'Seriously Red' writer and star Krew Boylan and creator of 'Bump' spin-off 'Year Of', Jessica Tuckwell are among this year's Platform: Lab participants, with the cohort to benefit from the expertise of international producers Samm Haillay (UK) and Mmabatho Kau (South Africa).
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- 6/4/2024
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Set in a pre-#metoo era, Oz girl-band drama “Paper Dolls” has been realized by an all female filmmaker team shedding light on this darker era for women in the music industry.
Former MTV Australia chief Mark Fennessy executive produced the 8-part scripted drama for Paramount + through his two-year-old banner Helium. eOne is launching international sales at Mipcom this week.
As well as empowering women filmmakers in Australia, the production shows what Fennessy is currently dedicated to – creating premium Australian content and finding the resources to take it to the next level to compete internationally with its rival Anglo markets.
“The feedback from buyers I’ve spoken to pre-Mipcom has been really strong,” said the veteran Australian television executive who is readying several other projects for the streamers in Australia, as well as Season 2 of the hit “Last King of the Cross” for Paramount +.
Set in 2000, “Paper Dolls...
Former MTV Australia chief Mark Fennessy executive produced the 8-part scripted drama for Paramount + through his two-year-old banner Helium. eOne is launching international sales at Mipcom this week.
As well as empowering women filmmakers in Australia, the production shows what Fennessy is currently dedicated to – creating premium Australian content and finding the resources to take it to the next level to compete internationally with its rival Anglo markets.
“The feedback from buyers I’ve spoken to pre-Mipcom has been really strong,” said the veteran Australian television executive who is readying several other projects for the streamers in Australia, as well as Season 2 of the hit “Last King of the Cross” for Paramount +.
Set in 2000, “Paper Dolls...
- 10/16/2023
- by Liza Foreman
- Variety Film + TV
The upcoming Hulu Original Series “The Clearing,” based on the best-selling crime thriller In The Clearing by author J.P. Pomare, unveiled a first trailer this afternoon that gives a closer look at the cult at the center of the series.
In the new trailer, one character ominously asks a child, “Are you ready for your Clearing?”
Watch it below.
“The Clearing” is created and written by Elise McCredie and Matt Cameron, with co-writer Osamah Sami, and draws inspiration from real-life cults in Australia and around the world. Look for this series to arrive next month, on May 24, 2023.
The eight-episode series is “an emotional and psychological thriller that follows the nightmares of a cult and a woman who’s forced to face the demons from her past in order to stop the kidnapping and coercion of innocent children in the future.”
Teresa Palmer (“Discovery of Witches,” Lights Out), Miranda Otto (Talk to Me,...
In the new trailer, one character ominously asks a child, “Are you ready for your Clearing?”
Watch it below.
“The Clearing” is created and written by Elise McCredie and Matt Cameron, with co-writer Osamah Sami, and draws inspiration from real-life cults in Australia and around the world. Look for this series to arrive next month, on May 24, 2023.
The eight-episode series is “an emotional and psychological thriller that follows the nightmares of a cult and a woman who’s forced to face the demons from her past in order to stop the kidnapping and coercion of innocent children in the future.”
Teresa Palmer (“Discovery of Witches,” Lights Out), Miranda Otto (Talk to Me,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
The upcoming Hulu Original Series “The Clearing,” based on the best-selling crime thriller In The Clearing by author J.P. Pomare, unveiled a first look teaser today that introduces its cast and nightmarish psychological thrills.
“The Clearing” is created and written by Elise McCredie and Matt Cameron, with co-writer Osamah Sami, and draws inspiration from real-life cults in Australia and around the world. Look for this series to arrive next month, on May 24, 2023.
The eight-episode series is “an emotional and psychological thriller that follows the nightmares of a cult and a woman who’s forced to face the demons from her past in order to stop the kidnapping and coercion of innocent children in the future.”
Teresa Palmer (“Discovery of Witches,” Lights Out), Miranda Otto (Talk to Me, Annabelle: Creation), and Guy Pearce (Prometheus, Ravenous) lead the Australian cast that also includes Hazem Shammas (“Safe Harbour”), Mark Coles-Smith (“Mystery Road”), Kate Mulvany...
“The Clearing” is created and written by Elise McCredie and Matt Cameron, with co-writer Osamah Sami, and draws inspiration from real-life cults in Australia and around the world. Look for this series to arrive next month, on May 24, 2023.
The eight-episode series is “an emotional and psychological thriller that follows the nightmares of a cult and a woman who’s forced to face the demons from her past in order to stop the kidnapping and coercion of innocent children in the future.”
Teresa Palmer (“Discovery of Witches,” Lights Out), Miranda Otto (Talk to Me, Annabelle: Creation), and Guy Pearce (Prometheus, Ravenous) lead the Australian cast that also includes Hazem Shammas (“Safe Harbour”), Mark Coles-Smith (“Mystery Road”), Kate Mulvany...
- 4/17/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
A spiritual kissing cousin of such compellingly campy ’90s Aussie-produced extravaganzas as “Strictly Ballroom” and “Muriel’s Wedding,” director Gracie Otto’s “Seriously Red” disarms and delights as a sensationally spirited concoction that neatly balances unfettered outrageousness and unabashed sentimentality. The beating heart of the entire enterprise is Krew Boylan. As screenwriter, she has created a terrific role for herself. As star, she proves absolutely fearless while illuminating every aspect of a sometimes exhilarating, sometimes exasperating, always endearing protagonist. She works a singularly impressive type of movie magic while simultaneously driving the movie over the top and anchoring the borderline-fantastical narrative in something resembling reality.
