Pauly Falzoni (Paul Fenech) returns to the notoriously dangerous suburb of Hashfield to reboot the new season of Fat Pizza: Back in Business, coming soon to 7mate and 7plus.
After a year on the run, hiding in Mexico on a private island run by Jeffery Hepstein – a billionaire who faked his own death – Pauly returns to serve up some ethnic, bogan, burnout-fuelled cheesy pizza. Pauly reopens the Fat Pizza shop with Bobo (Johnny Boxer), his old pizza chef, but Bobo’s Ptsd gets in the way of a perfect opening. The killer clown Ronnie McDoggle (George Kapiniaris) is hunting Pauly, the state suffers multiple lockdowns due to Covid-19 and Richard Head (Murray Harman), Pauly’s old nemesis on the police force, is out to get him. Paul ybattles gangs, artificial intelligence, crazy chefs, wild customers and corrupt officials.
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After a year on the run, hiding in Mexico on a private island run by Jeffery Hepstein – a billionaire who faked his own death – Pauly returns to serve up some ethnic, bogan, burnout-fuelled cheesy pizza. Pauly reopens the Fat Pizza shop with Bobo (Johnny Boxer), his old pizza chef, but Bobo’s Ptsd gets in the way of a perfect opening. The killer clown Ronnie McDoggle (George Kapiniaris) is hunting Pauly, the state suffers multiple lockdowns due to Covid-19 and Richard Head (Murray Harman), Pauly’s old nemesis on the police force, is out to get him. Paul ybattles gangs, artificial intelligence, crazy chefs, wild customers and corrupt officials.
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- 7/21/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Jimeoin, Paul Hogan, Fiona O’Loughlin and others cracking lazy jokes – 86 of them – around a campfire. It really is his dog
A bunch of people coming around for dinner and cracking jokes over a few beers and wines ... is that a compelling idea for a feature film? The director Dean Murphy and his ubiquitous star/producer, Shane Jacobson – who is increasingly giving the impression of being a person happy not just to attend the opening of an envelope but to star in a feature film about such an event – believe the answer is a firm yes.
The twist is that the guests of the true-blue soirée held in That’s Not My Dog! are well-known Australian comedians, instructed to bring with them their three funniest jokes of all time. The guest list is impressive – including Jacobson, Paul Hogan, Jimeoin, Paul Fenech, Michala Banas, Steve Vizard, Fiona O’Loughlin, Tim Ferguson,...
A bunch of people coming around for dinner and cracking jokes over a few beers and wines ... is that a compelling idea for a feature film? The director Dean Murphy and his ubiquitous star/producer, Shane Jacobson – who is increasingly giving the impression of being a person happy not just to attend the opening of an envelope but to star in a feature film about such an event – believe the answer is a firm yes.
The twist is that the guests of the true-blue soirée held in That’s Not My Dog! are well-known Australian comedians, instructed to bring with them their three funniest jokes of all time. The guest list is impressive – including Jacobson, Paul Hogan, Jimeoin, Paul Fenech, Michala Banas, Steve Vizard, Fiona O’Loughlin, Tim Ferguson,...
- 3/14/2018
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Though Jon Hewitt.s latest project, Turkey Shoot, was released theatrically last week; Australian cinemas is not where the writer/director is hoping his film will find its primary audience.
In a movement being echoed around the industry, Hewitt is pinning his hopes on VoD returns, with a focus on international sales in particular.
.Theatrical [release] is over for about 90 per cent of any film made anywhere in the world,. he tells If. .You just have to look at what.s released in cinemas now to understand that, but we are still compelled and forced to release every Australian film that gets made to give it a theatrical release, because of the way things are financed.
.So that.s led to a lot of negativity because there.s a lot of movies that just won.t work theatrically. Theatrical is whole different thing now, it.s about tent-pole movies and blockbusters...
In a movement being echoed around the industry, Hewitt is pinning his hopes on VoD returns, with a focus on international sales in particular.
.Theatrical [release] is over for about 90 per cent of any film made anywhere in the world,. he tells If. .You just have to look at what.s released in cinemas now to understand that, but we are still compelled and forced to release every Australian film that gets made to give it a theatrical release, because of the way things are financed.
.So that.s led to a lot of negativity because there.s a lot of movies that just won.t work theatrically. Theatrical is whole different thing now, it.s about tent-pole movies and blockbusters...
- 12/9/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
The release of Ridley Scott.s epic biblical tale Exodus: Gods and Kings failed to snag the number one box office slot over the weekend; with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 still reigning supreme.
Scott.s saga stars Christian Bale and Aussie Joel Edgerton as Moses and Ramses respectively; two Egyptian princes raised as brothers but who turn on each other when Moses. true Hebrew heritage is revealed.
Estimated to be made for $US140 million ($168.9 million), the film raked in $ 2,685,175 over 504 screens in its opening weekend, landing in the number two spot behind Mockingjay.
The third instalment in The Hunger Games series, Mockingjay: Part 1 has been a massive success at the box office so far, scooping $3,039,934 in its third weekend on 549 screens and bringing its Australian box office total to $25,733,039.
The film follows Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) as she agrees to be the symbol of rebellion for the districts rebelling against the Capitol,...
Scott.s saga stars Christian Bale and Aussie Joel Edgerton as Moses and Ramses respectively; two Egyptian princes raised as brothers but who turn on each other when Moses. true Hebrew heritage is revealed.
