Irène Jacob and South African actress Thishiwe Ziqubu are attached to star in Saturn, a supernatural thriller which would be the first official Australia-South Africa co-production.
African-born, UK-based Elan Gamaker is the writer-director and the co-producers are Mark Overett.s New Holland Pictures Two and Fireworx Media.s Bridget Pickering, who was one of the producers of Hotel Rwanda.
Set in South Africa in the 1980s, the screenplay follows Patience (Zigubu) a young African woman who is asked to babysit two white children by her mother, who is campaigning against Apartheid.
Jacob (Three Colors: Red, The Double Life of Véronique) will play the children.s French mother, while a high-profile Aussie is in talks to play her husband.
The twist: the ghost of the children.s older brother Ben, an Army conscript who was reported to have died, tries to take them away.
Overett, who recently returned from a recce in Cape Town and Johannesburg,...
African-born, UK-based Elan Gamaker is the writer-director and the co-producers are Mark Overett.s New Holland Pictures Two and Fireworx Media.s Bridget Pickering, who was one of the producers of Hotel Rwanda.
Set in South Africa in the 1980s, the screenplay follows Patience (Zigubu) a young African woman who is asked to babysit two white children by her mother, who is campaigning against Apartheid.
Jacob (Three Colors: Red, The Double Life of Véronique) will play the children.s French mother, while a high-profile Aussie is in talks to play her husband.
The twist: the ghost of the children.s older brother Ben, an Army conscript who was reported to have died, tries to take them away.
Overett, who recently returned from a recce in Cape Town and Johannesburg,...
- 12/2/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Rectify's Aden Young, Aaron Pedersen, Oscar Redding and Chris Sommers are part of the ensemble cast attached to a violent Outback thriller to be directed by Jonathan auf der Heide.
An unofficial Australian-uk co-production, Mongrel is due to start shooting in South East Queensland late this year, with post in the UK.
Scripted by Brit Ross Williams, the plot follows Doug Richards (Young), a family man who embarks on a pig-hunting weekend with his mates.
The weekend turns into a nightmare as the hunting dogs savagely attack a young couple from the city. Torn between loyalty and doing the right thing, Richards must choose between an escalation in violence or facing his own death.
Pedersen is cast as a detective, Redding is a bad-ass professional pig hunter and Sommers is a local would-be tough guy.
The producers are New Holland Pictures Two's Mark Overett (The Fear of Darkness, Iron Sky...
An unofficial Australian-uk co-production, Mongrel is due to start shooting in South East Queensland late this year, with post in the UK.
Scripted by Brit Ross Williams, the plot follows Doug Richards (Young), a family man who embarks on a pig-hunting weekend with his mates.
The weekend turns into a nightmare as the hunting dogs savagely attack a young couple from the city. Torn between loyalty and doing the right thing, Richards must choose between an escalation in violence or facing his own death.
Pedersen is cast as a detective, Redding is a bad-ass professional pig hunter and Sommers is a local would-be tough guy.
The producers are New Holland Pictures Two's Mark Overett (The Fear of Darkness, Iron Sky...
- 5/19/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Distributors in the Us, the UK and Turkey have bought The Fear of Darkness, a supernatural thriller from writer-director Chris Fitchett.
Producer Mark Overett is planning to stage Q&A screenings attended by Fitchett and key cast around Australia following the April 11 world premiere at the Gold Coast Film Festival.
He.s just done a deal with Transmission to release the film on DVD and Blu-ray, VOD and pay-per-view.
The saga of a brilliant young psychiatrist who is forced to confront the dark creature that dwells deep within her own unconscious when she investigates the disappearance of a university student, the film stars Penelope Mitchell, Maeve Dermody, Aaron Pedersen, Mark Leonard Winter, Damien Garvey and Christopher Sommers.
Alchemy (formerly Millennium Entertainment ) bought. the Us rights and Signature got the UK rights from the worldwide sales agent Arclight.
.We.re on the road to breaking even,. Overett tells If. He and...
Producer Mark Overett is planning to stage Q&A screenings attended by Fitchett and key cast around Australia following the April 11 world premiere at the Gold Coast Film Festival.
He.s just done a deal with Transmission to release the film on DVD and Blu-ray, VOD and pay-per-view.
