The minute you see the words “The Addams Family,” no doubt you snap your fingers twice.. The Addams clan has seen several incarnations since debuting as a series of The New Yorker cartoons penned by Charles Addams in 1938. The cartoons and the various films and television shows that rose in their wake perfectly blend the humorous and the macabre while focusing on the tight-knit family of Gomez, Morticia, their children Pugsley and Wednesday, and Uncle Fester.
The latest iteration is Tim Burton’s series “Wednesday,” set to debut on Netflix on November 23. The series centers on a teenage Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) trying to solve many mysteries, one being how to cement her identity outside the shadow of her ever-glamorous mother, Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Wednesday is also tasked with harnessing her budding psychic ability to solve a serial killer case at Nevermore Academy and cracking a murder mystery that involved her parents 25 years ago.
The latest iteration is Tim Burton’s series “Wednesday,” set to debut on Netflix on November 23. The series centers on a teenage Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) trying to solve many mysteries, one being how to cement her identity outside the shadow of her ever-glamorous mother, Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Wednesday is also tasked with harnessing her budding psychic ability to solve a serial killer case at Nevermore Academy and cracking a murder mystery that involved her parents 25 years ago.
- 11/23/2022
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Simon Brew Nov 15, 2017
After Addams Family Values struggled at the box office, another film still followed a few years later. But Addams Family 3 this was not...
Were the world right, then in 1993, Addams Family Values would have got both the rich acclaim and enormous box office it merited. A deliciously playful sequel, it’s 94 minutes of tightly put together comedy, with a bunch of performers that come close to defining ‘perfectly cast’. Christina Ricci, clinging to a fence as she’s threatened with the Harmony Hut, remains a comedy highlight of 1990s cinema.
But the film didn’t really hit. As much as it was liked, its box office was less than half of the original. It was released the week before Mrs Doubtfire in the Us, and it was the latter that become the widely seen family comedy of Christmas 1993. Addams Family Values would do okay at best, but...
After Addams Family Values struggled at the box office, another film still followed a few years later. But Addams Family 3 this was not...
Were the world right, then in 1993, Addams Family Values would have got both the rich acclaim and enormous box office it merited. A deliciously playful sequel, it’s 94 minutes of tightly put together comedy, with a bunch of performers that come close to defining ‘perfectly cast’. Christina Ricci, clinging to a fence as she’s threatened with the Harmony Hut, remains a comedy highlight of 1990s cinema.
But the film didn’t really hit. As much as it was liked, its box office was less than half of the original. It was released the week before Mrs Doubtfire in the Us, and it was the latter that become the widely seen family comedy of Christmas 1993. Addams Family Values would do okay at best, but...
- 11/14/2017
- Den of Geek
The Australian Film Television and Radio School has unleashed a new crop of talent on the industry with the 2015 Graduation Ceremony. . .
A highlight of the ceremony was the awarding of the Aftrs. Honorary Degree (Doctor of Arts) to broadcaster, commentator and filmmaker Phillip Adams.
Adams played a key role in the revival of the Australian film industry in the 1970s. .
He was the author of a 1969 report that led to legislation by Prime Minister Gorton in 1970 for an Australian Film and Television Development Corporation (later the Australian Film Commission) and the Experimental Film Fund as well as the eventual creation of an Australian national film School (now Aftrs). Phillip was one of the original members of council for the interim School.
The Dressmaker producer Sue Maslin present the degree. .
Maslin is a graduate of the Aftrs Masters of Screen Arts & Business degree.
Graduates include Imogen Banks, one of the producers...
A highlight of the ceremony was the awarding of the Aftrs. Honorary Degree (Doctor of Arts) to broadcaster, commentator and filmmaker Phillip Adams.
Adams played a key role in the revival of the Australian film industry in the 1970s. .
He was the author of a 1969 report that led to legislation by Prime Minister Gorton in 1970 for an Australian Film and Television Development Corporation (later the Australian Film Commission) and the Experimental Film Fund as well as the eventual creation of an Australian national film School (now Aftrs). Phillip was one of the original members of council for the interim School.
