A chance meeting at the 2013 Logie awards was the catalyst for the launch of a joint venture between Blackfella Films and Werner Film Productions.
Big Chance Films. first production, Ready for This, a teenage drama with mostly Indigenous characters commissioned by ABC3, is now shooting in Sydney.
The ensemble cast includes two newcomers, rapper/singer Majeda Beatty who competed in The X Factor, and Liam Talty, who studied at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts in Brisbane.
They join Aaron McGrath (The Code, Redfern Now, The Doctor Blake Mysteries), Leonie Whyman (Redfern Now), Madeleine Madden (The Code, Jack Irish: Dead Point, Redfern Now), Christian Byers (Puberty Blues season 2), Christine Anu (Dance Academy, Outland) and Lasarus Ratuere (The Mule, Mabo, Terra Nova).
Set in inner city Sydney, the plot follows five Indigenous kids who come to the city to pursue their dreams. Anu and Ratuere play the couple who run the kids. boarding house.
Big Chance Films. first production, Ready for This, a teenage drama with mostly Indigenous characters commissioned by ABC3, is now shooting in Sydney.
The ensemble cast includes two newcomers, rapper/singer Majeda Beatty who competed in The X Factor, and Liam Talty, who studied at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts in Brisbane.
They join Aaron McGrath (The Code, Redfern Now, The Doctor Blake Mysteries), Leonie Whyman (Redfern Now), Madeleine Madden (The Code, Jack Irish: Dead Point, Redfern Now), Christian Byers (Puberty Blues season 2), Christine Anu (Dance Academy, Outland) and Lasarus Ratuere (The Mule, Mabo, Terra Nova).
Set in inner city Sydney, the plot follows five Indigenous kids who come to the city to pursue their dreams. Anu and Ratuere play the couple who run the kids. boarding house.
- 3/15/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A chance meeting at the 2013 Logie awards was the catalyst for the launch of a joint venture between Blackfella Films and Werner Film Productions.
Big Chance Films. first production, Ready for This, a teenage drama with mostly Indigenous characters commissioned by ABC3, is now shooting in Sydney.
The ensemble cast includes two newcomers, rapper/singer Majeda Beatty who competed in The X Factor, and Liam Talty, who studied at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts in Brisbane.
They join Aaron McGrath (The Code, Redfern Now, The Doctor Blake Mysteries), Leonie Whyman (Redfern Now), Madeleine Madden (The Code, Jack Irish: Dead Point, Redfern Now), Christian Byers (Puberty Blues season 2), Christine Anu (Dance Academy, Outland) and Lasarus Ratuere (The Mule, Mabo, Terra Nova).
Set in inner city Sydney, the plot follows five Indigenous kids who come to the city to pursue their dreams. Anu and Ratuere play the couple who run the kids. boarding house.
Big Chance Films. first production, Ready for This, a teenage drama with mostly Indigenous characters commissioned by ABC3, is now shooting in Sydney.
The ensemble cast includes two newcomers, rapper/singer Majeda Beatty who competed in The X Factor, and Liam Talty, who studied at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts in Brisbane.
They join Aaron McGrath (The Code, Redfern Now, The Doctor Blake Mysteries), Leonie Whyman (Redfern Now), Madeleine Madden (The Code, Jack Irish: Dead Point, Redfern Now), Christian Byers (Puberty Blues season 2), Christine Anu (Dance Academy, Outland) and Lasarus Ratuere (The Mule, Mabo, Terra Nova).
Set in inner city Sydney, the plot follows five Indigenous kids who come to the city to pursue their dreams. Anu and Ratuere play the couple who run the kids. boarding house.
- 3/15/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A chance meeting at the 2013 Logie awards was the catalyst for the launch of a joint venture between Blackfella Films and Werner Film Productions.
Big Chance Films. first production, Ready for This, a teenage drama with mostly Indigenous characters commissioned by ABC3, is now shooting in Sydney.
The ensemble cast includes two newcomers, rapper/singer Majeda Beatty who competed in The X Factor, and Liam Talty, who studied at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts in Brisbane.
They join Aaron McGrath (The Code, Redfern Now, The Doctor Blake Mysteries), Leonie Whyman (Redfern Now), Madeleine Madden (The Code, Jack Irish: Dead Point, Redfern Now), Christian Byers (Puberty Blues season 2), Christine Anu (Dance Academy, Outland) and Lasarus Ratuere (The Mule, Mabo, Terra Nova).
Set in inner city Sydney, the plot follows five Indigenous kids who come to the city to pursue their dreams. Anu and Ratuere play the couple who run the kids. boarding house.
Big Chance Films. first production, Ready for This, a teenage drama with mostly Indigenous characters commissioned by ABC3, is now shooting in Sydney.
The ensemble cast includes two newcomers, rapper/singer Majeda Beatty who competed in The X Factor, and Liam Talty, who studied at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts in Brisbane.
They join Aaron McGrath (The Code, Redfern Now, The Doctor Blake Mysteries), Leonie Whyman (Redfern Now), Madeleine Madden (The Code, Jack Irish: Dead Point, Redfern Now), Christian Byers (Puberty Blues season 2), Christine Anu (Dance Academy, Outland) and Lasarus Ratuere (The Mule, Mabo, Terra Nova).
Set in inner city Sydney, the plot follows five Indigenous kids who come to the city to pursue their dreams. Anu and Ratuere play the couple who run the kids. boarding house.
- 3/15/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
With a number of local TV formats recently being snapped up by overseas broadcasters, John Richards looks at what works in foreign territories.
