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US dramas directed by John Polson
Aussie director John Polson sure is doing well for himself in the US.
In the next 7 days there are 2 US shows he has directed airing on Australian television.
Tomorrow night’s episode of The Mentalist “Blood In, Blood Out” airs at 8:30pm on Nine.
Next Sunday night the Tropfest creator has also directed “Unorthodox”, an episode of The Good Wife. It airs at 8:30pm on TEN.
The end for Wilfred
“I don’t want to be a 40-year-old man talking to a guy in a dog-suit,” says Adam Zwar.
“I want to explore other characters. I could probably write Wilfred ’til I’m 70 but I’ve got everything I want out of these two series.”
And with that, dog-lovers everywhere will be lamenting the fact that Wilfred won’t be coming back for a third series.
The SBS comedy, which started its second season on air this week, has been the plaything of Zwar and co-creator Jason Gann for several years, first as a Tropfest film in …
Movie Extra channels free for 2 weeks
Foxtel subscribers are in for a treat at the moment with the Movie Networks suite of channels currently available to all subscribers until March 8th.
Last night Movie Extra aired Tropfest 2010, which will also be repeated this Saturday arvo at 1pm.
On Thursday Movie Extra premieres Season 3 of Mad Men.
And on March 8 it airs the Academy Awards live.
The channels on offer include Movie One, Movie Two, FMC Family, Starpics 1, Starpics 2, Movie Extra, Movie Greats, TCM and World Movies.
However the offer doesn’t extend to HD Channels.
It’s Tropfest 2010
Tropfest 2010 is held today at The Domain in Sydney and is screened live around the country at various sites:
Melbourne: Federation Square
Canberra: Commonwealth Park
Adelaide: Colley Terrace, Glenglg
Perth: Bohemia Outdoor Cinema, Princess May Park
Brisbane: Suncorp Piazza, Southbank
Hobart: Salamanca Place
Surfers Paradise: Circle on Cavill
It you are attending in Sydney, here is the rundown.
Domain:
12:00pm: Grounds Open and TropJr Pre-show activities commence
01:00pm: Trop Jr 2010 Festival Program commences
03:00pm: Movie Extra Tropfest Pre-show Entertainment starts
04:00pm: Live DJ
05:00pm: National satellite link goes live from Sydney to venues nationwide
05:15pm: Live performance from Gibson Artist featuring the Hoodoo Gurus
05:45pm: …
Alan Brough’s next career as Red Carpet bitch
If his career on Spicks and Specks were to take a sudden turn, Alan Brough could almost take up a new career hosting on Red Carpets.
Brough and Adam Hills hosted Movie Extra’s live Tropfest broadcast in 2009, and will resume the roles for the 2010 event this Sunday.
He told TV Tonight he was surprised how much he enjoyed the Red Carpet hosting.
“Last year I did the Red Carpet, which is something that I never thought I’d do, but I found it was quite fun.” he said. “I think people were …
Returning: Tropfest
Adam Hills and Alan Brough will host Movie Extra’s Tropfest broadcast next month.
The world’s biggest short film festival will once again screen live to air, at 7:30pm on Sunday 21st February from The Domain, Sydney.
It will include full event commentary, coverage of the red carpet glamour, interviews with judges and key figures of the Australian film industry, roving reporters and vox pops with the punters.
The Nine Network will again have a TropFest special at a date yet to be announced.
The signature item for 2010 is “Dice.”
Every kid wants to be on Prank Patrol, but…
Since launching ABC3 in early December, it isn’t the pride of place drama My Place that is resonating most with the young audience, but Scotty Tweedie and his Prank Patrol Ninjas.
In the show, kids get the chance to create, build and execute the prank of a lifetime on their chosen target – a friend, sibling, or even their class.
Production company activeTV, which also produces Carols in the Domain, The Amazing Race Asia, Tropfest and the Country Music Awards of Australia, could be set for a long run with the show …
Returning: Chandon Pictures
ABC picks up Movie Extra’s Chandon Pictures a second time round, offering the show as comedy fare over summer.
Created and directed by Tropfest winners, Rob Carlton and Alex Weinress, the series returnes to follow the misadventures of Tom Chandon (Rob Carlton) and his fledgling video production company.
This season’s guests include Don Hany, Lynette Curran, Roy Billing, Marshall Napier and Doug Scroope.
In the Season Two, Tom returns somewhat defeated from a brief stint in Hollywood. His brother Carmichael has taken a job in Singapore and Chandon Pictures have opened up new headquarters. …
Tropscore search for new composer
Usually talent searches are for performers and models, occasionally filmmakers or writers, but MAX has joined with Tropfest to find the next big thing in film scoring.
This national competition celebrates the union of music and film and provides a creative platform for musicians and composers.
The second Tropscore competition is open to experienced and amateur musicians, composers, bands and artists of all ages. The winner will have the opportunity to: perform their score at Movie Extra Tropfest 2010, perform live on MAX, and have their composition included on the 2010 Movie Extra …
Airdate: Flickerfest 2009
Actor Damian Walshe-Howling will host short film festival Flickerfest for the Movie Extra channel. It follows the channel screening Tropfest 2009.
This will be a 6 part behind-the-scenes look at the world of creating Australia’s best short films.
Walshe-Howling is a good candidate for this task, having directed his own short film, The Bloody Sweet Hit, in 2007. Here he will be talking to the actors, directors and producers of these various short films.
Each episode will include two short films, interviews with the filmmakers and a Director’s Toolkit.
It features a selection of both …
Airdate: Tropfest 2009
Tropfest, the world’s largest film festival has its annual free to air screening next month when Channel Nine shows the finalists in this year’s competition.
In February audiences of over 150,000 watched the 16 finalist films beamed live via satellite to venues in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Hobart, Adelaide, Gold Coast and Brisbane. It also screened live on Movie Extra.
The winner was NSW’s Genevieve Clay with Be My Brother.
Channel Nine screens the two hour showcase at 9:30pm Saturday April 11th.
Funny business
England, Poland, Romania, Finland, Serbia, USA and Russia -all territories that have picked up Movie Extra’s Chandon Pictures. Not a bad innings for a series that sprang to life after Rob Carlton and Alex Weinress won Tropfest 2006, albeit with another project.
The comedy series set within the ailing video production company headed by Tom Chandon (Carlton) is back for more hapless adventures.
“For those viewers familiar with Series One we learn a lot more about Lucy Tennant (Rebecca Massey), the producer behind the team,” said Carlton. “We go and visit the greyhound …