Australian independent production house Photoplay has appointed Karen Radzyner as its head of development. The company is the only Australian firm to have a show selected for MipTV’s CanneSeries.
Radzyner joins Photoplay from Dragonet Films. She previously produced two award-winning TV mini-series – Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s “Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo” (with Southern Star in 2011) and Nine’s genre anthology “Two Twisted.” She also held roles at Scott Free Films in London, as part of a Screen Australia fellowship, Australian public broadcaster Sbs, federal funding body Screen Australia and regional arts agency Create Nsw.
She will work alongside head of scripted, Linda Micsko, to spearhead the company’s recently established longform arm Photoplay Film+TV.
Radzyner also brings with her a significant slate including: “Appetite”; a co-production with Synchronicity Films and development partner Cineflix Rights with support from Screen Australia; an ABCMe YA action-adventure with development co-funded by...
Radzyner joins Photoplay from Dragonet Films. She previously produced two award-winning TV mini-series – Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s “Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo” (with Southern Star in 2011) and Nine’s genre anthology “Two Twisted.” She also held roles at Scott Free Films in London, as part of a Screen Australia fellowship, Australian public broadcaster Sbs, federal funding body Screen Australia and regional arts agency Create Nsw.
She will work alongside head of scripted, Linda Micsko, to spearhead the company’s recently established longform arm Photoplay Film+TV.
Radzyner also brings with her a significant slate including: “Appetite”; a co-production with Synchronicity Films and development partner Cineflix Rights with support from Screen Australia; an ABCMe YA action-adventure with development co-funded by...
- 3/17/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
In Stan Original film Christmas on the Farm, premiering December 1, Poppy Montgomery plays Clementine Jones, an Australian author whose book about getting back to nature on a blissful Queensland farm is snapped up by New York powerhouse publishers London & London. But the truth is, “Clementine” is actually her daughter Emmy Jones, a New Yorker basing the book on her late mother’s journals.
When the publishers announce they want to experience an authentic Australian ‘Clementine’ Christmas before signing the deal, Emmy must race back to the old family farm, roping in her cousin David (Hugh Sheridan) and his husband Miles (Nicholas Brown) to help maintain the ruse. One problem: London & London CEO Ellison London (Jeanette Cronin) shows up with her handsome adult son Jack (Darren McMullen) in tow – and if he remembers the night he met Emmy in New York, the game will be up!
Asmara Felk and Demi Harmon also star.
When the publishers announce they want to experience an authentic Australian ‘Clementine’ Christmas before signing the deal, Emmy must race back to the old family farm, roping in her cousin David (Hugh Sheridan) and his husband Miles (Nicholas Brown) to help maintain the ruse. One problem: London & London CEO Ellison London (Jeanette Cronin) shows up with her handsome adult son Jack (Darren McMullen) in tow – and if he remembers the night he met Emmy in New York, the game will be up!
Asmara Felk and Demi Harmon also star.
- 11/10/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
New seasons of TikTok series The Formal and YouTube’s Australia’s Best Street Racer are among the six projects to share in more than $920,000 from Screen Australia’s Online Fund.
There is also Facebook/YouTube comedy Counter Girls, which is a spin-off of hit series Rostered On, TikTok vertical series Krystal Klairvoyant, as well as satire Clockwork and therapy exploration It’s Fine I’m Fine, both of which are for Facebook.
Screen Australia’s senior online investment manager Lee Naimo said it was pleasing to see online creators working hard to identify and then hook in their audiences with great characters and storylines.
“We can see great examples of this with new seasons of 2 Street 2 Racer and The Formal which both connected with viewers on YouTube and TikTok respectively,” he said.
‘The Formal’
The funded projects are:
2 Street 2 Racer: A second series of Australia’s Best Street Racer...
There is also Facebook/YouTube comedy Counter Girls, which is a spin-off of hit series Rostered On, TikTok vertical series Krystal Klairvoyant, as well as satire Clockwork and therapy exploration It’s Fine I’m Fine, both of which are for Facebook.
Screen Australia’s senior online investment manager Lee Naimo said it was pleasing to see online creators working hard to identify and then hook in their audiences with great characters and storylines.
“We can see great examples of this with new seasons of 2 Street 2 Racer and The Formal which both connected with viewers on YouTube and TikTok respectively,” he said.
