‘Spit’ is one of five features to receive a share of $4.6m (A$6.9m).
Australian filmmaker Jonathan Teplitzky is working on a sequel to his 2003 crime comedy Gettin’ Square – one of five features to receive a share of $4.6m (A$6.9m) in production funding from national body Screen Australia.
The latest round of funding will also support Kriv Stenders’ The Correspondent; Cathy Randall’s Red Rock Run; Kate Woods’ Kangaroo; and Nicholas Clifford’s One More Shot.
Teplitzky’s Spit will mark the return of David Wenham as ex-junkie John Spitieri, who travels back to Australia only to find himself...
Australian filmmaker Jonathan Teplitzky is working on a sequel to his 2003 crime comedy Gettin’ Square – one of five features to receive a share of $4.6m (A$6.9m) in production funding from national body Screen Australia.
The latest round of funding will also support Kriv Stenders’ The Correspondent; Cathy Randall’s Red Rock Run; Kate Woods’ Kangaroo; and Nicholas Clifford’s One More Shot.
Teplitzky’s Spit will mark the return of David Wenham as ex-junkie John Spitieri, who travels back to Australia only to find himself...
- 12/18/2023
- by Sandy George
- ScreenDaily
‘Spit’ is one of five features to receive a share of $4.6m (A$6.9m).
Australian filmmaker Jonathan Teplitzky is working on a sequel to his 2003 crime comedy Gettin’ Square – one of five features to receive a share of $4.6m (A$6.9m) in production funding from national body Screen Australia.
The latest round of funding will also support Kriv Stenders’ The Correspondent; Cathy Randall’s Red Rock Run; Kate Woods’ Kangaroo; and Nicholas Clifford’s One More Shot.
Teplitzky’s Spit will mark the return of David Wenham as ex-junkie John Spitieri, who travels back to Australia only to find himself...
Australian filmmaker Jonathan Teplitzky is working on a sequel to his 2003 crime comedy Gettin’ Square – one of five features to receive a share of $4.6m (A$6.9m) in production funding from national body Screen Australia.
The latest round of funding will also support Kriv Stenders’ The Correspondent; Cathy Randall’s Red Rock Run; Kate Woods’ Kangaroo; and Nicholas Clifford’s One More Shot.
Teplitzky’s Spit will mark the return of David Wenham as ex-junkie John Spitieri, who travels back to Australia only to find himself...
- 12/18/2023
- by Sandy George
- ScreenDaily
Local screen production in Queensland has hit a high this financial year, according to Acting Queensland Premier Curtis Pitt..
Nine films, documentaries, and TV series have been supported with Screen Queensland production investment since July 2016.
.These nine productions are due to spend a combined estimated total of $26 million in Queensland, creating over 300 local jobs,. Mr Pitt said.
.This is one of the state.s most successful and competitive periods of screen production investment by the Queensland Government, through Screen Queensland..
.The list of productions highlight the strength of the local screen industry, the depth of talent and skills we have in Queensland, and the confidence business has in our state."
The state government has committed $30 million in funding over a four-year period to June 2019 to foster growth in local productions and attract large-scale film and high-end television productions..
.This approach not only generates jobs and investment, it also helps build...
Nine films, documentaries, and TV series have been supported with Screen Queensland production investment since July 2016.
.These nine productions are due to spend a combined estimated total of $26 million in Queensland, creating over 300 local jobs,. Mr Pitt said.
.This is one of the state.s most successful and competitive periods of screen production investment by the Queensland Government, through Screen Queensland..
.The list of productions highlight the strength of the local screen industry, the depth of talent and skills we have in Queensland, and the confidence business has in our state."
The state government has committed $30 million in funding over a four-year period to June 2019 to foster growth in local productions and attract large-scale film and high-end television productions..
.This approach not only generates jobs and investment, it also helps build...
- 1/13/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Storm Boy.