Estimated to be made for $US140 million ($168.9 million), the film raked in $ 2,685,175 over 504 screens in its opening weekend, landing in the number two spot behind Mockingjay.
The third instalment in The Hunger Games series, Mockingjay: Part 1 has been a massive success at the box office so far, scooping $3,039,934 in its third weekend on 549 screens and bringing its Australian box office total to $25,733,039.
The film follows Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) as she agrees to be the symbol of rebellion for the districts rebelling against the Capitol,...
- 12/9/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Paul Fenech has built up quite a cult following with his movies and TV series in the past 14 years but Fenech fans must have had other distractions last weekend.
How else to explain the relatively tame opening of the director-actor-writer.s latest opus, Fat Pizza vs Housos?
The comedic battle of thongs, chainsaws, bikies and pizzas, which stars Fenech, Johnny Boxer, Maria Venuti and Elle Dawe, with cameos from Nick Giannopoulos, Kyle Sandilands and Angry Anderson, rang up $280,000 on 121 screens and $296,000 with previews.
Minus previews, that.s 46% below the 2012 debut of Housos vs Authority, which grabbed $526,000 on 151 screens and wound up earning $1.35 million.
It.s dubious whether anyone chose to go to the second weekend of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1, rather than the caper set in the infamous housing commission suburb of Sunnyvale.
But Transmission Films. Andrew Mackie tells If, .We were on fewer screens this time and...
How else to explain the relatively tame opening of the director-actor-writer.s latest opus, Fat Pizza vs Housos?
The comedic battle of thongs, chainsaws, bikies and pizzas, which stars Fenech, Johnny Boxer, Maria Venuti and Elle Dawe, with cameos from Nick Giannopoulos, Kyle Sandilands and Angry Anderson, rang up $280,000 on 121 screens and $296,000 with previews.
Minus previews, that.s 46% below the 2012 debut of Housos vs Authority, which grabbed $526,000 on 151 screens and wound up earning $1.35 million.
It.s dubious whether anyone chose to go to the second weekend of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1, rather than the caper set in the infamous housing commission suburb of Sunnyvale.
But Transmission Films. Andrew Mackie tells If, .We were on fewer screens this time and...
- 12/1/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
In a lousy session for new releases, Nightcrawler was the best of a bad lot in Australian cinemas last weekend.
Jake Gyllenhaal.s chilling turn as a sociopath in writer-director Dan Gilroy.s biting satire of media exploitation and corruption delivered $576,000 on 96 screens.
That's a reasonable start for the indie thriller co-starring Riz Ahmed, Rene Russo and Bill Paxton, which has earned $US28.7 million in its first month in the Us.
Nationwide takings plunged by 37% to $11.1 million, which was way below the corresponding week for the past two years, according to Rentrak.s estimates.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 raked in nearly $5.8 million, despite selling around half as many tickets as in the opening weekend, but has amassed a lucrative $20.8 million.
Chris Nolan.s Interstellar banked $1.6 million in its fourth orbit, down 25%, advancing to $15.6 million.
Paul Fenech's Fat Pizza vs Housos opened with a mediocre $296,000 on 121 screens,...
Jake Gyllenhaal.s chilling turn as a sociopath in writer-director Dan Gilroy.s biting satire of media exploitation and corruption delivered $576,000 on 96 screens.
That's a reasonable start for the indie thriller co-starring Riz Ahmed, Rene Russo and Bill Paxton, which has earned $US28.7 million in its first month in the Us.
Nationwide takings plunged by 37% to $11.1 million, which was way below the corresponding week for the past two years, according to Rentrak.s estimates.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 raked in nearly $5.8 million, despite selling around half as many tickets as in the opening weekend, but has amassed a lucrative $20.8 million.
Chris Nolan.s Interstellar banked $1.6 million in its fourth orbit, down 25%, advancing to $15.6 million.
Paul Fenech's Fat Pizza vs Housos opened with a mediocre $296,000 on 121 screens,...
- 12/1/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Figure marks second highest spend in five years.
A total of $260m (A$297m) was spent in Australia on the 35 homegrown features that went into production during the 12 months up to June 30 2014, the second highest level of expenditure since 2008/09.
A further $54m (A$62m) was spent abroad across the total slate.
Nearly all these films are yet to be released but local audiences don’t have long to wait.
Paul Fenech’s Fat Pizza Vs Housos releases on Nov 27 (Transmission), Russell Crowe’s directorial debut The Water Diviner (Entertainment One) on Dec 26 and Robert Connolly’s Paper Planes on Jan 15 (Roadshow). But one of the biggest contributors, Alex Proyas’s Gods of Egypt, will not be released until 2016.
Three of the 35 films were co-productions. Only rarely are more than 35 films made in Australia but having three co-productions in the mix is pretty normal. What is not the norm is that all three were with Germany, although production...
A total of $260m (A$297m) was spent in Australia on the 35 homegrown features that went into production during the 12 months up to June 30 2014, the second highest level of expenditure since 2008/09.
A further $54m (A$62m) was spent abroad across the total slate.
Nearly all these films are yet to be released but local audiences don’t have long to wait.
Paul Fenech’s Fat Pizza Vs Housos releases on Nov 27 (Transmission), Russell Crowe’s directorial debut The Water Diviner (Entertainment One) on Dec 26 and Robert Connolly’s Paper Planes on Jan 15 (Roadshow). But one of the biggest contributors, Alex Proyas’s Gods of Egypt, will not be released until 2016.