‘The Formal’
The funded projects are:
2 Street 2 Racer: A second series of Australia’s Best Street Racer...
- 8/31/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
"This is how we fight!" Momentum Pictures has released a new official Us trailer for the true story thriller Escape from Pretoria, opening in March (on VOD) at the same time as the UK release. The film is about two white South Africans, imprisoned in 1978 for working covert operations for Nelson Mandela's banned Anc. They attempt to escape from the notorious white man's Pretoria Prison, known as "Robben Island", the same place former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was imprisoned before. Starring Daniel Radcliffe and Daniel Webber as the two leads, with a cast including Ian Hart, Nathan Page, Stephen Hunter, Mark Leonard Winter, Jeanette Cronin, David Wilson, and Ratidzo Mambo. Based on a true story, of course. This looks as good as it did in the UK trailer, a gripping thriller with an inspiring story. Here's the official Us trailer for Francis Annan's Escape from Pretoria,...
- 1/22/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"Your whole plan is doomed to failure..." Empire Mag. has debuted the first official trailer for a true story thriller titled Escape from Pretoria, which is opening first in the UK coming up this March. The film is about two white South Africans, imprisoned for working on behalf of the Anc. They attempt to escape from the notorious white man's Pretoria Prison, known as "Robben Island", the same place former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was imprisoned before. Starring Daniel Radcliffe and Daniel Webber as the two leads, with a cast including Ian Hart, Nathan Page, Stephen Hunter, Mark Leonard Winter, Jeanette Cronin, David Wilson, and Ratidzo Mambo. Based on a true story, of course. This looks like a solid prison escape thriller, about insistent prisoners who want out as a way of fighting back. Have a look. Here's the first UK trailer (+ poster) for Francis Annan's Escape from Pretoria,...
- 12/11/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
‘This is Desmondo Ray!’
Steve Baker’s This is Desmondo Ray!, a live action/animated series about a peculiar man who searches for love in a dark and troubling world, has been voted world champion at the Web Series World Cup.
Produced by Leanne Tonkes and backed by Screen Australia and Screen Queensland, the 6 x 7 minute drama is the second win for an Australian production after Luke Eve and Glen Dolman’s High Life was victorious last year.
The competition run by Mip TV collates results from web festivals around the world and publishes a table of the most awarded web series of the year. Desmondo Ray! was selected for 19 fests, garnered 26 nominations and 25 awards.
There are three Aussie titles in the top 10. Writer-director Blake Fraser and producer Chris Thompson’s dark drama Patricia Moore, a French-Australian co-production, came third with 31 nominations at eight festivals.
Starring Danielle Cormack, Les Hill,...
Steve Baker’s This is Desmondo Ray!, a live action/animated series about a peculiar man who searches for love in a dark and troubling world, has been voted world champion at the Web Series World Cup.
Produced by Leanne Tonkes and backed by Screen Australia and Screen Queensland, the 6 x 7 minute drama is the second win for an Australian production after Luke Eve and Glen Dolman’s High Life was victorious last year.
The competition run by Mip TV collates results from web festivals around the world and publishes a table of the most awarded web series of the year. Desmondo Ray! was selected for 19 fests, garnered 26 nominations and 25 awards.
There are three Aussie titles in the top 10. Writer-director Blake Fraser and producer Chris Thompson’s dark drama Patricia Moore, a French-Australian co-production, came third with 31 nominations at eight festivals.
Starring Danielle Cormack, Les Hill,...
- 11/27/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Today’s film is the 2007 short Cosette. The film is directed by Samantha Rebillet, who also c0-wrote the screenplay with Michael Phelan, and stars Jeanette Cronin, Simon Bossell, and Mia Wasikowska. Wasikowska first gained attention for her role in the tv series In Treatment, before appearing in movies such as The Kids Are All Right, Jane Eyre, Stoker, and Only Lovers Left Alive. Her newest feature, titled The Double, opened in limited release in American theatres this weekend.
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- 5/11/2014
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
The ABC has begun production of a new legal series which will showcase the talent of Australia’s acting talent pool.
The announcement:
Marta Dusseldorp (A Place to Call Home, Jack Irish, Crownies) returns as Senior Crown Prosecutor Janet King in the title role of the powerful new eight hour mini-series for ABC1, which begins production today.