Screen Australia has unveiled the recipients of its last production investment funding round of 2016. $15 million is shared between seven films and eight television projects, including anticipated titles such as Fred Schepisi.s Andorra and the Shawn Seet remake of Storm Boy..
.We are delighted to be supporting TV projects from so many of the major players all in one round including Foxtel, Channel Seven, Network Ten, the ABC and Sbs," CEO Graeme Mason said. "And in film we look forward to seeing the latest from acclaimed talents Fred Schepisi, Jonathan Teplitzky and John Maynard."
The successful feature film projects are:.
– A contemporary re-imagining of 1976 classic Storm Boy from writer Justin Monjo (The Secret Daughter, Spear), director Shawn Seet (Deep Water, The Code) and Ambience Entertainment producers Michael Boughen and Matthew Street (Tomorrow When the War Began). This time around we meet Mike .Storm Boy. Kingley as a grandfather...
Screen Australia has unveiled the recipients of its last production investment funding round of 2016. $15 million is shared between seven films and eight television projects, including anticipated titles such as Fred Schepisi.s Andorra and the Shawn Seet remake of Storm Boy..
.We are delighted to be supporting TV projects from so many of the major players all in one round including Foxtel, Channel Seven, Network Ten, the ABC and Sbs," CEO Graeme Mason said. "And in film we look forward to seeing the latest from acclaimed talents Fred Schepisi, Jonathan Teplitzky and John Maynard."
The successful feature film projects are:.
– A contemporary re-imagining of 1976 classic Storm Boy from writer Justin Monjo (The Secret Daughter, Spear), director Shawn Seet (Deep Water, The Code) and Ambience Entertainment producers Michael Boughen and Matthew Street (Tomorrow When the War Began). This time around we meet Mike .Storm Boy. Kingley as a grandfather...
- 11/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Screen Daily has learned that Brendan Gleeson has been tapped for the lead role in Mr. Cranky, a crime comedy from director Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man, Burning Man). Teplitzky will direct the film from a script by his Gettin' Square scribe Chris Nyst. Additional casting is underway, and filming is set to take place in Melbourne and on the Gold Coast, Australia, in September of this year. When... Read More...
- 2/9/2016
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
Irish actor Brendan Gleeson has boarded Jonathan Teplitzky’s crime caper Mr. Cranky, according to Screen Daily.
Assuming the title role of Kevin Darcy, a temperamental crime-boss-cum-debt-collector, Gleeson’s addition is the first piece of casting to come out of the nascent project, which recently earned the backing of Metro International. Teplitzky (The Railway Man) will be working from Chris Nyst’s script, with the director eyeing a September shoot Down Under – Melbourne, to be specific.
Having arguably stole the show across both In Bruges and The Guard, Brendan Gleeson is perhaps the perfect fit to play a cantankerous mob boss, and he’ll be causing nine kinds of headaches in Mr. Cranky by threatening those people who can’t pay their debits. A standard mob boss, then; though things take a turn for the worse when Darcy’s rampant temper gets the best of him, sparks a gang war,...
Assuming the title role of Kevin Darcy, a temperamental crime-boss-cum-debt-collector, Gleeson’s addition is the first piece of casting to come out of the nascent project, which recently earned the backing of Metro International. Teplitzky (The Railway Man) will be working from Chris Nyst’s script, with the director eyeing a September shoot Down Under – Melbourne, to be specific.
Having arguably stole the show across both In Bruges and The Guard, Brendan Gleeson is perhaps the perfect fit to play a cantankerous mob boss, and he’ll be causing nine kinds of headaches in Mr. Cranky by threatening those people who can’t pay their debits. A standard mob boss, then; though things take a turn for the worse when Darcy’s rampant temper gets the best of him, sparks a gang war,...
