“This is Music,” an anthology TV series to be directed by Wim Wenders, David Byrne, and Norwegian talents Joachim Trier and Julie Andem, is among projects set to be pitched at the upcoming Berlinale Series Market. These Co-Pro Series pitching sessions and meetings run March 2-5.
This TV section of the Berlin Film Festival’s market has been a launchpad for high-profile shows such as “Babylon Berlin,” Norway’s “Valkyries” and Netflix’s “Freud.”
“This is Music” is being produced by Norway’s Oslo Pictures and was created and written by Bjørn Olaf Johannessen who penned the Wenders’ film “Every Thing Will be Fine.” Julie Andem is the creator of hit Norwegian series “Skam.” Trier directed “Louder Than Bombs.” Further details are being kept under wraps.
The 10 selected Berlinale Co-Pro Series projects also comprise promising British series project “58 Seconds” from Jeremy Brock who won screenplay adaptation BAFTA for “The Last King of Scotland...
This TV section of the Berlin Film Festival’s market has been a launchpad for high-profile shows such as “Babylon Berlin,” Norway’s “Valkyries” and Netflix’s “Freud.”
“This is Music” is being produced by Norway’s Oslo Pictures and was created and written by Bjørn Olaf Johannessen who penned the Wenders’ film “Every Thing Will be Fine.” Julie Andem is the creator of hit Norwegian series “Skam.” Trier directed “Louder Than Bombs.” Further details are being kept under wraps.
The 10 selected Berlinale Co-Pro Series projects also comprise promising British series project “58 Seconds” from Jeremy Brock who won screenplay adaptation BAFTA for “The Last King of Scotland...
- 1/26/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Six series will play in the festival with 10 titles in the Market.
A new anthology series titled This Is Music from directors including Wim Wenders and David Byrne is one of 10 international projects selected for the Co-Pro Series section of the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2021 (March 2-5).
The Berlinale Series has also selected six series to play in the online festival, which runs from March 1-5.
Scroll down for full list of Co-Pro Series, Berlinale Series and Series Market Selects titles
Produced by Norway’s Oslo Pictures, anthology series This Is Music is created by Bjørn Olaf Johannessen, who wrote Wenders...
A new anthology series titled This Is Music from directors including Wim Wenders and David Byrne is one of 10 international projects selected for the Co-Pro Series section of the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2021 (March 2-5).
The Berlinale Series has also selected six series to play in the online festival, which runs from March 1-5.
Scroll down for full list of Co-Pro Series, Berlinale Series and Series Market Selects titles
Produced by Norway’s Oslo Pictures, anthology series This Is Music is created by Bjørn Olaf Johannessen, who wrote Wenders...
- 1/26/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Ace Series Special is running Nov 4-9 in Brussels.
European producers organisation Ace Producers has unveiled the selection of sixteen producers who will participate in its inaugural TV drama-focused initiative, the Ace Series Special, running Nov 4-9 in Brussels.
The programme is aimed at experienced producers who want to create a series division within their film companies and, or deepen their knowledge of developing and producing TV drama series for an international audience. Each participant will attend with a series project in the early stages of development
They include Belgium’s Bart Van Langendonck at Savage Film, who will...
European producers organisation Ace Producers has unveiled the selection of sixteen producers who will participate in its inaugural TV drama-focused initiative, the Ace Series Special, running Nov 4-9 in Brussels.
The programme is aimed at experienced producers who want to create a series division within their film companies and, or deepen their knowledge of developing and producing TV drama series for an international audience. Each participant will attend with a series project in the early stages of development
They include Belgium’s Bart Van Langendonck at Savage Film, who will...
- 9/10/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
No Men Beyond This Point is a hilarious mockumentary that takes a unique look at what the world would be like if men were obsolete!
Anne Caughlan, Shuswap Film Society calls No Men Beyond This Point:
“Intelligent, Full Of Humour, And Thought-provoking.”
The festival favorite No Men Beyond This Point debuts on DVD and digital July 12 from Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The film was written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Mark Sawers (Camera Shy) and stars Rekha Sharma (“The 100”), Ben Cotton (Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome), Patrick Gilmore (Cabin in the Woods), Hilary Jardine (“Van Helsing”), Tara Pratt (“Standard Action”) and Bruce Harwood (“The X Files”). No Men Beyond This Point took home awards for Best Feature Audience Award, Best Feature Actor (Patrick Gilmore), Best Script (Mark Sawers) and Best Feature Editing at the 2015 Other Worlds Austin Sci-Fi Film Festival and Best Supporting Actress...
Anne Caughlan, Shuswap Film Society calls No Men Beyond This Point:
“Intelligent, Full Of Humour, And Thought-provoking.”
The festival favorite No Men Beyond This Point debuts on DVD and digital July 12 from Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The film was written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Mark Sawers (Camera Shy) and stars Rekha Sharma (“The 100”), Ben Cotton (Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome), Patrick Gilmore (Cabin in the Woods), Hilary Jardine (“Van Helsing”), Tara Pratt (“Standard Action”) and Bruce Harwood (“The X Files”). No Men Beyond This Point took home awards for Best Feature Audience Award, Best Feature Actor (Patrick Gilmore), Best Script (Mark Sawers) and Best Feature Editing at the 2015 Other Worlds Austin Sci-Fi Film Festival and Best Supporting Actress...
- 6/30/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired worldwide rights (excluding Canada) to Mark Sawers’ No Men Beyond This Point and is planning a 2016 release for the sci-fi comedy.
Recently screened in the Vanguard section of the Toronto festival, the film is set in a world where women no longer need men in order to reproduce and are no longer giving birth to male babies, leaving the male population on the verge of extinction.
Sawers wrote and directed, with Patrick Gilmore, Kristine Cofsky, Tara Pratt, Cameron McDonald, Rekha Sharma, Ken Kramer, Morgan Taylor Campbell and Mary Black starring. Kaleena Kiff and Galen Fletcher produced.
Peter Goldwyn of Samuel Goldwyn Films said: “Mark has a truly original voice and made a film that is both smart and funny – and is also an incredibly interesting take on gender politics. I’m excited to have the opportunity to release it and imagine we will have a lot of fun on this campaign.”
Sawers...
Recently screened in the Vanguard section of the Toronto festival, the film is set in a world where women no longer need men in order to reproduce and are no longer giving birth to male babies, leaving the male population on the verge of extinction.
Sawers wrote and directed, with Patrick Gilmore, Kristine Cofsky, Tara Pratt, Cameron McDonald, Rekha Sharma, Ken Kramer, Morgan Taylor Campbell and Mary Black starring. Kaleena Kiff and Galen Fletcher produced.