Boylan stars as Raylene Delaney, better known as Red, a socially awkward small-town New South Wales realtor with, as she herself admits, “an impulse control problem.” To put it mildly. A fanatically passionate fan of Dolly Parton, she decks herself out as her idol for a company gathering,...
Boylan stars as Raylene Delaney, better known as Red, a socially awkward small-town New South Wales realtor with, as she herself admits, “an impulse control problem.” To put it mildly. A fanatically passionate fan of Dolly Parton, she decks herself out as her idol for a company gathering,...
- 2/10/2023
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Actor Bobby Cannavale has signed with CAA.
The veteran actor has moved from WME, after just opening alongside Ana De Armas at the Venice Film Festival in the Andrew Dominik-directed Blonde. He next will star in Gracie Otto’s Seriously Red, and opposite Robert De Niro in the Tony Goldwyn-directed Inappropriate Behavior.
Cannavale has had memorable turns in everything to Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman to Boardwalk Empire, Motherless Brooklyn, I, Tonya, Ant-Man, The Station Agent and many others.
In television, Cannavale will next star in Ryan Murphy’s limited series The Watcher with Naomi Watts. He was recently seen in Hulu’s limited series Nine Perfect Strangers, alongside Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy. His other TV credits include Homecoming, Angie Tribeca, Mr. Robot, Master of None, Nurse Jackie and Vinyl.
On the stage, Cannavale is a two-time Tony Award-nominee for Mauritius and The Mother F*cher With The Hat.
The veteran actor has moved from WME, after just opening alongside Ana De Armas at the Venice Film Festival in the Andrew Dominik-directed Blonde. He next will star in Gracie Otto’s Seriously Red, and opposite Robert De Niro in the Tony Goldwyn-directed Inappropriate Behavior.
Cannavale has had memorable turns in everything to Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman to Boardwalk Empire, Motherless Brooklyn, I, Tonya, Ant-Man, The Station Agent and many others.
In television, Cannavale will next star in Ryan Murphy’s limited series The Watcher with Naomi Watts. He was recently seen in Hulu’s limited series Nine Perfect Strangers, alongside Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy. His other TV credits include Homecoming, Angie Tribeca, Mr. Robot, Master of None, Nurse Jackie and Vinyl.
On the stage, Cannavale is a two-time Tony Award-nominee for Mauritius and The Mother F*cher With The Hat.
- 9/21/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Executive will be based in France and run company’s new European office.
In its 20th anniversary year Arclight Films is expanding the executive ranks and has brought on Pia Patatian as president of worldwide sales, effective immediately.
Patatian most recently served as SVP sales at Capstone Pictures and will oversee sales on Arclight’s current slate and the library, while using her extensive industry connections to develop and package new projects.
She is based in France and heads the company’s new European office.
The appointment comes at a dynamic time for Arclight Films, which financed and shot a...
In its 20th anniversary year Arclight Films is expanding the executive ranks and has brought on Pia Patatian as president of worldwide sales, effective immediately.
Patatian most recently served as SVP sales at Capstone Pictures and will oversee sales on Arclight’s current slate and the library, while using her extensive industry connections to develop and package new projects.
She is based in France and heads the company’s new European office.
The appointment comes at a dynamic time for Arclight Films, which financed and shot a...
- 9/21/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Bobby Cannavale has a busy 2022 with “Blonde,” Netflix‘s “The Watcher,” and “Seriously Red” all coming out before the end of the year. Now he has his next project lined up: “Inappropriate Behavior,” a road-trip family comedy with a stacked ensemble cast.
Read More: ‘Seriously Red’: Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale & More Channel The Spirit Of Dolly Parton [SXSW]
The upcoming film follows Cannavale as Max Bernal, a former late-night comedy writer whose transition to stand-up didn’t quite work out.
Continue reading ‘Inappropriate Behavior’: Bobby Cannavale To Star In Road Trip Comedy With Robert DeNiro, Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga & More at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Seriously Red’: Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale & More Channel The Spirit Of Dolly Parton [SXSW]
The upcoming film follows Cannavale as Max Bernal, a former late-night comedy writer whose transition to stand-up didn’t quite work out.
Continue reading ‘Inappropriate Behavior’: Bobby Cannavale To Star In Road Trip Comedy With Robert DeNiro, Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga & More at The Playlist.
- 9/15/2022
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Goran Stolevski’s “Of An Age” won Australia’s richest film prize of A100,000 at CinefestOz at a gala closing night over the weekend in Busselton, Western Australia.
The Macedonian born, Melbourne based writer and director Stolevski also presented his much-lauded first feature “We Are Not Alone” at the festival.
The CinefestOZ film prize is dedicated to new Australian-made films and consisted of four finalists.The others also included Gracie Otto’s comedy “Seriously Red,”, the world premiere of Matt Nable’s intense drama “Transfusion,” starring Sam Worthington and audience favorite, “Sweet As,” the first-time feature by local indigenous director Jub Clerc.
“Sweet As” was based on Clerc’s own experiences as a teenager traveling on a photographic road trip through the spectacular Pilbara region of Western Australia. (It has also been selected as one of five Australian projects to be screened at the Toronto festival this year.)
The competition...
The Macedonian born, Melbourne based writer and director Stolevski also presented his much-lauded first feature “We Are Not Alone” at the festival.
