday, aged 68..
New Zealand-born Clarke and comedy partner Bryan Dawe sent up Aussie politics in mock interviews on the ABC.s 7.30 Report.and before that on Nine.s A Current Affair.
Clarke created and starred in mockumentary series The Games. His screenwriting credits include Lonely Hearts with Paul Cox, the original screenplay Billy Connolly's.The Man Who Sued God, and mini-series Anzacs.
As an actor he appeared in features such as.Death of Brunswick opposite Sam Neill, and more recently in Matthew Saville.s A Month of Sundays and the ABC.s The Ex-pm..
He died of natural causes while on a hike in the Grampians National Park, Victoria. He is survived by his wife Helen, daughters Lorin and Lucia and grandchildren Claudia and Charles.
A statement from his family said: .John died doing one of the things he...
Renowned satirist, writer and actor John Clarke, died Sunday, aged 68..
New Zealand-born Clarke and comedy partner Bryan Dawe sent up Aussie politics in mock interviews on the ABC.s 7.30 Report.and before that on Nine.s A Current Affair.
Clarke created and starred in mockumentary series The Games. His screenwriting credits include Lonely Hearts with Paul Cox, the original screenplay Billy Connolly's.The Man Who Sued God, and mini-series Anzacs.
As an actor he appeared in features such as.Death of Brunswick opposite Sam Neill, and more recently in Matthew Saville.s A Month of Sundays and the ABC.s The Ex-pm..
He died of natural causes while on a hike in the Grampians National Park, Victoria. He is survived by his wife Helen, daughters Lorin and Lucia and grandchildren Claudia and Charles.
A statement from his family said: .John died doing one of the things he...
- 4/10/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
'Ronny Chieng: International Student'..
Shooting has kicked off in Melbourne on Sticky Pictures. Ronny Chieng: International Student, which will air on the ABC in Australia and Comedy Central in the Us..
Ronny Chieng: International Student was one of six comedy pilots that aired last year as part of the ABC and Screen Australia.s joint initiative, Comedy Showroom, and was the first to be greenlit to a full series..
The six-parter has been funded by the ABC, Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Comedy Central..
.ABC audiences loved the first (pilot) episode, and we look forward to sharing more of Ronny.s unique comedy style, with stories inspired by his real-life experiences as an international student,. said Sticky Pictures CEO and series producer Donna Andrews..
Writer and star Ronny Chieng is taking time off from his role on Trevor Noah's.The Daily Show.to return to Australia for the shoot.
Shooting has kicked off in Melbourne on Sticky Pictures. Ronny Chieng: International Student, which will air on the ABC in Australia and Comedy Central in the Us..
Ronny Chieng: International Student was one of six comedy pilots that aired last year as part of the ABC and Screen Australia.s joint initiative, Comedy Showroom, and was the first to be greenlit to a full series..
The six-parter has been funded by the ABC, Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Comedy Central..
.ABC audiences loved the first (pilot) episode, and we look forward to sharing more of Ronny.s unique comedy style, with stories inspired by his real-life experiences as an international student,. said Sticky Pictures CEO and series producer Donna Andrews..
Writer and star Ronny Chieng is taking time off from his role on Trevor Noah's.The Daily Show.to return to Australia for the shoot.
- 2/9/2017
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
'Please Like Me' The creator and star of the ABC.s Please Like Me, Josh Thomas, has announced that the show.s most recent season was also its last. . In a statement posted to social media, Thomas said he and the producers had come to the decision because they felt satisfied with what they'd made, and that the show felt complete. . "I want to thank everyone who has watched the show and sent me a friendly note," said Thomas. "This show is so intensely personal, it recreates the most intimate moments of my life and lays them out for anyone to watch. Seeing how people have connected with this show has been tremendously confidence building for me and I.m really grateful for that. Thank you." . "I want to thank our cast and crew because. well because they make the show. I.m so fond of pretty much...
- 2/2/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Tilda Cobham-Hervey, one of the stars of 'F*cking Adelaide'.
Shooting has kicked off this week in on F*cking Adelaide, a six part comedy drama series for ABC iview.
The Closer Productions series will be headlined by Pamela Rabe (Wentworth, Cosi), Tilda Cobham-Hervey (52 Tuesdays, Barracuda, The Kettering Incident, Hotel Mumbai), Kate Box (Rake, The Little Death), and Brendan MacLean (The Great Gatsby, Tracks). Production will continue through to mid-January on location in Adelaide and South Australia..
F*cking Adelaide follows three siblings who discover their mother is selling their childhood home in Adelaide. Each 12-minute episode is told through the point of view of one of the characters.
All the show's key creatives and heads of department are South Australian. The series.is directed by Sophie Hyde (52 Tuesdays).and written by Matthew Cormack and Matt Vesely. Hyde will also produce alongside Rebecca Summerton..
.It.s a total delight for...
Shooting has kicked off this week in on F*cking Adelaide, a six part comedy drama series for ABC iview.
The Closer Productions series will be headlined by Pamela Rabe (Wentworth, Cosi), Tilda Cobham-Hervey (52 Tuesdays, Barracuda, The Kettering Incident, Hotel Mumbai), Kate Box (Rake, The Little Death), and Brendan MacLean (The Great Gatsby, Tracks). Production will continue through to mid-January on location in Adelaide and South Australia..
F*cking Adelaide follows three siblings who discover their mother is selling their childhood home in Adelaide. Each 12-minute episode is told through the point of view of one of the characters.
All the show's key creatives and heads of department are South Australian. The series.is directed by Sophie Hyde (52 Tuesdays).and written by Matthew Cormack and Matt Vesely. Hyde will also produce alongside Rebecca Summerton..
.It.s a total delight for...
- 12/8/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Screen Producers Australia has confirmed 24 leading local and international development executives, commissioning editors, programmers and controllers for Screen Forever.s Meet The Buyer event..
