Joseph Millson is teaming up with Grammy and Oscar-winning composer Anne Dudley for Signs Of Life. More on that project below.
Joseph Millson, an actor known for his roles in Angel Has Fallen, Casino Royale and I Give It A Year, is set to make his directorial debut with Signs Of Life, a third part in a trilogy of films.
The two previous films, The Magician and Care and both were produced by Millson and his wife Sarah-Jane Potts under their production company MillPotts Productions. Talk about relationship goals!
Unlike The Magician and Care, which were both shorts, Signs Of Life will be a feature film.
“The lead characters from Care and The Magician were the inspiration for the protagonists in Signs Of Life,” Millson said in a press release. “I felt there was still a lot to be said about the current epidemic of heartache and depression, the sheer...
Joseph Millson, an actor known for his roles in Angel Has Fallen, Casino Royale and I Give It A Year, is set to make his directorial debut with Signs Of Life, a third part in a trilogy of films.
The two previous films, The Magician and Care and both were produced by Millson and his wife Sarah-Jane Potts under their production company MillPotts Productions. Talk about relationship goals!
Unlike The Magician and Care, which were both shorts, Signs Of Life will be a feature film.
“The lead characters from Care and The Magician were the inspiration for the protagonists in Signs Of Life,” Millson said in a press release. “I felt there was still a lot to be said about the current epidemic of heartache and depression, the sheer...
- 1/31/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Stephen Kandel, the prolific screenwriter whose work over four decades in television spanned Sea Hunt to Star Trek, Batman to Barnaby Jones and Mannix to MacGyver, has died. He was 96.
Kandel died Oct. 21 of natural causes in his Boston apartment, his daughter Elizabeth Englander told The Hollywood Reporter.
Kandel also wrote multiple episodes of such shows as The Millionaire, The Rogues, Gidget, I Spy, Ironside, The Wild Wild West, It Takes a Thief, Dan August, The New Mike Hammer, Mission: Impossible, Room 222, The Magician, Medical Center, Cannon, Hawaii Five-o and Hart to Hart.
Plus, he co-created Iron Horse, a 1966-68 drama from ABC and Screen Gems that starred Dale Robertson, as a gambler turned railroad baron, Gary Collins and Ellen Burstyn.
“His résumé reads like a Baby Boomer’s dream list of must-see TV,” Tom Weaver wrote in his 2005 book, Earth vs. the Sci-Fi Filmmakers.
Kandel had a hand...
Kandel died Oct. 21 of natural causes in his Boston apartment, his daughter Elizabeth Englander told The Hollywood Reporter.
Kandel also wrote multiple episodes of such shows as The Millionaire, The Rogues, Gidget, I Spy, Ironside, The Wild Wild West, It Takes a Thief, Dan August, The New Mike Hammer, Mission: Impossible, Room 222, The Magician, Medical Center, Cannon, Hawaii Five-o and Hart to Hart.
Plus, he co-created Iron Horse, a 1966-68 drama from ABC and Screen Gems that starred Dale Robertson, as a gambler turned railroad baron, Gary Collins and Ellen Burstyn.
“His résumé reads like a Baby Boomer’s dream list of must-see TV,” Tom Weaver wrote in his 2005 book, Earth vs. the Sci-Fi Filmmakers.
Kandel had a hand...
- 11/13/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Not so long ago, the only Australian TV shows imported by the UK and US were soaps and the odd kids’ series. Neighbours, Home & Away, Prisoner: Cell Block H, Heartbreak High, and child trauma factory Round the Twist went overseas, but not much else.
It didn’t make for a very complete picture. 30 years ago, if you’d asked a British person to conjure up Australia based solely on its available TV output, they’d have pictured a land of bait shops, haunted lighthouses, prison wings, and cul de sacs where good neighbours become good friends. Ask one now, and thanks to streaming, it’d be a much broader church, based on viewing comedies, thrillers, dramas, detective shows and more.
Here are some of the best Australian TV series currently available to stream in the UK and US. We’ll update this selection as new series arrive.
Mr Inbetween...
It didn’t make for a very complete picture. 30 years ago, if you’d asked a British person to conjure up Australia based solely on its available TV output, they’d have pictured a land of bait shops, haunted lighthouses, prison wings, and cul de sacs where good neighbours become good friends. Ask one now, and thanks to streaming, it’d be a much broader church, based on viewing comedies, thrillers, dramas, detective shows and more.