The saga of a brilliant young psychiatrist who is forced to confront the dark creature that dwells deep within her own unconscious when she investigates the disappearance of a university student, the film stars Penelope Mitchell, Maeve Dermody, Aaron Pedersen, Mark Leonard Winter, Damien Garvey and Christopher Sommers.
Alchemy (formerly Millennium Entertainment ) bought. the Us rights and Signature got the UK rights from the worldwide sales agent Arclight.
.We.re on the road to breaking even,. Overett tells If. He and...
- 3/26/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
When two Australian films open on the same weekend after getting mostly positive reviews at Miff and generate copious publicity for the stars and filmmakers, the industry might have expected both to post solid opening figures.
Yet there were modest debuts for the Spierig brothers. Predestination and Matthew Saville.s Felony, reigniting the debate about how hard it can be for Australian films to cut through with mainstream audiences.
The Spierig.s time-travelling thriller featuring Ethan Hawke, Noah Taylor and a knock-out performance from Sarah Snook, rang up $202,000 on 49 screens plus about 4 grand in previews, released by Pinnacle Films.
Saville.s psychological thriller starring Joel Edgerton, Tom Wilkinson and Jai Courtney made $185,000 on 47 and $197,000 with sneaks, handled by Roadshow.
The per-screen averages for both are far better than The Rover (which debuted with $143,000 on 41 screens) and These Final Hours ($207,000 on 164).
Tim McGahan, who produced Predestination with Paddy McDonald and the Spierigs,...
Yet there were modest debuts for the Spierig brothers. Predestination and Matthew Saville.s Felony, reigniting the debate about how hard it can be for Australian films to cut through with mainstream audiences.
The Spierig.s time-travelling thriller featuring Ethan Hawke, Noah Taylor and a knock-out performance from Sarah Snook, rang up $202,000 on 49 screens plus about 4 grand in previews, released by Pinnacle Films.
Saville.s psychological thriller starring Joel Edgerton, Tom Wilkinson and Jai Courtney made $185,000 on 47 and $197,000 with sneaks, handled by Roadshow.
The per-screen averages for both are far better than The Rover (which debuted with $143,000 on 41 screens) and These Final Hours ($207,000 on 164).
Tim McGahan, who produced Predestination with Paddy McDonald and the Spierigs,...
- 9/1/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The best actor award for Charlie.s Country.s David Gulpilil in Certain Regard and a standing ovation for David Michôd's thriller The Rover capped off a memorable Cannes Film Festival and market for Australian cinema.
It was that rare combination of critical acclaim for the Aussie films that screened in the festival and a solid volume of deal-making for films that were sold at the market.
.We had consistent feedback from sales agents and buyers on the calibre of Australian talent and projects, which they are tracking with real interest,. Screen Australia head of marketing Kathleen Drumm tells If.
.Producers reported fewer but quality meetings as momentum around Australia continues to enable good marketplace access. However it remains hard to raise finance without high profile cast, directorial talent, demonstrable marketing hooks, clarity on audience and a budget that matches a project's commerciality.
.Sales for Australian films were solid despite the reported soft marketplace,...
It was that rare combination of critical acclaim for the Aussie films that screened in the festival and a solid volume of deal-making for films that were sold at the market.
.We had consistent feedback from sales agents and buyers on the calibre of Australian talent and projects, which they are tracking with real interest,. Screen Australia head of marketing Kathleen Drumm tells If.
.Producers reported fewer but quality meetings as momentum around Australia continues to enable good marketplace access. However it remains hard to raise finance without high profile cast, directorial talent, demonstrable marketing hooks, clarity on audience and a budget that matches a project's commerciality.
.Sales for Australian films were solid despite the reported soft marketplace,...
- 5/25/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Aaron Pedersen and Mark Leonard Winter have been added to the cast of The Fear of Darkness, writer-director Chris Fitchett.s supernatural thriller which starts shooting on March 6 on the Gold Coast.
They join the already announced cast of Maeve Dermody, Penelope Mitchell and Damien Garvey.
Mitchell (Hemlock Grove, The Vampire Diaries) will play Skye Williams, a patient in a psychiatric clinic who is accused of a gruesome murder. Dermody (Serangoon Road, Griff the Invisible) is Dr Sarah Faithfull, an empathetic psychiatrist who believes there is more to the case.
