Seems Chris Morris doesn't have a corner on the market for terrorism comedies this year. No, the creators of very serious minded Australian thriller The Jammed have just taken a turn towards the low-brow and launched production on their terrorism / reality TV spoof Eliminated. Here's the first official word:
After winning over critics and audiences in 2007 with acclaimed box office breakout hit The Jammed, the same team is back with a new film, ELIMINATED, which commenced shooting in Melbourne this week.
Written and directed by Dee McLachlan and produced by Andrea Buck from film production company The Picture Tank, ELIMINATED is a politically incorrect comedy about two of Australia's major obsessions, terrorism and reality television.
After winning over critics and audiences in 2007 with acclaimed box office breakout hit The Jammed, the same team is back with a new film, ELIMINATED, which commenced shooting in Melbourne this week.
Written and directed by Dee McLachlan and produced by Andrea Buck from film production company The Picture Tank, ELIMINATED is a politically incorrect comedy about two of Australia's major obsessions, terrorism and reality television.
More details as we get them!In ELIMINATED, a panel of guerilla judges selects and tests an eager and diverse group of young contestants to see who will take out the crown of 'master terrorist'. Subjected to various challenges, interrogations and torture, the aspiring terrorists adapt and change - and even learn to work together - as they face tormenting and surprising eliminations.
Dee McLachlan explains, "Like Masterchef, The Apprentice or Survivor, our film follows in the true tradition of reality style shows - but with a twist."
ELIMINATED has secured an impressive young dramatic and comedy cast, including two of The Jammed's acclaimed actors, Veronica Sywak and Masa Yamaguchi.
Joining them are Osamah Sami (Saved, Lucky Miles), Richard Cawthorne (Noise, Blue Heelers, Neighbours), Frieda Mckenna (The Wedge), Leah De Niese (Neighbours, Court of Lonely Royals), Sachin Joab (My Year Without Sex), Kendal Rae (The Shak) and Helpmann Award winning stage actor and musician Matt Hetherington.
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