Here are some of the best Australian TV series currently available to stream in the UK and US. We’ll update this selection as new series arrive.
Mr Inbetween...
- 10/4/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Gregory Allen Howard, who wrote Remember the Titans and was a producer and writer behind Harriet, died Friday. He was 70.
Howard died following a brief illness in Miami, his rep Jeff Sanderson told The Hollywood Reporter.
Howard, born on Jan. 28, 1952, in Norfolk, Virginia, moved to Los Angeles in the ’90s to pursue a career as a screenwriter. He started making a name for himself in the early 2000s, writing Boaz Yakin’s award-winning Remember the Titans, which starred Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris and Donald Faison. Based on a true story, the film follows the story of Herman Boone, a new African American football coach as he trains a high school team during their first season as a racially integrated group.
He later earned a story-writing credit for Michael Mann’s Ali, the 2001 biopic of sports legend Muhammad Ali. The film, which was nominated for two Oscars, starred Will Smith,...
Howard died following a brief illness in Miami, his rep Jeff Sanderson told The Hollywood Reporter.
Howard, born on Jan. 28, 1952, in Norfolk, Virginia, moved to Los Angeles in the ’90s to pursue a career as a screenwriter. He started making a name for himself in the early 2000s, writing Boaz Yakin’s award-winning Remember the Titans, which starred Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris and Donald Faison. Based on a true story, the film follows the story of Herman Boone, a new African American football coach as he trains a high school team during their first season as a racially integrated group.
He later earned a story-writing credit for Michael Mann’s Ali, the 2001 biopic of sports legend Muhammad Ali. The film, which was nominated for two Oscars, starred Will Smith,...
- 1/28/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From the Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse to Everything Everywhere All at Once, viewers are fascinated by the multiverse. When the mirror breaks and possibilities spin off into space, who will you be? What do other versions of yourself and your world say about the real world?
Science fiction and fantasy books have a long history of multiverses. The subgenre of “portal fantasy” requires universes next door, often approached with almost worshipful solemnity rather than Everything Everywhere‘s soft, absurdist humor. Some feature alternate versions of the same people, while others do not. We’ve tried to screen out pure time travel or alternate history here, while also breaking away from the complex multiverses of actual franchise fiction.
Here’s our list of a variety of multiverse fiction as varied as the worlds they portray:
This Is How You Lose The Time...
Science fiction and fantasy books have a long history of multiverses. The subgenre of “portal fantasy” requires universes next door, often approached with almost worshipful solemnity rather than Everything Everywhere‘s soft, absurdist humor. Some feature alternate versions of the same people, while others do not. We’ve tried to screen out pure time travel or alternate history here, while also breaking away from the complex multiverses of actual franchise fiction.
Here’s our list of a variety of multiverse fiction as varied as the worlds they portray:
This Is How You Lose The Time...
- 5/20/2022
- by Megan Crouse
- Den of Geek
This article contains spoilers for The Sound of Magic.
Adapted from a webtoon called Annarasumanara, Netflix’s latest Korean-language release, The Sound of Magic, is a quick watch at only six episodes—much shorter than most K-drama fare. For that runtime, the drama bites off a bit more than it can chew in terms of storyline, which makes the final episode action-packed with plot points, including reveals concerning magician Ri-eul’s past and the identity of Seo Ha-yoon’s murderer. The ending also must wrap up Ah-yi and Il-deung’s respective stories, which it does with a series-ending time jump in which we see Ah-yi’s life several years after the main events of the story. Here’s everything that happens in “The Last Performance,” The Sound of Magic’s final episode, and what it means for the themes of this magical coming-of-age tale.
Is Magic Real in The Sound of Magic?...
Adapted from a webtoon called Annarasumanara, Netflix’s latest Korean-language release, The Sound of Magic, is a quick watch at only six episodes—much shorter than most K-drama fare. For that runtime, the drama bites off a bit more than it can chew in terms of storyline, which makes the final episode action-packed with plot points, including reveals concerning magician Ri-eul’s past and the identity of Seo Ha-yoon’s murderer. The ending also must wrap up Ah-yi and Il-deung’s respective stories, which it does with a series-ending time jump in which we see Ah-yi’s life several years after the main events of the story. Here’s everything that happens in “The Last Performance,” The Sound of Magic’s final episode, and what it means for the themes of this magical coming-of-age tale.
Is Magic Real in The Sound of Magic?...