Pedersen, who played the lead in Ivan Sen.s Mystery Road and is a regular in the ABC Jack Irish telemovies,. will portray Dr Nicholas Trengrove, a criminal psychologist who tries desperately to ensure that those around him stay grounded and not surrender to any imagined horrors in the dark.
Winter, who appears in Craig Monahan.s upcoming drama Healing...
They join the already announced cast of Maeve Dermody, Penelope Mitchell and Damien Garvey.
Mitchell (Hemlock Grove, The Vampire Diaries) will play Skye Williams, a patient in a psychiatric clinic who is accused of a gruesome murder. Dermody (Serangoon Road, Griff the Invisible) is Dr Sarah Faithfull, an empathetic psychiatrist who believes there is more to the case.
Pedersen, who played the lead in Ivan Sen.s Mystery Road and is a regular in the ABC Jack Irish telemovies,. will portray Dr Nicholas Trengrove, a criminal psychologist who tries desperately to ensure that those around him stay grounded and not surrender to any imagined horrors in the dark.
Winter, who appears in Craig Monahan.s upcoming drama Healing...
- 2/24/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Maeve Dermody, Penelope Mitchell and Damien Garvey have been cast in The Fear of Darkness, a supernatural thriller from writer-director Chris Fitchett which starts shooting March 6 on the Gold Coast.
Dermody (Serangoon Road, Griff the Invisible) will play a brilliant young psychiatrist who is forced to confront the dark creature that dwells deep within her when she investigates the disappearance of a female university student.
Mitchell, who was a regular in the Us TV series Hemlock Grove and appears in The Vampire Diaries, plays a patient in a psychiatric clinic who is accused of a gruesome crime.
Damien Garvey (Rake, Network Ten.s upcoming Secrets & Lies) will portray a cop who investigates the disappearance. Casting of two other key roles is due to be confirmed shortly.
The project was developed through Screen Queensland.s low budget feature film initiative. The producer is Mark Overett (Iron Sky, Separation City,. Unfinished Sky...
Dermody (Serangoon Road, Griff the Invisible) will play a brilliant young psychiatrist who is forced to confront the dark creature that dwells deep within her when she investigates the disappearance of a female university student.
Mitchell, who was a regular in the Us TV series Hemlock Grove and appears in The Vampire Diaries, plays a patient in a psychiatric clinic who is accused of a gruesome crime.
Damien Garvey (Rake, Network Ten.s upcoming Secrets & Lies) will portray a cop who investigates the disappearance. Casting of two other key roles is due to be confirmed shortly.
The project was developed through Screen Queensland.s low budget feature film initiative. The producer is Mark Overett (Iron Sky, Separation City,. Unfinished Sky...
- 2/10/2014
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Writer-director Chris Fitchett made his first two features, Blood Money and Desolation Angels, in quick succession.
He was offered a few roles after the second film but embarked on a successful career running film and TV bodies.
Now, 31 years after Desolation Angels, he is getting ready to write and direct his third feature, The Fear of Darkness, a supernatural thriller about a brilliant young psychiatrist who is forced to confront the dark creature that dwells deep within her unconscious when she investigates the disappearance of a female university student.
Produced by Mark Overett (Iron Sky, Separation City, Unfinished Sky) and supported by Screen Queensland.s low budget feature film initiative, the film is due to shoot on the Gold Coast in January.
Fitchett, who teaches film and TV at Bond University, is finalising the casting. Gary Hamilton.s Arclight will handle international sales and Greenlight Releasing is the Australian distributor.
He was offered a few roles after the second film but embarked on a successful career running film and TV bodies.
Now, 31 years after Desolation Angels, he is getting ready to write and direct his third feature, The Fear of Darkness, a supernatural thriller about a brilliant young psychiatrist who is forced to confront the dark creature that dwells deep within her unconscious when she investigates the disappearance of a female university student.
Produced by Mark Overett (Iron Sky, Separation City, Unfinished Sky) and supported by Screen Queensland.s low budget feature film initiative, the film is due to shoot on the Gold Coast in January.
Fitchett, who teaches film and TV at Bond University, is finalising the casting. Gary Hamilton.s Arclight will handle international sales and Greenlight Releasing is the Australian distributor.