The CinefestOZ film prize is dedicated to new Australian-made films and consisted of four finalists.The others also included Gracie Otto’s comedy “Seriously Red,”, the world premiere of Matt Nable’s intense drama “Transfusion,” starring Sam Worthington and audience favorite, “Sweet As,” the first-time feature by local indigenous director Jub Clerc.
“Sweet As” was based on Clerc’s own experiences as a teenager traveling on a photographic road trip through the spectacular Pilbara region of Western Australia. (It has also been selected as one of five Australian projects to be screened at the Toronto festival this year.)
The competition...
- 8/30/2022
- by Katherine Tulich
- Variety Film + TV
The Nashville Film Festival announced the full lineup Friday for a fall gathering of filmgoers in Music City that will begin with the Brandi Carlile-produced documentary “The Return of Tanya Tucker” as the gala opening on Sept. 29 and end with director Sacha Jenkins’ “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” for closing night on Oct. 5.
The 53rd annual edition of the festival will take place both in-person and virtually, with a selection of more than 150 films that includes 38 full-length features, about 30 of which will be world, North American or U.S. premieres.
Although the virtual component continues to be strong for the festival, its leaders note that of the 150 or so films in the festival, more than 50 will screen for audiences in Nashville venues, starting with the Tanya Tucker doc, which will be seen in the historic main auditorium of the city’s beloved Belcourt Theater, one of the original homes of the Grand Ole Opry.
The 53rd annual edition of the festival will take place both in-person and virtually, with a selection of more than 150 films that includes 38 full-length features, about 30 of which will be world, North American or U.S. premieres.
Although the virtual component continues to be strong for the festival, its leaders note that of the 150 or so films in the festival, more than 50 will screen for audiences in Nashville venues, starting with the Tanya Tucker doc, which will be seen in the historic main auditorium of the city’s beloved Belcourt Theater, one of the original homes of the Grand Ole Opry.
- 8/26/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
‘Transfusion’ starring Sam Worthington among those in the running.
Australia’s CinefestOZ has announced that the finalists for its lucrative annual film prize are Gracie Otto’s Seriously Red, Matt Nable’s Transfusion, Jub Clerc’s Sweet As and Goran Stolevski’s Of An Age.
The winner of the 68,000 prize will be revealed at the 15th edition of the festival, which is set to run from August 23-28 in the Margaret River region of Western Australia. It is the country’s only film festival dedicated solely to Australian cinema.
Transfusion marks the feature directorial debut of actor, screenwriter and novelist...
Australia’s CinefestOZ has announced that the finalists for its lucrative annual film prize are Gracie Otto’s Seriously Red, Matt Nable’s Transfusion, Jub Clerc’s Sweet As and Goran Stolevski’s Of An Age.
The winner of the 68,000 prize will be revealed at the 15th edition of the festival, which is set to run from August 23-28 in the Margaret River region of Western Australia. It is the country’s only film festival dedicated solely to Australian cinema.
Transfusion marks the feature directorial debut of actor, screenwriter and novelist...
- 7/1/2022
- by Sandy George
- ScreenDaily
The Sydney Film Festival has completed the selection for its first full in-person edition in three years with a strong Australian lineup and a smattering of Cannes titles. The 2022 edition runs June 8 – 19, 2022.
After Covid disruptions saw the 2021 edition delayed from June until November, it has been a quick six-month turnaround to return the 2022 festival to its regular winter slot. The festival will present over 200 films from over 64 countries, including 27 world premieres.
Australian films play throughout. The international competition, which comes with a A60,000 cash prize, includes two local entries: artist Del Kathryn Barton’s feature directorial debut “Blaze”; and Goran Stolevski’s supernatural tale “You Won’t Be Alone.” They will compete with films direct from Cannes including Lukas Dhont’s “Close,” Davy Chou’s “All the People I’ll Never Be” and Emin Alper’s political thriller “Burning Days.”
The festival also hosts world premieres of Australian documentaries including Penny McDonald...
After Covid disruptions saw the 2021 edition delayed from June until November, it has been a quick six-month turnaround to return the 2022 festival to its regular winter slot. The festival will present over 200 films from over 64 countries, including 27 world premieres.
Australian films play throughout. The international competition, which comes with a A60,000 cash prize, includes two local entries: artist Del Kathryn Barton’s feature directorial debut “Blaze”; and Goran Stolevski’s supernatural tale “You Won’t Be Alone.” They will compete with films direct from Cannes including Lukas Dhont’s “Close,” Davy Chou’s “All the People I’ll Never Be” and Emin Alper’s political thriller “Burning Days.”
The festival also hosts world premieres of Australian documentaries including Penny McDonald...
- 5/11/2022
- by Katherine Tulich
- Variety Film + TV
Dolly Parton was everywhere at SXSW, from her documentary Still Working 9-5 to her collaboration with Blockchain Creative Labs which involved both a well-received performance at Austin City Limits and Dollyverse NFTs. There’s a reason she’s still an icon, and Gracie Otto’s hilarious Seriously Red has decades of witticisms and quotes to draw upon. Written and starring Krew Boylan as Raylene “Red” Delancy (a Dolly impersonator with naturally smaller breasts and red hair) and framed by Dolly quotes—including “find out who you are and do it on purpose” and “it costs a lot of money to look cheap”—it’s one of those films where a thirty-something comes of age from sheer will and stubbornness.
After being fired from her job as a real estate appraiser over sexual-harassment claims stemming from a holiday party, she takes it as a sign to focus on her primary gig.