Joining the cast are Vince Colosimo (Underbelly, The Great Gatsby) as Chief Superintendent Jack Rizzoli, and Damian Walshe-Howling (Underbelly, Brothers In Arms, The Time of Our Lives) as Owen Mitchell, a rising star prosecutor – each crucial in Janet’s campaign to expose the truth behind a shocking murder that strikes at the very heart of the justice system.
Also appearing in the compelling high stakes legal thriller are John Howard (Fury Road, Packed to the Rafters, All Saints), Sonia Todd (Rake, Home and Away, McLeod’s Daughters), Jessica Napier (Sea Patrol, McLeod’s Daughters), Deborah Kennedy (Rake,...
The announcement:
Marta Dusseldorp (A Place to Call Home, Jack Irish, Crownies) returns as Senior Crown Prosecutor Janet King in the title role of the powerful new eight hour mini-series for ABC1, which begins production today.
Joining the cast are Vince Colosimo (Underbelly, The Great Gatsby) as Chief Superintendent Jack Rizzoli, and Damian Walshe-Howling (Underbelly, Brothers In Arms, The Time of Our Lives) as Owen Mitchell, a rising star prosecutor – each crucial in Janet’s campaign to expose the truth behind a shocking murder that strikes at the very heart of the justice system.
Also appearing in the compelling high stakes legal thriller are John Howard (Fury Road, Packed to the Rafters, All Saints), Sonia Todd (Rake, Home and Away, McLeod’s Daughters), Jessica Napier (Sea Patrol, McLeod’s Daughters), Deborah Kennedy (Rake,...
- 1/21/2013
- by Marcus Casey
- Encore Magazine
ABC Crownies spin-off, Janet King, has started production.
The eight-hour legal mini-series marks the return of Marta Dusseldorp (A Place to Call Home, Jack Irish) as Crownies senior crown prosecutor Janet King.
Joining the cast are Vince Colosimo (Underbelly) as chief superintendent Jack Rizzoli and Damian Walshe-Howling (Underbelly) as rising star prosecutor Owen Mitchell..Other new cast members include John Howard (Packed to the Rafters), Sonia Todd (Rake), Jessica Napier (Sea Patrol), Deborah Kennedy (Rake) and Tiriel Mora (Rake).
Former Crownies cast members who are returning include Hamish Michael, Ella Scott Lynch, Andrea Demetriades, Peter Kowitz, Christopher Morris, Indiana Evans, Jeanette Cronin, Aimee Pedersen and Lewis Fitz-Gerald.
The series is being produced by Screentime for the ABC.
Screentime.s executive chairman, Des Monaghan said: .Screentime is delighted that the strength of this production has attracted such an outstanding calibre of cast, to realise characters both new and returning. They will...
The eight-hour legal mini-series marks the return of Marta Dusseldorp (A Place to Call Home, Jack Irish) as Crownies senior crown prosecutor Janet King.
Joining the cast are Vince Colosimo (Underbelly) as chief superintendent Jack Rizzoli and Damian Walshe-Howling (Underbelly) as rising star prosecutor Owen Mitchell..Other new cast members include John Howard (Packed to the Rafters), Sonia Todd (Rake), Jessica Napier (Sea Patrol), Deborah Kennedy (Rake) and Tiriel Mora (Rake).
Former Crownies cast members who are returning include Hamish Michael, Ella Scott Lynch, Andrea Demetriades, Peter Kowitz, Christopher Morris, Indiana Evans, Jeanette Cronin, Aimee Pedersen and Lewis Fitz-Gerald.
The series is being produced by Screentime for the ABC.
Screentime.s executive chairman, Des Monaghan said: .Screentime is delighted that the strength of this production has attracted such an outstanding calibre of cast, to realise characters both new and returning. They will...
- 1/21/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
"The Boys" is an intense, harrowing portrait of three white-trash brothers wallowing in a hopeless, joyless life consisting almost entirely of sitting around drinking beer and verbally abusing each other.
The film is well-done without being overdone, but at the same time it is so depressing that any potential for boxoffice returns seems nil.
Brett (David Wenham) gets out of prison and returns home to his squalid family -- his ineffectual mother (Lynette Curran) and his two directionless brothers. They stick together but constantly abuse each other.
