Projects by Stephan Elliott, The Babadook writer- director Jennifer Kent, Ben Elton, Rowan Woods, Trent O'Donnell and Jacqueline McKenzie are among the recipients of the latest round of development funding from Screen Australia.
The agency is investing more than $550,000 in 16 feature film projects, including 11 new ones and five that get continued support.
Screen Australia.s Head of Production Sally Caplan, said, .The funding decisions made in this last quarter reflect the breadth of stories coming out of this country and the depth of talent. It is great to be able to support such a spread of genres and ideas and such a range of established and emerging writing, directing and producing talent..
Elliott.s Madams is a comedy from the writers of Easy Virtue. Kent gets funding for Interior, a revenge thriller set in Tasmania in the 1820s.
Woods. The Phobos Experiment is a thriller in which people simulate training...
The agency is investing more than $550,000 in 16 feature film projects, including 11 new ones and five that get continued support.
Screen Australia.s Head of Production Sally Caplan, said, .The funding decisions made in this last quarter reflect the breadth of stories coming out of this country and the depth of talent. It is great to be able to support such a spread of genres and ideas and such a range of established and emerging writing, directing and producing talent..
Elliott.s Madams is a comedy from the writers of Easy Virtue. Kent gets funding for Interior, a revenge thriller set in Tasmania in the 1820s.
Woods. The Phobos Experiment is a thriller in which people simulate training...
- 4/11/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Ben Elton and The Wiggles may seem a strange combination but the Englishman is attached to write and direct a movie featuring the Australian group.
Entitled The Wiggles- Pandamonium!, the movie will follow the quartet as they race against time and employ their unique talents to overcome mysterious challenges to return a lost baby panda to his family.
The producers are Paul Field, who manages the group and is the brother of co-founder Anthony Field, Michael Wrenn and Gary Hamilton. Anthony is the executive producer. The project was one of the recipients of the latest round of development funding from Screen Australia.
Elton was a Wiggles fan when his twins were growing up. .The Wiggles are setting records for attendances for their shows in Australia, with 90 sold-out shows so far,. Paul Field told If.. .So a new generation of Wiggles fans has embraced Emma, Lachy, Simon and Anthony as their own.
Entitled The Wiggles- Pandamonium!, the movie will follow the quartet as they race against time and employ their unique talents to overcome mysterious challenges to return a lost baby panda to his family.
The producers are Paul Field, who manages the group and is the brother of co-founder Anthony Field, Michael Wrenn and Gary Hamilton. Anthony is the executive producer. The project was one of the recipients of the latest round of development funding from Screen Australia.
Elton was a Wiggles fan when his twins were growing up. .The Wiggles are setting records for attendances for their shows in Australia, with 90 sold-out shows so far,. Paul Field told If.. .So a new generation of Wiggles fans has embraced Emma, Lachy, Simon and Anthony as their own.
- 4/11/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Fans of the Wiggles, we have some bad news: The good-natured Aussie foursome has some major changes in store. Of the group's four original members, three have decided to "step off the stage and hand over the Purple, Red and Yellow skivvies to a new generation of Wiggles," according to their website. Jeff Fatt (Purple Wiggle), Murray Cook (Red Wiggle), and Greg Page (Yellow Wiggle) have been entertaining children around the world for 21 years. Now, Anthony Field (Blue Wiggle) will helm the performance group with three new members. "Singing, dancing and making music with you all has been great fun but it has also meant spending a long time away from our own families and friends," they said...
- 5/17/2012
- E! Online
Ch-ch-ch-changes. Three of the original members of the Wiggles have decided that it’ll soon be time to hand over their colorful skivvies. Jeff Fatt (Purple Wiggle), Greg Page (Yellow Wiggle), and Murray Cook (Red Wiggle) will do one more tour before three replacements join Anthony Field (Blue Wiggle) next year.
“We’ve been entertaining children around the world for 21 years now and it has been a fantastic ride in our Big Red Car,” the wildly successful Australian band said in a statement on their site. The demands of touring and performing have taken their toll and the three departing...
“We’ve been entertaining children around the world for 21 years now and it has been a fantastic ride in our Big Red Car,” the wildly successful Australian band said in a statement on their site. The demands of touring and performing have taken their toll and the three departing...
- 5/17/2012
- by Abby West
- EW.com - PopWatch
Sydney -- Three members of the children's music quartet The Wiggles will be hanging up their colorful outfits and leaving the Australian band this year, with the Blue Wiggle the lone original member left dancing.
Jeff Fatt (Purple Wiggle), Murray Cook (Red Wiggle) and Greg Page (Yellow Wiggle) will leave after the group wraps up a "Celebration Tour" that begins this month and ends in Australia in December, the band said in a statement Thursday. The trio will no longer perform but will take on backstage, creative roles.
Three replacements have already been chosen to join Anthony Field (Blue Wiggle), who helped found the group in 1991. Since then, the group has earned worldwide renown with dozens of pop-influenced children's albums, concert tours and a television show featuring singing, jumping, dancing and skits with recurring characters like Wags the Dog and Henry the Octopus.
The demands of touring and performing have taken their toll,...
Jeff Fatt (Purple Wiggle), Murray Cook (Red Wiggle) and Greg Page (Yellow Wiggle) will leave after the group wraps up a "Celebration Tour" that begins this month and ends in Australia in December, the band said in a statement Thursday. The trio will no longer perform but will take on backstage, creative roles.