Three of the 35 films were co-productions. Only rarely are more than 35 films made in Australia but having three co-productions in the mix is pretty normal. What is not the norm is that all three were with Germany, although production...
- 11/13/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Australian films. share of the national box-office this year is destined to fall well short of last year.s 3.5% and the 10-year average of 3.8%.
Through last Sunday the 31 local features and documentaries released this year, plus around 20 titles that carried over from 2013 or earlier years, had racked up $19.6 million.
The year-to-date gross is $908.9 million so that represents a market share of 2.18%. Still to come are Paul Fenech's comedy Fat Pizza vs Housos (November 27), Jon Hewitt.s Turkey Shoot reboot and Jim Lounsbury.s mystery drama Love is Now (both December 4) and Russell Crowe.s The Water Diviner (Boxing Day).
So by year.s end the market share will probably be the lowest since 2004.s 1.3%.
Last year Aussie films and docs accumulated $38.5 million, boosted by The Great Gatsby.s $27.4 million. This year only The Railway Man (which launched on Boxing Day), Wolf Creek 2 and Tracks surpassed $2 million and no other title cracked $1 million.
Through last Sunday the 31 local features and documentaries released this year, plus around 20 titles that carried over from 2013 or earlier years, had racked up $19.6 million.
The year-to-date gross is $908.9 million so that represents a market share of 2.18%. Still to come are Paul Fenech's comedy Fat Pizza vs Housos (November 27), Jon Hewitt.s Turkey Shoot reboot and Jim Lounsbury.s mystery drama Love is Now (both December 4) and Russell Crowe.s The Water Diviner (Boxing Day).
So by year.s end the market share will probably be the lowest since 2004.s 1.3%.
Last year Aussie films and docs accumulated $38.5 million, boosted by The Great Gatsby.s $27.4 million. This year only The Railway Man (which launched on Boxing Day), Wolf Creek 2 and Tracks surpassed $2 million and no other title cracked $1 million.
- 11/11/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Barring a miracle or at least several hits, the Australian films released in cinemas this year have no hope of matching 2013.s combined gross of $38.5 million.
Through last Sunday, 43 local features and documentaries had racked up $18.5 million nationwide. That includes mostly small amounts earned by 20 titles that opened in 2013 or earlier. As the Safc.s Richard Harris has pointed out, the results of each film should be evaluated on the basis of its release strategy rather than regarding every film that earns less than $1 million as a disaster and proof that Australian audiences have turned away from Aussie cinema.
However distributors and producers were counting on far stronger ticket sales for the Spierig brothers. Predestination, Matt Saville.s Felony, David Michôd.s The Rover and Zak Hilditch.s These Final Hours.
Only The Railway Man (which opened on Boxing Day and has a lifetime cume of $7.3 million), Wolf Creek 2...
Through last Sunday, 43 local features and documentaries had racked up $18.5 million nationwide. That includes mostly small amounts earned by 20 titles that opened in 2013 or earlier. As the Safc.s Richard Harris has pointed out, the results of each film should be evaluated on the basis of its release strategy rather than regarding every film that earns less than $1 million as a disaster and proof that Australian audiences have turned away from Aussie cinema.
However distributors and producers were counting on far stronger ticket sales for the Spierig brothers. Predestination, Matt Saville.s Felony, David Michôd.s The Rover and Zak Hilditch.s These Final Hours.
Only The Railway Man (which opened on Boxing Day and has a lifetime cume of $7.3 million), Wolf Creek 2...
- 9/23/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
In a surprise announcement made yesterday, Australia.s biggest short film festival Tropfest has revealed it will partner with Sbs to screen the festival free-to-air across the nation. From humble beginnings at the.Darlinghurst Tropicana Café, Tropfest now attracts crowds of about 150 000 annually. The new partnership with Sbs, confirmed to air on the same night as the Festival for the first time in history, will no doubt increase audience numbers and scope exponentially As stated in a Tropfest media release, .Now all of Australia can experience the event . and film history in the making - along with the crowd on the grass on Sunday February 17 2013, from 8:30pm Aedt.. Tropfests.s founder and director, John Polson is delighted by the partnership. .We.re incredibly excited to be welcoming Sbs into the Tropfest family,. says Polson. .With their eclectic mix of quality programs we feel it.s a great partnership with what Tropfest is all about.
- 1/31/2013
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Tropfest has secured a broadcasting partner for the live event on Sunday 17 February.
The news follows the closure of naming rights sponsor Movie Extra which also was broadcasting partner.
Movie Extra was owned by Movie Network Channels, which folded in the wake of Foxtel buying the network’s competitor Showtime.
Sbs will broadcast the live event and finalist films as well as the red carpet arrivals.
Michael Laverty, managing director of Tropfest told Mumbrella: “Sbs are coming on as broadcast partner. Tropfest is in the market to excited clients about the presenting partner in the future. I’s fantastic outcome for us.”
The event will also be replayed on Sbs’s channels and through its catch up service Sbs Ondemand.
Founder and director John Polson said in a statement: “We’re incredibly excited to be welcoming Sbs into the Tropfest family. With their eclectic mix of quality programs we feel...
The news follows the closure of naming rights sponsor Movie Extra which also was broadcasting partner.