- 5/6/2022
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Harold Livingston, an American novelist who wrote the screenplay for “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” in 1979, died early Thursday morning, Bobby Livingston confirmed to Variety. He was 97.
“Star Trek: The Motion Picture” was Livingston’s most famous writing credit, and he also wrote for several TV shows, including “Mission: Impossible,” “The Six Million Dollar Man” and more.
“Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and sci-fi author Alan Dean Foster, who penned several “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” novels, also contributed to the story and script development alongside Livingston. The 1979 film was the first movie in the “Star Trek” franchise, and it starred the original TV series cast members, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta and Stephen Collins.
The film was successful at the box office, earning 139 million worldwide from a 44 million budget, and Paramount ordered a follow-up, “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan...
“Star Trek: The Motion Picture” was Livingston’s most famous writing credit, and he also wrote for several TV shows, including “Mission: Impossible,” “The Six Million Dollar Man” and more.
“Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and sci-fi author Alan Dean Foster, who penned several “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” novels, also contributed to the story and script development alongside Livingston. The 1979 film was the first movie in the “Star Trek” franchise, and it starred the original TV series cast members, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta and Stephen Collins.
The film was successful at the box office, earning 139 million worldwide from a 44 million budget, and Paramount ordered a follow-up, “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan...
- 4/28/2022
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Award winning actress Sarah-Jane Potts, is set to unveil her new short, The Magician, her first as writer/director when the film has it’s World Premiere on 20th May 2022 at the Romford Film Festival.
The Magician is a short film written and directed by Sarah-Jane Potts who co-stars in the film alongside her long time Holby City ally Bob Barrett. The film, which was produced by Sarah-Jane’s husband, actor Joseph Millson, is an uplifting story about an unexpected encounter that saves one woman’s life. Writer/director Sarah-Jane Potts says:
Tennessee Williams said, ‘The world is violent and mercurial, it will have it’s way with you. We are saved only by love.’ For me, there is no love without connection, and there is no connection without kindness. This film is my ode to kindness, and kindness is magic.
Sarah-Jane, Bob Barrett and Joseph Millson will be in...
The Magician is a short film written and directed by Sarah-Jane Potts who co-stars in the film alongside her long time Holby City ally Bob Barrett. The film, which was produced by Sarah-Jane’s husband, actor Joseph Millson, is an uplifting story about an unexpected encounter that saves one woman’s life. Writer/director Sarah-Jane Potts says:
Tennessee Williams said, ‘The world is violent and mercurial, it will have it’s way with you. We are saved only by love.’ For me, there is no love without connection, and there is no connection without kindness. This film is my ode to kindness, and kindness is magic.
Sarah-Jane, Bob Barrett and Joseph Millson will be in...
- 4/8/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Today sees the launch of The Literary Tarot campaign on Kickstarter, pairing some of the world's best authors and artists for a great cause: the Brink Literacy Project!
This project tasked authors with pairing a tarot card with a seminal book that embodies the meaning of the arcana and we are exclusively revealing horror authors that are taking part in this project, along with the novel and card they have chosen:
Guggenheim Fellowship recipient Victor Lavalle (The Changeling) pairs The Tower with H.P. Lovecraft's "The Outsider"
Bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones (The Only Good Indians) pairs Three of Quills (Swords) with W. W. Jacobs’s seminal, supernatural short story Monkey's Paw
Isaac Marion (the author of the bestselling Warm Bodies series) pairs The Hermit with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Bestselling Mexican Gothic novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia pairs The Lovers with Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence
Brink Literacy...
This project tasked authors with pairing a tarot card with a seminal book that embodies the meaning of the arcana and we are exclusively revealing horror authors that are taking part in this project, along with the novel and card they have chosen:
Guggenheim Fellowship recipient Victor Lavalle (The Changeling) pairs The Tower with H.P. Lovecraft's "The Outsider"
Bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones (The Only Good Indians) pairs Three of Quills (Swords) with W. W. Jacobs’s seminal, supernatural short story Monkey's Paw
Isaac Marion (the author of the bestselling Warm Bodies series) pairs The Hermit with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Bestselling Mexican Gothic novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia pairs The Lovers with Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence
Brink Literacy...