Peter Goldwyn of Samuel Goldwyn Films said: “Mark has a truly original voice and made a film that is both smart and funny – and is also an incredibly interesting take on gender politics. I’m excited to have the opportunity to release it and imagine we will have a lot of fun on this campaign.”
Sawers...
- 10/6/2015
- ScreenDaily
Here is the group shot with all the participants of this year's Producers Lab Toronto.
Top row (left to right): Arnie Zipursky (Canada), Kaleena Kiff (Canada), Chantelle Kadyschuk (Canada),Leanne Saunders (New Zealand), Rebecca Summerton (Australia), Raquelle David (Australia),Nathalie Lichtenthaeler (Ireland), Marie-Claude Poulin (Canada), Simone Urdl (Canada),Floor Onrust (The Netherlands), Julia Rosenberg (Canada), Hanan Kattan (United Kingdom), Eva Jakobsen (Denmark), Barbara Willis Sweete (Canada), Bob Crowe (Canada).
Bottom row (left to right): Peter Rommel (Germany), Alex Behse (New Zealand), Hlin Johannesdottir (Iceland), Silvia Panakova (Slovak Republic), Edmon Roch (Spain), Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith (Canada), Jane Loughman (Canada), Adis Djapo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Not pictured Ivo Felt (Estonia).
Intense networking and pitching events among producers from Europe, Canada, New Zealand and Australia took place at the Toronto International Film Festival. The sixth edition of this initiative, which ran September 9 to 12, was created for 24 hand-picked participants to exchange project ideas and funding information for trans-atlantic co-production deals.
The international co-production forum was organized and financed by European Film Promotion (Efp) in collaboration with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (Omdc) and the Toronto International Film Festival®.Screen Australia and the New Zealand Film Commission (Nzfc) supported the event once again, along withCreative Europe – Media Program, the participating Efp member organizations, Eurimages, and Telefilm Canada.
Here is a list of the participants:
European participants
Canadian participants
Adis Djapo , Scca (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Ivo Felt, Allfilm (Estonia)
Eva Jakobsen , Snowglobe (Denmark)
Hlín Johannesdóttir , Vintage Pictures (Iceland)
Hanan Kattan , Enlightenment Productions (UK)
Nathalie Lichtenthaeler , Wide Eye Films (Ireland)
Floor Onrust , Family Affair Films (The Netherlands)
Silvia Panáková , Arina (Slovak Republic)
Edmon Roch , Ikiru Films (Spain)
Peter Rommel , Rommel Film (Germany)
Bob Crowe , Angel Entertainment Corp.
Chantelle Kadyschuk , No Trace Camping Productions
Kaleena Kiff , Radius Squared Media Group
Jane Loughman , Monkeys & Parrots
Marie-Claude Poulin , Item 7
Julia Rosenberg , January Films
Simone Urdl , The Film Farm
Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith , First Love Films
Barbara Willis Sweete , Willis Sweete Productions
Arnie Zipursky , Cci Entertainment
Australian participants
New Zealand’s participants
Raquelle David , Damsel Pictures
Rebecca Summerton , Closer Productions
Alexander Behse , Monsoon Pictures International
Leanne Saunders , Piki Films
Detailed information about the 24 participants of Producers Lab Toronto 2015 can be found...
Top row (left to right): Arnie Zipursky (Canada), Kaleena Kiff (Canada), Chantelle Kadyschuk (Canada),Leanne Saunders (New Zealand), Rebecca Summerton (Australia), Raquelle David (Australia),Nathalie Lichtenthaeler (Ireland), Marie-Claude Poulin (Canada), Simone Urdl (Canada),Floor Onrust (The Netherlands), Julia Rosenberg (Canada), Hanan Kattan (United Kingdom), Eva Jakobsen (Denmark), Barbara Willis Sweete (Canada), Bob Crowe (Canada).
Bottom row (left to right): Peter Rommel (Germany), Alex Behse (New Zealand), Hlin Johannesdottir (Iceland), Silvia Panakova (Slovak Republic), Edmon Roch (Spain), Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith (Canada), Jane Loughman (Canada), Adis Djapo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Not pictured Ivo Felt (Estonia).
Intense networking and pitching events among producers from Europe, Canada, New Zealand and Australia took place at the Toronto International Film Festival. The sixth edition of this initiative, which ran September 9 to 12, was created for 24 hand-picked participants to exchange project ideas and funding information for trans-atlantic co-production deals.
The international co-production forum was organized and financed by European Film Promotion (Efp) in collaboration with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (Omdc) and the Toronto International Film Festival®.Screen Australia and the New Zealand Film Commission (Nzfc) supported the event once again, along withCreative Europe – Media Program, the participating Efp member organizations, Eurimages, and Telefilm Canada.
Here is a list of the participants:
European participants
Canadian participants
Adis Djapo , Scca (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Ivo Felt, Allfilm (Estonia)
Eva Jakobsen , Snowglobe (Denmark)
Hlín Johannesdóttir , Vintage Pictures (Iceland)
Hanan Kattan , Enlightenment Productions (UK)
Nathalie Lichtenthaeler , Wide Eye Films (Ireland)
Floor Onrust , Family Affair Films (The Netherlands)
Silvia Panáková , Arina (Slovak Republic)
Edmon Roch , Ikiru Films (Spain)
Peter Rommel , Rommel Film (Germany)
Bob Crowe , Angel Entertainment Corp.
Chantelle Kadyschuk , No Trace Camping Productions
Kaleena Kiff , Radius Squared Media Group
Jane Loughman , Monkeys & Parrots
Marie-Claude Poulin , Item 7
Julia Rosenberg , January Films
Simone Urdl , The Film Farm
Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith , First Love Films
Barbara Willis Sweete , Willis Sweete Productions
Arnie Zipursky , Cci Entertainment
Australian participants
New Zealand’s participants
Raquelle David , Damsel Pictures
Rebecca Summerton , Closer Productions
Alexander Behse , Monsoon Pictures International
Leanne Saunders , Piki Films
Detailed information about the 24 participants of Producers Lab Toronto 2015 can be found...
- 9/14/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The sixth edition of Producers Lab Toronto is set to launch during the Toronto International Film Festival from September 9 to 12, 2015. Twenty four producers from Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have been chosen to exchange project ideas, funding information, and co-production deals. This successful networking platform has facilitated the development of several trans-Atlantic co-productions, with 17 former participants now working on 17 projects at various stages of production.
Producers Lab Toronto 2015 will see the 24 participants taking part in various networking and pitching events, case studies, and round tables with key industry members. The event will enable the participants to broaden their scope of projects regarding financing, creativity, and distribution in order to create trans-Atlantic co-productions.
The international co-production forum is organized and financed by European Film Promotion (Efp) in collaboration with theOntario Media Development Corporation (Omdc) and the Toronto International Film Festival®.Screen Australia and the New Zealand Film Commission (Nzfc) will again be supporting the event, along with Creative Europe – Media Programme, the participating Efp member organisations, Eurimages, and Telefilm Canada.
