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Nordic streamer Viaplay and Amazon’s ad-supported service Freevee have scored online rights to the Australian crime drama Troppo from German group Leonine Studios.
Viaplay picked up SVOD rights to the series, based on Candice Fox’s best-selling Crimson Lake novels, for the Nordics, the Netherlands, Poland and the Baltic region. Amazon Freevee scored AVOD rights for Germany and the U.K.
In Troppo, Thomas Jane plays Ted Conkaffey, a down-and-out ex-cop living in tropical Far North Queensland, Australia, who is recruited by Amanda Pharell (Nicole Chamoun), an eccentric small town private investigator, to investigate the murder of a brilliant tech pioneer. Created and written by Yolanda Ramke (Cargo) and co-directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (Wakefield), Troppo premiered on Australian’s ABC and debuted in the U.S. on Freevee in May.
Radha Mitchell (Olympus Has Fallen), David Lyons (Eat Pray Love) and Yerin Ha (Halo) co-star.
Nordic streamer Viaplay and Amazon’s ad-supported service Freevee have scored online rights to the Australian crime drama Troppo from German group Leonine Studios.
Viaplay picked up SVOD rights to the series, based on Candice Fox’s best-selling Crimson Lake novels, for the Nordics, the Netherlands, Poland and the Baltic region. Amazon Freevee scored AVOD rights for Germany and the U.K.
In Troppo, Thomas Jane plays Ted Conkaffey, a down-and-out ex-cop living in tropical Far North Queensland, Australia, who is recruited by Amanda Pharell (Nicole Chamoun), an eccentric small town private investigator, to investigate the murder of a brilliant tech pioneer. Created and written by Yolanda Ramke (Cargo) and co-directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (Wakefield), Troppo premiered on Australian’s ABC and debuted in the U.S. on Freevee in May.
Radha Mitchell (Olympus Has Fallen), David Lyons (Eat Pray Love) and Yerin Ha (Halo) co-star.
- 10/17/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Australian murder mystery series “Troppo” will premiere on Amazon Freevee May 20, as one of the first originals to launch on the newly renamed streaming platform.
Based on the novel “Crimson Lake” by Cameron Fox, “Troppo” stars Thomas Jane as Ted Conkaffey, an ex-cop accused of a crime that he didn’t commit. Hiding out in the Far North Queensland, he’s recruited by private investigator Amanda Pharrell (Nicole Chamoun) into helping her investigate a bizarre murder case and track down a missing person. In addition to Jane and Chamoun, the cast also includes David Lyons, Yerin Ha, Sun Park, Ling Cooper Tang, Kate Beahan, Cramer Cain, Peta Wilson, Angela Punch McGregor, Damien Garvey, Josh Helman and Radha Mitchell.
“Troppo” initially premiered in Australia this past February on ABC TV. News of it being picked up for a U.S. release on IMDb TV was announced last August. “Troppo” will...
Based on the novel “Crimson Lake” by Cameron Fox, “Troppo” stars Thomas Jane as Ted Conkaffey, an ex-cop accused of a crime that he didn’t commit. Hiding out in the Far North Queensland, he’s recruited by private investigator Amanda Pharrell (Nicole Chamoun) into helping her investigate a bizarre murder case and track down a missing person. In addition to Jane and Chamoun, the cast also includes David Lyons, Yerin Ha, Sun Park, Ling Cooper Tang, Kate Beahan, Cramer Cain, Peta Wilson, Angela Punch McGregor, Damien Garvey, Josh Helman and Radha Mitchell.
“Troppo” initially premiered in Australia this past February on ABC TV. News of it being picked up for a U.S. release on IMDb TV was announced last August. “Troppo” will...
- 4/14/2022
- by Carson Burton and Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
IMDb TV has picked up the first season of Australian drama series Troppo, based on Candice Fox’s bestselling novel Crimson Lake, starring and executive produced by Thomas Jane (The Expanse The Vanished) via his Renegade Entertainment. The upcoming series comes from Eq Media Group, Beyond Entertainment and AGC Television, the television production and distribution division of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios. Production is currently underway in Australia.