The event will see executives outline their programming priorities, production schedules and target audiences, and articulate how Australian producers may best facilitate collaborations.
Those attending include representatives from all seven major networks — ABC Television, Network Ten, Nine Network, Seven Network, Foxtel, Sbs Television and Stan.
.This is a rare and invaluable opportunity for Australian producers and creators of screen content to understand the key programming needs of all the major media platforms in Australia,. said Spa CEO Matthew Deaner
Meet The Buyer sessions are produced by Lou Porter (Production Executive, TV Entertainment, ABC Television) and will be moderated by Caroline Spencer, Director of Development, FremantleMedia Australia.
The confirmed representatives are: ABC Television Sally Riley — Head of Scripted Production Mandy Chang — Head of Arts Steve Bibb — Head...
The event will see executives outline their programming priorities, production schedules and target audiences, and articulate how Australian producers may best facilitate collaborations.
Those attending include representatives from all seven major networks — ABC Television, Network Ten, Nine Network, Seven Network, Foxtel, Sbs Television and Stan.
.This is a rare and invaluable opportunity for Australian producers and creators of screen content to understand the key programming needs of all the major media platforms in Australia,. said Spa CEO Matthew Deaner
Meet The Buyer sessions are produced by Lou Porter (Production Executive, TV Entertainment, ABC Television) and will be moderated by Caroline Spencer, Director of Development, FremantleMedia Australia.
The confirmed representatives are: ABC Television Sally Riley — Head of Scripted Production Mandy Chang — Head of Arts Steve Bibb — Head...
- 10/6/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Adele Vuko, Sarah Bishop and Greta Lee Jackson.
Sydney comedy collective Skit Box are in the thick of filming their Fresh Blood series Wham Bam Thank You Ma.am..
The 6x30 minute sketch series, written, directed and starring Adele Vuko (Soul Mates, This Is Littleton), Greta Lee Jackson (Crazy Bastards, In a Woman's World) and Sarah Bishop (Red Christmas, Crushed), has been commissioned by Screen Australia, ABC TV and NBCUniversal.s comedy streaming channel Seeso..
Screen Australia and ABC.s Fresh Blood initiative has been nurturing the careers of young comedy writers, directors and performers since 2013. With Seeso, who have previously co-commissioned the likes of Soul Mates season two, now on board, Wham Bam Thank You Ma.am will also be available in the Us.
Erin White, Nikos Andronicos and Kacie Anning are guest directing, while special guests include David Collins (Umbilical Brothers), Triple J.s Matt Okine, Christiaan Van Vuuren...
Sydney comedy collective Skit Box are in the thick of filming their Fresh Blood series Wham Bam Thank You Ma.am..
The 6x30 minute sketch series, written, directed and starring Adele Vuko (Soul Mates, This Is Littleton), Greta Lee Jackson (Crazy Bastards, In a Woman's World) and Sarah Bishop (Red Christmas, Crushed), has been commissioned by Screen Australia, ABC TV and NBCUniversal.s comedy streaming channel Seeso..
Screen Australia and ABC.s Fresh Blood initiative has been nurturing the careers of young comedy writers, directors and performers since 2013. With Seeso, who have previously co-commissioned the likes of Soul Mates season two, now on board, Wham Bam Thank You Ma.am will also be available in the Us.
Erin White, Nikos Andronicos and Kacie Anning are guest directing, while special guests include David Collins (Umbilical Brothers), Triple J.s Matt Okine, Christiaan Van Vuuren...
- 8/12/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Screen Tasmania has launched Comedy Concentrate, a short-form comedy development program for emerging screen practitioners.
The program is a match-funded intiative, with approximately $40,000 from Screen Australia and $50,000 from Screen Tasmania.
Comedy Concentrate will run from October until March next year, and will involve a number of high profile experts working with emerging Tasmanian comedy makers to develop and shoot pilots for short-form comedy series.
Initially up to 15 teams will take part in a two day workshop run by comedy experts including ABC head of comedy Rick Kalowski, Doug Anthony All-Star and author of The Cheeky Monkey Tim Ferguson, alongside Screen Australia.s interactive and multiplatform investment manager, Mike Cowap.
The best projects will be selected to work with mentor producers Kacie Anning (Fragments of Friday, The Minister for Men) and Nathan Earl (Plonk, The Checkout, Review with Myles Barlow), and they will ultimately be given a production budget to shoot a pilot.
The program is a match-funded intiative, with approximately $40,000 from Screen Australia and $50,000 from Screen Tasmania.
Comedy Concentrate will run from October until March next year, and will involve a number of high profile experts working with emerging Tasmanian comedy makers to develop and shoot pilots for short-form comedy series.
Initially up to 15 teams will take part in a two day workshop run by comedy experts including ABC head of comedy Rick Kalowski, Doug Anthony All-Star and author of The Cheeky Monkey Tim Ferguson, alongside Screen Australia.s interactive and multiplatform investment manager, Mike Cowap.
The best projects will be selected to work with mentor producers Kacie Anning (Fragments of Friday, The Minister for Men) and Nathan Earl (Plonk, The Checkout, Review with Myles Barlow), and they will ultimately be given a production budget to shoot a pilot.
- 8/8/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Deakin Edge, Federation Square.
The shortlist has been unveiled for Melbourne WebFest's live pitching comptetition, a joint initative between the festival and ABC iview.
The competition received 120 submissions on the theme .Anytime, Anywhere. and shortlisted 15..
Those 15 participants will have just two minutes to pitch their original web series idea to a live audience and judging panel at Fed Square's Deakin Edge on July 2.
In addition to the shortlisted pitches, guests attending will have an opportunity to submit a wild card entry during the weekend by tweeting to a hashtag that will be announced once the wildcard entries open on Thursday June 30.
Five wild card entries will be invited to pitch on the spot during the event along with the shortlisted 15.