America is a land of immigrants, and the TV network upfronts are the electronic form of Ellis Island, where successful formats from abroad line up, papers in hand, ready to become Us citizens.
The UK is a common visitor – everything from The Office to Dad’s Army has attempted the trip. The acclaimed programs Homeland and In Treatment were originally conceived in Israel. And Australia is now a regular source of ideas with Wilfred, The Slap, Rake and The Strange Calls all to be remade with accents considered more palatable for the American audience.
Not all of these will come to fruition, of course. For every Being Human, there’s a Viva Laughlin. For every Wilfred there’s a Kath & Kim. There were three failed attempts to...
America is a land of immigrants, and the TV network upfronts are the electronic form of Ellis Island, where successful formats from abroad line up, papers in hand, ready to become Us citizens.
The UK is a common visitor – everything from The Office to Dad’s Army has attempted the trip. The acclaimed programs Homeland and In Treatment were originally conceived in Israel. And Australia is now a regular source of ideas with Wilfred, The Slap, Rake and The Strange Calls all to be remade with accents considered more palatable for the American audience.
Not all of these will come to fruition, of course. For every Being Human, there’s a Viva Laughlin. For every Wilfred there’s a Kath & Kim. There were three failed attempts to...
- 11/23/2012
- by Luke
- Encore Magazine
Ed Kavalee: writer, producer, actor of Scumbus
Network Ten has picked up first rights to a debut comedy feature by Ed Kavalee starring some of Australia’s best known comedians.
Scumbus is Kavalee’s first film, written, produced and funded by the comedian and directed by Luke Tierney.
The film, an idea of Kavalee’s and friend Josh Lawson, will be broadcast on Saturday 10 November at 9.30pm and later on Ten’s catch up service.
Kavalee told Encore: “It was conceived by myself and Josh Lawson before he got taken under the wing of Will Ferrell.”
“It was made for TV. No one is making comedy telemovies. So I thought let’s give this a go. Ten saw it, loved it and said they’d love to play it,” he said.
“It’s basically a little comedy about two life-long best friends who are also cops. One is a...
Network Ten has picked up first rights to a debut comedy feature by Ed Kavalee starring some of Australia’s best known comedians.
Scumbus is Kavalee’s first film, written, produced and funded by the comedian and directed by Luke Tierney.
The film, an idea of Kavalee’s and friend Josh Lawson, will be broadcast on Saturday 10 November at 9.30pm and later on Ten’s catch up service.
Kavalee told Encore: “It was conceived by myself and Josh Lawson before he got taken under the wing of Will Ferrell.”
“It was made for TV. No one is making comedy telemovies. So I thought let’s give this a go. Ten saw it, loved it and said they’d love to play it,” he said.
“It’s basically a little comedy about two life-long best friends who are also cops. One is a...
- 10/23/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Mabo has won Film of the Year at the 2012 Deadly Awards, held last night at the Sydney Opera House.
The film’s stars also took out top honours in their categories.
The annual Deadly Awards, now in its 18th year, honour Indigenous excellence in various categories across arts, music and sport.
Mabo was selected ahead of documentaries Freedom Rides 40 Years On and The Tall Man.
Premiering at the Sydney Film Festival, Mabo is an ABC commissioned telemovie on the life of Indigenous activist Eddie Mabo, directed by Rachel Perkins and produced by Blackfella Films.
Mabo actors Jimi Bani and Deborah Mailman made it a clean sweep for the film, winning in their Male and Female Actor of the Year categories.
Bani won ahead of The Strait’s Aaron Fa’aoso, Buried City’s Meyne Wyatt, Charles Passi for Mabo and Leon Burchill for The Krakouer.
Mailman beat Outland’s Christine Anu,...
The film’s stars also took out top honours in their categories.
The annual Deadly Awards, now in its 18th year, honour Indigenous excellence in various categories across arts, music and sport.
Mabo was selected ahead of documentaries Freedom Rides 40 Years On and The Tall Man.
Premiering at the Sydney Film Festival, Mabo is an ABC commissioned telemovie on the life of Indigenous activist Eddie Mabo, directed by Rachel Perkins and produced by Blackfella Films.
Mabo actors Jimi Bani and Deborah Mailman made it a clean sweep for the film, winning in their Male and Female Actor of the Year categories.
Bani won ahead of The Strait’s Aaron Fa’aoso, Buried City’s Meyne Wyatt, Charles Passi for Mabo and Leon Burchill for The Krakouer.
Mailman beat Outland’s Christine Anu,...
- 9/26/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Happy Birthday to "Sexiest Man" Bradley Cooper (above), who turns 37, Vinnie Jones is 47, Joe Flanigan is 45 (best known for Stargate: Atlantis, but I first had a crush on him in Sisters), and the faboo Pamela Sue Martin is 59.Our thoughts go out to Stevie Nicks and her family on the passing of family matriarch Barbara.The latest "found footage" film will be a natural disaster entry. Category Six is about a "group of high schoolers documenting a massive hurricane." Caused, no doubt, by aliens ... or ghosts ... or giant lizard monsters, or something.If you were hoping that Elton John would play one of Rachel's dads on Glee, it's not going to happen.One Life To Live signs off next Friday, and The View will honor the show on that day with appearances by Judith Light, Erika Slezak, Kassie DePaiva, James DePaiva, Robert S. Woods, Hillary B. Smith, Robin Strasser,...
- 1/5/2012
- by snicks
- The Backlot
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