Movie Extra was owned by Movie Network Channels, which folded in the wake of Foxtel buying the network’s competitor Showtime.
Sbs will broadcast the live event and finalist films as well as the red carpet arrivals.
Michael Laverty, managing director of Tropfest told Mumbrella: “Sbs are coming on as broadcast partner. Tropfest is in the market to excited clients about the presenting partner in the future. I’s fantastic outcome for us.”
The event will also be replayed on Sbs’s channels and through its catch up service Sbs Ondemand.
Founder and director John Polson said in a statement: “We’re incredibly excited to be welcoming Sbs into the Tropfest family. With their eclectic mix of quality programs we feel...
- 1/31/2013
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The new James Bond film was by far the biggest film at the Australian box office this weekend.
The Sam Mendes-directed Skyfall took a massive $12.304m across 580 screens.
At $21,215 for screen average, the film, distributed by Sony Pictures is one of the biggest screen averages for a major opening picture in 2012.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt2 added another $4.489m in its second week at the box office, across 613 screens for a $7,325 screen average to be the second highest grossing film of the weekend.
Elsewhere, in limited new releases, the National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens made $48,731 across 25 screens while 2 Days in New York, directed and starring Julie Delpy, and distributed by Hopscotch/eOne across 23 screens made $36,670.
A documentary about a former fashion editor, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel took $15,397 across seven screens for a $2,200 screen average.
Of Australian films at the box office, Housos Vs Authority,...
The Sam Mendes-directed Skyfall took a massive $12.304m across 580 screens.
At $21,215 for screen average, the film, distributed by Sony Pictures is one of the biggest screen averages for a major opening picture in 2012.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt2 added another $4.489m in its second week at the box office, across 613 screens for a $7,325 screen average to be the second highest grossing film of the weekend.
Elsewhere, in limited new releases, the National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens made $48,731 across 25 screens while 2 Days in New York, directed and starring Julie Delpy, and distributed by Hopscotch/eOne across 23 screens made $36,670.
A documentary about a former fashion editor, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel took $15,397 across seven screens for a $2,200 screen average.
Of Australian films at the box office, Housos Vs Authority,...
- 11/26/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
William H Macy and John Hawkes in The Sessions
The Sessions, a film by an Australian film-maker husband and wife duo, has taken $267,000 at the box office in its opening weekend.
Written and directed by Ben Lewin and produced by his wife Judi Levine, The Sessions is inspired by a true story and and follows man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity to a professional sex surrogate.
The Fox-distributed film was awarded winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival this year.
Starring John Hawkes, William H Macy and Helen Hunt, the film opened on 57 screens for a $4,680 screen average, taking the film’s total Australian box office to $278,000, following a screening at Melbourne International Film Festival.
Elsewhere, action-comedy Seven Psychopaths opened with $671,000 across 186 screens for an average of $3,608. The film which is distributed by Hopscotch was second on the box office chart, but along way behind Argo,...
The Sessions, a film by an Australian film-maker husband and wife duo, has taken $267,000 at the box office in its opening weekend.
Written and directed by Ben Lewin and produced by his wife Judi Levine, The Sessions is inspired by a true story and and follows man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity to a professional sex surrogate.
The Fox-distributed film was awarded winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival this year.
Starring John Hawkes, William H Macy and Helen Hunt, the film opened on 57 screens for a $4,680 screen average, taking the film’s total Australian box office to $278,000, following a screening at Melbourne International Film Festival.
Elsewhere, action-comedy Seven Psychopaths opened with $671,000 across 186 screens for an average of $3,608. The film which is distributed by Hopscotch was second on the box office chart, but along way behind Argo,...
- 11/12/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Paul Fenech comedy Housos Vs. Authority has grossed $554,003 on its opening weekend at cinemas.
Housos Vs. Authority, inspired by Sbs TV series Housos, follows Franky, Shazza, Dazza and their mates as they attempt to sprinkle Shazza's mum's ashes on top of Australia's most famous icon. The film, distributed by Paramount and Transmission Films, opened on 151 screens, giving it a screen average of $3485.
The performance is far shy of Fat Pizza, Fenech's last feature film comedy which grossed $1.16 million on its opening weekend in April 2003. That film, distributed by Roadshow, was based on the successful Sbs series Pizza and went on to gross $3.65 million at the box office.
Meanwhile, Australian documentary Paul Kelly: Stories of Me continued to perform well. It lifted 48 per cent in its third weekend, taking $139,241 across seven screens. It is likely to become the second Australian documentary to enter the top 10 box office list alongside Storm Surfers 3D.
Housos Vs. Authority, inspired by Sbs TV series Housos, follows Franky, Shazza, Dazza and their mates as they attempt to sprinkle Shazza's mum's ashes on top of Australia's most famous icon. The film, distributed by Paramount and Transmission Films, opened on 151 screens, giving it a screen average of $3485.
The performance is far shy of Fat Pizza, Fenech's last feature film comedy which grossed $1.16 million on its opening weekend in April 2003. That film, distributed by Roadshow, was based on the successful Sbs series Pizza and went on to gross $3.65 million at the box office.
Meanwhile, Australian documentary Paul Kelly: Stories of Me continued to perform well. It lifted 48 per cent in its third weekend, taking $139,241 across seven screens. It is likely to become the second Australian documentary to enter the top 10 box office list alongside Storm Surfers 3D.