Selected by the event's five partners, the participating producers have significant experience of co-production and will be presenting new projects with international market potential. Adis Dapo, known for Aida Begic’s "Children of Sarajevo" (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Germany/ France/ Turkey 2012), is from Efp’s youngest member country Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is one of the ten European internationally-experienced producers coming to take part in the event.
Canadian producer participants include Simone Urdl, known for her long association with Atom Egoyan ("The Captive," Cannes 2014), and Chantelle Kadyschuk of No Trace Camping, Canadian producer of "Room," a Canada-Ireland co-production premiering at Tiff 2015.
European participants
Adis Djapo , Scca (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Ivo Felt , Allfilm (Estonia)
Eva Jakobsen , Snowglobe (Denmark)
Hlín Johannesdóttir , Vintage Pictures (Iceland)
Hanan Kattan , Enlightenment Productions (UK)
Nathalie Lichtenthaeler , Wide Eye Films (Ireland)
Floor Onrust , Family Affair Films (The Netherlands)
Silvia Panáková , Arina (Slovak Republic)
Edmon Roch , Ikiru Films (Spain)
Peter Rommel , Rommel Film (Germany)
Australian participants
Raquelle David , Damsel Pictures
Rebecca Summerton , Closer Productions
Canadian participants
Bob Crowe , Angel Entertainment Corp.
Chantelle Kadyschuk , No Trace Camping Productions
Kaleena Kiff , Radius Squared Media Group
Jane Loughman , Monkeys & Parrots
Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith , First Love Films
Marie-Claude Poulin , Item 7
Julia Rosenberg , January Films
Simone Urdl , The Film Farm
Barbara Willis Sweete , Willis Sweete Productions
Arnie Zipursky , Cci Entertainment
New Zealand's participants
Alexander Behse , Monsoon Pictures International
Leanne Saunders , Piki Films...
Producers Lab Toronto 2015 will see the 24 participants taking part in various networking and pitching events, case studies, and round tables with key industry members. The event will enable the participants to broaden their scope of projects regarding financing, creativity, and distribution in order to create trans-Atlantic co-productions.
The international co-production forum is organized and financed by European Film Promotion (Efp) in collaboration with theOntario Media Development Corporation (Omdc) and the Toronto International Film Festival®.Screen Australia and the New Zealand Film Commission (Nzfc) will again be supporting the event, along with Creative Europe – Media Programme, the participating Efp member organisations, Eurimages, and Telefilm Canada.
Selected by the event's five partners, the participating producers have significant experience of co-production and will be presenting new projects with international market potential. Adis Dapo, known for Aida Begic’s "Children of Sarajevo" (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Germany/ France/ Turkey 2012), is from Efp’s youngest member country Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is one of the ten European internationally-experienced producers coming to take part in the event.
Canadian producer participants include Simone Urdl, known for her long association with Atom Egoyan ("The Captive," Cannes 2014), and Chantelle Kadyschuk of No Trace Camping, Canadian producer of "Room," a Canada-Ireland co-production premiering at Tiff 2015.
European participants
Adis Djapo , Scca (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Ivo Felt , Allfilm (Estonia)
Eva Jakobsen , Snowglobe (Denmark)
Hlín Johannesdóttir , Vintage Pictures (Iceland)
Hanan Kattan , Enlightenment Productions (UK)
Nathalie Lichtenthaeler , Wide Eye Films (Ireland)
Floor Onrust , Family Affair Films (The Netherlands)
Silvia Panáková , Arina (Slovak Republic)
Edmon Roch , Ikiru Films (Spain)
Peter Rommel , Rommel Film (Germany)
Australian participants
Raquelle David , Damsel Pictures
Rebecca Summerton , Closer Productions
Canadian participants
Bob Crowe , Angel Entertainment Corp.
Chantelle Kadyschuk , No Trace Camping Productions
Kaleena Kiff , Radius Squared Media Group
Jane Loughman , Monkeys & Parrots
Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith , First Love Films
Marie-Claude Poulin , Item 7
Julia Rosenberg , January Films
Simone Urdl , The Film Farm
Barbara Willis Sweete , Willis Sweete Productions
Arnie Zipursky , Cci Entertainment
New Zealand's participants
Alexander Behse , Monsoon Pictures International
Leanne Saunders , Piki Films...
- 9/1/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Nearly 60 international and Canadian producers will head to the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s (Omdc) annual International Financing Forum in Toronto.
The 10th anniversary edition of Omdc’s International Financing Forum (Iff), a feature co-financing market for English-language projects, will run Sept 13-14 during Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 10-20).
The projects include Drama, the third feature to be directed by Oscar-winning Us actress Helen Hunt, written by Justin W. Lo (‘Mistresses’).
Scroll down for more projects
The two-day event includes one-on-one meetings, an industry panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a producers’ opening night networking reception.
Iff partners include Telefilm Canada, UK Trade and Investment (Ukti) and new sponsor Canadian Media Producers Association (Cmpa).
More than 750 meetings will be scheduled for the 37 producer teams (20 Canadian projects and 17 international projects).
In total, 56 producers have been selected to participate in the programme from countries including: Australia, Germany, India, Israel, Spain, Uganda...
The 10th anniversary edition of Omdc’s International Financing Forum (Iff), a feature co-financing market for English-language projects, will run Sept 13-14 during Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 10-20).
The projects include Drama, the third feature to be directed by Oscar-winning Us actress Helen Hunt, written by Justin W. Lo (‘Mistresses’).
Scroll down for more projects
The two-day event includes one-on-one meetings, an industry panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a producers’ opening night networking reception.
Iff partners include Telefilm Canada, UK Trade and Investment (Ukti) and new sponsor Canadian Media Producers Association (Cmpa).
More than 750 meetings will be scheduled for the 37 producer teams (20 Canadian projects and 17 international projects).
In total, 56 producers have been selected to participate in the programme from countries including: Australia, Germany, India, Israel, Spain, Uganda...
- 9/1/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Twenty-four producers from Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have been selected for the programme.
Toronto International Film Festival sources said the networking initiative has led to 17 former participants working on projects at various stages of production.
Participants will take part in networking and pitching events, case studies and roundtables with key industry members.
The participants are:
Canada: Bob Crowe (Angel Entertainment Corp), Chantelle Kadyschuk (No Trace Camping), Kaleena Kiff (Radius Squared Media Group), Jane Loughman (Monkeys & Parrots), Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith (First Love Films), Marie-Claude Poulin (Item 7), Julia Rosenberg (January Films), Simone Urdl (The Film Farm), Barbara Willis Sweete (Willis Sweete Productions) and Arnie Zipursky (Cci Entertainment).