Pitches will be judged on script potential, creativity and audience reaction by a panel of judges, which will consist of Rick Kalowski (ABC Head of Comedy), Kevin Mountain (Content Manager,...
The shortlist has been unveiled for Melbourne WebFest's live pitching comptetition, a joint initative between the festival and ABC iview.
The competition received 120 submissions on the theme .Anytime, Anywhere. and shortlisted 15..
Those 15 participants will have just two minutes to pitch their original web series idea to a live audience and judging panel at Fed Square's Deakin Edge on July 2.
In addition to the shortlisted pitches, guests attending will have an opportunity to submit a wild card entry during the weekend by tweeting to a hashtag that will be announced once the wildcard entries open on Thursday June 30.
Five wild card entries will be invited to pitch on the spot during the event along with the shortlisted 15.
Pitches will be judged on script potential, creativity and audience reaction by a panel of judges, which will consist of Rick Kalowski (ABC Head of Comedy), Kevin Mountain (Content Manager,...
- 6/24/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The Katering Show hosts L-r Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney.
The Katering Show season two has had over one million plays on iView since launching April 15, becoming the most watched original series in the short history of iView commissions.
The eight-part web-series is written by and stars Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan, who said jointly: .1 million plays of The Katering Show season two on ivue (sic). We can.t believe it. That.s over half the population of Australia."
ABC Head of Audience and Digital Rebecca Heap said that her Mo was to .commission digital first content to build the audience for unique Australian perspectives on our culture across all platforms. The Kates nailed the brief..
ABC Head of Comedy Rick Kalowski agreed that .to have shocked and appalled such a huge number of viewers with The Katering Show Season 2 is a dream come true..
Screen Australia Investment Manager, Multiplatform Mike Cowap said,...
The Katering Show season two has had over one million plays on iView since launching April 15, becoming the most watched original series in the short history of iView commissions.
The eight-part web-series is written by and stars Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan, who said jointly: .1 million plays of The Katering Show season two on ivue (sic). We can.t believe it. That.s over half the population of Australia."
ABC Head of Audience and Digital Rebecca Heap said that her Mo was to .commission digital first content to build the audience for unique Australian perspectives on our culture across all platforms. The Kates nailed the brief..
ABC Head of Comedy Rick Kalowski agreed that .to have shocked and appalled such a huge number of viewers with The Katering Show Season 2 is a dream come true..
Screen Australia Investment Manager, Multiplatform Mike Cowap said,...
- 5/24/2016
- 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
The Legend of Gavin and the New Best Mate cast.
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Mandy McElhinney and Adam Zwar have joined the cast of Perth Production company Mad Kids' new ABC half-hour pilot The Legend of Gavin Tanner..
Originally a 5-part web series, The Legend of Gavin Tanner is set to make the leap from YouTube to TV having been commissioned for ABC Comedy Showroom, the network.s primetime comedy pilot season, which kicks off this Wednesday April 27 and runs across six Wednesdays.
ABC Comedy Showroom has collected Australia.s top comic talent for six half hour pilots, each the first episode of a brand new sitcom..
ABC audiences will be given the opportunity to vote on which they would like to return as full series. The pilot season is a joint initiative with Screen Australia in association with Film Victoria, Screen Nsw and ScreenWest.
The pilot, entitled:.The Legend of Gavin and...
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Mandy McElhinney and Adam Zwar have joined the cast of Perth Production company Mad Kids' new ABC half-hour pilot The Legend of Gavin Tanner..
Originally a 5-part web series, The Legend of Gavin Tanner is set to make the leap from YouTube to TV having been commissioned for ABC Comedy Showroom, the network.s primetime comedy pilot season, which kicks off this Wednesday April 27 and runs across six Wednesdays.
ABC Comedy Showroom has collected Australia.s top comic talent for six half hour pilots, each the first episode of a brand new sitcom..
ABC audiences will be given the opportunity to vote on which they would like to return as full series. The pilot season is a joint initiative with Screen Australia in association with Film Victoria, Screen Nsw and ScreenWest.
The pilot, entitled:.The Legend of Gavin and...
- 4/26/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
2015 recipient Lauren Elliott.
ScreenWest's 2016 Emerging Producer Initiative is now open for entries..
The initiative is a year-long $100,000 program to assist early-career Western Australian producers to build a competitive project slate and further their professional experience..
It includes funding toward project development and professional opportunities tailored to the individual.
.ScreenWest has for a second year running committed $100,000 to this initiative on the heels of the stand-out achievements from last year.s recipient Lauren Elliott", said ScreenWest Chief Executive Ian Booth..
"We.re looking forward to funding one or two fantastic applicants to develop their skills and projects over the ensuing year..
ABC.s Head of Comedy Rick Kalowski said, .In the last year the ABC has worked with Lauren and Mad Kids on their outstanding iView satire series Dafuq?, their sitcom pilot The Legend of Gavin Tanner (airing soon as part of our primetime ABC Comedy Showroom), their ABC3 interstitial musical/comedy series The Shapes,...
ScreenWest's 2016 Emerging Producer Initiative is now open for entries..
The initiative is a year-long $100,000 program to assist early-career Western Australian producers to build a competitive project slate and further their professional experience..
It includes funding toward project development and professional opportunities tailored to the individual.
.ScreenWest has for a second year running committed $100,000 to this initiative on the heels of the stand-out achievements from last year.s recipient Lauren Elliott", said ScreenWest Chief Executive Ian Booth..
"We.re looking forward to funding one or two fantastic applicants to develop their skills and projects over the ensuing year..
ABC.s Head of Comedy Rick Kalowski said, .In the last year the ABC has worked with Lauren and Mad Kids on their outstanding iView satire series Dafuq?, their sitcom pilot The Legend of Gavin Tanner (airing soon as part of our primetime ABC Comedy Showroom), their ABC3 interstitial musical/comedy series The Shapes,...