- 11/5/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Fenech: Brain behind Housos
Housos Vs Authority, the feature film version of Paul Fenech’s Sbs TV series Housos has taken just over half a million dollars at the box office on its opening weekend.
Taking $526,000, according to official figures from the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia, the film was shown across 151 screens for a moderate $3485 screen average.
Transmission Films released the film paying particular attention to “the heartland of the TV show’s fan base,” Courtney Botfield, general manager of Transmission Films told Encore.
With the film taking a screen average of around $3,485, Botfield said: “We’re very happy with how it’s opened. It has played really well to its core fan base. It shows what a fan base Paul Fenech and the show has.”
While Botfield said there was not a opening box office figure in mind, when Encore spoke with Transmission’s Richard Patyen last week,...
Housos Vs Authority, the feature film version of Paul Fenech’s Sbs TV series Housos has taken just over half a million dollars at the box office on its opening weekend.
Taking $526,000, according to official figures from the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia, the film was shown across 151 screens for a moderate $3485 screen average.
Transmission Films released the film paying particular attention to “the heartland of the TV show’s fan base,” Courtney Botfield, general manager of Transmission Films told Encore.
With the film taking a screen average of around $3,485, Botfield said: “We’re very happy with how it’s opened. It has played really well to its core fan base. It shows what a fan base Paul Fenech and the show has.”
While Botfield said there was not a opening box office figure in mind, when Encore spoke with Transmission’s Richard Patyen last week,...
- 11/5/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Fenech: Brain behind Housos
The Australian TV industry has been taken over by the “posh wanker brigade”, Housos creator Paul Fenech has complained.
His comments – in which he highlighted his “love-hate relationship” with Sbs – came in a live video chat with Mumbrella readers on the weekend that the Housos fim opened in cinemas.
Fenech also spoke of his antipathy to working in the advertising industry again and said that the lengthy process involved in getting Screen Australia funding has made him go his own way in producing films such as Housos which he partly funded out of his own pocket.
A nine-episode second series of the housing commission comedy will follow on Sbs in the new year. Previous Fenech series on Sbs have included Pizza – which he followed at the cinema with the Village Roadshow-funded Fat Pizza – and Swift And Shift Couriers.
Fenech highlighted his tensions with the broadcaster. He...
The Australian TV industry has been taken over by the “posh wanker brigade”, Housos creator Paul Fenech has complained.
His comments – in which he highlighted his “love-hate relationship” with Sbs – came in a live video chat with Mumbrella readers on the weekend that the Housos fim opened in cinemas.
Fenech also spoke of his antipathy to working in the advertising industry again and said that the lengthy process involved in getting Screen Australia funding has made him go his own way in producing films such as Housos which he partly funded out of his own pocket.
A nine-episode second series of the housing commission comedy will follow on Sbs in the new year. Previous Fenech series on Sbs have included Pizza – which he followed at the cinema with the Village Roadshow-funded Fat Pizza – and Swift And Shift Couriers.
Fenech highlighted his tensions with the broadcaster. He...
- 11/4/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
Mumbrella held its first live Google Hangout today.
The first guest in conversation with Mumbrella editor Tim Burrowes was Paul Fenech – the creator of Housos.
The Housos Vs Authority movie open this weekend, and a second season of the TV series will run on Sbs next year.
Writer and director Fenech is also the creator of Pizza and Swift and Shift Couriers.
The first guest in conversation with Mumbrella editor Tim Burrowes was Paul Fenech – the creator of Housos.
The Housos Vs Authority movie open this weekend, and a second season of the TV series will run on Sbs next year.
Writer and director Fenech is also the creator of Pizza and Swift and Shift Couriers.
- 11/2/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
It.s a hard job being the multi-faceted Paul Fenech. .Running in thongs is very difficult, you have to acquire a very special set of skills, which I.ve acquired, and mate, look, the running is actually not the difficult part..
The writer/actor/director/producer of bogan comedy Housos Vs. Authority experienced other hardships during production. .In the middle of winter running in shorts and thongs, that.s difficult mate. When its zero degrees and you.re in shorts riding a sidecar motorbike in Alice Springs, the wind-chill alone.I should be in some Guinness World Record book for that..
It is all part of bringing the cast of Sbs underground comedy series Housos - which follows a group of low-income Australians living in Sunnyvale's Housing Commission public housing - to the big screen.
For populating his world with the weird and wonderful, Fenech is known for casting locals and non-actors.
The writer/actor/director/producer of bogan comedy Housos Vs. Authority experienced other hardships during production. .In the middle of winter running in shorts and thongs, that.s difficult mate. When its zero degrees and you.re in shorts riding a sidecar motorbike in Alice Springs, the wind-chill alone.I should be in some Guinness World Record book for that..
It is all part of bringing the cast of Sbs underground comedy series Housos - which follows a group of low-income Australians living in Sunnyvale's Housing Commission public housing - to the big screen.
For populating his world with the weird and wonderful, Fenech is known for casting locals and non-actors.
- 11/1/2012
- by Anthony Soegito
- IF.com.au
Comedian Paul Fenech’s new film Housos Vs The Authority will have one of distributor Transmission Films’ widest openings for a local picture.
The slapstick comedy based on the Sbs TV show will go into cinemas today across 150 screens.
Transmission’s managing director, Richard Payten told Mumbrella’s sister title Encore he was hoping for takings of more than $1m over the film’s run.
