New Zealand-set detective Series “A Remarkable Place to Die” is being launched by Banijay Rights at the London Screenings.
The 4 x 90’ murder mystery was created by Screentime New Zealand and is co-produced with Real Film Berlin in association with Banijay Rights.
Smart and savvy detective Anais Mallory (portrayed by Chelsie Preston-Crayford) returns to her hometown, Queenstown, in South Island, New Zealand and is met with a series of startlingly different homicides. She has to crack the cases while also picking her way through a backdrop of past ghosts.
(The play on words in the title is a reference to the mountain range surrounding Queenstown, known as The Remarkables, which in summer offer multiple outdoor sports and in winter provide excellent skiing.)
Among the names from her past are Mallory’s ex-fiancé Luke (Charles Jazz Terrier), now married to her former-best friend (Indiana Evans), her brittle, volatile but loving mother (Rebecca Gibney), and a handsome pathologist.
The 4 x 90’ murder mystery was created by Screentime New Zealand and is co-produced with Real Film Berlin in association with Banijay Rights.
Smart and savvy detective Anais Mallory (portrayed by Chelsie Preston-Crayford) returns to her hometown, Queenstown, in South Island, New Zealand and is met with a series of startlingly different homicides. She has to crack the cases while also picking her way through a backdrop of past ghosts.
(The play on words in the title is a reference to the mountain range surrounding Queenstown, known as The Remarkables, which in summer offer multiple outdoor sports and in winter provide excellent skiing.)
Among the names from her past are Mallory’s ex-fiancé Luke (Charles Jazz Terrier), now married to her former-best friend (Indiana Evans), her brittle, volatile but loving mother (Rebecca Gibney), and a handsome pathologist.
- 2/28/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The idea of youth escaping into a large section of woods so as to start life anew is a plot device not at all unexplored prior, seen in films as recently as 2013’s “The Kings of Summer,” while literature will always have “My Side of the Mountain. “In “Penelope, “the concept gets the episodic treatment, but if the premiere is any indicator, this is one project with the potential to captivate in its own unique way.
Continue reading ‘Penelope’ Review: A Beautifully Straightforward Adventure Pilot Sets Up Something Potentially Outstanding [Sundance] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Penelope’ Review: A Beautifully Straightforward Adventure Pilot Sets Up Something Potentially Outstanding [Sundance] at The Playlist.
- 1/29/2024
- by Brian Farvour
- The Playlist
About two months ago, and only twelve days after the sci-fi thriller M3GAN (read our review Here) reached theatres, it was announced that the sequel M3GAN 2.0 will be getting a January 17, 2025 theatrical release. Now ComicBook.com has caught up with director Gerard Johnstone to get a status update on the sequel – and during their talk, Johnstone said he’s excited to try to replicate the success of the first film.
Johnstone told ComicBook.com, “All I can say is that I’m here in L.A. and been thinking about it, working on it, and I’m just catching up with them this week to talk about it and do a debrief. It’s really important to do a debrief on the first movie, like a post-game analysis, and look at what worked and how we can do it again. I mean, Jesus Christ, it’s difficult to replicate the success.
Johnstone told ComicBook.com, “All I can say is that I’m here in L.A. and been thinking about it, working on it, and I’m just catching up with them this week to talk about it and do a debrief. It’s really important to do a debrief on the first movie, like a post-game analysis, and look at what worked and how we can do it again. I mean, Jesus Christ, it’s difficult to replicate the success.
- 3/14/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Last week, we learned that an unrated cut of the sci-fi thriller M3GAN (read our review Here) – which was cut down and had some moments reshot so it could achieve a PG-13 rating for its theatrical release – will be included with the film’s digital release, which is scheduled for February 24th, and its Blu-ray and DVD release, which is scheduled for March 21st. (Order a copy Here.) Now a new M3GAN trailer has been cut together to promote the unrated cut, and you can check it out in the embed above!
Based on a story crafted by producer James Wan, M3GAN was directed by director Gerard Johnstone (Housebound) from a screenplay by Akela Cooper (Malignant). The film has the following synopsis:
She’s more than just a toy. She’s part of the family.
From the most prolific minds in horror — James Wan, the filmmaker behind the Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring franchises,...
Based on a story crafted by producer James Wan, M3GAN was directed by director Gerard Johnstone (Housebound) from a screenplay by Akela Cooper (Malignant). The film has the following synopsis:
She’s more than just a toy. She’s part of the family.
From the most prolific minds in horror — James Wan, the filmmaker behind the Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring franchises,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The sci-fi thriller M3GAN (read our review Here) was originally going to receive an R rating, until the filmmakers decided they should do some reshoots to achieve a PG-13 rating. But while director Gerard Johnstone said he felt the reshoots made scenes more effective and disturbing, screenwriter Akela Cooper was left hoping there would be an unrated cut on home video. Now it has been confirmed that Cooper is getting her wish! Syfy Wire reports that the digital release of M3GAN, which is scheduled for February 24th, will include an unrated cut. So will the Blu-ray and DVD, which will be released on March 21st.
