After focussing on TV dramas, David Caesar plans to direct a conspiracy thriller, his first feature since Prime Mover in 2009.
Scripted by Terence Hammond and produced by Antony I. Ginnane, Spontaneous Combustion is set during a pandemic involving government and Big Pharma.
The plan is to start shooting in Melbourne in the first quarter of 2015, with post production and VFX in Queensland. The logline reads, "When a marine biologist who saw his father burst into flames for no reason is drawn into investigating an outbreak of spontaneous combustion deaths by an investigative journalist, they uncover a Big Pharma conspiracy and put their own lives on the line in a race to stop the development of a deadly global weapon."
.David is harking back to his Dirty Deeds milieu here, and he.s a big fan of The Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor and The Conversation, which is the zone we are in here,...
Scripted by Terence Hammond and produced by Antony I. Ginnane, Spontaneous Combustion is set during a pandemic involving government and Big Pharma.
The plan is to start shooting in Melbourne in the first quarter of 2015, with post production and VFX in Queensland. The logline reads, "When a marine biologist who saw his father burst into flames for no reason is drawn into investigating an outbreak of spontaneous combustion deaths by an investigative journalist, they uncover a Big Pharma conspiracy and put their own lives on the line in a race to stop the development of a deadly global weapon."
.David is harking back to his Dirty Deeds milieu here, and he.s a big fan of The Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor and The Conversation, which is the zone we are in here,...
- 7/16/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Lynette Curran, Susie Porter, Gillian Jones and Lisa Hensley are attached to star in a 30-minute drama which tackles sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
A Priest in the Family is based on a short story by Irish writer Colm Tóibín about an elderly woman whose son, a parish priest, is accused of molesting his former students.
The producers aim to raise $40,000 via crowd-funding site Indiegogo (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-priest-in-the-family/x/2213312) by August 5, with plans to start shooting in the hamlet of Portland, near Lithgow, on September 28. Peter Humble wrote the screenplay and will share the directing duties with the producer Anni Finsterer.
.We are making a film that tells the emotional tale of how clergy sexual abuse affects not just individuals but also families and communities,. Anni said. .We want to make people more informed and thereby give them a voice.
.It is a simply told tale...
A Priest in the Family is based on a short story by Irish writer Colm Tóibín about an elderly woman whose son, a parish priest, is accused of molesting his former students.
The producers aim to raise $40,000 via crowd-funding site Indiegogo (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-priest-in-the-family/x/2213312) by August 5, with plans to start shooting in the hamlet of Portland, near Lithgow, on September 28. Peter Humble wrote the screenplay and will share the directing duties with the producer Anni Finsterer.
.We are making a film that tells the emotional tale of how clergy sexual abuse affects not just individuals but also families and communities,. Anni said. .We want to make people more informed and thereby give them a voice.
.It is a simply told tale...
- 7/10/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Actor, writer and director Anthony Hayes has many nicknames.
While "Tony" or "Hayes" are obvious, he's also been called "the John Turturro of Australian acting" given his tendency to nail standout supporting roles and the fact that filmmakers tend to offer him roles they have earmarked for him, rather than audition him. Luis Guzman could be another comparison.
His roles playing bearded, mulleted, working-class criminal types have spawned a moniker: "The King of Western Grit" -- and his most hardcore fans have created an online shrine as a homage to this idea.
Nominated for four Australian Film Institute awards and winner of two, he's played bogans and crims, soldiers and cops; in David Ceasar's Prime Mover he played three separate roles, and in his most recent work on the box -- in the dark black satirical comedy series Review with Myles Barlow -- he played himself, albeit a mad drug-dealing criminal version.
While "Tony" or "Hayes" are obvious, he's also been called "the John Turturro of Australian acting" given his tendency to nail standout supporting roles and the fact that filmmakers tend to offer him roles they have earmarked for him, rather than audition him. Luis Guzman could be another comparison.
His roles playing bearded, mulleted, working-class criminal types have spawned a moniker: "The King of Western Grit" -- and his most hardcore fans have created an online shrine as a homage to this idea.
Nominated for four Australian Film Institute awards and winner of two, he's played bogans and crims, soldiers and cops; in David Ceasar's Prime Mover he played three separate roles, and in his most recent work on the box -- in the dark black satirical comedy series Review with Myles Barlow -- he played himself, albeit a mad drug-dealing criminal version.
- 9/5/2010
- Screen Anarchy
With the horror renaissance well and truly underway in Australia, Crush director John V.Soto is back with another creepy horror to make your skin crawl.
Needle is about Ben Rutherford, a young college student and his friends who are targeted by a vengeful killer who uses an 18th century machine with deadly supernatural powers. Not just any powers though, but voodoo!!
Michael Dorman (Daybreakers, Prime Mover) stars, alongside John Jarratt (Wolf Creek, Dark Age), Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom, Cosi), Jessica Marais (Packed to the Rafters), and the up-and-coming Luke Carroll (Stone Bros).
Lightning Entertainment has picked up Needle for a Us DVD release, but no word as yet on other territories. Here's hoping the film hits cinemas in Australia at least!
Needle is about Ben Rutherford, a young college student and his friends who are targeted by a vengeful killer who uses an 18th century machine with deadly supernatural powers. Not just any powers though, but voodoo!!
Michael Dorman (Daybreakers, Prime Mover) stars, alongside John Jarratt (Wolf Creek, Dark Age), Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom, Cosi), Jessica Marais (Packed to the Rafters), and the up-and-coming Luke Carroll (Stone Bros).
Lightning Entertainment has picked up Needle for a Us DVD release, but no word as yet on other territories. Here's hoping the film hits cinemas in Australia at least!
- 5/10/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Before Australian writer/director David Caesar became a filmmaker, he was a truck driver.
And while his short stint on the open road ended abruptly when he crashed his truck, the impressions of the culture stayed with him and informed his first feature film script - an dark road thriller - which he wrote, tucked away in a drawer but revisited from time to time as his career in television and film directing took off.
A decade later, after making his mark with explosive bank robbery black comedy Idiot Box and one of Sam Worthington's first Aussie hits, Guy Ritchie-esque gangster movie Dirty Deeds, as well as lots of TV, Caesar came back to that first script, Prime Mover, and set about transforming it into a film closer to what he now wanted to make.
Greatly influenced by Korean directors' extreme mixes of styles and genres in their films,...
And while his short stint on the open road ended abruptly when he crashed his truck, the impressions of the culture stayed with him and informed his first feature film script - an dark road thriller - which he wrote, tucked away in a drawer but revisited from time to time as his career in television and film directing took off.
A decade later, after making his mark with explosive bank robbery black comedy Idiot Box and one of Sam Worthington's first Aussie hits, Guy Ritchie-esque gangster movie Dirty Deeds, as well as lots of TV, Caesar came back to that first script, Prime Mover, and set about transforming it into a film closer to what he now wanted to make.
Greatly influenced by Korean directors' extreme mixes of styles and genres in their films,...
- 4/9/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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