Adapted for television by Yolanda Ramke, Troppo is the story of Ted Conkaffey (Jane), an ex-cop falsely accused of committing a disturbing crime, who has escaped to hide away in the tropics of Far North Queensland. As he tries to avoid discovery, he’s drawn into investigating a wild murder and a missing person, alongside a complicated woman, with dark secrets of her own.
Troppo is based on Fox’s book Crimson Lake, the first novel of a gripping contemporary crime series set in Queensland,...
Adapted for television by Yolanda Ramke, Troppo is the story of Ted Conkaffey (Jane), an ex-cop falsely accused of committing a disturbing crime, who has escaped to hide away in the tropics of Far North Queensland. As he tries to avoid discovery, he’s drawn into investigating a wild murder and a missing person, alongside a complicated woman, with dark secrets of her own.
Troppo is based on Fox’s book Crimson Lake, the first novel of a gripping contemporary crime series set in Queensland,...
- 8/5/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
US star Thomas Jane has been announced as the lead for ABC crime series Troppo, due to shoot on the Gold Coast and Far North Queensland mid-year.
Based on Candice Fox’s bestselling novel Crimson Lake, the eight-part series centres on disgraced ex-cop Ted Conkaffey (Jane), who is mismatched with eccentric private investigator Amanda Pharrell to help uncover the whereabouts of a missing Korean family man and tech pioneer.
As they begin to uncover a string of bizarre deaths, the unlikely duo is thrust into a mutual fight for survival and sanity in the wilds of Far North Queensland.
Produced by Eq Media and Beyond Entertainment, with AGC Television onboard as co-financier and co-producer, Troppo is created by Yolanda Ramke, with Jocelyn Moorhouse the set-up director.
The series producer is Karl Zwicky, with executive producers including Quail, Lisa Duff and Simonne Overend (Eq Media Group), Mikael Borglund and David Ogilvy...
Based on Candice Fox’s bestselling novel Crimson Lake, the eight-part series centres on disgraced ex-cop Ted Conkaffey (Jane), who is mismatched with eccentric private investigator Amanda Pharrell to help uncover the whereabouts of a missing Korean family man and tech pioneer.
As they begin to uncover a string of bizarre deaths, the unlikely duo is thrust into a mutual fight for survival and sanity in the wilds of Far North Queensland.
Produced by Eq Media and Beyond Entertainment, with AGC Television onboard as co-financier and co-producer, Troppo is created by Yolanda Ramke, with Jocelyn Moorhouse the set-up director.
The series producer is Karl Zwicky, with executive producers including Quail, Lisa Duff and Simonne Overend (Eq Media Group), Mikael Borglund and David Ogilvy...
- 4/22/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Production on crime series set to begin in July in Queensland
AGC Television and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation are partnering with Screen Australia to co-finance the eight-part crime series Troppo starring Thomas Jane.
Production is set to begin in July in Queensland with Eq Media Group and Beyond Productions on board as producers. AGC Studios holds worldwide rights outside Australia.
Jane will play Ted Conkaffey, a former detective accused of a disturbing crime.
When he escapes to the tropics of Far North Queensland and gets involved with a new private agency, the by-the-book investigator and his new partner start to...
AGC Television and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation are partnering with Screen Australia to co-finance the eight-part crime series Troppo starring Thomas Jane.
Production is set to begin in July in Queensland with Eq Media Group and Beyond Productions on board as producers. AGC Studios holds worldwide rights outside Australia.
Jane will play Ted Conkaffey, a former detective accused of a disturbing crime.
When he escapes to the tropics of Far North Queensland and gets involved with a new private agency, the by-the-book investigator and his new partner start to...
- 4/22/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Australians in Film (AiF) has welcomed several new board members as it works to provide professional development opportunities for its members and industry partners during the pandemic.