After being fired from her job as a real estate appraiser over sexual-harassment claims stemming from a holiday party, she takes it as a sign to focus on her primary gig.
- 4/4/2022
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Finding and immersing themselves in a community that truly embraces them for their true personalities is a powerful, life-affirming journey for many creative people who feel as though they don’t necessarily fit into society’s typical norms. Actress Krew Boylan’s titular protagonist of the new musical comedy-drama, ‘Seriously Red,’ Raylene ‘Red’ Delaney, embarks on such a […]
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- 3/20/2022
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
‘Seriously Red’ Review: Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale & More Channel The Spirit of Dolly Parton [SXSW]
Taking inspiration from the Dolly Parton quote, “Find out who you are and do it on purpose,” the Australian comedy “Seriously Red” features the most Dolly Parton paraphernalia you’ll ever see outside of Dollywood itself. Directed by Gracie Otto (“Under The Volcano”) and written by its star Krew Boylan, the film is as bold, brash, and heartfelt as the icon herself, although not entirely as original as it could be.
Continue reading ‘Seriously Red’ Review: Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale & More Channel The Spirit of Dolly Parton [SXSW] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Seriously Red’ Review: Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale & More Channel The Spirit of Dolly Parton [SXSW] at The Playlist.
- 3/17/2022
- by Marya E. Gates
- The Playlist
“We need more Dollys in the world,” is the message of this raucous but hugely enjoyable comedy, which, at the same time, reminds us that there is—and can only be—one Dolly Parton. The 76-year-old country legend is having quite a moment at SXSW this year, arriving at the festival with a concert to promote her new album (and novel) Run, Rose, Run and her online Nft project Dollyverse, while riding a wave of public goodwill after her philanthropic support of the Covid vaccine with a $1 million donation.
Surprisingly, despite its subject’s bona fides as an all-time American icon, Seriously Red hails from Australia, the country that gave us Strictly Ballroom (1992) and The Sapphires (2012). The residual influence of both films can be felt here, but the template has to be P.J. Hogan’s seminal Muriel’s Wedding, which made a star of Toni Collette in 1994. Directed by Gracie Otto,...
Surprisingly, despite its subject’s bona fides as an all-time American icon, Seriously Red hails from Australia, the country that gave us Strictly Ballroom (1992) and The Sapphires (2012). The residual influence of both films can be felt here, but the template has to be P.J. Hogan’s seminal Muriel’s Wedding, which made a star of Toni Collette in 1994. Directed by Gracie Otto,...
- 3/14/2022
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Dolly Parton is a great American, but she’s big in Australia, too, and she means the world to the heroine of “Seriously Red,” a deceptively modest vehicle for Krew Boylan, who plays the lead here and also wrote the script.
What starts out as a crowd-pleaser about an awkward woman who becomes a Dolly impersonator gradually reveals itself as a fairly serious examination of how confidence can be gained through such impersonation, but only up to a point.
Boylan and her director Gracie Otto (the 2021 documentary “Under the Volcano”) truly love Parton, and “Seriously Red” is studded with Dolly quotes, both in dialogue form and in on-screen title cards. “Storms make trees take deeper roots,” quotes Boylan’s Red, a good-hearted but rather lost woman who is living in her mother’s garage and floundering at her current job in finance. Jobs never seem to last long for Red,...
What starts out as a crowd-pleaser about an awkward woman who becomes a Dolly impersonator gradually reveals itself as a fairly serious examination of how confidence can be gained through such impersonation, but only up to a point.
Boylan and her director Gracie Otto (the 2021 documentary “Under the Volcano”) truly love Parton, and “Seriously Red” is studded with Dolly quotes, both in dialogue form and in on-screen title cards. “Storms make trees take deeper roots,” quotes Boylan’s Red, a good-hearted but rather lost woman who is living in her mother’s garage and floundering at her current job in finance. Jobs never seem to last long for Red,...
- 3/14/2022
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
The Australian Consulate-General of Los Angeles celebrated Australian women’s success in film and television on Thursday with a panel and networking reception featuring vetted and rising Aussie talent. The event, held in partnership with Variety, spotlighted the increase in international production in Australia and the historic number of Australian women who have been recognized by international award bodies for their contributions to the industry.
Diverse representation in film, pushing boundaries on and off set, and becoming one’s own agent of change were featured topics during a panel held at the official residence of Consul General Jane Duke in Brentwood. Director Unjoo Moon (“I Am Woman”) served as moderator with the panel featuring actor and producer Rose Byrne (“Physical”), actors Charmaine Bingwa (“The Good Fight”) and Danielle Macdonald (“Dumplin’”), as well as cinematographer Ari Wegner (“The Power of the Dog”).
Moon began the conversation by asking Byrne how the...
Diverse representation in film, pushing boundaries on and off set, and becoming one’s own agent of change were featured topics during a panel held at the official residence of Consul General Jane Duke in Brentwood. Director Unjoo Moon (“I Am Woman”) served as moderator with the panel featuring actor and producer Rose Byrne (“Physical”), actors Charmaine Bingwa (“The Good Fight”) and Danielle Macdonald (“Dumplin’”), as well as cinematographer Ari Wegner (“The Power of the Dog”).
Moon began the conversation by asking Byrne how the...
- 3/11/2022
- by Sharareh Drury
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Deadline has your first look at Rose Byrne’s transformation into an Elvis impersonator for Seriously Red, a musical comedy set to make its world premiere in Narrative Feature Competition at the SXSW Film Festival on March 13.