- 11/4/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Iron Sky producer Mark Overett is developing Pig Hunt, a violent thriller about a family man who gets caught up in a deadly cat-and-mouse game in the Australian Outback.
The film will be co-produced by Overett.s New Holland Pictures and UK-based Feature One. The script is by Englishman Ross Williams. No director has yet been announced. It.s set to shoot in the first half of 2014.
The project was unveiled during the Cannes Film Market. Overett said, .Pig Hunt is a project that has a clearly defined audience which is currently under-served in the market place. Working with the team at Feature One is an exciting opportunity to further explore the world of co-productions following our successful productions with Denmark, Germany, Holland, Finland and New Zealand..
The plot follows the protagonist Doug Richards as he.s forced to choose between life or death after a young couple is killed...
The film will be co-produced by Overett.s New Holland Pictures and UK-based Feature One. The script is by Englishman Ross Williams. No director has yet been announced. It.s set to shoot in the first half of 2014.
The project was unveiled during the Cannes Film Market. Overett said, .Pig Hunt is a project that has a clearly defined audience which is currently under-served in the market place. Working with the team at Feature One is an exciting opportunity to further explore the world of co-productions following our successful productions with Denmark, Germany, Holland, Finland and New Zealand..
The plot follows the protagonist Doug Richards as he.s forced to choose between life or death after a young couple is killed...
- 5/22/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Ausfilm, the Australian organisation aimed to entice international productions to Australia and promote Australian film-makers abroad, is preparing for Ausfilm Week, beginning Wednesday, in Los Angeles.
The organisation has also announced the 17 Australian producers attending one-on-one meetings with Us producers and studios.
The announcement:
Ausfilm, together with representatives of the Australian film industry will converge in Los Angeles from 24-31 October for Ausfilm Week 2012. Ausfilm Week aims to create, build upon and develop international relationships between Ausfilm members and Australian producers with key clients in La to encourage international production to Australia.
Ausfilm Week Los Angeles 2012 will comprise a series of interactive panel sessions highlighting Australia’s production incentives schemes, post production and filmmaking talent, networking experiences, producer collaboration meetings and learning opportunities between the Australian and Us film industries to encourage access to Australia’s Screen Production Incentives. These incentives available include the 40% Producer Offset, 30% Post, Digital and Visual Effects incentive and 16.5% Locations incentive.
The organisation has also announced the 17 Australian producers attending one-on-one meetings with Us producers and studios.
The announcement:
Ausfilm, together with representatives of the Australian film industry will converge in Los Angeles from 24-31 October for Ausfilm Week 2012. Ausfilm Week aims to create, build upon and develop international relationships between Ausfilm members and Australian producers with key clients in La to encourage international production to Australia.
Ausfilm Week Los Angeles 2012 will comprise a series of interactive panel sessions highlighting Australia’s production incentives schemes, post production and filmmaking talent, networking experiences, producer collaboration meetings and learning opportunities between the Australian and Us film industries to encourage access to Australia’s Screen Production Incentives. These incentives available include the 40% Producer Offset, 30% Post, Digital and Visual Effects incentive and 16.5% Locations incentive.
- 10/22/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Comedy sci-fi feature Iron Sky has been selected in the Panorama Special section of next month's Berlin International Film Festival.
The film, about Nazis who fled to the Moon in 1945 before returning to claim the Earth in 2018, marks the first Australian-Finnish-German co-production.
Australian producer Cathy Overett said: .We are incredibly excited that Iron Sky has been selected for Berlin. It is recognition of the incredible vision and tenacity of our director Timo Vuorensola and of the importance international co-productions play in the Australian film industry..
The film has relied on an innovative financing structure which included crowd-funding during production. It is still raising finance after facing blizzards in Germany and floods in Queensland during production.
"The adverse weather conditions mean we are still raising some extra funds to finish and deliver the film, so it.s still not too late for our Australian fans to support the film. All they...
The film, about Nazis who fled to the Moon in 1945 before returning to claim the Earth in 2018, marks the first Australian-Finnish-German co-production.
Australian producer Cathy Overett said: .We are incredibly excited that Iron Sky has been selected for Berlin. It is recognition of the incredible vision and tenacity of our director Timo Vuorensola and of the importance international co-productions play in the Australian film industry..
The film has relied on an innovative financing structure which included crowd-funding during production. It is still raising finance after facing blizzards in Germany and floods in Queensland during production.
