THIS IS ENGLAND '86 - (now full of **SPOILERS**)
Jun 26, 2008 16:52:09 GMT
Post by shanemeadows on Jun 26, 2008 16:52:09 GMT
I have been holding back on this one a bit as I wanted to know it had at least a 50/50 chance of seeing the light of day.
Myself and Mark Herbert are in talks with C4 at the minute about the possibility of doing a TV series to follow on from TIE. It would take place in 1986 and use most of the cast and crew from the film (barring the ones that got on my tit's of course) and would run for six epsiodes over the summer holidays of that year.
Initially, I wasn't too into the idea of a 'Spin-Off' but once me and Mark started heading down memory lane, a whole platter of memories came flooding back to me and the old juices started flowing. So I sat down to brainstorm some possible ideas and came up with the first two series outlines in about an hour (vision express!). The first series being set in 1986 and the second being set in 1990. Once the pen hit paper it literally wrote itself and I have fallen in love with the idea of getting this one off the ground.
The big difference between the film and a series would be the chance to explore more of the characters and in much greater depth. So some episodes would feature all the gang (barring the ones that I have killed off in a 1985 plane crash or moved to hemel hempstead) and some may just focus on one or two characters. But the look and feel of the film will remain, It will be shot on the same 16mm film cameras in similar locations and will be all new stories rather than a tired rehash of the original (Such as the Lock Stock series etc).
Anyhow. I'd love to know what you guys think of the idea??? The first script will be submitted in the next month or so, I will let you know what C4 think.
Myself and Mark Herbert are in talks with C4 at the minute about the possibility of doing a TV series to follow on from TIE. It would take place in 1986 and use most of the cast and crew from the film (barring the ones that got on my tit's of course) and would run for six epsiodes over the summer holidays of that year.
Initially, I wasn't too into the idea of a 'Spin-Off' but once me and Mark started heading down memory lane, a whole platter of memories came flooding back to me and the old juices started flowing. So I sat down to brainstorm some possible ideas and came up with the first two series outlines in about an hour (vision express!). The first series being set in 1986 and the second being set in 1990. Once the pen hit paper it literally wrote itself and I have fallen in love with the idea of getting this one off the ground.
The big difference between the film and a series would be the chance to explore more of the characters and in much greater depth. So some episodes would feature all the gang (barring the ones that I have killed off in a 1985 plane crash or moved to hemel hempstead) and some may just focus on one or two characters. But the look and feel of the film will remain, It will be shot on the same 16mm film cameras in similar locations and will be all new stories rather than a tired rehash of the original (Such as the Lock Stock series etc).
Anyhow. I'd love to know what you guys think of the idea??? The first script will be submitted in the next month or so, I will let you know what C4 think.