- 2/8/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Not exactly slowing his roll, Hong Sang-soo is already shooting the follow-up to last year’s Right Now, Wrong Then — one of the finest films we saw in 2015, and one likely to end up on a few best-of-2016 lists if it actually gets released — all the while reuniting with leads Jung Jae-young and Kim Min-hee. Information on his 18th feature remains essentially non-existent to outsiders, but such is my enthusiasm for his work, arguably the best streak in modern cinema, that even a brief notice seems worthwhile. [Korean Film and Keyframe)
Also vague is a report from The Wrap that Leonardo DiCaprio will reunite with Revenant scribe Mark L. Smith for Conquest — a project about which nothing else (save for the involvement of Paramount and producer John Davis) is known. But there you have it.
Here are two casting stories out of Berlin: first, THR tell us Brendan Gleeson, director Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man...
Also vague is a report from The Wrap that Leonardo DiCaprio will reunite with Revenant scribe Mark L. Smith for Conquest — a project about which nothing else (save for the involvement of Paramount and producer John Davis) is known. But there you have it.
Here are two casting stories out of Berlin: first, THR tell us Brendan Gleeson, director Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man...
- 2/8/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man) to direct feature heading to Efm with Metro International.
Metro International has boarded sales ahead of the Efm on crime-comedy Mr. Cranky, which has Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) on board to star as a crime boss debt collector with a raging temper who is saddled with an orphaned seven year old in the middle of a gangland war.
The Railway Man director Jonathan Teplizky is due to direct Chris Nyst’s (Crooked Business) script which is to be produced by Chris Brown (The Railway Man).
The film reunites Teplitzky with Nyst after the two collaborated on 2003 Australian crime-comedy Gettin’ Square, starring Sam Worthington and Timothy Spall.
In Mr. Cranky, when a gangland war erupts thanks to crime boss Kevin Darcy’s short temper, his ex-girlfriend becomes the victim of a car bomb intended for him, and he finds himself saddled with her seven-year-old daughter.
More used to...
Metro International has boarded sales ahead of the Efm on crime-comedy Mr. Cranky, which has Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) on board to star as a crime boss debt collector with a raging temper who is saddled with an orphaned seven year old in the middle of a gangland war.
The Railway Man director Jonathan Teplizky is due to direct Chris Nyst’s (Crooked Business) script which is to be produced by Chris Brown (The Railway Man).
The film reunites Teplitzky with Nyst after the two collaborated on 2003 Australian crime-comedy Gettin’ Square, starring Sam Worthington and Timothy Spall.
In Mr. Cranky, when a gangland war erupts thanks to crime boss Kevin Darcy’s short temper, his ex-girlfriend becomes the victim of a car bomb intended for him, and he finds himself saddled with her seven-year-old daughter.
More used to...
- 2/8/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
After directing two episodes of the second series of Broadchurch, Jonathan Teplitzky is in Malaysia calling the shots on three episodes of Indian Summers.
Set in colonial India in 1935, the second season of Indian Summers chronicles the further decline of the British Empire and clashes with the locals who are desperate for independence.
Julie Walters stars alongside. James Fleet, Rachel Griffiths and Art Malik. Walters portrays Cynthia, a widow and doyenne of the expats Royal Club in Shimla, a town in the foothills of the Himalayas. Fleet (The Vicar of Dibley) is Lord Hawthorne, Malik is the Maharaja Maritpur and Griffiths is his enigmatic Australian mistress Sirene.
The drama, which airs on the UK's Channel 4 and here on BBC First, is the second collaboration between Teplitzky and Griffiths: she co-starred in his 2011 film Burning Man with Matthew Goode, Bojana Novakovic and Essie Davis.
The series is being filmed in Penang,...
Set in colonial India in 1935, the second season of Indian Summers chronicles the further decline of the British Empire and clashes with the locals who are desperate for independence.
Julie Walters stars alongside. James Fleet, Rachel Griffiths and Art Malik. Walters portrays Cynthia, a widow and doyenne of the expats Royal Club in Shimla, a town in the foothills of the Himalayas. Fleet (The Vicar of Dibley) is Lord Hawthorne, Malik is the Maharaja Maritpur and Griffiths is his enigmatic Australian mistress Sirene.
