Me and My Monsters to film in Sydney

Me and My Monsters, a new children’s television production from the Jim Henson Company, will be filmed in Sydney.

The co-production with Tiger Aspect and Sticky Pictures, will create 100 local jobs, mostly at FOX Studios.

The series tells the story of The Carlson family who have recently relocated from Australia to a smart townhouse in the UK. They picked their new home up for a knock down price, because, as it turns out, there are monsters in the basement. The youngest Carlson, Eddie, is the happiest boy in the world because of his naughty new friends who don’t think or behave like human beings.

The drama mixes real life actors with three Henson-created puppet characters – the monsters Haggis, Norman and Fiend. Currently Henson is building the three central puppet characters in the UK and casting for the actors is underway.

Screen NSW has incentive funding in the project under the “Film and Television Industry Attraction Fund.”

Chief Executive Tania Chambers said, “The making of Me and My Monsters in Sydney will employ 100 cast and crew from NSW and use NSW visual and sound post-production facilities, consolidating Sydney’s reputation for world-class screen talent and facilities.

“The Jim Henson Company (UK) will be sending a representative to Sydney to train puppeteers and puppet technicians in its world leading techniques, adding to the skills set of our screen technicians.”

Donna Andrews, from Sticky Pictures added, “We are grateful for the support given to Me & My Monsters by the NSW Government and look forward to producing a wonderfully entertaining series that children of Australia and from around the world will enjoy”.

Pre-production will start immediately with filming and post-production from May to November 2010.