There will also be the following special features:
A New Vision of Horror — Filmmakers and cast break down how the world of M3GAN was created, including the initial idea, through production under the leadership of director Gerard Johnstone
Bringing Life to M3GAN — See how animatronics,...
There will also be the following special features:
A New Vision of Horror — Filmmakers and cast break down how the world of M3GAN was created, including the initial idea, through production under the leadership of director Gerard Johnstone
Bringing Life to M3GAN — See how animatronics,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The sci-fi thriller M3GAN (read our review Here) just reached theatres eighteen days ago, and over the course of these eighteen days it has racked up almost 125 million at the global box office – a nice haul for a movie that was made on a budget of 12 million, and enough for Universal to order a sequel that’s set to reach theatres on January 17, 2025. If you haven’t seen M3GAN yet, now you won’t even have to leave the comfort of your own home to do so. M3GAN has received a digital release, and is now available to watch on VOD! You can rent or purchase it on Amazon Prime Video at This Link.
Directed by Gerard Johnstone and scripted by Akela Cooper (Malignant) from a story crafted by producer James Wan. The film has the following synopsis:
She’s more than just a toy. She’s part of the family.
Directed by Gerard Johnstone and scripted by Akela Cooper (Malignant) from a story crafted by producer James Wan. The film has the following synopsis:
She’s more than just a toy. She’s part of the family.
- 1/24/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
‘Seachange’.
The Nine Network screened just two first-release Australian dramas – Seachange and Bad Mothers – last year and had to rely on New Zealand imports to fulfill the local drama quota.
Kiwi series The Brokenwood Mysteries, Straight Forward, Westside, The Bad Seed and Dear Murderer and feature film The Changeover aired on 9Gem, accounting for 50 per cent of the network’s local drama obligations.
Conversely, Nz dramas accounted for only 5 per cent of Network 10’s local drama hours and and 10 per cent of the Seven Network’s, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s 2019 Compliance with Australian Content Standard and Children’s Television Standard report issued last week.
The report prompted Screen Producers Australia to renew its attack on Australian broadcasters’ continued reliance on “cheap, second-run New Zealand programs” to acquit their local Australian content obligations.
Spa CEO Matthew Deaner said: “Spa has been calling on the government...
The Nine Network screened just two first-release Australian dramas – Seachange and Bad Mothers – last year and had to rely on New Zealand imports to fulfill the local drama quota.
Kiwi series The Brokenwood Mysteries, Straight Forward, Westside, The Bad Seed and Dear Murderer and feature film The Changeover aired on 9Gem, accounting for 50 per cent of the network’s local drama obligations.
Conversely, Nz dramas accounted for only 5 per cent of Network 10’s local drama hours and and 10 per cent of the Seven Network’s, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s 2019 Compliance with Australian Content Standard and Children’s Television Standard report issued last week.
The report prompted Screen Producers Australia to renew its attack on Australian broadcasters’ continued reliance on “cheap, second-run New Zealand programs” to acquit their local Australian content obligations.
Spa CEO Matthew Deaner said: “Spa has been calling on the government...
- 6/8/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
New Zealand, which already has some of the most generous financial incentives for film, is to launch a fund to help develop feature international films and TV series.
The International Co-Development Fund (Icf) expands the current Co-Production Development Fund for official feature film co-productions. It will include the development and/or packaging of drama series official co-productions or series drama projects with market partners such as a sales agent, streaming platform or broadcaster.
The fund will become operational July 1, and be run by the New Zealand Film Commission. It will have an annual pool of $262,000, which is payable to the New Zealand partner in a co-production as matched development funding.
“SeeSaw and Jane Campion’s acclaimed ‘Top of the Lake’ and more recent series such as ‘The Dead Lands,’ produced by Matthew Metcalfe’s Gfc Films for AMC, [and] ‘Straight Forward,’ produced by Philly de Lacey for Screentime, all showcase New...
The International Co-Development Fund (Icf) expands the current Co-Production Development Fund for official feature film co-productions. It will include the development and/or packaging of drama series official co-productions or series drama projects with market partners such as a sales agent, streaming platform or broadcaster.
The fund will become operational July 1, and be run by the New Zealand Film Commission. It will have an annual pool of $262,000, which is payable to the New Zealand partner in a co-production as matched development funding.
“SeeSaw and Jane Campion’s acclaimed ‘Top of the Lake’ and more recent series such as ‘The Dead Lands,’ produced by Matthew Metcalfe’s Gfc Films for AMC, [and] ‘Straight Forward,’ produced by Philly de Lacey for Screentime, all showcase New...
- 5/15/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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