- 4/19/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
ABC TV has radically restructured its leadership in response to changing consumer behaviour and the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
All programming (ABC iview, children.s digital and all broadcast TV channels) will move under the responsibility of a new role, the head of audience and digital..
Rebecca Heap, formerly the head of strategy and digital products, will take on the new position.
Brendan Dahill, formerly head of programming, will be responsible for the non-scripted team, which will include the heads of arts (Mandy Chang), factual (Steve Bibb), entertainment (Jon Casimir) and events (Justin Holdforth).
The head of scripted production will be responsible for ABC drama and will lead the heads of indigenous (Sally Riley), comedy (Rick Kalowski) and children.s (Tba)..
The scripted production Hod role is currently under recruitment and responsibilities will be picked up by the director of television, Richard Finlayson, until that slot is filled.
The head...
All programming (ABC iview, children.s digital and all broadcast TV channels) will move under the responsibility of a new role, the head of audience and digital..
Rebecca Heap, formerly the head of strategy and digital products, will take on the new position.
Brendan Dahill, formerly head of programming, will be responsible for the non-scripted team, which will include the heads of arts (Mandy Chang), factual (Steve Bibb), entertainment (Jon Casimir) and events (Justin Holdforth).
The head of scripted production will be responsible for ABC drama and will lead the heads of indigenous (Sally Riley), comedy (Rick Kalowski) and children.s (Tba)..
The scripted production Hod role is currently under recruitment and responsibilities will be picked up by the director of television, Richard Finlayson, until that slot is filled.
The head...
- 3/24/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Robyn Nevin, Glenn Robbins, Robyn Malcolm and Annie Maynard in Upper Middle Bogan.
Filming has kicked off on season three of Upper Middle Bogan.
Created, written and produced by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope, the eight-parter will again shoot in Melbourne.
.We're so excited to unleash the wild, loud and sometimes potty-mouthed world of Upper Middle Bogan", Butler said. "But enough about Robyn Nevin - we love all the cast and can't wait to make this season..
Series three will see the return of cast members Annie Maynard, Robyn Nevin, Michala Banas, Patrick Brammall, Glenn Robbins, Robyn Malcolm, Madeleine Jevic, Rhys Mitchell, Dougie Baldwin, Lara Robinson and Harrison Feldman.
.It took some prompting, but we.re beyond thrilled Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope agreed to give the country more of its favourite family comedy Upper Middle Bogan", ABC Head of Comedy Rick Kalowski said. "May the road from the Brights...
Filming has kicked off on season three of Upper Middle Bogan.
Created, written and produced by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope, the eight-parter will again shoot in Melbourne.
.We're so excited to unleash the wild, loud and sometimes potty-mouthed world of Upper Middle Bogan", Butler said. "But enough about Robyn Nevin - we love all the cast and can't wait to make this season..
Series three will see the return of cast members Annie Maynard, Robyn Nevin, Michala Banas, Patrick Brammall, Glenn Robbins, Robyn Malcolm, Madeleine Jevic, Rhys Mitchell, Dougie Baldwin, Lara Robinson and Harrison Feldman.
.It took some prompting, but we.re beyond thrilled Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope agreed to give the country more of its favourite family comedy Upper Middle Bogan", ABC Head of Comedy Rick Kalowski said. "May the road from the Brights...
- 3/22/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Christiaan Van Vuuren and Nick Boshier in Soul Mates.
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Shooting has started in Sydney on the second series of Soul Mates - a co-commission between Abctv and NBC Universal.s new all-comedy Us Svod platform SeeSo.
The 6x30 comedy, from the creative team behind Bondi Hipsters, will screen on ABC in Australia and SeeSo in the United States later in 2016.
Soul Mates is written and directed by brothers Christiaan and Connor Van Vuuren and stars Christiaan and Nick Boshier as a couple of buddies continually drawn together across the course of human history, past and future.
It is created by Nick Boshier, Christiaan and Connor Van Vuuren and is produced by Greg Waters and executive Produced by Chloe Rickard..
It is a Soul HQ production in association with ABC TV, SeeSo (NBC Universal), Screen Australia and Screen Nsw.
Series 2 of Soul Mates reunites viewers with many of their favourite characters from Series One.
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Shooting has started in Sydney on the second series of Soul Mates - a co-commission between Abctv and NBC Universal.s new all-comedy Us Svod platform SeeSo.
The 6x30 comedy, from the creative team behind Bondi Hipsters, will screen on ABC in Australia and SeeSo in the United States later in 2016.
Soul Mates is written and directed by brothers Christiaan and Connor Van Vuuren and stars Christiaan and Nick Boshier as a couple of buddies continually drawn together across the course of human history, past and future.
It is created by Nick Boshier, Christiaan and Connor Van Vuuren and is produced by Greg Waters and executive Produced by Chloe Rickard..
It is a Soul HQ production in association with ABC TV, SeeSo (NBC Universal), Screen Australia and Screen Nsw.
Series 2 of Soul Mates reunites viewers with many of their favourite characters from Series One.
- 2/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Christiaan Van Vuuren and Nick Boshier in Soul Mates.
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Shooting has started in Sydney on the second series of Soul Mates - a co-commission between Abctv and NBC Universal.s new all-comedy Us Svod platform SeeSo.
The 6x30 comedy, from the creative team behind Bondi Hipsters, will screen on ABC in Australia and SeeSo in the United States later in 2016.
Soul Mates is written and directed by brothers Christiaan and Connor Van Vuuren and stars Christiaan and Nick Boshier as a couple of buddies continually drawn together across the course of human history, past and future.
It is created by Nick Boshier, Christiaan and Connor Van Vuuren and is produced by Greg Waters and executive Produced by Chloe Rickard..
It is a Soul HQ production in association with ABC TV, SeeSo (NBC Universal), Screen Australia and Screen Nsw.
Series 2 of Soul Mates reunites viewers with many of their favourite characters from Series One.
