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A recession is looming, summer is nowhere in sight... but hang on, Gladiators is returning to our screens to save us all!
After Ron got over the original heartbreak of there being no Wolf, no Jet, no Ulrikakakakaka, no chance of dressing up like Hunter and cracking on to Ulrikakaka, he still decided that to make a promo for the legendary game show was too good an opportunity to miss.
So Ron and producer Kate set off to Tunisia with dreams of hundreds of extras, toned and buffed bodies with stage combat skills, serious police support, a huge stadium and loads of kit to play with. Ah... One extended Tunisian family, two radios, a crumbling stadium and a goat later, Ron rose to the challenge and quite frankly became better than Moses. Fair enough Moses parted water, but he never turned 10 people into a thousand, or wheezing podgy Tunisians into swarthy warriors. Although it has to be said that Moses didn't have MPC to clean up afterwards.
Featured in The Guardian, 24 April 2008.
New Rogue Henrik Hallgren has shrunk. Thankfully this was just for Shots May 08 and hasn’t affected his enormous brain.
Henrik spent nearly two months away from his homeland Sweden, shooting with Rogue and WCRS for a new visual effects led Sky commercial which airs in the summer. Creative director Yan Elliot commented: “With Henrik the magic of making ads comes back to life. He instantly makes you feel that anything is possible.” We think this must be the reason the agency started to call him Jesus, that and the loaves and fishes he made us all eat for lunch.
Kevin has just returned to the UK after a challenging 12 week shoot in LA and Washington for his highly anticipated new feature through Universal / Working Title. 'State of Play' starring Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren and Ben Affleck, is based on the acclaimed 2003 BBC mini-series of the same title. The political thriller follows a team of investigative reporters who work alongside a police detective to try and solve the brutal murder of a congressman’s mistress. Kevin teamed up with renowned cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Brokeback Mountain, Babel) and will be editing the film with Justine Wright who has edited Kevin’s previous three feature films. State of Play will be due for release in Spring 2009.
We’re delighted to be representing Top Gear director Phil Churchward. Although still annoyingly young, Phil has been working on Top Gear for over three years, and has been credited with developing the much copied visual style that has made the show such a huge success. Phil is both technically accomplished as well as creatively inventive when it comes to shooting cars, action stunts and landscapes. His artistic eye, coupled with his ability to get the best from live stunts makes him a very exciting newcomer to commercials.
New Rogue Marc Evans is currently developing his next feature film set in the wilderness of Patagonia, as well as promoting his recent feature length documentary “In Prison My Whole Life”. In Prison is a compelling statement on the issue of the death penalty in America, and the story focuses particularly on the astonishing case of former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal who was convicted of the murder of a Chicago police officer back in 1983. “In Prison” was produced by Livia & Colin Firth and features interviews with Snoop Dogg, Noam Chomsky, Angela Davies, Steve Earle and Mos Def.
Marc is also currently working on an innovative brand commercial for the Co-op bank. It’s part art installation, part live video sequencing and part film – and is a truly original idea.
True Eastender, Ron Scalpello has directed two brilliantly received promos for BBC Eastenders. The promos celebrate the return of Albert Square’s infamous screaming couple Ricky and Bianca. Talking of come backs get your pugel stick out of the closet….Gladiators is back and Ron has just returned from Tunisia making a commercial for Sky to welcome it back to our screens. Oh Wolf...where have you been?
Ron also directed the recent Crunchy Nut “Dog Track” commercial through JWT with creatives Miles Bingham and Kevin Masters, and producer Gemma Knight. David Reviews said it was “a return to form for the Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut Cornflakes campaign”.
Sam Cadman has been back on our shores following a stint in LA. Touching down in a rather miserable London, Sam sensibly set off to South Africa almost instantly for two shoots. The new Argos commercial written by Clark Edwards and Nick Pringle, and produced by Kate Hardwick at CHI has just gone on air. Next out is the third ad of the Strongbow campaign with creatives Tim Collins and Mike Hughes, and produced by Kate Male at St. Lukes. Shot on a set of an urban roof terrace on the top floor of a Cape Town carpark in 50k winds, everything had to be nailed to the floor - including Sam and a small squirrel called Tufty.
Jackie Oudney has completed her much anticipated debut feature film, 'French Film' starring Hugh Bonneville (Notting Hill) and French Football Legend Eric Cantona (Manchester United) in a fantastic supporting role alongside Ann Marie Duff and Dougie Henshaw, Jackie’s very British comedy about love is already getting rave reviews in pre-release screenings.
Jackie also recently directed a stunning new spot for First Choice holidays... Undeniably bold advertising which stands out a mile in the ad breaks. Written by Simon Bere at BMB and produced by Jane Oak.
Also on air is Jackie’s new Kingsmill commercial through M&C Saatchi. With a characteristically strong central performance, Kingsmill was written by Ned Corbett-Winder and Martin Latham, and produced by David Jones.
Nicholas Barker is as busy as ever. This time he’s writing and directing another series of Dyson commercials. This follows the completion of a Renault commercial for France on which he worked with The Simpson’s animators. He has also shot a second Pizza Hut commercial through Wieden & Kennedy.
Sam Brown’s stunning new commercial for Tropicana through DDB is now on air. Thanks go out to creatives Danny Seager and Steve Hall who brilliantly avoided writing a commercial about breakfast in London. Sam shot in Australia, Chicago and Hong Kong making those of us left behind beyond jealous. Well, jealous until exec producer Charlie Crompton sent us this heart-warming photograph of shoot day five in Sydney. Wasn’t the central theme to the commercial sunshine?
Sam Brown "speaks to David Knight about his rise to pop's big league" in the November '06 issue of Promo.