The recent additions include Toby Borg, head of the global client strategy division at CAA; director Unjoo Moon (I Am Woman); Penny Smallacombe, head of Indigenous, Screen Australia; Bec Smith, partner at UTA; and Richard Weinberg, CEO Terrace Tower Group and a partner in Material Pictures, Iconic Images, 8 Angel (part of the 8Vc group) and KarlinBerg Entertainment.
They join AiF chair Simonne Overend, Eq Media’s vice president of scripted television for the US; deputy chair Emma Cooper, producer of Penguin Bloom; Rob Marsala, talent manager at Atlas Artists; Eden Gaha, CEO of content production company Mother Media Group; and Karen Robson, partner in the US law firm of Pryor Cashman Llp.
Overend says the AiF Board will navigate the organisation to the...
The recent additions include Toby Borg, head of the global client strategy division at CAA; director Unjoo Moon (I Am Woman); Penny Smallacombe, head of Indigenous, Screen Australia; Bec Smith, partner at UTA; and Richard Weinberg, CEO Terrace Tower Group and a partner in Material Pictures, Iconic Images, 8 Angel (part of the 8Vc group) and KarlinBerg Entertainment.
They join AiF chair Simonne Overend, Eq Media’s vice president of scripted television for the US; deputy chair Emma Cooper, producer of Penguin Bloom; Rob Marsala, talent manager at Atlas Artists; Eden Gaha, CEO of content production company Mother Media Group; and Karen Robson, partner in the US law firm of Pryor Cashman Llp.
Overend says the AiF Board will navigate the organisation to the...
- 2/11/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Alison Bell with Sarah Scheller at Charlie’s (Photo: Costa Vakas).
Victorian College of the Arts (Vca) film and television alumni will have the opportunity to work in Los Angeles thanks to a new partnership between Australians in Film (AiF) and the University of Melbourne.
The $92,000 three-year partnership is the first of its type between AiF and a university and will allow mid-career film and TV graduates to apply for a hot desk at Charlie’s on the Raleigh Studios lot.
Concurrently, the University also announced today the creation of the Melbourne Screen Fund, which aims to raise $5 million in donations to support current Vca students and alumni.
Explaining the rationale for the fund, Vca head of film and television Sandra Sciberras said: “We are all aware of the difficulty of financing films and the vital need for gap finance to support ambitious work that might not otherwise get produced.
“I...
Victorian College of the Arts (Vca) film and television alumni will have the opportunity to work in Los Angeles thanks to a new partnership between Australians in Film (AiF) and the University of Melbourne.
The $92,000 three-year partnership is the first of its type between AiF and a university and will allow mid-career film and TV graduates to apply for a hot desk at Charlie’s on the Raleigh Studios lot.
Concurrently, the University also announced today the creation of the Melbourne Screen Fund, which aims to raise $5 million in donations to support current Vca students and alumni.
Explaining the rationale for the fund, Vca head of film and television Sandra Sciberras said: “We are all aware of the difficulty of financing films and the vital need for gap finance to support ambitious work that might not otherwise get produced.
“I...
- 3/4/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
(L – R): AiF executive director Peter Ritchie, 2019 Regional Screen In La Program recipient Joshua Tyler, Australian Consul General La Chelsey Martin, AiF chair Simonne Overend and Screenworks CEO Ken Crouch.
The second iteration of Screenworks and Australians In Film (AiF)’s Regional Screen in La Program will take the form of an internship with Animal Logic Entertainment (Ale), offering upcoming or recent grads from regional Australia an opportunity to work out of the company’s La office.
AiF have run internship programs with Ale for the past five years and recipients have gone onto careers in the Australian and international screen industries, including Melanie Jayne (HBO), Sleena Wilson (Black Bear Pictures) and Lauren Brown (Ludo Studio).