The drama, which airs on the UK's Channel 4 and here on BBC First, is the second collaboration between Teplitzky and Griffiths: she co-starred in his 2011 film Burning Man with Matthew Goode, Bojana Novakovic and Essie Davis.
The series is being filmed in Penang,...
- 7/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
After directing two episodes of the second series of British crime drama Broadchurch, Jonathan Teplitzky is juggling a sizable slate of film and TV projects.
The Railway Man director aims to re-team with producer Chris Brown on Mr Crankypants, a black comedy in the vein of their 2003 hit Gettin. Square.
With Us-born, UK-based writer Brock Norman Brock he.s developing Don Don, a feature about the encounter between a New York millionaire and a Thai Buddhist monk, both named Don.
He.s attached to direct Choir of Hard Knocks, a drama about a group of desperate people who find dignity and purpose under the baton of their choirmaster, which Pip Karmel is scripting for producer Marian Macgowan.
Moreover, he.s in talks to direct an episode of Essential Media & Entertainment.s 6-part Jack Irish series for the ABC and he.s keen to work in the new series of Essential.s Rake.
The Railway Man director aims to re-team with producer Chris Brown on Mr Crankypants, a black comedy in the vein of their 2003 hit Gettin. Square.
With Us-born, UK-based writer Brock Norman Brock he.s developing Don Don, a feature about the encounter between a New York millionaire and a Thai Buddhist monk, both named Don.
He.s attached to direct Choir of Hard Knocks, a drama about a group of desperate people who find dignity and purpose under the baton of their choirmaster, which Pip Karmel is scripting for producer Marian Macgowan.
Moreover, he.s in talks to direct an episode of Essential Media & Entertainment.s 6-part Jack Irish series for the ABC and he.s keen to work in the new series of Essential.s Rake.
- 1/26/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Director Jonathan Teplitzky, writer Chris Nyst and producer Chris Brown are developing Mr Cranky, a black comedy in the vein of their 2003 hit Gettin. Square.
The protagonist is a professional boxer with anger management issues who wins eight out of 10 fights; he settles the other two in the car park. The plot follows the character as he deals with his six-year-old daughter from whom he is estranged.
Brown.s Pictures in Paradise is developing the project with the assistance of Screen Queensland. It.s early days on casting but Brown tells If that given the universality of the story, the lead will be a high profile actor with international appeal. It.s set partly in the UK and Brown says a co-production with the UK is a possibility.
The saga of an ex-crim who was jailed for a murder he claims he didn.t commit and aims to get square with a crooked cop,...
The protagonist is a professional boxer with anger management issues who wins eight out of 10 fights; he settles the other two in the car park. The plot follows the character as he deals with his six-year-old daughter from whom he is estranged.
Brown.s Pictures in Paradise is developing the project with the assistance of Screen Queensland. It.s early days on casting but Brown tells If that given the universality of the story, the lead will be a high profile actor with international appeal. It.s set partly in the UK and Brown says a co-production with the UK is a possibility.
The saga of an ex-crim who was jailed for a murder he claims he didn.t commit and aims to get square with a crooked cop,...
- 12/17/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
SYDNEY -- Ambience Entertainment, the production arm of major Australian postproduction and facilities house the Omnilab Group, said Wednesday that it is producing its first domestic drama series, a biography of cricket legend Keith Miller. The miniseries will be produced with Natalie Yuen's Sydney-based Break A Leg Prods. -- the Asian representative for U.K. rights company Chorion -- and Trish Lake's Queensland-based Freshwater Pictures. Cricket great Dennis Lillee has been appointed as key advisor to the series, which will follow the life of Australian war hero and athlete Keith Miller, who spent much of his life in the U.K. and whose social circle included royalty and billionaires. It is being scripted by Chris Nyst, whose previous credits include the comedy feature Gettin' Square.