The Dressmaker producer Sue Maslin present the degree. .
Maslin is a graduate of the Aftrs Masters of Screen Arts & Business degree.
Graduates include Imogen Banks, one of the producers...
- 12/8/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Pre-eminent drama producer John Edwards will deliver the Hector Crawford memorial lecture next Wednesday at the Screen Forever conference in Melbourne.
Edwards' productions have won 39 AFI and Aacta Awards, four People.s Choice Awards, eight Astra Awards, 29 Logies, more than a dozen craft awards in Australia and international accolades including three New York Festival Awards and a Golden Globe nomination.
Now with Endemol Shine Australia, he has produced more than 600 hours of television drama including The Beautiful Lie, Offspring, Gallipoli, Love My Way, Paper Giants, The Secret Life of Us and Police Rescue.
Among his other credits are The Surgeon, Dangerous, Rush, Tangle, Puberty Blues, Party Tricks, the Golden Globe nominated mini-series On the Beach, Marking Time, which won seven AFI Awards, six telemovies in the Cody series, and Beaconsfield.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner said, .Edwards. contribution to Australian television drama is incomparable to any other contemporary figure in the country.
Edwards' productions have won 39 AFI and Aacta Awards, four People.s Choice Awards, eight Astra Awards, 29 Logies, more than a dozen craft awards in Australia and international accolades including three New York Festival Awards and a Golden Globe nomination.
Now with Endemol Shine Australia, he has produced more than 600 hours of television drama including The Beautiful Lie, Offspring, Gallipoli, Love My Way, Paper Giants, The Secret Life of Us and Police Rescue.
Among his other credits are The Surgeon, Dangerous, Rush, Tangle, Puberty Blues, Party Tricks, the Golden Globe nominated mini-series On the Beach, Marking Time, which won seven AFI Awards, six telemovies in the Cody series, and Beaconsfield.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner said, .Edwards. contribution to Australian television drama is incomparable to any other contemporary figure in the country.
- 11/12/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
The ABC has rejected a campaign orchestrated by the filmmakers to allocate an earlier timeslot to Once My Mother.
Sophia Turkiewicz.s documentary, in which she investigates why her Polish mother abandoned her and uncovers the truth behind her wartime escape from a Siberian gulag, will screen on Sunday October 26 at 10.20 pm.
Producer Rod Freedman begged the ABC to schedule the feature-length film at 9.30 pm or earlier, fearing it would be ignored in the .graveyard. timeslot.
He wrote to ABC TV director Richard Finlayson, who he says declined to get involved, so he appealed to ABC head of programming Brendan Dahill.
Dahill replied, .I am happy with the slot that we have chosen for the show and the context and the environment within which we have placed it..
So Freedman launched a campaign, expressing his anger and disgust and asking industry colleagues to lobby via email Finlayson and Dahill.
All to no avail.
Sophia Turkiewicz.s documentary, in which she investigates why her Polish mother abandoned her and uncovers the truth behind her wartime escape from a Siberian gulag, will screen on Sunday October 26 at 10.20 pm.
Producer Rod Freedman begged the ABC to schedule the feature-length film at 9.30 pm or earlier, fearing it would be ignored in the .graveyard. timeslot.
He wrote to ABC TV director Richard Finlayson, who he says declined to get involved, so he appealed to ABC head of programming Brendan Dahill.
Dahill replied, .I am happy with the slot that we have chosen for the show and the context and the environment within which we have placed it..
So Freedman launched a campaign, expressing his anger and disgust and asking industry colleagues to lobby via email Finlayson and Dahill.
All to no avail.
- 10/2/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The National Film and Sound Archive and the Australian Film Television and Radio School have not escaped unscathed from the federal Budget cuts.
Meanwhile, the lack of transparency in a pending restructure of the Nfsa has been criticised by producers, directors, writers, actors, academics and journalists.