Europe: Adis Djapo (Scca, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ivo Felt (Allfilm, Estonia), Eva Johannesdóttir (Snowglobe, Denmark), Hanan Kattan (Enlightenment Productions, UK), Nathalie Lichtenthaeler (Wide Eye Films, Ireland), Floor Onrust (Family Affair Films, The Netherlands), Silvia Panáková (Arina, Slovak Republic), Edmon Roch (Ikiru Films, Spain), [link...
Toronto International Film Festival sources said the networking initiative has led to 17 former participants working on projects at various stages of production.
Participants will take part in networking and pitching events, case studies and roundtables with key industry members.
The participants are:
Canada: Bob Crowe (Angel Entertainment Corp), Chantelle Kadyschuk (No Trace Camping), Kaleena Kiff (Radius Squared Media Group), Jane Loughman (Monkeys & Parrots), Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith (First Love Films), Marie-Claude Poulin (Item 7), Julia Rosenberg (January Films), Simone Urdl (The Film Farm), Barbara Willis Sweete (Willis Sweete Productions) and Arnie Zipursky (Cci Entertainment).
Europe: Adis Djapo (Scca, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ivo Felt (Allfilm, Estonia), Eva Johannesdóttir (Snowglobe, Denmark), Hanan Kattan (Enlightenment Productions, UK), Nathalie Lichtenthaeler (Wide Eye Films, Ireland), Floor Onrust (Family Affair Films, The Netherlands), Silvia Panáková (Arina, Slovak Republic), Edmon Roch (Ikiru Films, Spain), [link...
- 8/24/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
The Legend Of Barney Thomson to world premiere at the 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff).
Robert Carlyle’s feature film directorial debut, The Legend Of Barney Thomson, is to open the 69th edition of the Festival on June17 , where it will receive its world premiere.
Directed by and starring Carlyle alongside Emma Thompson and Ray Winstone, the Glasgow-set thriller will kick off the 12-day festival at the Festival Theatre Edinburgh.
Co-stars includeTom Courtenay, Ashley Jensen, Martin Compston, Brian Pettifer, Kevin Guthrie, James Cosmo, Stephen McCole and Samuel Robertson, with a screenplay by Colin McLaren and Richard Cowan.
Trainspotting star Carlyle is an honorary patron of the festival and said: “After a career-long association with Eiff it gives me enormous pleasure to have The Legend Of Barney Thomson chosen as Opening Night film. It really is such an honour for me to have my first feature as director premiered here in Edinburgh at the Festival that has...
Robert Carlyle’s feature film directorial debut, The Legend Of Barney Thomson, is to open the 69th edition of the Festival on June17 , where it will receive its world premiere.
Directed by and starring Carlyle alongside Emma Thompson and Ray Winstone, the Glasgow-set thriller will kick off the 12-day festival at the Festival Theatre Edinburgh.
Co-stars includeTom Courtenay, Ashley Jensen, Martin Compston, Brian Pettifer, Kevin Guthrie, James Cosmo, Stephen McCole and Samuel Robertson, with a screenplay by Colin McLaren and Richard Cowan.
Trainspotting star Carlyle is an honorary patron of the festival and said: “After a career-long association with Eiff it gives me enormous pleasure to have The Legend Of Barney Thomson chosen as Opening Night film. It really is such an honour for me to have my first feature as director premiered here in Edinburgh at the Festival that has...
- 5/5/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography has begun in the UK on Robert Carlyle’s feature directorial debut The Legend of Barney Thomson (formerly The Long Midnight Of Barney Thomson). Myriad Pictures handles world sales.
Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone and Carlyle star in the tale adapted from Douglas Lindsay’s novels by Colin McLaren and Richard Cowan about a downtrodden Glaswegian barber who inadvertently stumbles into serial murder.
Brian Pettifer, Tom Courtney, Martin Compston, James Cosmo, Ashley Jensen, Kevin Guthrie and Stephen McCole have joined the cast.
The film is being financed by Westerkirk Capital, Creative Scotland and Telefilm Canada. Pacific Northwest Pictures will distribute the film in Canada, and Icon Film Distribution in the UK.
John G Lenic and Kaleena Kiff of Trinity Works Entertainment produce with Brian Coffey of Sigma Films, Holly Brydson and Cowan.
Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico and Doug Apatow are executive producers.
Keiynan Lonsdale has joined the cast of The Divergent Series: Insurgent and will...
Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone and Carlyle star in the tale adapted from Douglas Lindsay’s novels by Colin McLaren and Richard Cowan about a downtrodden Glaswegian barber who inadvertently stumbles into serial murder.
Brian Pettifer, Tom Courtney, Martin Compston, James Cosmo, Ashley Jensen, Kevin Guthrie and Stephen McCole have joined the cast.
The film is being financed by Westerkirk Capital, Creative Scotland and Telefilm Canada. Pacific Northwest Pictures will distribute the film in Canada, and Icon Film Distribution in the UK.
John G Lenic and Kaleena Kiff of Trinity Works Entertainment produce with Brian Coffey of Sigma Films, Holly Brydson and Cowan.
Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico and Doug Apatow are executive producers.
Keiynan Lonsdale has joined the cast of The Divergent Series: Insurgent and will...
- 6/10/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Several projects have won prizes at Berlinale Talents 2014 (formerly known as the Berlinale Talent Campus).
There were 300 Talents selected for this year’s programme, which ran Feb 8-13.
During the Talent Project Market, the €10,000 Vff Talent Highlight Pitch Award was given to Bavo Defurne [pictured] from Belgium for his project Souvenir.
The nomination prizes, each worth €1.000, went to Kaleena Kiff from Canada (The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson) and Ása Hjörleifsdóttir from Iceland (The Swan).
Robert Bosch Stiftung presented the Film Prize for International Cooperation to these three teams who get up to €60,000 each:
Manivelle-Memories of the Man of Tomorrow, Lebanon/Germany) [animation]
Possessed by Djinn, Jordan/Germany [documentary]
Dry Hot Summers, Egypt/Germany [short fiction film]...
There were 300 Talents selected for this year’s programme, which ran Feb 8-13.
During the Talent Project Market, the €10,000 Vff Talent Highlight Pitch Award was given to Bavo Defurne [pictured] from Belgium for his project Souvenir.
The nomination prizes, each worth €1.000, went to Kaleena Kiff from Canada (The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson) and Ása Hjörleifsdóttir from Iceland (The Swan).
Robert Bosch Stiftung presented the Film Prize for International Cooperation to these three teams who get up to €60,000 each:
Manivelle-Memories of the Man of Tomorrow, Lebanon/Germany) [animation]
Possessed by Djinn, Jordan/Germany [documentary]
Dry Hot Summers, Egypt/Germany [short fiction film]...