- 8/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- Sue Brooks' edgy drama Japanese Story and Jonathan Teplitzky's Gettin' Square dominated this year's IF Awards for the Australian film industry, handed out Wednesday night. The IF Awards, put on by Insidefilm magazine, has in the past few years become arguably the industry's flashiest and most audience-friendly awards ceremony, surpassing the more traditional Australian Film Institute Awards, which are scheduled for Nov. 21 in Melbourne. Japanese Story took key awards for best film for producer Sue Maslin, direction (Brooks) and best actress (Toni Collette), but Gettin' Square garnered a handful of honors in other key categories, including best actor for David Wenham and original script for Chris Nyst.
- 11/13/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Opened
Thursday, Oct. 9
Australia
SYDNEY -- "Gettin' Square" represents a big jump for filmmaker Jonathan Teplitzky. His first film was the low-key, quietly effective "Better Than Sex", starring Susie Porter and David Wenham, which showcased a director adept at building character and mixing laughs into drama. Both talents are on display in "Gettin' Square", but they're played out on a much bigger canvas.
A tricky, snaking debut screenplay by criminal lawyer/crime fiction author Chris Nyst introduces a big crew of colorful characters just as Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" and Guy Ritchie's "Snatch" did. While Teplitzky doesn't exhibit the same trailblazing flair as those two hipster icons, he does put his own stamp on the film, serving up its dark, noir-inflected themes with gloriously bright, sparkling cinematography. Queensland's glitzy, emotionally hollow Gold Coast almost becomes another character in the film, trapping the other players with its criminal allure.
Barry Wirth (Sam Worthington) is a young crook with a good heart. He's just out of prison and desperately trying to keep his nose clean on the slightly sleazy Gold Coast. But wherever Wirth turns, his old life snaps back to bite him.
A straight job at a "clean" restaurant turns out to be slightly bent: The owner is Barrington (Mike Leigh regular Timothy Spall), an expatriate Englishman who hides a criminal past. Meanwhile, a tough mobster in a sharkskin suit (Gary Sweet) wants to pull Wirth back into the life, while the corrupt cop (David Field) who put him away will never let him forget who he is.
But the biggest thorn in Wirth's side is Johnny "Spit" Spitieri (Wenham), a prison buddy who wants to get clean too but is sidelined by heroin and a distinct lack of brainpower. Even with a supportive social worker (Freya Stafford) on his side, going straight is a very tricky business for Wirth.
Teplitzky loses his footing a bit with the wildly convoluted plot. When the film sticks with the characters, it's a rugged delight. When Wirth gets involved with a dangerous heist (which bookends the film to put a nonlinear spin on things), the director has trouble keeping up with the twisting machinations of his own film. The plot convolutions take on a life of their own, and you'll have to hang on tight to wade through the labyrinthine narrative twists.
The characters and performances are where "Gettin' Square" really thrives. Worthington and Stafford ground the film with winning charm by playing it straight and letting the supporting players indulge in theatrics. Sweet and Field mix malice and dark humor as the bad guys, while Spall gives his character a real sense of warmth and bittersweet regret.
But it's Wenham who owns the film. His comic timing is right on the money (a couple of scenes seem solely devised to show off his physical comedy skills), making the hopeless junkie much more than just a caricature.
Slick and effortlessly stylish, "Gettin' Square" scores with its salty mix of street comedy and criminal high jinks, and showcases a rogue's gallery of colorful performances.
