Anton Corbijn’s Life also set to get direct government investment from Screen Australia.
Many Australian filmgoers were today thrilled to hear that director Clayton Jacobson and his brother, the actor Shane Jacobson, the two brains behind the good-natured local box office hit Kenny [pictured], are finally going to be making a followup.
The family movie Oddball is one of two features to get direct government investment from Screen Australia, it was announced today. In the other, the official co-production Life, starring Robert Pattinson of Twilight fame, Australia and Germany are minority partners alongside Canada.
“Oddball has the perfect mix to really carry across to an international audience,” Clayton Jacobson told Screendaily. “It is your classic four quadrant film. Both Shane and I were invited on board for the ride… We are thrilled to be able to work together again. It’s not every day someone pays you to hang out with family.”
Kenny was made...
Many Australian filmgoers were today thrilled to hear that director Clayton Jacobson and his brother, the actor Shane Jacobson, the two brains behind the good-natured local box office hit Kenny [pictured], are finally going to be making a followup.
The family movie Oddball is one of two features to get direct government investment from Screen Australia, it was announced today. In the other, the official co-production Life, starring Robert Pattinson of Twilight fame, Australia and Germany are minority partners alongside Canada.
“Oddball has the perfect mix to really carry across to an international audience,” Clayton Jacobson told Screendaily. “It is your classic four quadrant film. Both Shane and I were invited on board for the ride… We are thrilled to be able to work together again. It’s not every day someone pays you to hang out with family.”
Kenny was made...
- 12/5/2013
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Online is no longer a detour for television content; it is now a destination in its own right. Georgina Pearson reports.
Barely five years ago, to suggest that a series created purely for an online platform could outperform a top rating Us TV show would be almost laughable. Now, with the internet swiftly becoming a primary source of video content, video is not just being replayed online – it is being produced specifically for it. And as online audiences grow faster than anyone can keep up, a gap of opportunity has opened for the taking.
Globally, web series such lonelygirl15, The Guild and Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (Lxd) have drawn a fan-base to rival any primetime TV drama. Raking in millions of views, they have not only helped kickstart
a niche industry, but have highlighted the huge potential other such shows could possibly have. It’s such serious business that an...
Barely five years ago, to suggest that a series created purely for an online platform could outperform a top rating Us TV show would be almost laughable. Now, with the internet swiftly becoming a primary source of video content, video is not just being replayed online – it is being produced specifically for it. And as online audiences grow faster than anyone can keep up, a gap of opportunity has opened for the taking.
Globally, web series such lonelygirl15, The Guild and Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (Lxd) have drawn a fan-base to rival any primetime TV drama. Raking in millions of views, they have not only helped kickstart
a niche industry, but have highlighted the huge potential other such shows could possibly have. It’s such serious business that an...
- 1/21/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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