- 2/14/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Several projects have won prizes at Berlinale Talents 2014 (formerly known as the Berlinale Talent Campus).
There were 300 Talents selected for this year’s programme, which ran Feb 8-13.
During the Talent Project Market, the €10,000 Vff Talent Highlight Pitch Award was given to Bavo Defurne [pictured] from Belgium for his project Souvenir. The nomination prizes, each worth €1.000, went to Kaleena Kiff from Canada (The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson) and Ása Hjörleifsdóttir from Iceland (The Swan).
Robert Bosch Stiftung presented the Film Prize for International Cooperation to these three teams who get up to €60,000 each:
Manivelle-Memories of the Man of Tomorrow, Lebanon/Germany) [animation]
Possessed by Djinn, Jordan/Germany [documentary]
Dry Hot Summers, Egypt/Germany [short fiction film]...
There were 300 Talents selected for this year’s programme, which ran Feb 8-13.
During the Talent Project Market, the €10,000 Vff Talent Highlight Pitch Award was given to Bavo Defurne [pictured] from Belgium for his project Souvenir. The nomination prizes, each worth €1.000, went to Kaleena Kiff from Canada (The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson) and Ása Hjörleifsdóttir from Iceland (The Swan).
Robert Bosch Stiftung presented the Film Prize for International Cooperation to these three teams who get up to €60,000 each:
Manivelle-Memories of the Man of Tomorrow, Lebanon/Germany) [animation]
Possessed by Djinn, Jordan/Germany [documentary]
Dry Hot Summers, Egypt/Germany [short fiction film]...
- 2/14/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Emma Thomson will star in actor Robert Carlyle's directorial debut, the dark comedy-thriller "The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson"
Carlyle plays a Scottish barber who, through a series of accidental events, stumbles into the world of serial murder. Thompson will play Barney's emasculating mother.
Ray Winstone plays a detective inspector in charge of an inept homicide department. Ewen Bremner also stars.
Richard Cowan and Colin McLaren wrote the script, based on the novel series by Douglas Lindsay. John G. Lenic and Kaleena Kiff are producing.
Source: THR...
Carlyle plays a Scottish barber who, through a series of accidental events, stumbles into the world of serial murder. Thompson will play Barney's emasculating mother.
Ray Winstone plays a detective inspector in charge of an inept homicide department. Ewen Bremner also stars.
Richard Cowan and Colin McLaren wrote the script, based on the novel series by Douglas Lindsay. John G. Lenic and Kaleena Kiff are producing.
Source: THR...
- 1/31/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Robert Carlyle’s Efm-bound feature directorial debut The Long Midnight Of Barney Thomson to star Emma Thompson and Ray Winstone.
The darkly comical thriller will also star Ewen Bremner and Carlyle, who will play the title role.
Richard Cowan and Colin McLaren adapted the screenplay from the novel series by Douglas Lindsay.
The Canada-uk co-production is scheduled to begin shooting in the first half of the year.
The Long Midnight Of Barney Thomson centres on a downtrodden Scottish barber who inadvertently stumbles into serial murder.
Vancouver-based John G Lenic and Kaleena Kiff produce through their Trinity Works Entertainment label. Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico will serve as executive producer.
Myriad’s Thomas Loftus negotiated worldwide sales rights with Arthur Evrensel and Lenic on behalf of the filmmakers.
The darkly comical thriller will also star Ewen Bremner and Carlyle, who will play the title role.
Richard Cowan and Colin McLaren adapted the screenplay from the novel series by Douglas Lindsay.
The Canada-uk co-production is scheduled to begin shooting in the first half of the year.
The Long Midnight Of Barney Thomson centres on a downtrodden Scottish barber who inadvertently stumbles into serial murder.
Vancouver-based John G Lenic and Kaleena Kiff produce through their Trinity Works Entertainment label. Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico will serve as executive producer.
Myriad’s Thomas Loftus negotiated worldwide sales rights with Arthur Evrensel and Lenic on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 1/31/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
New films from Peter Webber, Pernille Fischer Christensen, Oliver Schmitz, Eran Kolirin.
A total of 39 features have been selected for Berlin’s co-production market (Feb 9-11).
Directors with work in the market include Peter Webber, Pernille Fischer Christensen, Oliver Schmitz, Eran Kolirin, Christos Georgiou, Erik Skjoldbjaerg and Nir Bergman.
All projects have 30% of their financing in place while budgets range from €700,000 to €6.5m.
This year’s Residency participants comprise Emir Baigazin, Alistair Banks Griffin, Bence Fliegauf, Sebastián Lelio, Elina Psykou and José Luis Valle. The participants will present new projects to potential partners at the co-production market.
The Talent Project Market will see ten new producers and directors primed for the international market. Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox featured last year, while Italian filmmaker Fabio Mollo’s Il Sud e Niente plays in this year’s Generation programme.
Five companies have been selected for the Company Matching programme and three more projects have been picked for the...
A total of 39 features have been selected for Berlin’s co-production market (Feb 9-11).
Directors with work in the market include Peter Webber, Pernille Fischer Christensen, Oliver Schmitz, Eran Kolirin, Christos Georgiou, Erik Skjoldbjaerg and Nir Bergman.
All projects have 30% of their financing in place while budgets range from €700,000 to €6.5m.
This year’s Residency participants comprise Emir Baigazin, Alistair Banks Griffin, Bence Fliegauf, Sebastián Lelio, Elina Psykou and José Luis Valle. The participants will present new projects to potential partners at the co-production market.
The Talent Project Market will see ten new producers and directors primed for the international market. Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox featured last year, while Italian filmmaker Fabio Mollo’s Il Sud e Niente plays in this year’s Generation programme.
Five companies have been selected for the Company Matching programme and three more projects have been picked for the...
- 1/10/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Here is last week's caption pic winner. This week's caption pic is at the bottom of the page.
Thanks to everyone for participating! The winner is ...
"I don't know, he is good-looking, should we stop?"
Thanks to rayban for this week's winning caption!
Weekend Birthdays! (Note: Birthday shoutouts are for out entertainers, allies, or for any celeb that seems to have a following on Ae). Geoff Stults (above) is 35, Krysten Ritter is 31, Michael Shanks is 42, Helen Slater is 49, Don Johnson is 63, and Patty Duke is 66. Scott Evans has entered a not guilty plea to buying cocaine from an undercover cop.Nine horrible things gay marriage has been compared to. My favorite - beer.Cute guy dates equally cute guy. Twelve Christmas albums you won't be embarrassed to own.In ratings news, Glee was down 10%, but Scandal had the best ratings of its run. Below you can see Ian McKellen talk...
Thanks to everyone for participating! The winner is ...
"I don't know, he is good-looking, should we stop?"
Thanks to rayban for this week's winning caption!