Payten said: “At 150 prints, you want to be doing north of a million, so that’s our aim. There is an appetite for the film, and cinemas have been completely supportive of it.”
The film has a solid social media presence with 92,000 likes on Facebook for Housos.
Fenech told Encore: “My brand of humour certainly has plenty of ongoing fans, but Housos has grabbed a whole new fan base.”
Sbs has since announced a second season of the TV series. Fenech’s previous feature film,...
The slapstick comedy based on the Sbs TV show will go into cinemas today across 150 screens.
Transmission’s managing director, Richard Payten told Mumbrella’s sister title Encore he was hoping for takings of more than $1m over the film’s run.
Payten said: “At 150 prints, you want to be doing north of a million, so that’s our aim. There is an appetite for the film, and cinemas have been completely supportive of it.”
The film has a solid social media presence with 92,000 likes on Facebook for Housos.
Fenech told Encore: “My brand of humour certainly has plenty of ongoing fans, but Housos has grabbed a whole new fan base.”
Sbs has since announced a second season of the TV series. Fenech’s previous feature film,...
- 11/1/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
It.s not surprising that comedic actor Ed Kavalee.s debut telemovie Scumbus is about to hit screens. What is surprising is that he used his life savings to self-fund the project, which was strong enough to attract come of the biggest names in Australian comedy including Glenn Robbins, Tony Martin, Peter Helliar and Dave Hughes.
.What do they tell you not to do? Don.t put your own money in,. Kavalee says. .But I didn.t have a choice . what am I going to do? Ring up a funding body and say I have this idea for a comedy telemovie? They would have hung up straight away. You know you get to this point where you say .I.ve got to do something.....
Kavalee has been winning fans over the past six years on radio and as a host and performer on TV shows such Thank God You.re Here; TV Burp; Santo,...
.What do they tell you not to do? Don.t put your own money in,. Kavalee says. .But I didn.t have a choice . what am I going to do? Ring up a funding body and say I have this idea for a comedy telemovie? They would have hung up straight away. You know you get to this point where you say .I.ve got to do something.....
Kavalee has been winning fans over the past six years on radio and as a host and performer on TV shows such Thank God You.re Here; TV Burp; Santo,...
- 11/1/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
It.s not surprising that comedic actor Ed Kavalee.s debut telemovie Scumbus is about to hit screens. What is surprising is that he used his life savings to self-fund the project, which was strong enough to attract come of the biggest names in Australian comedy including Glenn Robbins, Tony Martin, Peter Helliar and Dave Hughes.
.What do they tell you not to do? Don.t put your own money in,. Kavalee says. .But I didn.t have a choice . what am I going to do? Ring up a funding body and say I have this idea for a comedy telemovie? They would have hung up straight away. You know you get to this point where you say .I.ve got to do something.....
Kavalee has been winning fans over the past six years on radio and as a host and performer on TV shows such Thank God You.re Here,...
.What do they tell you not to do? Don.t put your own money in,. Kavalee says. .But I didn.t have a choice . what am I going to do? Ring up a funding body and say I have this idea for a comedy telemovie? They would have hung up straight away. You know you get to this point where you say .I.ve got to do something.....
Kavalee has been winning fans over the past six years on radio and as a host and performer on TV shows such Thank God You.re Here,...
- 11/1/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
You can conclude a lot about the mood of a commercial network by how it stages its upfronts presentation.
My abiding memory of Ten’s event last year was watching them handing out portable televisions from the back of a lorry. In the style of an episode of Oprah, everybody who attended got one as they left.
Watching drunk media types wandering into the darkness of Sydney’s Hickson Road with electrical goods tucked under their arms, the image that popped into my mind was of the looters at the London riots a week before.
This year’s event from Ten was a less over-the-top, slightly more considered breakfast affair.
Meanwhile Seven’s was the over-the-top one this year – complete with indoor fireworks.
Nine had a small event this week around its in-house branded entertainment and integration operation Powered. But its main TV season preview is still a few weeks away.
My abiding memory of Ten’s event last year was watching them handing out portable televisions from the back of a lorry. In the style of an episode of Oprah, everybody who attended got one as they left.
Watching drunk media types wandering into the darkness of Sydney’s Hickson Road with electrical goods tucked under their arms, the image that popped into my mind was of the looters at the London riots a week before.
This year’s event from Ten was a less over-the-top, slightly more considered breakfast affair.
Meanwhile Seven’s was the over-the-top one this year – complete with indoor fireworks.
Nine had a small event this week around its in-house branded entertainment and integration operation Powered. But its main TV season preview is still a few weeks away.
- 10/25/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
While it would be generous to call Paul Fenech the Rob Schneider of Australia, the writer-direct-actor has definitely invented his own crazy brand of broad puerile humour to which a certain section of the population adores and keeps turning up in droves to see. Fenech's career started out brilliantly, when he won the top prize at major short film competition Tropfest, by submitting a film under the pseudonym 'Laura Feinstein' in order to appeal to the sensitivities of the judges, particularly Tropfest founder John Polson, who hoped that a female director would win the award. From there came the TV comedy series Pizza, then the spin-off movie Fat Pizza, followed by another TV show Swift and Shift Couriers, and then a third show Housos - a nickname for the...
- 10/8/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Fenech: Brain behind Housos
Sbs has commissioned another series of nine episodes of Paul Fenech’s politically incorrect comedy Housos.