Three replacements have already been chosen to join Anthony Field (Blue Wiggle), who helped found the group in 1991. Since then, the group has earned worldwide renown with dozens of pop-influenced children's albums, concert tours and a television show featuring singing, jumping, dancing and skits with recurring characters like Wags the Dog and Henry the Octopus.
The demands of touring and performing have taken their toll,...
- 5/17/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The Wiggles have celebrated Greg Page's return and marked Australia Day by recording a special version of 'Waltzing Matilda'. The children's entertainment group, who returned to their original lineup last week after sacking stand-in member Sam Moran, released a video of the patriotic song yesterday and asked their fans to appreciate their "wonderful" country. Wiggle Anthony Field said on the video posted on their YouTube channel: "Happy Australia Day! On January 26 every year, Australians go out and celebrate what it is to be Australian. We love the cultural diversity, the wonderful weather and of course, the wonderful seafood. "Don't forget the wonderful wildlife, the bird life... and everybody (more)...
- 1/27/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
The Wiggles have revealed that they have not spoken to former Yellow Wiggle Sam Moran since he was replaced earlier this week. Moran, who joined the Australian children's entertainment group for five years after original member Greg Page had to quit due to ill health, was allegedly shocked to discover after Christmas that Page had been brought back and he was being sacked. The group was asked by Today TV presenter Richard Wilkins yesterday (January 19): "Was it news to [Sam that he was being replaced]?" Blue Wiggle Anthony Field struggled to reply at first, but then said: "Yes, it was news to him." After a pause, he then said: "I haven't spoken to him, I don't know. "I don't want to speak for a guy when I don't know how he feels. Maybe you'll have to talk to Sam to find out what he thinks. What (more)...
- 1/20/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Kylie Minogue and The Wiggles have been inducted into the Aria Hall of Fame. Singer Minogue and children's entertainment group The Wiggles were honoured with the prizes in the build-up to the Aria Awards next month and will both accept them in person in Sydney on November 27. Blue Wiggle Anthony Field told the Herald Sun: "It's such an honour to be in inducted in the same year as Kylie. We're both proudly Australian. When we go overseas, everyone knows Kylie is Australian and everyone knows The Wiggles are Australian. "You automatically think the Aria Hall of Fame is for rock and roll bands, so it's pretty incredible. It's nice to be recognised. We didn't expect it in a million years." He also revealed that founding Wiggle member Greg Page would be invited to join them on stage at the awards ceremony if he (more)...
- 10/31/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
The Wiggles are among the bidders vying for Princess Beatrice's bizarre royal wedding hat.
The Australian children's singing group joined the internet bidding war with an offer of £17,500 ($26,760), but that was soon beaten by others keen to get their hands on the headpiece that the princess wore to Prince William's wedding on 29 April.
Blue Wiggle Anthony Field said: "We wear some pretty crazy costumes onstage, but this hat beats... More >>...
The Australian children's singing group joined the internet bidding war with an offer of £17,500 ($26,760), but that was soon beaten by others keen to get their hands on the headpiece that the princess wore to Prince William's wedding on 29 April.
Blue Wiggle Anthony Field said: "We wear some pretty crazy costumes onstage, but this hat beats... More >>...
- 5/19/2011
- by AAP
- TV.com
Australian children's TV presenters The Wiggles have bid for Princess Beatrice's royal wedding hat. The headpiece, which has attracted much attention due to its odd bow-shaped design, is up for auction on eBay until May 22. The Wiggles had offered £17,500 (Us$$28,300), but the bid has since been topped and is currently standing at £18,400 (Us$$29,700). "We wear some pretty crazy costumes on stage but this hat beats them all," the Australian Daily Telegraph quotes Wiggles member Anthony Field as saying. "It could bring about an Australian republic (more)...
- 5/18/2011
- by By Ben Lee
- Digital Spy
Australian children's TV presenters The Wiggles have bid for Princess Beatrice's royal wedding hat. The headpiece, which has attracted much attention due to its odd bow-shaped design, is up for auction on eBay until May 22. The Wiggles had offered £17,500 (Us$$28,300), but the bid has since been topped and is currently standing at £18,400 (Us$$29,700). "We wear some pretty crazy costumes on stage but this hat beats them all," the Australian Daily Telegraph quotes Wiggles member Anthony Field as saying. "It could bring about an Australian republic (more)...
- 5/18/2011
- by By Ben Lee
- Digital Spy
The Wiggles are making their "Big, Big" film debut. The No. 1 children's entertainers, along with CinemaLive, are releasing their first ever live-concert movie "Big, Big Show in the Round" March 20, in theaters across the U.S.
The film offers lots of fun for The Wiggles' preschool fan base, as well as their parents, and includes acrobats, gymnasts, dancers, trapeze artists and a ringmaster. Of course Sam, Jeff, Murray and Anthony will be there too, along with Wags the Dog,...
The film offers lots of fun for The Wiggles' preschool fan base, as well as their parents, and includes acrobats, gymnasts, dancers, trapeze artists and a ringmaster. Of course Sam, Jeff, Murray and Anthony will be there too, along with Wags the Dog,...
- 3/16/2010
- Extra
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