Weekend Birthdays! (Note: Birthday shoutouts are for out entertainers, allies, or for any celeb that seems to have a following on Ae). Geoff Stults (above) is 35, Krysten Ritter is 31, Michael Shanks is 42, Helen Slater is 49, Don Johnson is 63, and Patty Duke is 66. Scott Evans has entered a not guilty plea to buying cocaine from an undercover cop.Nine horrible things gay marriage has been compared to. My favorite - beer.Cute guy dates equally cute guy. Twelve Christmas albums you won't be embarrassed to own.In ratings news, Glee was down 10%, but Scandal had the best ratings of its run. Below you can see Ian McKellen talk...
- 12/14/2012
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Riese: Kingdom Falling – Season 1
Stars: Christine Chatelain, Tundra, Amanda Tapping, Sharon Taylor, Ben Cotton, Patrick Gilmore | Created by Ryan Copple, Kaleena Kiff
Riese: Kingdom Falling is a digital series distributed by Syfy.com, created by Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff. The first chapter of five episodes originally went online on the creators’ website and YouTube during the fall of 2009 under the name Riese: The Series; its success led to the creation of a second chapter and drew the attention of Syfy who bought the broadcast rights, recut, rearranged and renamed the existing episodes, added new footage and hired Stargate and Sanctuary actress Amanda Tapping as narrator. Syfy started airing the renamed Riese: Kingdom Falling from October 2010.
Riese: Kingdom Falling takes place in Eleysia, a dying kingdom where distrust and anxiety have clouded people’s minds, causing a regression into primitive ways of thinking. Rituals and mythology have resurged,...
Stars: Christine Chatelain, Tundra, Amanda Tapping, Sharon Taylor, Ben Cotton, Patrick Gilmore | Created by Ryan Copple, Kaleena Kiff
Riese: Kingdom Falling is a digital series distributed by Syfy.com, created by Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff. The first chapter of five episodes originally went online on the creators’ website and YouTube during the fall of 2009 under the name Riese: The Series; its success led to the creation of a second chapter and drew the attention of Syfy who bought the broadcast rights, recut, rearranged and renamed the existing episodes, added new footage and hired Stargate and Sanctuary actress Amanda Tapping as narrator. Syfy started airing the renamed Riese: Kingdom Falling from October 2010.
Riese: Kingdom Falling takes place in Eleysia, a dying kingdom where distrust and anxiety have clouded people’s minds, causing a regression into primitive ways of thinking. Rituals and mythology have resurged,...
- 4/15/2011
- by Baron Fornightly
- Nerdly
Steampunk is so hot right now, as arch-fashion villain Mugatu might say. Any-hoo, Riese: Kingdom Falling is an award-winning Canadian steampunk web series which made its screen debut on the SyFi Channel on March 29th. We've got an exclusive clip from the next week's episode!
So if the whole "steampunk" thing is your bag (it's a very popular style at the moment) this might be worth checking out. You can check out the trailer and stills: Riese trailer.
Official site: www.syfy.co.uk/shows/riese
Synopsis:
Syfy.com premieres the steampunk digital series Riese: Kingdom Falling, winner of Streamy Awards for Best Cinematography and nominee for Best Sound Design and Art Direction. The series was created by Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff and produced by Galen Fletcher and Nicholas Humphries.
Riese: Kingdom Falling takes place in Eleysia, a dying kingdom where distrust and anxiety have clouded people's minds,...
So if the whole "steampunk" thing is your bag (it's a very popular style at the moment) this might be worth checking out. You can check out the trailer and stills: Riese trailer.
Official site: www.syfy.co.uk/shows/riese
Synopsis:
Syfy.com premieres the steampunk digital series Riese: Kingdom Falling, winner of Streamy Awards for Best Cinematography and nominee for Best Sound Design and Art Direction. The series was created by Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff and produced by Galen Fletcher and Nicholas Humphries.
Riese: Kingdom Falling takes place in Eleysia, a dying kingdom where distrust and anxiety have clouded people's minds,...
- 4/8/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Reise: Kingdom Falling is an award-winning Canadian steampunk web series making its screen debut on the SyFi Channel from March 29th. We’ve got a new trailer and some stills to show off. So if the whole “steam-punk” thing is your bag (it’s a very popular style at the moment) this might be worth checking out.
Looks pretty cool. The title reminds one of that Rammstein song “Reise, Reise”. Top track.
Synopsis:
Syfy.com premieres the steampunk digital series Riese: Kingdom Falling, winner of Streamy Awards for Best Cinematography and nominee for Best Sound Design and Art Direction. The series was created by Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff and produced by Galen Fletcher and Nicholas Humphries.
Riese: Kingdom Falling takes place in Eleysia, a dying kingdom where distrust and anxiety have clouded people’s minds, causing a regression into primitive ways of thinking. Rituals and mythology have resurged,...
Looks pretty cool. The title reminds one of that Rammstein song “Reise, Reise”. Top track.
Synopsis:
Syfy.com premieres the steampunk digital series Riese: Kingdom Falling, winner of Streamy Awards for Best Cinematography and nominee for Best Sound Design and Art Direction. The series was created by Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff and produced by Galen Fletcher and Nicholas Humphries.
Riese: Kingdom Falling takes place in Eleysia, a dying kingdom where distrust and anxiety have clouded people’s minds, causing a regression into primitive ways of thinking. Rituals and mythology have resurged,...
- 3/24/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Following the lead of Syfy in the United States, Canada's Space Channel has obtained the rights to broadcast the Vancouver-shot web series Riese: Kingdom Falling.
Riese: Kingdom Falling is a fantasy-adventure that chronicles the life of a mysterious wanderer (the titular character, played by Christine Chatelain). Riese is on the run with her trusted wolf companion, Fenrir. They are fleeing their dying land of Eleysia in search of freedom and are hunted by assassins of a terrifying religious entity called The Sect. Riese is also trying to piece together her mysterious past.
Reise: Kingdom Falling is narrated by Amanda Tapping. Tapping is the star and an executive producer of the Space original series Sanctuary. That show is also shot in Vancouver and started out as a web series. After eight webisodes it made the leap to television thanks to support from, among others, The Movie Channel/Movie Central...
Riese: Kingdom Falling is a fantasy-adventure that chronicles the life of a mysterious wanderer (the titular character, played by Christine Chatelain). Riese is on the run with her trusted wolf companion, Fenrir. They are fleeing their dying land of Eleysia in search of freedom and are hunted by assassins of a terrifying religious entity called The Sect. Riese is also trying to piece together her mysterious past.
Reise: Kingdom Falling is narrated by Amanda Tapping. Tapping is the star and an executive producer of the Space original series Sanctuary. That show is also shot in Vancouver and started out as a web series. After eight webisodes it made the leap to television thanks to support from, among others, The Movie Channel/Movie Central...