- 6/1/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Writer, director and actress Rebecca Miller discusses a few of her favorite films with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)
The Ballad Of Jack And Rose (2005)
The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee (2009)
Maggie’s Plan (2015)
Explorers (1985)
The Way We Were (1973)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
Annie Hall (1977)
Repulsion (1965)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Knife In The Water (1962)
The Tenant (1976)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Persona (1966)
The Magician (1958)
Hour Of The Wolf (1968)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Shining (1980)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Regarding Henry (1991)
Angela (1995)
Badlands (1973)
Casino (1995)
On The Waterfront (1954)
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Jules and Jim (1962)
The Bitter Tears Of Petra von Kant (1972)
Wings Of Desire (1987)
The Killer Inside Me (1976)
The Killer Inside Me (2010)
Married To The Mob (1988)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Dune (1984)
Imitation Of Life (1934)
Imitation Of Life (1959)
Written On The Wind (1956)
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
All That Heaven Allows...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)
The Ballad Of Jack And Rose (2005)
The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee (2009)
Maggie’s Plan (2015)
Explorers (1985)
The Way We Were (1973)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
Annie Hall (1977)
Repulsion (1965)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Knife In The Water (1962)
The Tenant (1976)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Persona (1966)
The Magician (1958)
Hour Of The Wolf (1968)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Shining (1980)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Regarding Henry (1991)
Angela (1995)
Badlands (1973)
Casino (1995)
On The Waterfront (1954)
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Jules and Jim (1962)
The Bitter Tears Of Petra von Kant (1972)
Wings Of Desire (1987)
The Killer Inside Me (1976)
The Killer Inside Me (2010)
Married To The Mob (1988)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Dune (1984)
Imitation Of Life (1934)
Imitation Of Life (1959)
Written On The Wind (1956)
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
All That Heaven Allows...
- 5/11/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
The New Mutants has got to be the unluckiest Marvel movie of the lot. After being stuck in limbo for several years, it finally reached the big screen this past summer in the middle of a pandemic. The result was that it flopped hard, something not helped by the tough critical reception it was met with. Josh Boone’s film deserves some good news, then, and now it’s at last got some.
Apparently, The New Mutants is going down a storm on VOD. Bleeding Cool has revealed that the last ever entry in Fox’s X-Men franchise has topped the lists on Vudu and FandangoNOW to become the number one best-selling pic on both sites, based on revenue. Considering that it was labelled as a write-off back in August, this is a very encouraging sign for the film, which suggests it could go on to achieve a kind of cult status.
Apparently, The New Mutants is going down a storm on VOD. Bleeding Cool has revealed that the last ever entry in Fox’s X-Men franchise has topped the lists on Vudu and FandangoNOW to become the number one best-selling pic on both sites, based on revenue. Considering that it was labelled as a write-off back in August, this is a very encouraging sign for the film, which suggests it could go on to achieve a kind of cult status.
- 11/25/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
It’s been a long road to theaters for The New Mutants, but the movie finally arrived this weekend to poor reviews and a general sense that the film is something of an anomaly. However, it’s still notable for being one of the first major studio releases to make it into cinemas during the Covid-19 crisis, and has opened with a solid, at least relatively speaking, $7 million at the domestic box office.
Despite the negativity surrounding the picture, the novelty of having a fresh release means that its takings are the largest for an opening since theater chains shut down in March. However, audiences finally getting to see The New Mutants may now realize why it was kept off screens for so long, while Disney will probably just be glad that its torturous development has reached an end-point of sorts.
The studio have also released New Mutants internationally, of course,...
Despite the negativity surrounding the picture, the novelty of having a fresh release means that its takings are the largest for an opening since theater chains shut down in March. However, audiences finally getting to see The New Mutants may now realize why it was kept off screens for so long, while Disney will probably just be glad that its torturous development has reached an end-point of sorts.
The studio have also released New Mutants internationally, of course,...
- 8/30/2020
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
Ever since Nick Fury showed up at the end of Iron Man and dropped the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first major bombshell, fans of the comic book genre have been conditioned to expect post-credits scenes that tease what’s to come. Of course, with Constantine ending on a similar note and there being no sign of a sequel fifteen years later, it isn’t always a guarantee that the stinger will lead to bigger and better things.
When it was first announced, The New Mutants was set to be a part of Fox’s X-Men franchise, but the project has suffered so many setbacks that it finally debuts in theaters today as the first to be released under the Disney banner. And with Marvel Studios starting from scratch when it comes to their newly-acquired roster of mutants, Josh Boone’s spinoff looks set to be a one-and-done effort.