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Shooting has started in Sydney on the second series of Soul Mates - a co-commission between Abctv and NBC Universal.s new all-comedy Us Svod platform SeeSo.
The 6x30 comedy, from the creative team behind Bondi Hipsters, will screen on ABC in Australia and SeeSo in the United States later in 2016.
Soul Mates is written and directed by brothers Christiaan and Connor Van Vuuren and stars Christiaan and Nick Boshier as a couple of buddies continually drawn together across the course of human history, past and future.
It is created by Nick Boshier, Christiaan and Connor Van Vuuren and is produced by Greg Waters and executive Produced by Chloe Rickard..
It is a Soul HQ production in association with ABC TV, SeeSo (NBC Universal), Screen Australia and Screen Nsw.
Series 2 of Soul Mates reunites viewers with many of their favourite characters from Series One.
- 2/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Dafuq?
Dafuq? is an original six-part web series parodying the new wave of .edgy. online gonzo journo. Think Bondi Hipsters at the helm of Vice.
Produced by Wa production company Mad Kids and written and directed by Henry Inglis and Matt Lovkis, the show follows 'edgy' reporters Lee D (Lovkis), Rift (Inglis) and Pandora (Amberly Cull), who are prepared to go where mainstream media isn.t and ask the questions they won.t..
Whatever the story, whether it's the leaking of military secrets, Isis or bikie wars, Dafuq?.s reporters will get to the heart of it — and make it all about themselves.
Head of Comedy, ABC TV, Rick Kalowski said: "Dafuq? is one of the most timely, daring ideas to have crossed ABC Comedy desks in a long time, and I'm thrilled that it's found a home as an ABC iView original, and sees ABC continue its collaboration with...
Dafuq? is an original six-part web series parodying the new wave of .edgy. online gonzo journo. Think Bondi Hipsters at the helm of Vice.
Produced by Wa production company Mad Kids and written and directed by Henry Inglis and Matt Lovkis, the show follows 'edgy' reporters Lee D (Lovkis), Rift (Inglis) and Pandora (Amberly Cull), who are prepared to go where mainstream media isn.t and ask the questions they won.t..
Whatever the story, whether it's the leaking of military secrets, Isis or bikie wars, Dafuq?.s reporters will get to the heart of it — and make it all about themselves.
Head of Comedy, ABC TV, Rick Kalowski said: "Dafuq? is one of the most timely, daring ideas to have crossed ABC Comedy desks in a long time, and I'm thrilled that it's found a home as an ABC iView original, and sees ABC continue its collaboration with...
- 2/9/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Mad Kids to produce half hour ABC pilot of web series The Legend of Gavin Tanner
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The ABC has commissioned West Australian production company Mad Kids to produce their first TV pilot adapted from web series The Legend of Gavin Tanner.
The half hour pilot, which has started production in Perth, is part of the network's new primetime comedy season, ABC Comedy Showroom.
ABC Comedy Showroom has collected Australia.s top comic talent for six pilots, each the first episode of a brand new sitcom..
ABC audiences will be given the opportunity to vote on which they would like to return as full series..
The pilot season is a joint initiative with Screen Australia in association with Film Victoria, Screen Nsw and ScreenWest.
From Perth-based production company Mad Kids, The Legend of Gavin Tanner pilot is written and directed by Matt Lovkis and Henry Inglis and produced by Lauren Elliott.
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The ABC has commissioned West Australian production company Mad Kids to produce their first TV pilot adapted from web series The Legend of Gavin Tanner.
The half hour pilot, which has started production in Perth, is part of the network's new primetime comedy season, ABC Comedy Showroom.
ABC Comedy Showroom has collected Australia.s top comic talent for six pilots, each the first episode of a brand new sitcom..
ABC audiences will be given the opportunity to vote on which they would like to return as full series..
The pilot season is a joint initiative with Screen Australia in association with Film Victoria, Screen Nsw and ScreenWest.
From Perth-based production company Mad Kids, The Legend of Gavin Tanner pilot is written and directed by Matt Lovkis and Henry Inglis and produced by Lauren Elliott.
- 12/14/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Triple-threat Kacie Anning has embraced episodic multi-platform drama at a time when it is proving to be at a tipping point..
Anning and her fellow Aftrs graduate/creative collaborator Courtney Wise are part of a new generation of filmmakers exploring storytelling that is created for and consumed online.
Kacie Anning and Courtney Wise graduated from Aftrs in 2011 and 2007 respectively and since then have both found work in the industry..
Anning is the creator of Minister for Men, starring Gretel Killeen for Ideas at the House, a four part webseries created to promote the .All About Women. event held in March at the Sydney Opera House and the six-part web-series Viral Girl for The Festival of Dangerous Ideas..
Wise has also had her share of success. Since graduating with a Masters of Arts in Producing she has been writing, producing and working in script departments on show including Dance Academy, Rush...
Anning and her fellow Aftrs graduate/creative collaborator Courtney Wise are part of a new generation of filmmakers exploring storytelling that is created for and consumed online.
Kacie Anning and Courtney Wise graduated from Aftrs in 2011 and 2007 respectively and since then have both found work in the industry..
Anning is the creator of Minister for Men, starring Gretel Killeen for Ideas at the House, a four part webseries created to promote the .All About Women. event held in March at the Sydney Opera House and the six-part web-series Viral Girl for The Festival of Dangerous Ideas..
Wise has also had her share of success. Since graduating with a Masters of Arts in Producing she has been writing, producing and working in script departments on show including Dance Academy, Rush...
- 12/8/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The Aftrs Open Summer School — now in its third year — has expanded to 17 intensive courses, including a new six-week doco school and a six-week film school.
These introductory and intermediate film courses running between November and January are designed for intensive learning and the chance to upskill in the rapidly changing media landscape.
