Kate Mulvany. (Photo: Amelia Dowd)
Kate Mulvany and John Howard have joined the cast of The Merger, a comedy/drama which will star Damian Callinan.
Callinan has written the script based on his one-man show about a country football coach who hatches an unorthodox plan to rebuild the local football team by recruiting recently-settled asylum seekers.
Mulvany will play the mother of Neil, an inquisitive, mischievous nine-year-old who is mourning the death of his father.
Howard will portray the cantankerous former boss of the long-closed local steelworks who resents the presence of the asylum seekers.
Callinan is Troy Carrington, a former professional football player who returns to his country town after an abrupt end to his sporting career and is persuaded to coach the hapless local footy team, the Roosters.
Shooting is due to start in Wagga Wagga in October, produced by Anne Robinson and directed by Mark Grentell, the...
Kate Mulvany and John Howard have joined the cast of The Merger, a comedy/drama which will star Damian Callinan.
Callinan has written the script based on his one-man show about a country football coach who hatches an unorthodox plan to rebuild the local football team by recruiting recently-settled asylum seekers.
Mulvany will play the mother of Neil, an inquisitive, mischievous nine-year-old who is mourning the death of his father.
Howard will portray the cantankerous former boss of the long-closed local steelworks who resents the presence of the asylum seekers.
Callinan is Troy Carrington, a former professional football player who returns to his country town after an abrupt end to his sporting career and is persuaded to coach the hapless local footy team, the Roosters.
Shooting is due to start in Wagga Wagga in October, produced by Anne Robinson and directed by Mark Grentell, the...
- 6/15/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Damian Callinan..
With production funding from Screen Australia and Create Nsw, comedian Damian Callinan will adapt his live act into a feature, The Merger.
The film reunites writer and actor Callinan with the team behind 2014 comedy Backyard Ashes, producer Anne Robinson and director Mark Grentell.
The Merger will follow a country football coach who has a plan to rebuild the local football team by recruiting recently settled asylum seekers. It's an adaptation of Callinan.s 2009 live show, which toured nationally for six years and earned him nominations for the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the West Australian Editors. Choice Award at Perth Fringe.
.The live version of.The Merger,.which has toured every nook of the nation, used empathy to simplify the confusion over the refugee issue and was well received by audiences of all ilks,. said Callinan.and Grentell in a joint statement. .We are...
With production funding from Screen Australia and Create Nsw, comedian Damian Callinan will adapt his live act into a feature, The Merger.
The film reunites writer and actor Callinan with the team behind 2014 comedy Backyard Ashes, producer Anne Robinson and director Mark Grentell.
The Merger will follow a country football coach who has a plan to rebuild the local football team by recruiting recently settled asylum seekers. It's an adaptation of Callinan.s 2009 live show, which toured nationally for six years and earned him nominations for the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the West Australian Editors. Choice Award at Perth Fringe.
.The live version of.The Merger,.which has toured every nook of the nation, used empathy to simplify the confusion over the refugee issue and was well received by audiences of all ilks,. said Callinan.and Grentell in a joint statement. .We are...
- 5/29/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Five established filmmakers have come together to create new Australian production company Bonafide Pictures..
Writer-director-actors Serhat Caradee (Cedar Boys) and Daniel Krige (West) have joined forces with producers Anne Robinson (West, Backyard Ashes), Tim Maddocks (Terminus) and Liz Burton (Cedar Boys) to develop content for local and international markets under the Bonafide banner.
The company is currently in development on both long and short-form projects for the big screen as well as TV, including advertising and corporate videos..
.Having known each other for a while, we all share the same drive and passion for wanting to tell entertaining and engaging stories that say something about our world, so it made sense to join forces and pool our resources., the team said in a statement..
Currently they have nine feature films in development, plus three TV series, two documentaries and two web series..
The team is also aiming to nurture up-and-coming filmmakers through industry attachments,...
Writer-director-actors Serhat Caradee (Cedar Boys) and Daniel Krige (West) have joined forces with producers Anne Robinson (West, Backyard Ashes), Tim Maddocks (Terminus) and Liz Burton (Cedar Boys) to develop content for local and international markets under the Bonafide banner.
The company is currently in development on both long and short-form projects for the big screen as well as TV, including advertising and corporate videos..
.Having known each other for a while, we all share the same drive and passion for wanting to tell entertaining and engaging stories that say something about our world, so it made sense to join forces and pool our resources., the team said in a statement..
Currently they have nine feature films in development, plus three TV series, two documentaries and two web series..
The team is also aiming to nurture up-and-coming filmmakers through industry attachments,...
- 5/8/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
After their successful collaboration on Backyard Ashes, the producers and Umbrella Entertainment are teaming up on another sports-themed comedy with a topical, dramatic twist.
Set in the fictional country town Bodgy Creek, The Merger will follow a struggling Afl club which enlists newly-settled asylum seekers to make up the numbers in a desperate effort to break a 27-game losing streak.
The screenplay by Damian Callinan is adapted from his one-man stage show which toured Australia and was nominated for a Barry award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2010.
Callinan, who will play the team.s captain coach in the film, delighted attendees at last week.s Australian International Movie Convention, with routines from the show.