The film from director Gracie Otto (Under the Volcano) finds Red (Krew Boylan) at a crossroads in her life. A vivacious and hilarious redhaired woman grappling with high expectations and low self-esteem, she pours herself a cup of ambition and trades her 9 to 5 career in real estate for a life under the spotlight as a Dolly Parton impersonator. After misreading her work party’s dress code, Red tumbles out of bed into a new world of tribute artists and impersonators in her wild and messy journey, romancing a Kenny Rogers impersonator and looking to lose herself, so that she may ultimately find herself.
Seriously Red also stars Bobby Cannavale (Blue Jasmine) and...
The film from director Gracie Otto (Under the Volcano) finds Red (Krew Boylan) at a crossroads in her life. A vivacious and hilarious redhaired woman grappling with high expectations and low self-esteem, she pours herself a cup of ambition and trades her 9 to 5 career in real estate for a life under the spotlight as a Dolly Parton impersonator. After misreading her work party’s dress code, Red tumbles out of bed into a new world of tribute artists and impersonators in her wild and messy journey, romancing a Kenny Rogers impersonator and looking to lose herself, so that she may ultimately find herself.
Seriously Red also stars Bobby Cannavale (Blue Jasmine) and...
- 3/8/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Initial investments include Daina Reid’s ‘Run Rabbit Run’ and Gracie Otto’s ‘Seriously Red’.
More feature films driven by female creatives are likely to emerge from Australia following the launch of private investment firm Storyd Group.
The outfit has been established by entrepreneur Deanne Weir and Olivia Humphrey, founder of streaming platform Kanopy, to support female storytellers by investing in internationally targeted feature films from Australian female creatives and content-related technology start-ups.
Initial investments include horror thriller Run Rabbit Rabbit, which marks the feature directorial debut of Daina Reid, and Seriously Red, a drama from documentary filmmaker Gracie Otto.
More feature films driven by female creatives are likely to emerge from Australia following the launch of private investment firm Storyd Group.
The outfit has been established by entrepreneur Deanne Weir and Olivia Humphrey, founder of streaming platform Kanopy, to support female storytellers by investing in internationally targeted feature films from Australian female creatives and content-related technology start-ups.
Initial investments include horror thriller Run Rabbit Rabbit, which marks the feature directorial debut of Daina Reid, and Seriously Red, a drama from documentary filmmaker Gracie Otto.
- 2/18/2022
- by Sandy George
- ScreenDaily
Rose Byrne’s array of credits includes a wide range of projects, from comedies such as “Neighbours” and “Bridesmaids” to historical dramas including “Mrs. America” and superhero pics “X-Men: First Class,” horror films and gems “Juliet, Naked.” Now, her production company Dollhouse Pictures has “Seriously Red,” being sold by Arclight Films at the EFM. The film, written and starring Krew Boylan (another Dollhouse principal), follows Red, a vivacious and at times misguided redhead who trades in her real estate career to become a full-time Dolly Parton impersonator. Film stars Boylan, Byrne, Bobby Cannavale (Byrne’s real-life partner) and Daniel Webber.
Byrne noted that “it’s a very unique story. And it also has the classic kind of hallmarks of Australian films” that spotlight the underdog. “The underdog is a huge part of Australian culture and we always for the underdog to succeed, and that’s one of our essential stories.
Byrne noted that “it’s a very unique story. And it also has the classic kind of hallmarks of Australian films” that spotlight the underdog. “The underdog is a huge part of Australian culture and we always for the underdog to succeed, and that’s one of our essential stories.
- 2/12/2022
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
In-person festival to run in Austin, Texas, from March 11-20.
A starry SXSW 2022 film line-up announced on Wednesday (2) includes world premieres of new work from Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Richard Linklater and Nicolas Cage, among many others.
The Austin, Texas, festival ran online editions over the past two years and is planned to take place from March 11-20 as an in-person event against a backdrop of declining Omicron infection levels across the United States.
The roster includes Irish filmmaker and actor Campbell-Hughes’s It Is In Us All (pictured) in Narrative Feature Competition starring Cosmo Jarvis, Claes Bang and Campbell-Hughes about a...
A starry SXSW 2022 film line-up announced on Wednesday (2) includes world premieres of new work from Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Richard Linklater and Nicolas Cage, among many others.
The Austin, Texas, festival ran online editions over the past two years and is planned to take place from March 11-20 as an in-person event against a backdrop of declining Omicron infection levels across the United States.
The roster includes Irish filmmaker and actor Campbell-Hughes’s It Is In Us All (pictured) in Narrative Feature Competition starring Cosmo Jarvis, Claes Bang and Campbell-Hughes about a...
- 2/2/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Australian writer/actress Krew Boylan is all dolled up as the world’s most famous Dolly and appearing alongside on open-shirted Bobby Cannavale in this first look from upcoming musical dramedy Seriously Red.
The film — which features music by Dolly Parton — is directed by Grace Otto (Under the Volcano) from a script by Boylan (Primal) and marks the first feature from Rose Byrne’s Dollhouse Pictures.
Seriously Red tells the story of Red (Boylan), a vivacious and at times misguided red-head who pours herself a cup of ambition and trades her 9 to 5 career in real estate for a life under the spotlight ...
The film — which features music by Dolly Parton — is directed by Grace Otto (Under the Volcano) from a script by Boylan (Primal) and marks the first feature from Rose Byrne’s Dollhouse Pictures.
