With a number of local TV formats recently being snapped up by overseas broadcasters, John Richards looks at what works in foreign territories.
America is a land of immigrants, and the TV network upfronts are the electronic form of Ellis Island, where successful formats from abroad line up, papers in hand, ready to become Us citizens.
The UK is a common visitor – everything from The Office to Dad’s Army has attempted the trip. The acclaimed programs Homeland and In Treatment were originally conceived in Israel. And Australia is now a regular source of ideas with Wilfred, The Slap, Rake and The Strange Calls all to be remade with accents considered more palatable for the American audience.
Not all of these will come to fruition, of course. For every Being Human, there’s a Viva Laughlin. For every Wilfred there’s a Kath & Kim. There were three failed attempts to...
America is a land of immigrants, and the TV network upfronts are the electronic form of Ellis Island, where successful formats from abroad line up, papers in hand, ready to become Us citizens.
The UK is a common visitor – everything from The Office to Dad’s Army has attempted the trip. The acclaimed programs Homeland and In Treatment were originally conceived in Israel. And Australia is now a regular source of ideas with Wilfred, The Slap, Rake and The Strange Calls all to be remade with accents considered more palatable for the American audience.
Not all of these will come to fruition, of course. For every Being Human, there’s a Viva Laughlin. For every Wilfred there’s a Kath & Kim. There were three failed attempts to...
- 11/23/2012
- by Luke
- Encore Magazine
Upcoming Australian comedy Outland is set to have its World Premiere at the Seattle Gay & Lesbian Film Festival on October 18.
Based on the only short film to play both the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and the World Science Fiction Convention, this six-part comedy series focuses on members of a gay science-fiction fan club and features Adam Richard, Christine Anu, Ben Gerrard, Paul Ireland, and Toby Truslove. It is produced by Laura Waters (Angry Boys, Summer Heights High, John Safran’s Race Relations) of Princess Pictures.
Open about their sexuality but not so much about their geekdom, each member takes a turn at hosting the meetings. They soon discover that even if you’re out of the closet, it doesn’t mean there aren’t still skeletons in there… Outland is a series about belonging, no matter who you are, and how everyone searches to find a place to fit in.
Based on the only short film to play both the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and the World Science Fiction Convention, this six-part comedy series focuses on members of a gay science-fiction fan club and features Adam Richard, Christine Anu, Ben Gerrard, Paul Ireland, and Toby Truslove. It is produced by Laura Waters (Angry Boys, Summer Heights High, John Safran’s Race Relations) of Princess Pictures.
Open about their sexuality but not so much about their geekdom, each member takes a turn at hosting the meetings. They soon discover that even if you’re out of the closet, it doesn’t mean there aren’t still skeletons in there… Outland is a series about belonging, no matter who you are, and how everyone searches to find a place to fit in.
- 10/8/2011
- by The DoorQus Maximus
- doorQ.com
Film Victoria has announced a new round of investment funding worth $992,500.
The recipients are the feature Surviving Georgia, Southern Star drama Offspring, a Princess Pictures comedy, two documentaries and an online portal to complement the Sbs doco series Second Australians.
Talking about the significant investment on television, Film Victoria Sandra Sdraulig said the small screen was essential for the state, because of the consistency of expenditure and employment opportunities..
The chosen projects are:
Online
The Multicultural History Portal
The Chocolate Liberation Front; Producers Dan Fill, Frank Verheggen ; Writer Andrew Jacobuwicz.
A series of interactive documentary features that capture the history of immigration to Australia. It will act as a companion piece to Second Australians.
Documentary
The First Interview
Jungle Pictures; Producer Fiona Cochrane; Writer/Director Dennis Tupicoff; Network ABC
A documentary that goes bacck to Paris, 1886, to a conversation between great French scientist Michel-Eugene Chevreul and famous photographer Nadar – the...
The recipients are the feature Surviving Georgia, Southern Star drama Offspring, a Princess Pictures comedy, two documentaries and an online portal to complement the Sbs doco series Second Australians.
Talking about the significant investment on television, Film Victoria Sandra Sdraulig said the small screen was essential for the state, because of the consistency of expenditure and employment opportunities..
The chosen projects are:
Online
The Multicultural History Portal
The Chocolate Liberation Front; Producers Dan Fill, Frank Verheggen ; Writer Andrew Jacobuwicz.
A series of interactive documentary features that capture the history of immigration to Australia. It will act as a companion piece to Second Australians.
Documentary
The First Interview
Jungle Pictures; Producer Fiona Cochrane; Writer/Director Dennis Tupicoff; Network ABC
A documentary that goes bacck to Paris, 1886, to a conversation between great French scientist Michel-Eugene Chevreul and famous photographer Nadar – the...
- 5/20/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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