Mark Grentell will direct and produce with Callinan and Anne Robinson. Grentell tells If, .It.s a comedy but there are some intense and dramatic scenes dealing with racism, asylum seekers and life in a small town.
Set in the fictional country town Bodgy Creek, The Merger will follow a struggling Afl club which enlists newly-settled asylum seekers to make up the numbers in a desperate effort to break a 27-game losing streak.
The screenplay by Damian Callinan is adapted from his one-man stage show which toured Australia and was nominated for a Barry award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2010.
Callinan, who will play the team.s captain coach in the film, delighted attendees at last week.s Australian International Movie Convention, with routines from the show.
Mark Grentell will direct and produce with Callinan and Anne Robinson. Grentell tells If, .It.s a comedy but there are some intense and dramatic scenes dealing with racism, asylum seekers and life in a small town.
- 10/20/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Riding high on the unexpected success of his debut film Backyard Ashes, writer- director Mark Grentell next plans to tackle a comedy about a struggling Aussie Rules team in a bush town.
The film is based on The Merger, Damian Callinan.s one-man show in which he played all the characters. Callinan is set to play the lead, Troy Carrington, the coach of the fictitious Bodgy Creek Roosters Football Club.
Desperately short of men and faced with the prospect of the team folding or merging with its arch rivals, Troy has the bright idea of recruiting players from the local asylum seekers. refuge centre.
.It.s very funny,. says Grentell, who cast Callinan as Spock in Backyard Ashes, the comedy set in Wagga Wagga about two neighbours who settle their differences with a bizarre game of backyard cricket, featuring Felix Williamson, John Wood, Andrew S. Gilbert and Rebecca Massey.
Callinan is a stand-up comic,...
The film is based on The Merger, Damian Callinan.s one-man show in which he played all the characters. Callinan is set to play the lead, Troy Carrington, the coach of the fictitious Bodgy Creek Roosters Football Club.
Desperately short of men and faced with the prospect of the team folding or merging with its arch rivals, Troy has the bright idea of recruiting players from the local asylum seekers. refuge centre.
.It.s very funny,. says Grentell, who cast Callinan as Spock in Backyard Ashes, the comedy set in Wagga Wagga about two neighbours who settle their differences with a bizarre game of backyard cricket, featuring Felix Williamson, John Wood, Andrew S. Gilbert and Rebecca Massey.
Callinan is a stand-up comic,...
- 1/29/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Umbrella Entertainment is turning the conventional notion of theatrical distribution on its head with Backyard Ashes, an Aussie comedy about two neighbours who settle their differences with a bizarre game of backyard cricket.
The release plan rules out booking the film into any capital city and the distributor is doing its best to keep it away from critics, perhaps fearing reviews that might raise the spectre of cricket-themed misfire Save Your Legs!
The self-funded film from first-time director Mark Grentell will premiere on November 6 at the Forum 6 Cinemas in Wagga Wagga, where it was shot largely in the backyard of Mark.s mother.s house.
The filmmakers and key cast will fly in for the premiere on a helicopter owned by a mate of Mark.s which was used to film aerial shots of the town in the opening sequence.
The comedy will open on November 7 in four towns: Wagga Wagga,...
The release plan rules out booking the film into any capital city and the distributor is doing its best to keep it away from critics, perhaps fearing reviews that might raise the spectre of cricket-themed misfire Save Your Legs!
The self-funded film from first-time director Mark Grentell will premiere on November 6 at the Forum 6 Cinemas in Wagga Wagga, where it was shot largely in the backyard of Mark.s mother.s house.
The filmmakers and key cast will fly in for the premiere on a helicopter owned by a mate of Mark.s which was used to film aerial shots of the town in the opening sequence.
The comedy will open on November 7 in four towns: Wagga Wagga,...
- 10/22/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A refreshingly old-fashioned piece of family entertainment, Nanny McPhee And The Big Bang proves to be an enjoyable sequel...
For anyone who says they don't make films like they used to any more, Nanny McPhee And The Big Bang provides a pleasant reminder that, in fact, sometimes they do. A refreshingly old-fashioned venture into Enid Blyton territory dressed up with the occasional big CGI flourish, it's a nicely played story of childhood adventure and the importance of family.
Fans of the original Nanny McPhee will likewise enjoy Big Bang. Emma Thompson, scripting again, leaves things pretty much as they were before. Though set 100 years after the first film (we're now in World War II), it's a familiar story of a parent (Maggie Gyllenhaal's Mrs Green, whose husband is off fighting) over-run by unruly kids and a financial problem to solve.
Where its predecessor had Colin Firth's widower needing...
For anyone who says they don't make films like they used to any more, Nanny McPhee And The Big Bang provides a pleasant reminder that, in fact, sometimes they do. A refreshingly old-fashioned venture into Enid Blyton territory dressed up with the occasional big CGI flourish, it's a nicely played story of childhood adventure and the importance of family.
Fans of the original Nanny McPhee will likewise enjoy Big Bang. Emma Thompson, scripting again, leaves things pretty much as they were before. Though set 100 years after the first film (we're now in World War II), it's a familiar story of a parent (Maggie Gyllenhaal's Mrs Green, whose husband is off fighting) over-run by unruly kids and a financial problem to solve.
Where its predecessor had Colin Firth's widower needing...
- 3/24/2010
- Den of Geek
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