Seriously Red tells the story of Red (Boylan), a vivacious and at times misguided red-head who pours herself a cup of ambition and trades her 9 to 5 career in real estate for a life under the spotlight ...
- 11/1/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Australian writer/actress Krew Boylan is all dolled up as the world’s most famous Dolly and appearing alongside on open-shirted Bobby Cannavale in this first look from upcoming musical dramedy Seriously Red.
The film — which features music by Dolly Parton — is directed by Grace Otto (Under the Volcano) from a script by Boylan (Primal) and marks the first feature from Rose Byrne’s Dollhouse Pictures.
Seriously Red tells the story of Red (Boylan), a vivacious and at times misguided red-head who pours herself a cup of ambition and trades her 9 to 5 career in real estate for a life under the spotlight ...
The film — which features music by Dolly Parton — is directed by Grace Otto (Under the Volcano) from a script by Boylan (Primal) and marks the first feature from Rose Byrne’s Dollhouse Pictures.
Seriously Red tells the story of Red (Boylan), a vivacious and at times misguided red-head who pours herself a cup of ambition and trades her 9 to 5 career in real estate for a life under the spotlight ...
- 11/1/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Comedy legend John Cleese has signed on to star in The Great Emu War, an Australia-set action-adventure comedy inspired by a ridiculous true story.
Aussie comedians Monty Franklin and Jim Jefferies and New Zealand funnyman Rhys Darby (What We Do in the Shadows, Flight of the Conchords) are also attached to the film, which Franklin wrote, inspired by real events in Western Australia in 1932 when the Australian army declared war on the country’s wild emu population — and lost.
Yaniv Raz (Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets) will direct The Great Emu War; Robyn Kershaw (Bran Nue Dae, Seriously Red) is producing with Village ...
Aussie comedians Monty Franklin and Jim Jefferies and New Zealand funnyman Rhys Darby (What We Do in the Shadows, Flight of the Conchords) are also attached to the film, which Franklin wrote, inspired by real events in Western Australia in 1932 when the Australian army declared war on the country’s wild emu population — and lost.
Yaniv Raz (Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets) will direct The Great Emu War; Robyn Kershaw (Bran Nue Dae, Seriously Red) is producing with Village ...
- 10/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
High-profile talent on both sides of the camera punctuate the four feature films, three television dramas, and one virtual reality project that will share in more than $6.5 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Recipients include two projects from Lingo Pictures: a second season of Upright with Tim Minchin, and an adaptation of Markus Zusak’s best-selling novel The Messenger for the ABC. Funding has also been announced for Rolf de Heer’s The Mountain, and Gracie Otto’s feature film directorial debut Seriously Red, executive produced by Rose Byrne, now in post.
The feature films projects are rounded out by Goran Stolevski’s Of An Age, and Spencer and Lloyd Harvey’s Photo Booth.
Screen Australia’s head of content Sally Caplan said it was heartening to see there was no shortage of strong ideas during another challenging year.
“We are proud to announce this impressive slate from...
Recipients include two projects from Lingo Pictures: a second season of Upright with Tim Minchin, and an adaptation of Markus Zusak’s best-selling novel The Messenger for the ABC. Funding has also been announced for Rolf de Heer’s The Mountain, and Gracie Otto’s feature film directorial debut Seriously Red, executive produced by Rose Byrne, now in post.
The feature films projects are rounded out by Goran Stolevski’s Of An Age, and Spencer and Lloyd Harvey’s Photo Booth.
Screen Australia’s head of content Sally Caplan said it was heartening to see there was no shortage of strong ideas during another challenging year.
“We are proud to announce this impressive slate from...
- 9/23/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Daniel Webber is set to star opposite Tom Blyth in Billy the Kid, Epix’s hourlong drama series written by Vikings and The Tudors creator Michael Hirst.
The series is described as an epic romantic adventure based on the life of Billy the Kid (Blyth). Also known as William H. Bonney, it tracks his humble Irish roots and early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and beyond.
Webber will play Jesse Evans. If Billy the Kid hadn’t been there, Evans would have been the most famous outlaw taking part in the Lincoln County Wars. The leader of the Seven Rivers Gang, Jesse meets Billy when both of them are teenagers. Unlike Billy, Jesse has already embraced a life of crime: robbing stores and cattle rustling. Billy is attracted to his...
The series is described as an epic romantic adventure based on the life of Billy the Kid (Blyth). Also known as William H. Bonney, it tracks his humble Irish roots and early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and beyond.
Webber will play Jesse Evans. If Billy the Kid hadn’t been there, Evans would have been the most famous outlaw taking part in the Lincoln County Wars. The leader of the Seven Rivers Gang, Jesse meets Billy when both of them are teenagers. Unlike Billy, Jesse has already embraced a life of crime: robbing stores and cattle rustling. Billy is attracted to his...
- 8/27/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Screenworks is the latest organisation to partner with Netflix to boost skills within the industry, announcing today it will provide free training for up-and-coming practitioners in northern Nsw.
Backed by a $500,000 investment from the streamer, and supported by the Nsw Government, the Regional Crew Development Program also incorporates placements and work experience on productions with the goal of creating new career pathways in the field.
Screenworks chief executive Ken Crouch told If the initiative had been in the works since the beginning of the year when Netflix was preparing to shoot God’s Favourite Idiot in the Northern Rivers.
“We were helping them to get as many locals as possible employed on that production at the time,” he said.
“A conversation about skill gaps came up and we talked about what we would really love to do to make an impact in regional Australia.”