The internship will run for two months in 2020 and cover all aspects of international feature film development, acquisitions, packaging and production. The successful recipient will work with both Ale and its subsidiary live-action production company,...
The second iteration of Screenworks and Australians In Film (AiF)’s Regional Screen in La Program will take the form of an internship with Animal Logic Entertainment (Ale), offering upcoming or recent grads from regional Australia an opportunity to work out of the company’s La office.
AiF have run internship programs with Ale for the past five years and recipients have gone onto careers in the Australian and international screen industries, including Melanie Jayne (HBO), Sleena Wilson (Black Bear Pictures) and Lauren Brown (Ludo Studio).
The internship will run for two months in 2020 and cover all aspects of international feature film development, acquisitions, packaging and production. The successful recipient will work with both Ale and its subsidiary live-action production company,...
- 11/11/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Clockwise L-r: Luke Davies, Jacob Elordi, Eva Orner and Dion Beebe.
Australians in Film (AiF) is partnering with Amazon Studios to stage industry panels, roundtable conversations and Q&As designed to foster partnerships between Australian and Hollywood creatives and decision makers.
Dop Dion Beebe, filmmakers Eva Orner and Alethea Jones, producer Tracey Robertson and writers Luke Davies, Alice Bell, Sarah Scheller and Alison Bell will be among the speakers at the AiF Hollywood Sessions presented by Amazon Studios.
Among other industry luminaries who will take part in the sessions at Charlie’s on the Raleigh lot in Hollywood are co-executive producer and writer Aaron Ginsburg, actor Jacob Elordi (Euphoria), director Alma Har’el (Honey Boy), Columbia Pictures director of creative development Jiao Chen, Made Up Stories’ Casey Haver and Truant Pictures’ Toby Nalbandian and Greg Schmidt.
The partnership came about through AiF chair Simonne Overend’s business relationship with Amazon Studios,...
Australians in Film (AiF) is partnering with Amazon Studios to stage industry panels, roundtable conversations and Q&As designed to foster partnerships between Australian and Hollywood creatives and decision makers.
Dop Dion Beebe, filmmakers Eva Orner and Alethea Jones, producer Tracey Robertson and writers Luke Davies, Alice Bell, Sarah Scheller and Alison Bell will be among the speakers at the AiF Hollywood Sessions presented by Amazon Studios.
Among other industry luminaries who will take part in the sessions at Charlie’s on the Raleigh lot in Hollywood are co-executive producer and writer Aaron Ginsburg, actor Jacob Elordi (Euphoria), director Alma Har’el (Honey Boy), Columbia Pictures director of creative development Jiao Chen, Made Up Stories’ Casey Haver and Truant Pictures’ Toby Nalbandian and Greg Schmidt.
The partnership came about through AiF chair Simonne Overend’s business relationship with Amazon Studios,...
- 4/17/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Miranda Tapsell and Joshua Tyler. (Photo: John Platt)
Top End Wedding co-writer Joshua Tyler is the inaugural recipient of Screenworks and Australians in Film’s Regional Screen in La Scholarship Program.
Tyler, who lives in Kyneton in country Victoria, will undertake a four-week residency at AiF’s Raleigh Studios-based incubator, Charlie’s; receive personalised sessions with industry consultants, and be introduced to Hollywood executives and creatives while in the Us.
“It’s fantastic to announce Joshua Tyler as the inaugural recipient of our new Regional Screen in La Scholarship Program,” said Screenworks’ CEO Ken Crouch, who noted the high standard of applications received.
“Joshua has already achieved amazing early-career success across multiple story-telling platforms including Top End Wedding, which has recently had its world premiere at the prestigious 2019 Sundance Film Festival and shows strong potential to be a significant Australian talent.
“Our independent assessment panel and judges agreed that Joshua...
Top End Wedding co-writer Joshua Tyler is the inaugural recipient of Screenworks and Australians in Film’s Regional Screen in La Scholarship Program.