"The adverse weather conditions mean we are still raising some extra funds to finish and deliver the film, so it.s still not too late for our Australian fans to support the film. All they...
- 1/26/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Iron Sky, the Finnish-German-Australian sci-fi black comedy about Nazis from the Dark Side of the Moon, has released its promo trailer online. The trailer is still work-in-progress and it was released on the film project’s Iron Sky Sneak Peek web service to give the fans a glimpse of what the live action in the film will look like, and to get comments and suggestions for finishing up the promo trailer.
“We opened Iron Sky Sneak Peek when we started shooting Iron Sky last November as both a service for fans and a crowd funding channel. A subscription costs a minimum of one euro, but those who want to support us can pay more”,
says Timo Vuorensola, the director of Iron Sky.
“The basic idea of the service is to give the internet audience a chance to see how the first five minutes of Iron Sky are made, starting from...
“We opened Iron Sky Sneak Peek when we started shooting Iron Sky last November as both a service for fans and a crowd funding channel. A subscription costs a minimum of one euro, but those who want to support us can pay more”,
says Timo Vuorensola, the director of Iron Sky.
“The basic idea of the service is to give the internet audience a chance to see how the first five minutes of Iron Sky are made, starting from...
- 3/28/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
The Australia/Germany/Finland co-production, sci-fi comedy Iron Sky, started shooting in Brisbane and the Gold Coast yesterday.
“Flooding has not affected us too much, although the location of our first shoot day was under water the next day,” New Holland Pictures producer Mark Overett told Encore.
Iron Sky stars Australia/New Zealand actors Peta Sargeant, Christopher Kirby and Stephanie Paul, alongside a European cast. It takes place in the year 2018, when the Nazis, who fled the Earth to the dark side of the Moon in 1945, return to claim the Earth.
The film was originally conceived and developed as a Finnish-German project, produced by Tero Kaukomaa (Blind Spot Pictures), Samuli Torssonen (Energia Productions) and Oliver Damian (27 Films Production). Australian/New Zealand company New Holland Pictures joined the project last year, with an official announcement made during the Cannes Film Festival.
The Queensland shoot will continue until February 4, shooting all interiors,...
“Flooding has not affected us too much, although the location of our first shoot day was under water the next day,” New Holland Pictures producer Mark Overett told Encore.
Iron Sky stars Australia/New Zealand actors Peta Sargeant, Christopher Kirby and Stephanie Paul, alongside a European cast. It takes place in the year 2018, when the Nazis, who fled the Earth to the dark side of the Moon in 1945, return to claim the Earth.
The film was originally conceived and developed as a Finnish-German project, produced by Tero Kaukomaa (Blind Spot Pictures), Samuli Torssonen (Energia Productions) and Oliver Damian (27 Films Production). Australian/New Zealand company New Holland Pictures joined the project last year, with an official announcement made during the Cannes Film Festival.
The Queensland shoot will continue until February 4, shooting all interiors,...
- 1/12/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The creators of Iron Sky have revealed the identity of the third member of the main cast of Iron Sky, the science fiction black comedy about Nazis from the Dark Side of the Moon. Christopher Kirby, whose previous work in sci-fi includes The Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions, Quantum Leap, Daybreakers and Space: Above and Beyond, will join Julia Dietze (1/2 Ritter) and Götz Otto (Tomorrow Never Dies, Schindler’s List, The Downfall) in the main cast of the movie.
In the world of Iron Sky Nazis went to the Moon in 1945 – and in 2018 they are coming back. The film is an independent Finnish-German-Australian co-production and is known for its wide ranging co-operation with fans and the internet community.
Christopher Kirby
Kirby’s character is James Washington, the first African-American astronaut on the Moon. Washington is part of the the first manned moon flight since the 70’s, which stumbles into the Moon Nazis – specifically,...
In the world of Iron Sky Nazis went to the Moon in 1945 – and in 2018 they are coming back. The film is an independent Finnish-German-Australian co-production and is known for its wide ranging co-operation with fans and the internet community.
Christopher Kirby
Kirby’s character is James Washington, the first African-American astronaut on the Moon. Washington is part of the the first manned moon flight since the 70’s, which stumbles into the Moon Nazis – specifically,...
- 9/17/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
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