The three key components of the...
Backed by a $500,000 investment from the streamer, and supported by the Nsw Government, the Regional Crew Development Program also incorporates placements and work experience on productions with the goal of creating new career pathways in the field.
Screenworks chief executive Ken Crouch told If the initiative had been in the works since the beginning of the year when Netflix was preparing to shoot God’s Favourite Idiot in the Northern Rivers.
“We were helping them to get as many locals as possible employed on that production at the time,” he said.
“A conversation about skill gaps came up and we talked about what we would really love to do to make an impact in regional Australia.”
The three key components of the...
- 8/8/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Talent agency veteran William Lowery has launched Brigade Media Capital.
The new media advisory practice, which is focused on a portfolio of entertainment ventures, is already financing post-production on two films, including the Rose Byrne-Dolly Parton production Seriously Red (which Deadline first told you about) and Murder at Emigrant Gulch starring Thomas Jane and Richard Dreyfuss.
Brigade Media Capital will provide services that include capital management strategy, content financing and sales, as well as creative marketing services for brand optimization. The firm counts offices in Austin, Nashville and Atlanta, and will announce new hires in the coming weeks.
Bmc has additional projects in development with Seven Bucks Productions, the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Pbr (Professional Bull Riders). Brigade also owns or advises a portfolio of entertainment assets that include FilmHedge Media Lending, A to Z Sports Network, Fivestone Studios, Real Music TV and others.
“Bmc intends to operate as a disruptive,...
The new media advisory practice, which is focused on a portfolio of entertainment ventures, is already financing post-production on two films, including the Rose Byrne-Dolly Parton production Seriously Red (which Deadline first told you about) and Murder at Emigrant Gulch starring Thomas Jane and Richard Dreyfuss.
Brigade Media Capital will provide services that include capital management strategy, content financing and sales, as well as creative marketing services for brand optimization. The firm counts offices in Austin, Nashville and Atlanta, and will announce new hires in the coming weeks.
Bmc has additional projects in development with Seven Bucks Productions, the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Pbr (Professional Bull Riders). Brigade also owns or advises a portfolio of entertainment assets that include FilmHedge Media Lending, A to Z Sports Network, Fivestone Studios, Real Music TV and others.
“Bmc intends to operate as a disruptive,...
- 7/29/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale are set as the leads in The Watcher, a Netflix limited series from Ryan Murphy and his frequent collaborator Ian Brennan.
No one would comment, but I hear The Watcher follows a married couple whose move into their dream home is being threatened by terrifying letters from a stalker, signed “The Watcher.”
This marks a reunion for Watts and Cannavale, who star together in the upcoming movie Once Upon a Time in Staten Island.
Executive producing with Murphy and Brennan are Eric Newman (Narcos), Bryan Unkeless as well as Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish). Filming is set to begin in the fall.
The series, which evokes the first season of Murphy’s hit American Horror Story, is inspired by the infamous “Watcher” house in New Jersey. A couple bought the 1905 Dutch colonial revival in 2014 for nearly $1.4 million. They were forced to...
No one would comment, but I hear The Watcher follows a married couple whose move into their dream home is being threatened by terrifying letters from a stalker, signed “The Watcher.”
This marks a reunion for Watts and Cannavale, who star together in the upcoming movie Once Upon a Time in Staten Island.
Executive producing with Murphy and Brennan are Eric Newman (Narcos), Bryan Unkeless as well as Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish). Filming is set to begin in the fall.
The series, which evokes the first season of Murphy’s hit American Horror Story, is inspired by the infamous “Watcher” house in New Jersey. A couple bought the 1905 Dutch colonial revival in 2014 for nearly $1.4 million. They were forced to...
- 6/14/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Aquarius Films and Dollhouse Pictures will jointly develop and produce The Geography of Friendship, a 6 x 1 hour limited series based on Sally Piper’s novel by the same name.
To be adapted by Giula Sandler, the story follows three female school friends in past and present timeframes. When a hike celebrating the end of school culminates in a violent confrontation, the trio go their separate ways and remain estranged until decades later when they reunite to retrace their steps, seeking closure, connection and redemption.
Piper’s novel was shortlisted for the 2019 Australian Book Industry Awards and published by University of Queensland Press and by Legend Press in the UK.
Aquarius’ Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford will produce, alongside Dollhouse’s Jessica Carrera with Rose Byrne executive producing. Gracie Otto is attached to direct, and writer Krew Boylan, Aquarius and Dollhouse will round out the development and production team with further attachments.
To be adapted by Giula Sandler, the story follows three female school friends in past and present timeframes. When a hike celebrating the end of school culminates in a violent confrontation, the trio go their separate ways and remain estranged until decades later when they reunite to retrace their steps, seeking closure, connection and redemption.
Piper’s novel was shortlisted for the 2019 Australian Book Industry Awards and published by University of Queensland Press and by Legend Press in the UK.
Aquarius’ Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford will produce, alongside Dollhouse’s Jessica Carrera with Rose Byrne executive producing. Gracie Otto is attached to direct, and writer Krew Boylan, Aquarius and Dollhouse will round out the development and production team with further attachments.
- 3/9/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Market slate includes rom-com At Last, musical dramedy Seriously Red.
Arclight Films has announced at the virtual EFM a French sale on Andrea Riseborough thriller Possessor.
Gary Hamilton and his team have closed an all-rights deal with The Jokers Films on Brandon Cronenberg’s sci-fi thriller.