There were...
When it was first announced, The New Mutants was set to be a part of Fox’s X-Men franchise, but the project has suffered so many setbacks that it finally debuts in theaters today as the first to be released under the Disney banner. And with Marvel Studios starting from scratch when it comes to their newly-acquired roster of mutants, Josh Boone’s spinoff looks set to be a one-and-done effort.
There were...
- 8/28/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Marvel fans have been waiting for so long and have watched the movie get delayed multiple times, but believe it or not, The New Mutants is finally about to premiere. The hype is pretty high, then, but there’s also the worry that it’s going to be another Dark Phoenix and prove to be not worth the wait. The first reaction to the X-Men spinoff has now been revealed, however, and it gives the film a positive, if not glowing, review.
Insider Mikey Sutton has shared the reaction of a source who’s already seen the movie and labels it a “claustrophobic, icy teen drama” with echoes of “trippy horror fare” from the 1980s such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Shining. Unfortunately, the film’s “central flaw” is said to be that it doesn’t “push the envelope” enough when it comes to the horror content.
Insider Mikey Sutton has shared the reaction of a source who’s already seen the movie and labels it a “claustrophobic, icy teen drama” with echoes of “trippy horror fare” from the 1980s such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Shining. Unfortunately, the film’s “central flaw” is said to be that it doesn’t “push the envelope” enough when it comes to the horror content.
- 8/24/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
If you’ll believe it, and you have every right not to after the constant stream of setbacks that have hit the project, The New Mutants is set to reach theaters on Friday.
Obviously a movie that’s sat on the shelf for years and been hit with a series of delays will finally arrive when the industry is still taking baby steps towards resuming operations due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but at least Josh Boone’s horror-tinged superhero story is finally putting itself out there.
We’re now 28 months removed from the release date that was originally handed out to The New Mutants, and in that time so much has changed that instead of being Fox’s final entry in the X-Men franchise, the mutant spinoff is now the first to fall under the Disney banner via the recently-renamed 20th Century Studios.
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Obviously a movie that’s sat on the shelf for years and been hit with a series of delays will finally arrive when the industry is still taking baby steps towards resuming operations due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but at least Josh Boone’s horror-tinged superhero story is finally putting itself out there.
We’re now 28 months removed from the release date that was originally handed out to The New Mutants, and in that time so much has changed that instead of being Fox’s final entry in the X-Men franchise, the mutant spinoff is now the first to fall under the Disney banner via the recently-renamed 20th Century Studios.
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- 8/24/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
What a fraud, you might have thought glimpsing astrologist Walter Mercado on TV in the ’90s. But you wouldn’t forget his face. The bejeweled and blonded psychic hotline pitchman looked like a sorcerer from outer space. Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch’s giddily glittery documentary “Mucho Mucho Amor” traces the half-century that Mercado was a global icon, his fingers whirling like flamenco dancers as he hypnotized audiences from Holland to Brazil.
Mercado was as at-home on “Sally Jesse Raphael “as he was in his birthplace of Puerto Rico, where strangers would jockey to stroke his fabulous 15-pound capes, or even finagle a kiss on the cheek. Howard Stern hooted that he was “bigger than Jesus Christ.” Mercado demurred that he was closer to Buddha. But when the film starts, Mercado hasn’t been on camera for over a decade. Many fans assume he’s dead. How could that grande dame live without a spotlight?...
Mercado was as at-home on “Sally Jesse Raphael “as he was in his birthplace of Puerto Rico, where strangers would jockey to stroke his fabulous 15-pound capes, or even finagle a kiss on the cheek. Howard Stern hooted that he was “bigger than Jesus Christ.” Mercado demurred that he was closer to Buddha. But when the film starts, Mercado hasn’t been on camera for over a decade. Many fans assume he’s dead. How could that grande dame live without a spotlight?...
- 1/25/2020
- by Amy Nicholson
- Variety Film + TV
Tony Sokol Nov 19, 2019
The Sopranos gave rise to the TV antihero and spelled the death of closure.
Martin Scorsese's gangster film The Irishman promises to deliver classic cinema to Netflix while the rest of the movie-going public ride marvelous theme park attractions on the big screen. David Chase is doing post-production on The Many Saints of Newark, a film prequel to the series which changed television. The Sopranos premiered on HBO on Jan. 10, 1999, immediately eclipsing the groundbreaking series Sex and the City which debuted only six months before. The crime family saga blurred the lines between cinematic and televised art. It also transformed the way people see New Jersey, a borough of Manhattan, where the show's most rabid fans gather for SopranosCon, a place where the Dimeo crime family never dies. It doesn't matter whether Tony Soprano, played by the late James Gandolfini, the head of two Jersey families,...