Amongs the screen industry speakers and lecturers are writer/director David Caesar (Nowhere Boys, Underbelly, Dirty Deeds, Mullet), cinematographer Ross Emery (The Wolverine, Woman In Gold, I Frankenstein), TV writer Vicki Madden (The Bill, Water Rats, Blood Brothers, McLeod.s Daughters and Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident), feature film director Elissa Down (The Black Balloon, Offspring) and documentary director/producer Madeleine Heatherton (Call Me Dad, Bondi Rescue, The Nest,. Last Chance Surgery, Outback Truckies).
Also screenwriter Ian David ( Police Crop: The Winchester Conspiracy, Police State, Joh's Jury, Blue Murder, Killing Time, 3 Acts of Murder, The Shark Net,...
These introductory and intermediate film courses running between November and January are designed for intensive learning and the chance to upskill in the rapidly changing media landscape.
Amongs the screen industry speakers and lecturers are writer/director David Caesar (Nowhere Boys, Underbelly, Dirty Deeds, Mullet), cinematographer Ross Emery (The Wolverine, Woman In Gold, I Frankenstein), TV writer Vicki Madden (The Bill, Water Rats, Blood Brothers, McLeod.s Daughters and Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident), feature film director Elissa Down (The Black Balloon, Offspring) and documentary director/producer Madeleine Heatherton (Call Me Dad, Bondi Rescue, The Nest,. Last Chance Surgery, Outback Truckies).
Also screenwriter Ian David ( Police Crop: The Winchester Conspiracy, Police State, Joh's Jury, Blue Murder, Killing Time, 3 Acts of Murder, The Shark Net,...
- 11/17/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
The Van Vuuren brothers. comedy Soul Mates will premiere in the Us on Seeso, the NBCUniversal-owned online comedy channel which will launch in January.
It.s the streaming service.s second Australian acquisition, joining Sticky Pictures. Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane.
That.s a coup for the ABC and head of comedy Rick Kalowski, who commissioned both series. ABC Commercial negotiated the Soul Mates deal.
The ad-free channel will be available at www.seeso.com and on multiple platforms and connected devices for just $US3.99 per month.
Soul Mates was created by Christiaan and Connor Van Vuuren and Nick Boshier, written and directed by the brothers and produced by Chloe Rickard. A Van Vuuren Bros and Ludo Production in association with ABC TV, Screen Australia and Screen Nsw, the series followed .two dickheads, bound together through different incarnations spanning the course of human history..
A second series is in development with the ABC.
It.s the streaming service.s second Australian acquisition, joining Sticky Pictures. Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane.
That.s a coup for the ABC and head of comedy Rick Kalowski, who commissioned both series. ABC Commercial negotiated the Soul Mates deal.
The ad-free channel will be available at www.seeso.com and on multiple platforms and connected devices for just $US3.99 per month.
Soul Mates was created by Christiaan and Connor Van Vuuren and Nick Boshier, written and directed by the brothers and produced by Chloe Rickard. A Van Vuuren Bros and Ludo Production in association with ABC TV, Screen Australia and Screen Nsw, the series followed .two dickheads, bound together through different incarnations spanning the course of human history..
A second series is in development with the ABC.
- 11/1/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Sticky Pictures. Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane is among the first acquisitions by a new Us online comedy channel.
The six-part musical comedy will screen on NBCUniversal.s SeeSo, an ad-free subscription service which will launch in January 1 on streaming platforms and connected devices for $US3.99 per month.
Commissioned by the ABC, the first live-action prime time series from Sticky Pictures centres on two mismatched housemates: Sammy J, a hopeless, down-and-out lawyer who, six years into his legal career, is yet to win a case, and Randy, a cheating, gambling, drinking divorcee who happens to be a purple puppet. Written by and starring Sammy J and Randy and produced by Donna Andrews, the series airs on ABC on Wednesdays at 9.30pm. The cast includes. Nathan Lovejoy (This is Littleton, At Home with Julia), Georgia Chara (Wentworth, Home and Away), Samantha Healy (Mrs Biggs, McLeod.s Daughters) and an alpaca named Kerry.
The six-part musical comedy will screen on NBCUniversal.s SeeSo, an ad-free subscription service which will launch in January 1 on streaming platforms and connected devices for $US3.99 per month.
Commissioned by the ABC, the first live-action prime time series from Sticky Pictures centres on two mismatched housemates: Sammy J, a hopeless, down-and-out lawyer who, six years into his legal career, is yet to win a case, and Randy, a cheating, gambling, drinking divorcee who happens to be a purple puppet. Written by and starring Sammy J and Randy and produced by Donna Andrews, the series airs on ABC on Wednesdays at 9.30pm. The cast includes. Nathan Lovejoy (This is Littleton, At Home with Julia), Georgia Chara (Wentworth, Home and Away), Samantha Healy (Mrs Biggs, McLeod.s Daughters) and an alpaca named Kerry.
- 10/18/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Thethird season of Josh Thomas. comedy drama Please Like Me will premiere on ABC on Thursday, October 15 at 9.30 p.m, moving from ABC2 to the ABC's main channel..
Inspired by the stand-up comedy and real life experiences of Thomas - the series creator, writer and star - Please Like Me explores the world of a man who.s in no hurry to grow up. This season Thomas extends his talents by taking a seat in the director.s chair for an episode, while original director Matthew Saville returns. The new 10-part series will give viewers another glimpse into Josh.s darkly funny world. Joining the cast is Emily Barclay as Ella. Original cast members reprising their roles alongside her and Josh Thomas are Thomas Ward (Tom), Caitlin Stasey (Claire), Hannah Gadsby (Hannah), Keegan Joyce (Arnold), Debra Lawrance in her Aacta award-winning role of Mum, David Roberts (Dad), Renee Lim (Mae) and,...