One brother, Stevie (Anthony Hayes), berates his dim-witted, pregnant girlfriend. Brother Brett seems to be impotent after prison and is ridiculed by his girlfriend Michelle (Toni Collette of "Muriel's Wedding"). The third brother, Glenn (John Polson), has a good woman (Jeanette Cronin) who tries to keep him in a good job, but his brothers manage to ruin that too.
Finally, after months of this (for us, nearly 11Ú2 hours) they beat up their mother's Maori boyfriend (Pete Smith) and go cruising on drugs. They find a woman on the street and either rape or kill her or both. We don't know, exactly, because at that point the movie mercifully ends. It's not about violence or crime, it's about the squalid, absolutely hopeless life of this family.
Director Rowan Woods doesn't search for reasons, he doesn't blame society or their upbringing, he merely shows them as they are. Except for a few glitches, Woods' direction is accomplished and straightforward.
That's also true of the performances, which are all excellent and almost consistently convincing. The script, adapted from a stage play, could be the reason a few scenes seem stilted.
What this movie doesn't give the audience is a reason to like any of this. There is no reason to feel sorry for anyone or even to hope that they will turn their lives around. Perversely, it is almost relief when they finally get thrown in jail. They seem much better off than before.
THE BOYS
Arenafilm Prods.
in association with Axiom Films and Footprint Film
Director: Rowan Woods
Producers: Robert Connolly and John Maynard
Screenplay: Stephen Sewell
Based on play by: Gordon Graham
Executive producer: Douglas Cummins
Associate producer: David Wenham
Director of photography: Tristan Milani
Editor: Nick Meyers
Production designer: Luigi Pittorino
Casting: Lesley Burgess
Color
Cast:
Brett: David Wenham
Stevie: Anthony Hayes
Glenn: John Polson
Jackie: Jeanette Cronin
Nola: Anna Lise
Sandra: Lynette Curran
George "Abo": Pete Smith
Michelle: Toni Collette
Running time -- 86 minutes...
The film is well-done without being overdone, but at the same time it is so depressing that any potential for boxoffice returns seems nil.
Brett (David Wenham) gets out of prison and returns home to his squalid family -- his ineffectual mother (Lynette Curran) and his two directionless brothers. They stick together but constantly abuse each other.
One brother, Stevie (Anthony Hayes), berates his dim-witted, pregnant girlfriend. Brother Brett seems to be impotent after prison and is ridiculed by his girlfriend Michelle (Toni Collette of "Muriel's Wedding"). The third brother, Glenn (John Polson), has a good woman (Jeanette Cronin) who tries to keep him in a good job, but his brothers manage to ruin that too.
Finally, after months of this (for us, nearly 11Ú2 hours) they beat up their mother's Maori boyfriend (Pete Smith) and go cruising on drugs. They find a woman on the street and either rape or kill her or both. We don't know, exactly, because at that point the movie mercifully ends. It's not about violence or crime, it's about the squalid, absolutely hopeless life of this family.
Director Rowan Woods doesn't search for reasons, he doesn't blame society or their upbringing, he merely shows them as they are. Except for a few glitches, Woods' direction is accomplished and straightforward.
That's also true of the performances, which are all excellent and almost consistently convincing. The script, adapted from a stage play, could be the reason a few scenes seem stilted.
What this movie doesn't give the audience is a reason to like any of this. There is no reason to feel sorry for anyone or even to hope that they will turn their lives around. Perversely, it is almost relief when they finally get thrown in jail. They seem much better off than before.
THE BOYS
Arenafilm Prods.
in association with Axiom Films and Footprint Film
Director: Rowan Woods
Producers: Robert Connolly and John Maynard
Screenplay: Stephen Sewell
Based on play by: Gordon Graham
Executive producer: Douglas Cummins
Associate producer: David Wenham
Director of photography: Tristan Milani
Editor: Nick Meyers
Production designer: Luigi Pittorino
Casting: Lesley Burgess
Color
Cast:
Brett: David Wenham
Stevie: Anthony Hayes
Glenn: John Polson
Jackie: Jeanette Cronin
Nola: Anna Lise
Sandra: Lynette Curran
George "Abo": Pete Smith
Michelle: Toni Collette
Running time -- 86 minutes...
- 2/20/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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