The Sopranos gave rise to the TV antihero and spelled the death of closure.
Martin Scorsese's gangster film The Irishman promises to deliver classic cinema to Netflix while the rest of the movie-going public ride marvelous theme park attractions on the big screen. David Chase is doing post-production on The Many Saints of Newark, a film prequel to the series which changed television. The Sopranos premiered on HBO on Jan. 10, 1999, immediately eclipsing the groundbreaking series Sex and the City which debuted only six months before. The crime family saga blurred the lines between cinematic and televised art. It also transformed the way people see New Jersey, a borough of Manhattan, where the show's most rabid fans gather for SopranosCon, a place where the Dimeo crime family never dies. It doesn't matter whether Tony Soprano, played by the late James Gandolfini, the head of two Jersey families,...
- 11/19/2019
- Den of Geek
(L-r) Scott Ryan, Nash Edgerton, Chika Yasumura, Michele Bennett, Nicholas Cassim and Brooke Satchwell.
In the writer’s room that is Scott Ryan’s head, the marginalised and charmingly transgressive characters of Mr Inbetween have staged a coup. Unconcerned with character arcs or narrative demands, they flow with dark authenticity.
“I sit down and I just write a bunch of shit, I sit at the computer and stuff comes into my head. It’s like being a medium that channels spirits. I just channel down whatever it is up there,” explained Ryan the creator and star of the dramedy, the second season of which begins today on Foxtel, at a Q&a screening earlier this week.
“I think we have to be open to that creative force or whatever you want to call it and let it work through you and not try to put conditions on it. You let...
In the writer’s room that is Scott Ryan’s head, the marginalised and charmingly transgressive characters of Mr Inbetween have staged a coup. Unconcerned with character arcs or narrative demands, they flow with dark authenticity.
“I sit down and I just write a bunch of shit, I sit at the computer and stuff comes into my head. It’s like being a medium that channels spirits. I just channel down whatever it is up there,” explained Ryan the creator and star of the dramedy, the second season of which begins today on Foxtel, at a Q&a screening earlier this week.
“I think we have to be open to that creative force or whatever you want to call it and let it work through you and not try to put conditions on it. You let...
- 9/13/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Friday night marked the fourth show of a six-night stand at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium for Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, and if the Grammy-winning artist was feeling tired, he certainly didn’t let on. Instead, Isbell proved why he’s one of the finest poets working in American music.
Mixing various aspects of Mark Twain and Bruce Springsteen, Isbell’s skill for penning lyrics that resonate with regular people was on display throughout the 19-song concert, whether he was lifting up the crowd or reducing it to tears with his probing insights.
Mixing various aspects of Mark Twain and Bruce Springsteen, Isbell’s skill for penning lyrics that resonate with regular people was on display throughout the 19-song concert, whether he was lifting up the crowd or reducing it to tears with his probing insights.
- 10/27/2018
- by Chris Parton
- Rollingstone.com
FX has renewed Australian drama “Mr Inbetween” for a second season.
The second season will premiere in 2019, broadcasting day-and-date on FX in the U.S. and Foxtel in Australia.
The half-hour drama was created by and stars Australian actor Scott Ryan and directed by Nash Edgerton. In “Mr Inbetween,” Ryan plays Ray Shoesmith, a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age — and even harder when you’re a criminal for hire. Ryan first introduced audiences to the hitman’s story when he wrote, directed and starred in the 2005 indie flick “The Magician.”
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“It’s been fantastic to see ‘Mr Inbetween’ embraced by fans and critics. The exciting, offbeat and fast moving first season is defined by the magnetic performance and creative vision of Scott Ryan and director Nash Edgerton,...
The second season will premiere in 2019, broadcasting day-and-date on FX in the U.S. and Foxtel in Australia.
The half-hour drama was created by and stars Australian actor Scott Ryan and directed by Nash Edgerton. In “Mr Inbetween,” Ryan plays Ray Shoesmith, a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age — and even harder when you’re a criminal for hire. Ryan first introduced audiences to the hitman’s story when he wrote, directed and starred in the 2005 indie flick “The Magician.”