- 2/2/2011
- CinemaSpy
If you’ve been starving for an original steam punk adventure that’s easy on the eyes, look no further than the screen you’re reading this article. Created by Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff, Riese: Kingdom Falling is an original Syfy web series that’s worth an hour or two of your time. The kingdom of Eleysia is crumbling under the rule of Empress Amara (Sharon Taylor) who led a coup d’etat in murdering the royal family and appointed herself as ruler of the conquered world. Amara continues her aggressive domination, annihilating other lands that would oppose her rule and power. At her side are a group of Huntsmen led by Herrick (Ben Cotton), Senior Magister of the Sect. She is funded a religious group known as the Sect, and has forced its way on Eleysia. Now the Sect themselves are the most interesting characters in the story.
- 11/18/2010
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
"Riese: Kingdom Falling", a 10-part Syfy web-only fantasy series, follows the wanderer 'Riese', who flees across the lands of 'Eleysia' with her wolf, 'Fenrir'.
Hunted by the evil religious group, 'The Sect', Riese must evade the assassins sent out to kill her while trying to discern the organization's true objective.
Guests on the series include Vancouver-based actors Amanda Tapping, Ryan Robbins, Patrick Gilmore, Peter Kelamis and Ben Cotton.
Main cast includes Christine Chatelain as 'Riese', Sharon Taylor as 'Amara', Patrick Gilmore as 'Trennan', Ben Cotton as 'Herrick', Ryan Robbins as 'Rand', Alessandro Juliani as 'Garin', Emilie Ullerup as 'Aliza' and Allison Mack as 'Marlise'.
"Riese" is noted for using Red One, digital video cameras, as well as being the first live action sci-fi web series to feature the 'steampunk' genre.
"Riese" is co-created by Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff for producers Galen Fletcher and Nicholas Humphries.
Hunted by the evil religious group, 'The Sect', Riese must evade the assassins sent out to kill her while trying to discern the organization's true objective.
Guests on the series include Vancouver-based actors Amanda Tapping, Ryan Robbins, Patrick Gilmore, Peter Kelamis and Ben Cotton.
Main cast includes Christine Chatelain as 'Riese', Sharon Taylor as 'Amara', Patrick Gilmore as 'Trennan', Ben Cotton as 'Herrick', Ryan Robbins as 'Rand', Alessandro Juliani as 'Garin', Emilie Ullerup as 'Aliza' and Allison Mack as 'Marlise'.
"Riese" is noted for using Red One, digital video cameras, as well as being the first live action sci-fi web series to feature the 'steampunk' genre.
"Riese" is co-created by Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff for producers Galen Fletcher and Nicholas Humphries.
- 11/15/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
In another well-calculated step in expanding the SyFy original content, the network will relaunch the Streamy-award winning webseries, Riese: Kingdom Falling on SyFy.com beginning today. The series features SyFy stars from Stargate Atlantis, Sanctuary, and Battlestar Galactica and a narration by Sanctuary’s Amanda Tapping. There are ten installments to the series, running at about seven or eight minutes each, which will be released every Tuesday and Thursday beginning today.
Check out the official press release below along with the series promo and making of featurettes!
Don’t miss Riese, debuting on SyFy.com today at 12/11C.
Riese: Promo
Syfy.Com Will Premiere Riese: Kingdom Falling, Critically Acclaimed, Award-winning Steampunk Digital Series, Beginning Tuesday, October 26
Narrated By Sanctuary’S Amanda Tapping
Stars Christine Chatelain (Sanctuary), Ryan Robbins (Caprica), Sharon Taylor (Stargate Universe), Ben Cotton (Harper’s Island), Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica) and Allison Mack (Smallville)
New...
Check out the official press release below along with the series promo and making of featurettes!
Don’t miss Riese, debuting on SyFy.com today at 12/11C.
Riese: Promo
Syfy.Com Will Premiere Riese: Kingdom Falling, Critically Acclaimed, Award-winning Steampunk Digital Series, Beginning Tuesday, October 26
Narrated By Sanctuary’S Amanda Tapping
Stars Christine Chatelain (Sanctuary), Ryan Robbins (Caprica), Sharon Taylor (Stargate Universe), Ben Cotton (Harper’s Island), Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica) and Allison Mack (Smallville)
New...
- 10/26/2010
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
Riese is finally coming back online next week and the early promos (above) are getting us fired up again. Fans rumbled a bit when sci-fi Riese was abruptly taken offline during its first release last fall. In the puzzling game of online distribution, it’s something many series creators have come to accept as part of the web series territory. Having just signed an international distribution and sales deal with Fireworks, creators Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff had to pull it down to allow for a deal with SyFy to go through. Now the 10-episode steampunk inspired drama heads to SyFy.com as Riese: Kingdom Falling starting Tuesday October 26, with new episodes out every Tuesday and Thursday. SyFy was a natural fit for Riese, with its cast of Sanctuary and Battlestar Galactica vets like Amanda Tapping (Sanctuary), Christine Chatelain (The Bone Collector); Sharon Taylor (Stargate Universe); Ben Cotton (Harper...
- 10/22/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Marking a major expansion of its original content, Syfy.com will premiere the award-winning, steampunk digital series Riese: Kingdom Falling beginning October 26, on syfy.com/riese every Tuesday and Thursday, it was announced today by Craig Engler, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Syfy Digital.
The critically acclaimed Riese: Kingdom Falling is distributed by Fireworks International, the television and digital distribution arm of ContentFilm plc. Each episode runs approximately seven to eight minutes.
Narrated by Amanda Tapping (Sanctuary), the 10-part series stars a cavalcade of talent from the world of popular speculative drama including Christine Chatelain (The Bone Collector); Sharon Taylor (Stargate Universe); Ben Cotton (Harper’s Island), Allison Mack (Smallville); Ryan Robbins (Caprica); Patrick Gilmore (Stargate Universe); Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica) and Emilie Ullerup (Sanctuary).
Eleysia is a dying kingdom where resources are dwindling and compassion is fading. Distrust and anxiety have clouded people’s minds, causing a...
The critically acclaimed Riese: Kingdom Falling is distributed by Fireworks International, the television and digital distribution arm of ContentFilm plc. Each episode runs approximately seven to eight minutes.
Narrated by Amanda Tapping (Sanctuary), the 10-part series stars a cavalcade of talent from the world of popular speculative drama including Christine Chatelain (The Bone Collector); Sharon Taylor (Stargate Universe); Ben Cotton (Harper’s Island), Allison Mack (Smallville); Ryan Robbins (Caprica); Patrick Gilmore (Stargate Universe); Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica) and Emilie Ullerup (Sanctuary).
Eleysia is a dying kingdom where resources are dwindling and compassion is fading. Distrust and anxiety have clouded people’s minds, causing a...