Inspired by the stand-up comedy and real life experiences of Thomas - the series creator, writer and star - Please Like Me explores the world of a man who.s in no hurry to grow up. This season Thomas extends his talents by taking a seat in the director.s chair for an episode, while original director Matthew Saville returns. The new 10-part series will give viewers another glimpse into Josh.s darkly funny world. Joining the cast is Emily Barclay as Ella. Original cast members reprising their roles alongside her and Josh Thomas are Thomas Ward (Tom), Caitlin Stasey (Claire), Hannah Gadsby (Hannah), Keegan Joyce (Arnold), Debra Lawrance in her Aacta award-winning role of Mum, David Roberts (Dad), Renee Lim (Mae) and,...
- 7/22/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
The Ex-pm, a six-part half hour comedy created, written by and starring Shaun Micallef, began filming in Melbourne today. Micallef plays Australia's third longest-serving Prime Minister, Andrew Dugdale. He dined with Presidents and Kings, hosted world summits and changed the lives of millions of his fellow Australians.
But now he's retired, the not-so-elder statesman has far too much time on his hands and no one to waste it on.
The ensemble cast includes Nikki Wendt, Kate Jenkinson, Lucy Honigman, Nicholas Bell, Francis Greenslade, Jackson Tozer, Ming-Zhu Hii and. veteran John Clarke.
Sian Davies (Offspring, Mr & Mrs Murder) directs. Nick Murray (House of Hancock, Stupid Stupid Man), who is producing for Cjz, says: .It.s a rare pleasure with such a great cast and Shaun.s scripts are wonderful..
Micallef says, .I am very much looking forward to stepping in front of the cameras for my new series The Ex-pm. Hopefully...
But now he's retired, the not-so-elder statesman has far too much time on his hands and no one to waste it on.
The ensemble cast includes Nikki Wendt, Kate Jenkinson, Lucy Honigman, Nicholas Bell, Francis Greenslade, Jackson Tozer, Ming-Zhu Hii and. veteran John Clarke.
Sian Davies (Offspring, Mr & Mrs Murder) directs. Nick Murray (House of Hancock, Stupid Stupid Man), who is producing for Cjz, says: .It.s a rare pleasure with such a great cast and Shaun.s scripts are wonderful..
Micallef says, .I am very much looking forward to stepping in front of the cameras for my new series The Ex-pm. Hopefully...
- 6/9/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Writer-creator Josh Thomas is making his directing debut on an episode of the third season of his ABC TV comedy-drama Please Like Me.
Emily Barclay has joined the cast of the 10-part show, which is shooting in Melbourne through the end of June.
Barclay appears with Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz in The Light Between Oceans, a Hollywood adaptation of Australian author M.L. Stedman.s debut novel set on an island off the coast of Wa in 1918, and in Matchbox Pictures. upcoming ABC supernatural drama Glitch.
Returning. are cast regulars. Debra Lawrence and David Roberts as the parents of Josh.s character plus Caitlin Stasey (Claire), Thomas Ward (Tom), Hannah Gadsby (Hannah) and Keegan Joyce (Arnold). Further guest stars are expected to be announced soon. There's no word yet on the storyline or Barclay's character.
The original creative team is back: director Matthew Saville (The Slap, Felony), producer...
Emily Barclay has joined the cast of the 10-part show, which is shooting in Melbourne through the end of June.
Barclay appears with Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz in The Light Between Oceans, a Hollywood adaptation of Australian author M.L. Stedman.s debut novel set on an island off the coast of Wa in 1918, and in Matchbox Pictures. upcoming ABC supernatural drama Glitch.
Returning. are cast regulars. Debra Lawrence and David Roberts as the parents of Josh.s character plus Caitlin Stasey (Claire), Thomas Ward (Tom), Hannah Gadsby (Hannah) and Keegan Joyce (Arnold). Further guest stars are expected to be announced soon. There's no word yet on the storyline or Barclay's character.
The original creative team is back: director Matthew Saville (The Slap, Felony), producer...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Kung fu, karaoke and comedy are just some of the ingredients that make up Maximum Choppage, a new 6 x 30 min comedy series from Matchbox Pictures. Starring Lawrence Leung, Jason Chong and Stephanie Son, Maximum Choppage sees Simon Chan (Leung) return to his hometown of Cabramatta after studying at a legendary martial arts school in Beijing. At least, that.s what his mother thinks, and has been telling everybody who will listen. In reality Simon has been studying Marshall.s Art School, in Melbourne . which becomes a bit of a problem when he finds out the entire town expects him to fight the gangs that have been ruling the Cabramatta streets. Producer Sophie Miller tells If that it was a mixture of kung fu, comedy and the Cabramatta setting that drew her to project originally. .I was working in development at Matchbox at the time and was in the initial pitch meeting,...
- 2/3/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Political thriller The Code took the major Awgie award as well as the trophy for best original miniseries at the Australian Writers. Guild awards on Friday night.
The six-hour series, which premieres on ABC on September 21, is written by Blake Ayshford, Shelley Birse and Justin Monjo and produced by Playmaker Media. The major Awgie recognises the best of the night's winners across stage, screen, new media and radio.
The feature film award went to Adelaide writer Matthew Cormack for his first debut feature 52 Tuesdays, the gender-bending drama hailed as .bold and structurally adventurous..
Winner of the best documentary prize was Sally McKenzie for A Woman.s Journey Into Sex.
Andrew Knight was rewarded for his script for Essential Media and Entertainment.s telemovie The Broken Shore, adapted from the Peter Temple novel. Writer/director Peter Duncan won best TV series script for Essential.s Rake.
Niki Aken and Felicity Packard...
The six-hour series, which premieres on ABC on September 21, is written by Blake Ayshford, Shelley Birse and Justin Monjo and produced by Playmaker Media. The major Awgie recognises the best of the night's winners across stage, screen, new media and radio.
The feature film award went to Adelaide writer Matthew Cormack for his first debut feature 52 Tuesdays, the gender-bending drama hailed as .bold and structurally adventurous..