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“It’s been fantastic to see ‘Mr Inbetween’ embraced by fans and critics. The exciting, offbeat and fast moving first season is defined by the magnetic performance and creative vision of Scott Ryan and director Nash Edgerton,...
- 10/9/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Scott Ryan in ‘Mr Inbetween’.
After directing, writing and starring as the lead in 2005 feature The Magician, Scott Ryan was still full of ideas about where to take his character, charismatic hitman Ray Shoesmith.
“Because of the low budget nature of the film, 80 per cent of the things I wanted to do I couldn’t do…. I had all these ideas, and I was like, ‘Oh, maybe a TV show’,” he said.
Together with the film’s producer, Blue-Tongue Films’ Nash Edgerton, Ryan worked for years to get a series up that was centred on Shoesmith. They came close several times, only to have it fall down at the last minute.
Ryan eventually gave up on the idea that they were ever going to succeed. However, Edgerton persisted.
“He was the first person to really get The Magician. He gets it, he really gets it, and that’s why he...
After directing, writing and starring as the lead in 2005 feature The Magician, Scott Ryan was still full of ideas about where to take his character, charismatic hitman Ray Shoesmith.
“Because of the low budget nature of the film, 80 per cent of the things I wanted to do I couldn’t do…. I had all these ideas, and I was like, ‘Oh, maybe a TV show’,” he said.
Together with the film’s producer, Blue-Tongue Films’ Nash Edgerton, Ryan worked for years to get a series up that was centred on Shoesmith. They came close several times, only to have it fall down at the last minute.
Ryan eventually gave up on the idea that they were ever going to succeed. However, Edgerton persisted.
“He was the first person to really get The Magician. He gets it, he really gets it, and that’s why he...
- 10/1/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Brooke Satchwell and Scott Ryan in ‘Mr Inbetween.’ (Photo: Mark Rogers).
The chances of a second season of Mr Inbetween, the hitman comedy-action-drama created by and starring Scott Ryan, look better than good following the show’s Us premiere on the FX network last Tuesday.
The network, which has 90 million subscribers, uses three key criteria for deciding whether or not to renew a show: Critical acclaim/awards; audiences’ responses including social media; and executives’ belief in the series.
If Mr Inbetween ticks two of those three boxes, FX will almost certainly co-commission with Foxtel another series from Jungle Entertainment and Blue-Tongue Films.
Directed by Nash Edgerton and co-starring Brooke Satchwell, Edgerton’s daughter Chika Yasumura, Damon Herriman, Justin Rosniak and Matt Nable, it premieres on Fox Showcase on October 1 at 8.30 pm.
“We like the show, there is nothing like it on Us television. It has action, comedy and drama and it’s Australian,...
The chances of a second season of Mr Inbetween, the hitman comedy-action-drama created by and starring Scott Ryan, look better than good following the show’s Us premiere on the FX network last Tuesday.
The network, which has 90 million subscribers, uses three key criteria for deciding whether or not to renew a show: Critical acclaim/awards; audiences’ responses including social media; and executives’ belief in the series.
If Mr Inbetween ticks two of those three boxes, FX will almost certainly co-commission with Foxtel another series from Jungle Entertainment and Blue-Tongue Films.
Directed by Nash Edgerton and co-starring Brooke Satchwell, Edgerton’s daughter Chika Yasumura, Damon Herriman, Justin Rosniak and Matt Nable, it premieres on Fox Showcase on October 1 at 8.30 pm.
“We like the show, there is nothing like it on Us television. It has action, comedy and drama and it’s Australian,...
- 9/28/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
TV and film have long been fascinated with the inner lives of spies, assassins, and people who otherwise operate underground and out of sight. Untangling the possible motivations someone might have to live such a life, not to mention carry out startling and sometimes downright horrific acts, provides so much narrative catnip that hardly a month goes by without a new variation on the same theme. 2018’s TV has already had a couple sterling examples in HBO’s “Barry” and BBC America’s “Killing Eve,” both of which manage to depict the lives of assassins in ways we’ve never seen before — which is, after so many other attempts, a real feat.
So if you’re going to try your hand at a hitman story, it’s on you to come up with something more interesting than the many dozens we’ve seen before. “Mr Inbetween,” unfortunately, doesn’t.
FX...
So if you’re going to try your hand at a hitman story, it’s on you to come up with something more interesting than the many dozens we’ve seen before. “Mr Inbetween,” unfortunately, doesn’t.