GETTIN' SQUARE
Macquarie Nine Film and Television Investment & Working Title present in association with Film Finance Corporation Australia a Mushroom Pictures and WTA production in association with Freshwater Pictures
Credits:
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Screenwriter: Chris Nyst
Producers: Martin Fabinyi, Tim White, Trish Lake
Executive producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Michael Gudinski, Kris Noble
Co-producer: Chris Nyst
Director of photography: Garry Phillips
Editor: Ken Sallows
Production designer: Nicholas McCallum
Costume designer: Jackline Sassine
Music: Machine Gun Fellatio
Cast:
Barry Wirth: Sam Worthington
Johnny Spitieri: David Wenham
Darren Barrington: Timothy Spall
Chicka Martin: Gary Sweet
Annie Flynn: Freya Stafford
Arnie De Viers: David Field
Craig "Crusher" Knob: Richard Carter
Running time -- 100 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Thursday, Oct. 9
Australia
SYDNEY -- "Gettin' Square" represents a big jump for filmmaker Jonathan Teplitzky. His first film was the low-key, quietly effective "Better Than Sex", starring Susie Porter and David Wenham, which showcased a director adept at building character and mixing laughs into drama. Both talents are on display in "Gettin' Square", but they're played out on a much bigger canvas.
A tricky, snaking debut screenplay by criminal lawyer/crime fiction author Chris Nyst introduces a big crew of colorful characters just as Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" and Guy Ritchie's "Snatch" did. While Teplitzky doesn't exhibit the same trailblazing flair as those two hipster icons, he does put his own stamp on the film, serving up its dark, noir-inflected themes with gloriously bright, sparkling cinematography. Queensland's glitzy, emotionally hollow Gold Coast almost becomes another character in the film, trapping the other players with its criminal allure.
Barry Wirth (Sam Worthington) is a young crook with a good heart. He's just out of prison and desperately trying to keep his nose clean on the slightly sleazy Gold Coast. But wherever Wirth turns, his old life snaps back to bite him.
A straight job at a "clean" restaurant turns out to be slightly bent: The owner is Barrington (Mike Leigh regular Timothy Spall), an expatriate Englishman who hides a criminal past. Meanwhile, a tough mobster in a sharkskin suit (Gary Sweet) wants to pull Wirth back into the life, while the corrupt cop (David Field) who put him away will never let him forget who he is.
But the biggest thorn in Wirth's side is Johnny "Spit" Spitieri (Wenham), a prison buddy who wants to get clean too but is sidelined by heroin and a distinct lack of brainpower. Even with a supportive social worker (Freya Stafford) on his side, going straight is a very tricky business for Wirth.
Teplitzky loses his footing a bit with the wildly convoluted plot. When the film sticks with the characters, it's a rugged delight. When Wirth gets involved with a dangerous heist (which bookends the film to put a nonlinear spin on things), the director has trouble keeping up with the twisting machinations of his own film. The plot convolutions take on a life of their own, and you'll have to hang on tight to wade through the labyrinthine narrative twists.
The characters and performances are where "Gettin' Square" really thrives. Worthington and Stafford ground the film with winning charm by playing it straight and letting the supporting players indulge in theatrics. Sweet and Field mix malice and dark humor as the bad guys, while Spall gives his character a real sense of warmth and bittersweet regret.
But it's Wenham who owns the film. His comic timing is right on the money (a couple of scenes seem solely devised to show off his physical comedy skills), making the hopeless junkie much more than just a caricature.
Slick and effortlessly stylish, "Gettin' Square" scores with its salty mix of street comedy and criminal high jinks, and showcases a rogue's gallery of colorful performances.
GETTIN' SQUARE
Macquarie Nine Film and Television Investment & Working Title present in association with Film Finance Corporation Australia a Mushroom Pictures and WTA production in association with Freshwater Pictures
Credits:
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Screenwriter: Chris Nyst
Producers: Martin Fabinyi, Tim White, Trish Lake
Executive producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Michael Gudinski, Kris Noble
Co-producer: Chris Nyst
Director of photography: Garry Phillips
Editor: Ken Sallows
Production designer: Nicholas McCallum
Costume designer: Jackline Sassine
Music: Machine Gun Fellatio
Cast:
Barry Wirth: Sam Worthington
Johnny Spitieri: David Wenham
Darren Barrington: Timothy Spall
Chicka Martin: Gary Sweet
Annie Flynn: Freya Stafford
Arnie De Viers: David Field
Craig "Crusher" Knob: Richard Carter
Running time -- 100 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 10/28/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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