Production of the new series – set in a fictional housing commission block in Sunnyvale – starts in Sydney’s western suburbs on Monday.
The cast includes Encore columnist Jason ‘Jabba’ Davis, Habib Tahir, Melissa Tkautz, Amanda Keller and Angry Anderson. Narrator Ian Turpie passed away in March this year.
Since it first aired on Sbs, Fenech has also shot a Housos feature film.
Tony Iffland, Sbs’s director of television and online content, said: “Housos became hugely successful with its tongue-in-cheek humour. The new season will continue our commitment to commissioning and supporting Australian content and talent. We are delighted to be working with Paul again on a second series.
Fenech – best known for Fat Pizza – said: “The new season of Housos gives fans the chance to unite and get in touch with their inner-bogan.
Sbs has commissioned another series of nine episodes of Paul Fenech’s politically incorrect comedy Housos.
Production of the new series – set in a fictional housing commission block in Sunnyvale – starts in Sydney’s western suburbs on Monday.
The cast includes Encore columnist Jason ‘Jabba’ Davis, Habib Tahir, Melissa Tkautz, Amanda Keller and Angry Anderson. Narrator Ian Turpie passed away in March this year.
Since it first aired on Sbs, Fenech has also shot a Housos feature film.
Tony Iffland, Sbs’s director of television and online content, said: “Housos became hugely successful with its tongue-in-cheek humour. The new season will continue our commitment to commissioning and supporting Australian content and talent. We are delighted to be working with Paul again on a second series.
Fenech – best known for Fat Pizza – said: “The new season of Housos gives fans the chance to unite and get in touch with their inner-bogan.
- 9/9/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
Australian audiences that rush in to see the Paramount Pictures film The Dictator when it opens this week in cinemas will get their first taste of Housos vs Authority, the new feature based on the TV series Housos.
That.s because a teaser trailer for Paul Fenech.s latest local comedy will be shown before the latest, similarly politically incorrect feature starring Sacha Baron Cohen.
Housos broadcaster Sbs has described the series as doing to bogans what Kath and Kim did to lower, middle-class Australia. In the big-screen version a bunch of bludgers go on a trip to Uluru to scatter Shazza.s mum.s ashes on top of Australia.s most famous icon.
Housos vs Authority is being ushered into cinemas in early November by Transmission Films, which channels all its films through Paramount.s booking system.
The film does not have a sales agent.
.Paul Fenech is a...
That.s because a teaser trailer for Paul Fenech.s latest local comedy will be shown before the latest, similarly politically incorrect feature starring Sacha Baron Cohen.
Housos broadcaster Sbs has described the series as doing to bogans what Kath and Kim did to lower, middle-class Australia. In the big-screen version a bunch of bludgers go on a trip to Uluru to scatter Shazza.s mum.s ashes on top of Australia.s most famous icon.
Housos vs Authority is being ushered into cinemas in early November by Transmission Films, which channels all its films through Paramount.s booking system.
The film does not have a sales agent.
.Paul Fenech is a...
- 5/13/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Edgy local distributor, Transmission Films, has just acquired Paul Fenech's hilarious and shocking feature film, Housos Vs. Authority, based on the television series, Housos, which will see Australia's most famous bludgers on a journey from Sunnyvale to the very centre of Australia, Uluru. Shot on location, the film follows Franky, Shazza, Dazza and their mates on a quest to sprinkle Shazza's mums ashes on top of Australia's most famous Icon.
- 5/11/2012
- FilmInk.com.au
TV and radio presenter Jason ‘Jabba’ Davis is to moderate next month’s Mumbrella360 conference.
Davis also writes a monthly column on the radio industry for Mumbrella’s sister title Encore magazine and is an occasional guest on the Mumbrellacast.
Davis on the Mumbrellacast, 9/12/11:
He co-stars in Sbs’s Paul Fenech comedy Housos with a live stage version currently in Sydney.
Davis’ broadcasting career has included various stints with Nova along with music channel [V]. He hosted the live video stream of this year’s ARIAs music awards.He signed with Harry M Miller Management Group earlier this year.
Mumbrella360 takes place at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney on June 6 and 7. Taking place across five streams and featuring debates and presentations around media, marketing, advertising, PR and digital, around 800 attendees are expected at the event.
Details of sessions and how to book are available on the Mumbrella360 website.
Davis also writes a monthly column on the radio industry for Mumbrella’s sister title Encore magazine and is an occasional guest on the Mumbrellacast.
Davis on the Mumbrellacast, 9/12/11:
He co-stars in Sbs’s Paul Fenech comedy Housos with a live stage version currently in Sydney.
Davis’ broadcasting career has included various stints with Nova along with music channel [V]. He hosted the live video stream of this year’s ARIAs music awards.He signed with Harry M Miller Management Group earlier this year.
Mumbrella360 takes place at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney on June 6 and 7. Taking place across five streams and featuring debates and presentations around media, marketing, advertising, PR and digital, around 800 attendees are expected at the event.
Details of sessions and how to book are available on the Mumbrella360 website.
- 5/2/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
Talent agency Harry M Miller Group has expanded its radio roster, picking up representation of Encore columnist Jason ‘Jabba’ Davis, veteran presenter Ugly Phil O’Neil and Nova’s Kent ‘Smallzy’ Small.
Smallzy presents national evening show Smallzy’s Surgery across Dmg Radio’s Nova network.