FX...
- 9/24/2018
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
“I wouldn’t say I enjoy hitting people,” Ray Shoesmith explains. “If I hit somebody, I generally got a pretty good reason.”
Ray, the main character of the Australian drama Mr Inbetween, which debuts Tuesday on FX (I’ve seen all six episodes) is many things: divorced father to elementary schooler Brit (Chika Yasumura), new boyfriend to Ally (Brooke Satchwell), friend to Gary (Justin Rosniak) and caretaker to his ill brother Bruce (Nicholas Cassim). Ray is also a killer for hire, continuing 2018 TV’s fascination with oddball assassins (see: HBO’s Barry,...
Ray, the main character of the Australian drama Mr Inbetween, which debuts Tuesday on FX (I’ve seen all six episodes) is many things: divorced father to elementary schooler Brit (Chika Yasumura), new boyfriend to Ally (Brooke Satchwell), friend to Gary (Justin Rosniak) and caretaker to his ill brother Bruce (Nicholas Cassim). Ray is also a killer for hire, continuing 2018 TV’s fascination with oddball assassins (see: HBO’s Barry,...
- 9/24/2018
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Nash Edgerton. (Photo credit:.Eva Rinaldi)
FX Australia has commissioned its first local TV series,.Mr Inbetween, to be directed by Nash Edgerton..
The 6 x 30 drama - based on series writer Scott Ryan.s 2005 feature The Magician -.marks Edgerton.s debut as a TV series director.
Mr InBetween will follow hitman Ray Shoesmith as he navigates his chilling business while also maintaining friendships, parental responsibilities and romance..
Jungle and Blue Tongue Films will produce the show for FX, with Edgerton also serving as Ep alongside Jason Burrows and Chloe Rickard. Casting is expected to be announced soon and production to begin in Sydney mid-July..
.I couldn.t be more excited about sharing with the world more of Scott Ryan.s dangerously fun character, Ray Shoesmith, with the help of FX, Jungle and producer Michele Bennett.. said Edgerton.
Screen Australia has backed the project via its multiplatform fund, in addition to Screen Nsw.
FX Australia has commissioned its first local TV series,.Mr Inbetween, to be directed by Nash Edgerton..
The 6 x 30 drama - based on series writer Scott Ryan.s 2005 feature The Magician -.marks Edgerton.s debut as a TV series director.
Mr InBetween will follow hitman Ray Shoesmith as he navigates his chilling business while also maintaining friendships, parental responsibilities and romance..
Jungle and Blue Tongue Films will produce the show for FX, with Edgerton also serving as Ep alongside Jason Burrows and Chloe Rickard. Casting is expected to be announced soon and production to begin in Sydney mid-July..
.I couldn.t be more excited about sharing with the world more of Scott Ryan.s dangerously fun character, Ray Shoesmith, with the help of FX, Jungle and producer Michele Bennett.. said Edgerton.
Screen Australia has backed the project via its multiplatform fund, in addition to Screen Nsw.
- 6/7/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Universal’s “Daughter of Smoke and Bone”, long in development, has finally found someone to hold its hand in former visual effects director Michael Gracey, who will be making his feature film debut on the movie. Gracey’s credits include works on “Double Vision”, “Ned Kelly”, and “The Magician”. Based on the series of Young Adult books by Laini Taylor, “Daughter of Smoke and Bone” tells “the tale of a 17-year-old art student whose father occasionally sends her on errands around the world collecting human teeth for a mysterious purpose. The young woman gradually becomes aware that she is part of an ancient struggle between devils and angels and finds herself in a forbidden romance with a warrior angel.” But she at least gets two hunky guys falling madly in love with her, right? Isn’t that a law in these books? Universal and producer Joe Roth, of course, is...
- 12/4/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
If you read my article on Aussie cinema, then you’re well aware of my obsession for the recent films made there over the last year or so. Nash Edgerton (one Oz’s Blue-Tongue Films member), who wrote and directed this year’s The Square, sent me some information on a film he produced in 2005 called The Magician. The film is a faux documentary on a hitman who “makes people disappear.”
Read more on Indie Spotlight: The Magician, produced by The Square’s Nash Edgerton…...
Read more on Indie Spotlight: The Magician, produced by The Square’s Nash Edgerton…...
- 11/8/2010
- by Chase Whale
- GordonandtheWhale
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