The Nfsa received $27.07 million from the government in the current financial year. That falls to $25.9 million for each of the next two fiscal years. The allocations beyond that are $25.74 million and $26.01 million.
It is not clear how the government.s announcement that $2.4 million will be saved over four years by consolidating the back office functions of a number of Canberra-based collection agencies including the Nfsa, National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia and Old Parliament House will affect the Archive.
In April, Nfsa CEO Michael Loebenstein announced a restructuring entailing shedding jobs and reducing its touring program and the number of events at its Arc cinema in Canberra,...
Meanwhile, the lack of transparency in a pending restructure of the Nfsa has been criticised by producers, directors, writers, actors, academics and journalists.
The Nfsa received $27.07 million from the government in the current financial year. That falls to $25.9 million for each of the next two fiscal years. The allocations beyond that are $25.74 million and $26.01 million.
It is not clear how the government.s announcement that $2.4 million will be saved over four years by consolidating the back office functions of a number of Canberra-based collection agencies including the Nfsa, National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia and Old Parliament House will affect the Archive.
In April, Nfsa CEO Michael Loebenstein announced a restructuring entailing shedding jobs and reducing its touring program and the number of events at its Arc cinema in Canberra,...
- 5/14/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Craig Lahiff, director/writer and producer and one of the pillars of the South Australian screen industry, died in Adelaide on Sunday after a short illness. He was 66.
His final film, Swerve, a thriller about an honest guy who stumbles upon a suitcase of money and a decapitated body on a desert highway, starring David Lyons, Jason Clarke and Emma Booth, was released in Australian cinemas in 2012 and was sold to the Us and the UK.
Helen Leake produced three films with Lahiff: Heaven.s Burning, Black and White and Swerve. .Renowned for his calmness and quiet persuasion in all aspects of his work Craig brought to all of his films a very clear vision that he imparted to all his collaborators,. she said. .Long-time friend Louis Nowra recalls Craig.s .grace under pressure. as a director, and all his colleagues found his craft skills and technical understanding of all...
His final film, Swerve, a thriller about an honest guy who stumbles upon a suitcase of money and a decapitated body on a desert highway, starring David Lyons, Jason Clarke and Emma Booth, was released in Australian cinemas in 2012 and was sold to the Us and the UK.
Helen Leake produced three films with Lahiff: Heaven.s Burning, Black and White and Swerve. .Renowned for his calmness and quiet persuasion in all aspects of his work Craig brought to all of his films a very clear vision that he imparted to all his collaborators,. she said. .Long-time friend Louis Nowra recalls Craig.s .grace under pressure. as a director, and all his colleagues found his craft skills and technical understanding of all...
- 2/3/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Veteran Australian producer Al Clark will receive the Aacta Raymond Longford Award in recognition of his three-decade career which has included iconic films such as Chopper and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Clark, who emigrated from the UK in the 1980s after representing music acts such as the Sex Pistols and Phil Collins, has produced or executive produced 19 feature films. He has also served on the board of the Australian Film Commission (1989-1992) and participated in official juries of several international film festivals, including the San Sebastian and Valladolid Film Festivals.
..With a love of films that always transcends the frustrations of getting them made, I.ve tried to choose distinctive projects, to navigate them soundly, to find gifted people to work with, and to bring out the best in their considerable talents," Clark said after being told of the award. "I.m grateful to Aacta for...
Clark, who emigrated from the UK in the 1980s after representing music acts such as the Sex Pistols and Phil Collins, has produced or executive produced 19 feature films. He has also served on the board of the Australian Film Commission (1989-1992) and participated in official juries of several international film festivals, including the San Sebastian and Valladolid Film Festivals.
..With a love of films that always transcends the frustrations of getting them made, I.ve tried to choose distinctive projects, to navigate them soundly, to find gifted people to work with, and to bring out the best in their considerable talents," Clark said after being told of the award. "I.m grateful to Aacta for...
- 11/20/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
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