Winner of the best documentary prize was Sally McKenzie for A Woman.s Journey Into Sex.
Andrew Knight was rewarded for his script for Essential Media and Entertainment.s telemovie The Broken Shore, adapted from the Peter Temple novel. Writer/director Peter Duncan won best TV series script for Essential.s Rake.
Niki Aken and Felicity Packard...
- 9/5/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Josh Thomas. comedy Please Like Me is set to sell to a growing list of international markets after the ABC and Us cable network Pivot commissioned a third season.
The second series of 10 episodes will premiere on ABC2 at 9.30 pm on Tuesday August 12 and in the Us on August 8.
.ABC TV.s third season pickup of Please Like Me before season two even airs is unprecedented, and yet fitting for a show which has become our most watched original ABC2 comedy series,. said ABC Head of Comedy Rick Kalowski.
The international distributor, Melbourne-based Guesswork Television, sold the first season to Pivot and to broadcasters in France (Canalplay), Germany (Einsfestival), Sweden (Svt), Finland and Israel, working with London-based sales agent Avalon Distribution.
.We have a number of markets being negotiated now that we have series two available,. Guesswork TV.s Kevin Whyte tells If. .The first series was only six eps...
The second series of 10 episodes will premiere on ABC2 at 9.30 pm on Tuesday August 12 and in the Us on August 8.
.ABC TV.s third season pickup of Please Like Me before season two even airs is unprecedented, and yet fitting for a show which has become our most watched original ABC2 comedy series,. said ABC Head of Comedy Rick Kalowski.
The international distributor, Melbourne-based Guesswork Television, sold the first season to Pivot and to broadcasters in France (Canalplay), Germany (Einsfestival), Sweden (Svt), Finland and Israel, working with London-based sales agent Avalon Distribution.
.We have a number of markets being negotiated now that we have series two available,. Guesswork TV.s Kevin Whyte tells If. .The first series was only six eps...
- 7/13/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Dave Eastgate, Lawrence Leung and Stephanie Son in Maximum Choppage.
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Head of ABC TV comedy Rick Kalowski has commissioned a stand-alone pilot, a prototype he intends to test for further pilots, and he.s developing a sitcom to be filmed in front of a studio audience.
In a further break from the traditional approach to comedy, Kalowski is developing several shows that are each built around an established performer-writer. All that is in addition to eight series which are either in production or post.
The stand-alone pilot deals with an unusual subject- mental illness. Details of that sitcom are under wraps but Kowalski tells If he.s looking for other projects that are suitable material for pilots.
The studio-based comedy could be the ABC.s first since Mother and Son, the Geoffrey Atherden-created classic which ran until 1994. The show is being developed with writer . producer Marieke Hardy and would...
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Head of ABC TV comedy Rick Kalowski has commissioned a stand-alone pilot, a prototype he intends to test for further pilots, and he.s developing a sitcom to be filmed in front of a studio audience.
In a further break from the traditional approach to comedy, Kalowski is developing several shows that are each built around an established performer-writer. All that is in addition to eight series which are either in production or post.
The stand-alone pilot deals with an unusual subject- mental illness. Details of that sitcom are under wraps but Kowalski tells If he.s looking for other projects that are suitable material for pilots.
The studio-based comedy could be the ABC.s first since Mother and Son, the Geoffrey Atherden-created classic which ran until 1994. The show is being developed with writer . producer Marieke Hardy and would...
- 5/29/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Executives from all Australian free-to-air networks and Foxtel will provide rare insights into the kind of shows they.re looking for at this year.s Screen Forever: Spaa Conference.
In a new Meet the Buyer strand, each Australian broadcaster will present a session. Executive producers, commissioning editors and development executives will recap on the year, discussing the shows that worked and those that flopped.
They.ll outline the content they are seeking and why; the timeslots they are looking to fill; the audiences they are trying to attract; and how best to present new ideas for consideration. The executives participating include:
Ten: Rick Maier, Executive Producer, Cherrie Bottger, Network Head of Children's Television Nine: Jo Rooney, Network Drama Executive, Andy Ryan, Executive Producer of Drama, Adrian Swift, Director of Development, Karen Dewey, Head of Reality and Factual Foxtel: Jim Buchan, General Manager Factual Acquisitions, Josie Mason-Campbell, Managing Executive Producer Seven: Stevie K Murray,...
In a new Meet the Buyer strand, each Australian broadcaster will present a session. Executive producers, commissioning editors and development executives will recap on the year, discussing the shows that worked and those that flopped.
They.ll outline the content they are seeking and why; the timeslots they are looking to fill; the audiences they are trying to attract; and how best to present new ideas for consideration. The executives participating include:
Ten: Rick Maier, Executive Producer, Cherrie Bottger, Network Head of Children's Television Nine: Jo Rooney, Network Drama Executive, Andy Ryan, Executive Producer of Drama, Adrian Swift, Director of Development, Karen Dewey, Head of Reality and Factual Foxtel: Jim Buchan, General Manager Factual Acquisitions, Josie Mason-Campbell, Managing Executive Producer Seven: Stevie K Murray,...
- 9/26/2013
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
ABC TV has today announced the appointment of Rick Kalowski as the Head of Comedy. Kalowski, who previously worked as a lawyer and who currently holds the title of Creative Director for Quail television, has extensive experience creating, writing and producing both international and Australian television projects. Most recently, Kalowski was involved in the top rating series At Home with Julia (ABC1) which earned him an Aacta Award nomination for Best TV Comedy Series and two Australian Writers. Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Comedy Writing. Carole Sklan, ABC TV.s Head of Drama said, .We're delighted Rick is joining ABC TV as Head of Comedy. He is passionate about Australian comedy and brings considerable creative skills and experience to the role. Rick has written and produced hours of sketch and narrative comedy. He also has a background in the law which seems to have only enhanced his sense of humour.
- 4/24/2013
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
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