- 10/15/2010
- by Jessie
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Cory Doctorow and the rest of the Boing Boing crew are wearing frock coats and derbies and all ran-tan in celebratory preparation for the upcoming premiere of Riese: Kingdom Falling. The retooled, steampunk original web series debuts on Syfy.com Tuesday, October 26. Riese's initial run wasn't long for the internet. The series was released in late 2009 by creators Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff as an alternate-reality-game-slash-web-series. The duo partnered with UK-based digital distributor, Fireworks four months later. Copple and Kiff then took down the series per a request from Fireworks in the hopes that some type of moneyed distribution or development deal would follow. Two months later, they signed a deal. A $200,000 production budget put to very good use, a compelling fantasy-infused storyline, and a host of Hollywood talent - including Amanda Tapping (Sanctuary), Christine Chatelain (The Bone Collector); Sharon Taylor (Stargate Universe), Ben Cotton (Harper's Island), Allison Mack...
- 10/14/2010
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
The cast and crew of steampunk web series Riese will be hosting a panel at the upcoming London McM Expo, the event's organisers have announced.
SyFy recently acquired the Us rights to the popular sci-fi fantasy series for syfy.com and potential TV development, following the channel's success with Sanctuary, another former web show.
Riese last month scooped Best Cinematography in a Web Series at the Streamys, the online Oscars.
It centres on a traveller called Riese who is hunted by religious assassins from a group called The Sect as she treks across the dying lands of Eleysia with her wolf Fenrir.
The London McM Expo panel will feature show creators Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff, as well as stars Christine Chantelain (Riese) and Sharon Taylor (Amara).
Christine has appeared recently in Fringe, Supernatural and Sanctuary, while Sharon plays Amelia Banks in Stargate Atlantis and Faora in Smallville.
The Riese...
SyFy recently acquired the Us rights to the popular sci-fi fantasy series for syfy.com and potential TV development, following the channel's success with Sanctuary, another former web show.
Riese last month scooped Best Cinematography in a Web Series at the Streamys, the online Oscars.
It centres on a traveller called Riese who is hunted by religious assassins from a group called The Sect as she treks across the dying lands of Eleysia with her wolf Fenrir.
The London McM Expo panel will feature show creators Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff, as well as stars Christine Chantelain (Riese) and Sharon Taylor (Amara).
Christine has appeared recently in Fringe, Supernatural and Sanctuary, while Sharon plays Amelia Banks in Stargate Atlantis and Faora in Smallville.
The Riese...
- 5/6/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
And we were just getting into it! Riese, the steampunk-infused fantasy web series drama that has been unfolding online since its launch back in November, has been pulled down due to request from its new distribution partner Fireworks, the digital distribution arm of UK-based ContentFilm. The series had just begun Chapter 2 this week, releasing its six episode before the takedown occurred earlier today. This is the same firm that had picked up international distribution rights for recent web series like MTV New Media's college mystery Valemont and Endemol UK's sci-fi thriller Kirill. Just trailers are left online on their YouTube channel and on KoldCast TV, which was the primary online network distributing the series. No word at this point when or if the series will return to the internet. An excerpt from a blog post today by creators Ryan Kopple and Kaleena Kiff explaining the takedown (emphasis added): We also recently partnered with Fireworks,...
- 2/5/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
When the Syfy show Sanctuary first started out, it did so as a made-for-the-web, paid downloadable series, sans network. The Vancouver-produced program, created by writer/producer Damon Kindler and exec produced by 'Stargate' veteran Amanda Tapping (also the show's star), generated plenty of positive buzz across the Interwebs, and before long Syfy (then Sci Fi Channel) came a-calling.
Some argued that the producers had "sold out" to a network, abandoning the pioneering spirit which they had first embraced…while others quickly realized that the model of creating a hit on the web might just be one way for new projects to get the attention of the old media guard. They were right, and it did.
Sanctuary was just the first salvo, it seems. The current economic downturn, combined with a strengthening Canadian dollar, may have slowed production in Vancouver, but it's galvanized the city's stalwart journeyman industry, forging it from...
Some argued that the producers had "sold out" to a network, abandoning the pioneering spirit which they had first embraced…while others quickly realized that the model of creating a hit on the web might just be one way for new projects to get the attention of the old media guard. They were right, and it did.
Sanctuary was just the first salvo, it seems. The current economic downturn, combined with a strengthening Canadian dollar, may have slowed production in Vancouver, but it's galvanized the city's stalwart journeyman industry, forging it from...
- 12/14/2009
- CinemaSpy
We've all had that friendship that was cut short for whatever reason — because your family moved, because you switched jobs, because you were a "greaser" and they were a "soc" — and we're left to wonder: what might have been?
The same is true for gays on television. Television programs are canceled for a lot of reasons, and it's definitely not always because of a lack of quality.
But what if these characters had stuck around a little longer? Who knows what kind of adoring or intimate relationship we viewers might have developed with them?
Here are a few of the folks I'd like to rescue from the Island of Lost Gay TV Characters:
Fred Savage as Mitch Crumb with co-star Jane Curtain
Mitch Crumb (from Crumbs)
If there was ever a show that coulda been a contender, it was Crumbs, a 2006 vehicle for a grown-up Fred Savage (who had become...
The same is true for gays on television. Television programs are canceled for a lot of reasons, and it's definitely not always because of a lack of quality.
But what if these characters had stuck around a little longer? Who knows what kind of adoring or intimate relationship we viewers might have developed with them?
Here are a few of the folks I'd like to rescue from the Island of Lost Gay TV Characters:
Fred Savage as Mitch Crumb with co-star Jane Curtain
Mitch Crumb (from Crumbs)
If there was ever a show that coulda been a contender, it was Crumbs, a 2006 vehicle for a grown-up Fred Savage (who had become...
- 12/11/2009
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
The Arg (alternate reality game) for Riese the Series has begun, you still have time to join the winning side. But first some info on what you have to look forward to when the series kicks off in late October/early November. Riese is a steampunk-inspired (think steam-engines and goggles) series from co-creators Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff, who also co-executive produce and direct the series respectively, that seems closer to something airing on the Syfy network, as-opposed-to the web, based off of the production value and sci-fi standout cast—Christine Chatelain (SyFy’s Sanctuary), Ben Cotton (Harper’s Island), Sharon Taylor (Stargate: Atlantis) and Patrick Gilmore (Battlestar Galactica). Chad Krowchuk is handling the production design and taking full advantage of the picture quality of the Red One camera system with lush, yet post-apocalyptic settings and the costumes look impressively intricate. Related News:arg Web Series ‘Radio Free Krakow’ Seeks Fighters...
- 9/23/2009
- by Stuart Davis
- Tubefilter.com
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