Christopher Abbott, Sean Bean, and Jennifer Jason Leigh also star in Possessor, a Sundance 2020 selection that opened in the US through Neon last October and won the grand prix award at Gerardmer International Fantastic Film Festival in France in January.
Riseborough plays a corporate agent who uses brain-implant technology to get others to commit assassinations.
Arclight Films has announced at the virtual EFM a French sale on Andrea Riseborough thriller Possessor.
Gary Hamilton and his team have closed an all-rights deal with The Jokers Films on Brandon Cronenberg’s sci-fi thriller.
Christopher Abbott, Sean Bean, and Jennifer Jason Leigh also star in Possessor, a Sundance 2020 selection that opened in the US through Neon last October and won the grand prix award at Gerardmer International Fantastic Film Festival in France in January.
Riseborough plays a corporate agent who uses brain-implant technology to get others to commit assassinations.
- 3/3/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Despite the pandemic, there was still almost $1 billion spent on drama production in Australia in the last financial year, indicating the sector had been on track for a potential recordbreaker before it was interrupted.
That’s according Screen Australia’s annual Drama Report, released today, which details expenditure on all local and foreign drama production in 2019-20, across film, TV, and online, as well in post-production, digital and visual effects (Pdv).
The topline figure of $991 million in total drama expenditure is just 18 per cent down on 2018-19. Notably, that number does include projects that began principal photography but entered into hiatus mid-March.
Not included are the 26 drama titles meant to shoot in 2019-20 that were delayed or postponed due to the pandemic, with budgets that exceeded $325 million.
Indeed, if those those had gone ahead, total expenditure would likely have neared or surpassed 2016-17’s record $1.3 billion.
The impact of Covid...
That’s according Screen Australia’s annual Drama Report, released today, which details expenditure on all local and foreign drama production in 2019-20, across film, TV, and online, as well in post-production, digital and visual effects (Pdv).
The topline figure of $991 million in total drama expenditure is just 18 per cent down on 2018-19. Notably, that number does include projects that began principal photography but entered into hiatus mid-March.
Not included are the 26 drama titles meant to shoot in 2019-20 that were delayed or postponed due to the pandemic, with budgets that exceeded $325 million.
Indeed, if those those had gone ahead, total expenditure would likely have neared or surpassed 2016-17’s record $1.3 billion.
The impact of Covid...
- 11/24/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Three features in advanced development at new all female company.
Five Australian women, including actress Rose Byrne and The Last Impresario director Gracie Otto, have formed production company The Dollhouse Collective.
“The core aim is to develop theatre, film and television together and tell stories with a strong female presence,” Otto told ScreenDaily. “This formalizes what we are already doing. Sitting around the dinner table we have always been sounding boards for each other.”
Another partner is Shannon Murphy, best known in theatre and opera circles but who has directed short films and is developing feature When All The Water.
Also on board are publicist and emerging producer Jessica Carrera and actress Krew Boylan, who recently received development support from Screen Australia for the feature Seriously Red, produced by Matt Reeder and featuring a protagonist obsessed with Dolly Parton.
“It’s a mystery, a puzzle film, that unravels through time zones and hotels,” said Otto of...
Five Australian women, including actress Rose Byrne and The Last Impresario director Gracie Otto, have formed production company The Dollhouse Collective.
“The core aim is to develop theatre, film and television together and tell stories with a strong female presence,” Otto told ScreenDaily. “This formalizes what we are already doing. Sitting around the dinner table we have always been sounding boards for each other.”
Another partner is Shannon Murphy, best known in theatre and opera circles but who has directed short films and is developing feature When All The Water.
Also on board are publicist and emerging producer Jessica Carrera and actress Krew Boylan, who recently received development support from Screen Australia for the feature Seriously Red, produced by Matt Reeder and featuring a protagonist obsessed with Dolly Parton.
“It’s a mystery, a puzzle film, that unravels through time zones and hotels,” said Otto of...
- 4/21/2015
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Rose Byrne accepts the Aacta Trailblazer Award earlier this year.
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Aacta winner and Golden Globe nominee Rose Byrne will lead a new Australian all-female production company.
Titled The Dollhouse Collective; Byrne is joined by other Australians actress/filmmaker Gracie Otto, actress /writer Krew Boylan, director Shannon Murphy and publicist/ producer Jessica Carrera.
The five women, who are firm friends, champion change in the industry for a greater representation of females.
"The idea has been germinating for a while. We are close friends and we have worked together, so it.s been a natural progression. We realised we are a group of creatives and saw the opportunity to achieve more together than as individuals., the Collective said in a statement released to media..
The Dollhouse Collective has a number of projects in development and their current slate includes Seriously Red written by Boylan, produced by Matt Reeder, with Bryne executive producing...
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Aacta winner and Golden Globe nominee Rose Byrne will lead a new Australian all-female production company.
Titled The Dollhouse Collective; Byrne is joined by other Australians actress/filmmaker Gracie Otto, actress /writer Krew Boylan, director Shannon Murphy and publicist/ producer Jessica Carrera.
The five women, who are firm friends, champion change in the industry for a greater representation of females.
"The idea has been germinating for a while. We are close friends and we have worked together, so it.s been a natural progression. We realised we are a group of creatives and saw the opportunity to achieve more together than as individuals., the Collective said in a statement released to media..
The Dollhouse Collective has a number of projects in development and their current slate includes Seriously Red written by Boylan, produced by Matt Reeder, with Bryne executive producing...
- 4/20/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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