Developing Projects
Azrael: formerly Death's Requiem:
Key Crew: Director Marc Furmie
Producers: Tim Maddocks (Sum of Existence, Death's Requiem short)
Michael Cowan (Merchant of Venice, Head in the Clouds, Secret of Moonacre)
Co Producer: Simon Ritch
Executive Producers: Stuart Scowcroft, Charles Vowell and Rezso Bodonyi
Casting Agent: Marianne Jade, Maura Fay
Production Designer: George Liddle, (Rapa Nui, Dark City, Kangaroo Jack, Komodo)
DOP: Carl Robertson, (Death's Requiem (Short), Road Train)
Synopsis
Nathan Chapelis an obsessive artist and creator of the comic book series Azrael. Oncompleting the 36th and final installment, his masterpiece, Nathan attemptssuicide and fails. In therapy he meets Sarah and finds new meaning in life andinspiration for his art. When people around him start dying mysteriously Nathanmust search for clues to save Sarah. Detectives have also started gatheringevidence in their case against him. When one of them dies his partner Grishamraces to capture Nathan with Issue 36 as the evidence he needs to convictNathan. Nathan himself is trying to save Sarah from the evil he has created andmust evade capture long enough to set her free.
Funding:
Waterloo Finance has agreed to cashflow the production, secured by:
Australian Producer Offset (32% in this case)
30% in either Equity or Pre Sales, towards this we have Film Vic 4% of Vic spend (approx 2.5%)
Post Production equity returned as funds for a distributor.
Lightning Entertainment has offered to handle international sales.
Project Notes: Following on from the success of the short film on the international festival circuit Maddfilms has been working with writer-director Marc Furmie on a feature film based on the characters from the short. The growth in scale has drawn new partnerships with experienced practitioner Michael Cowan of Spice Factory UK and has a Letter of Intent from Waterloo Finance to cash flow production on the meeting of certain criteria. Maddfilms is working with Maura Fay Casting to engage the right performers to bring this compelling script to screen.
Top Australian Heads of Department are beginning work to realise the vision created. Amongst them are Designer George Liddle, Sound Designer Peter Miller and the award winning Director of Photography from the short film, Carl Robertson ACS. This team is working with Tim Maddocks of Maddfilms and Simon Ritch who produces with Marc at Film Graphics who recently created the Short film Dark Horse - winner of Best Short at the 2010 Byron Bay International Film Festival.
The Dead Sea
Writer: Director Anthony Rose
Producer: Tim Maddocks
Like Dead Calm meets Saw, The Dead Sea is a tense drama that strips bare the realities of modern day piracy. This is a shocking, brutal story with an unflinching approach to violence. Blending action adventure with dramatic storytelling and a horror film sensibility, The Dead Sea will chill you to the bone.
Synopsis
What starts out as a dream come true tropical adventure for a group of friends rapidly descends into a life or death struggle for survival in the lawless South China Sea as pirates attack and wreak havoc. Soon father is pitted against son in a sadistic game of kill or be killed. Each man must journey to the primal depths of his humanity to survive.
Status - Topical script (many news items on Pirates), no development funding to date, post production equity deal 10%
Aust Producer Offset 30% cash flow agreement in place
10% Gap finance agreement
Psyclops (Working Title)
Key Crew: Director, Matty Limpus
Producer: Tim Maddocks,
Writer: Steve Willems,
DOP: Denson Baker (The Waiting City, The Black Balloon, Deck Dogz)
Synopsis
Seven students set out to save their favourite surf spot from corrupt developers. Once on site they discover why the workers have left - a creature is there protecting its habitat the only way it knows how - by killing all intruders!
Funding:
Verbal Agreement with James Vernon to cashflow the APO only