RomComs

With JUCY close to being finished (at least in the offline sense), I’ve been thinking lots about romantic comedies… and discovered that MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING is the highest grossing box office romcom ever made (in the English speaking world).

Predictably SEX AND THE CITY is in the top ten, as is PRETTY WOMAN. At KCDC we’re working on a sequel to the latter, the real story of what happens when a sex worker marries a rich man… more later.

If you’re interested in how romcoms have fared at the box office, check out this list.

Jucy as a peach

Louise and I took the Jucy roughcut in to the PFTC yesterday, and… they really liked it. Much kudos to Louise and Andrew who are doing an awesome job in the edit suite.

Jucy on the Riviera

Jucy’s EP Steve Kearney is heading off to Cannes next week, taking our film to meetings with potential sales agents as part of his slate. As Louise heads back into the edit suite with Andrew to resume postproduction, we’re hoping Jucy makes a splash on the French Riviera.

SPAA Now Media Forum

Next week I’ll be talking about KCDC’s cross-platform projects in front of and with my peers. The Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) is conducting a series of one-day seminars in the east coast cities of Australia, aiming to ignite producers of traditional media into taking their properties across platforms. The Brisbane seminar will be held at QUT on Friday May 1. Full details here.

Crossing platforms is for everyone

Last week I presented at a workshop organised by Therese Fingleton, Digital Program Officer at the Australia Council for the Arts, and Gary Hayes, Director of AFTRS Laboratory for Advanced Media Studies (LAMP). The workshop was designed to inspire Australia’s established arts organisations with ways they might use digital platforms that are relevant to their field, and to their audience.

Jucy Stage 4

Despite Jucy not appearing in my recent posts, we’ve been busy bees in the last two months… Louise has been editing in Sydney with Andrew Soo; and as well as sending out cheques I’ve been putting elements together for Executive Producer Steve Kearney to take to Cannes in May.

Spooks Interactive in Australia

Spooks Interactive is a rich immersive online extension to the BBC’s flagship drama about MI5; co-produced by UK’s Kudos Film & TV and Brisbane’s Hoodlum. When ABC air Season 6 of Spooks (commencing Monday 6 April), fans will be able to log on and continue the spy drama in their own time, outside the appointed television timeslot.

Bridging the digital generation gap

I’ve been intrigued reading about the growing number of older people online. With the prospect of a dramatically ageing population looking us squarely in the eye, it’s exciting to think about ways we can engage an older audience.

A new chapter begins

SBS has just confirmed their offer to develop one of KCDC’s cross-platform projects.

It’s a narrative comedy series originally conceived by Kelly Chapman and developed with award winning screenwriter Stephen Sewell. The network funded stage of development begins next month. Stay tuned.

That’s a wrap!

We were blessed with a great team shooting JUCY. Here’s the crew on the last night of principal photography.