Tyler, who lives in Kyneton in country Victoria, will undertake a four-week residency at AiF’s Raleigh Studios-based incubator, Charlie’s; receive personalised sessions with industry consultants, and be introduced to Hollywood executives and creatives while in the Us.
“It’s fantastic to announce Joshua Tyler as the inaugural recipient of our new Regional Screen in La Scholarship Program,” said Screenworks’ CEO Ken Crouch, who noted the high standard of applications received.
“Joshua has already achieved amazing early-career success across multiple story-telling platforms including Top End Wedding, which has recently had its world premiere at the prestigious 2019 Sundance Film Festival and shows strong potential to be a significant Australian talent.
“Our independent assessment panel and judges agreed that Joshua...
- 2/20/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Brendan Dahill
Former ABC, BBC Worldwide and Keo Films Australia executive Brendan Dahill has joined Essential Media Group (Emg) as general manager and executive producer for Australia and New Zealand, a newly-created position.
Since leaving Keo Films he has run Gordian Media, a production company which launched in 2017 and became a joint venture with NBCUniversal and Matchbox Pictures in February.
As MD of Keo Films, which closed its Australian office in 2017, he oversaw productions including documentary series War on Waste for the ABC and factual and entertainment shows River Cottage Australia for Foxtel/Sbs, Struggle Street for Sbs and Bullied for the ABC.
He spent seven years at the ABC where he served as head of non-scripted productions, head of network programming and channel controller of ABC1.
Before that he was director of television at BBC Worldwide Australasia and he had stints at the BBC, ITV and UKTV in the UK and Discovery Channel Europe.
Former ABC, BBC Worldwide and Keo Films Australia executive Brendan Dahill has joined Essential Media Group (Emg) as general manager and executive producer for Australia and New Zealand, a newly-created position.
Since leaving Keo Films he has run Gordian Media, a production company which launched in 2017 and became a joint venture with NBCUniversal and Matchbox Pictures in February.
As MD of Keo Films, which closed its Australian office in 2017, he oversaw productions including documentary series War on Waste for the ABC and factual and entertainment shows River Cottage Australia for Foxtel/Sbs, Struggle Street for Sbs and Bullied for the ABC.
He spent seven years at the ABC where he served as head of non-scripted productions, head of network programming and channel controller of ABC1.
Before that he was director of television at BBC Worldwide Australasia and he had stints at the BBC, ITV and UKTV in the UK and Discovery Channel Europe.
- 10/11/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The producer behind series including “Rake” and “Jack Irish” and the movie “Saving Mr. Banks” is launching Essential Scripted, a new high-end TV and film production business.
International Emmy Award-winning producer Michelle Hardy has joined the team. A first-look deal has also been set with Hardy White Pictures, the Australian drama indie that is a partnership between Hardy, and director Erin White, whose credits include the ABC Australia comedy series “Sando.”
The new division will be part of Essential Media, which is owned by acquisitive film and TV production and distribution group Kew Media.
Essential sold its drama catalog to FremantleMedia last September in a move that saw one of its co-founders, Ian Collie, exit and start FremantleMedia-backed drama shingle Easy Tiger. Based in Sydney and L.A., Essential is now getting back into creating drama with the launch of the new scripted unit.
Essential is run by CEO Chris Hilton...
International Emmy Award-winning producer Michelle Hardy has joined the team. A first-look deal has also been set with Hardy White Pictures, the Australian drama indie that is a partnership between Hardy, and director Erin White, whose credits include the ABC Australia comedy series “Sando.”
The new division will be part of Essential Media, which is owned by acquisitive film and TV production and distribution group Kew Media.
Essential sold its drama catalog to FremantleMedia last September in a move that saw one of its co-founders, Ian Collie, exit and start FremantleMedia-backed drama shingle Easy Tiger. Based in Sydney and L.A., Essential is now getting back into creating drama with the launch of the new scripted unit.
Essential is run by CEO Chris Hilton...
- 7/5/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
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