Davis has presented across various Nova stations, music TV channel [V] and acted in Paul Fenech’s Sbs shows Pizza, Swift & Shift Couriers and Housos
O’Neil’s radio career took of at Triple M Adelaide where he co-presented with now ex-wife Jackie O. He has mainly worked across Austereo stations including Triple M Sydney breakfast. He currently works at Dmg Radio’s Star 104.5Fm Central Coast.
Other radio presenters represented by Hmmg include Nova Sydney’s Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald, Channel [V] ‘s Danny Clayton and Jonathon Coleman.
Smallzy presents national evening show Smallzy’s Surgery across Dmg Radio’s Nova network.
Davis has presented across various Nova stations, music TV channel [V] and acted in Paul Fenech’s Sbs shows Pizza, Swift & Shift Couriers and Housos
O’Neil’s radio career took of at Triple M Adelaide where he co-presented with now ex-wife Jackie O. He has mainly worked across Austereo stations including Triple M Sydney breakfast. He currently works at Dmg Radio’s Star 104.5Fm Central Coast.
Other radio presenters represented by Hmmg include Nova Sydney’s Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald, Channel [V] ‘s Danny Clayton and Jonathon Coleman.
- 3/30/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
An Australian writer/actress has had former Friends executive producers get on board her Us sitcom pilot, according to reports.
Rebel Wilson’s sitcom for CBS, Super Fun Night, green lit in January, will be executive produced by Us TV veterans Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen for the pilot with an option to stay on should the series get picked up, Deadline is reporting.
Wilson, who featured in A Few Best Men, Bridesmaids as well as Paul Fenech’s Pizza, wrote the script and will star as Kimmie, one of three nerdy female friends who are looking for a fun night every Friday night.
The production is from Warner Bros TV and Conan O’Brien’s Conaco with Wilson getting producer credits.
Wilson was actor/writer/producer on 2008 Australian TV series Bogan Pride and contributed to writing on series 2006-07 TV sitcom The Wedge.
The comedian has a number of productions in the works,...
Rebel Wilson’s sitcom for CBS, Super Fun Night, green lit in January, will be executive produced by Us TV veterans Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen for the pilot with an option to stay on should the series get picked up, Deadline is reporting.
Wilson, who featured in A Few Best Men, Bridesmaids as well as Paul Fenech’s Pizza, wrote the script and will star as Kimmie, one of three nerdy female friends who are looking for a fun night every Friday night.
The production is from Warner Bros TV and Conan O’Brien’s Conaco with Wilson getting producer credits.
Wilson was actor/writer/producer on 2008 Australian TV series Bogan Pride and contributed to writing on series 2006-07 TV sitcom The Wedge.
The comedian has a number of productions in the works,...
- 3/26/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Writers’ Guild has announce the nominations for its 44th Awgie Awards.
The writers of Australia’s best stage, screen and radio scripts have been nominated across 23 awards, including Shaun Grant (Snowtown), Alice Addison (The Hunter), Jonathan Teplitzky (Burning Man) and Tony Krawitz
(The Tall Man) all screening at Tiff.
Awg President, Academy Award nominee Jan Sardi said in a statement, ‘The foundation of all great productions is the script. Each year the Awgie Awards recognise and celebrate the creators of those foundations, the writers. The nominations for this year’s Awgie awards clearly demonstrate the high standard of Australian performance writing. Some of the writers honoured today are familiar names, underscoring the consistent excellence of their work and ongoing contribution to our industry. Equally exciting are the new names and titles reflecting the breadth and vibrancy of Australian scriptwriting talent.”
As well as announcing the winners of the below categories,...
The writers of Australia’s best stage, screen and radio scripts have been nominated across 23 awards, including Shaun Grant (Snowtown), Alice Addison (The Hunter), Jonathan Teplitzky (Burning Man) and Tony Krawitz
(The Tall Man) all screening at Tiff.
Awg President, Academy Award nominee Jan Sardi said in a statement, ‘The foundation of all great productions is the script. Each year the Awgie Awards recognise and celebrate the creators of those foundations, the writers. The nominations for this year’s Awgie awards clearly demonstrate the high standard of Australian performance writing. Some of the writers honoured today are familiar names, underscoring the consistent excellence of their work and ongoing contribution to our industry. Equally exciting are the new names and titles reflecting the breadth and vibrancy of Australian scriptwriting talent.”
As well as announcing the winners of the below categories,...
- 8/18/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Series two of Swift & Shift Couriers, created and directed by Paul Fenech (Fat Pizza) will premiere on Sbs August 1, 8.30pm.
Expect Fenech’s unique brand of politically incorrect humour for round two.
Fenech, Ian Turpie, Melissa Tkautz, Amanda Keller and Angry Anderson return with their ragtag work mates to the Hashfield Depot in the wake of tight times.
In a statement Paul Fenech said: “Swift & Shift Couriers is back; bigger, better and louder in series two – this is the pumped up on steroids version of the first series.”...
Expect Fenech’s unique brand of politically incorrect humour for round two.
Fenech, Ian Turpie, Melissa Tkautz, Amanda Keller and Angry Anderson return with their ragtag work mates to the Hashfield Depot in the wake of tight times.
In a statement Paul Fenech said: “Swift & Shift Couriers is back; bigger, better and louder in series two – this is the pumped up on steroids version of the first series.”...
- 6/24/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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