"....The Watch launches on BBC Two!"

Simon Allen, Craig Viveiros, Colleen Kelsall and Richard Stokes

THE WATCH LAUNCHES ON BBC TWO !

Episodes 1 and 2 will be broadcast on BBC Two at 9pm on Thursday August 12. 

Read new interviews at Sci Fi Bulletin with Jo Eaton Kent (Cheery) and Creator Simon Allen.  

 

"......CURS>R is a Netflix Original!"

 

Full announcement at Deadline Hollywood and Bloody Disgusting! 

".....The Watch launches on BBC iPlayer!"

 

We had SO much fun making this show and exhausted global supplies of eyeliner, wigs, deeply inappropriate 80s needledrops, mirrorballs and queer magic. 

Check out The Watch on BBC iPlayer via the official BBC Two website. 

If you're interested you can also check out this interview with Writer Producer Simon Allen for the British Comedy Guide. 

".....SFX Magazine interview and feature about The Watch."

Ahead of its launch on BBC iPlayer tomorrow, here's some of SFX Magazine's coverage of the show from January 2021: 

".....6 Shows Featuring Trans and Non-Binary Characters to Watch Now."

Kat Palmer, an associate producer at Meredith Corporation, who is transgender, has named The Watch as one of 6 shows that represent trans and non-binary characters accurately and without stigma. 

"In The Watch there's a transgender dwarf who left the all-male dwarf mine to live as a woman in the city. There's even an episode where she returns to the mine and confronts their blind conformity and fear of anything different. I particularly like this character because they don't play up the 'man in a dress' angle for laughs. They treat her as a full and complex person with dignity.'

Read the full article at Hello Giggles. 

".....The Watch will be on BBC iPlayer and BBC Two."

• LA Times “a colourful, energetic treat”
• The Wall Street Journal “Making fantasy fun”
• SFX Magazine “A gleeful 21st century remix”
• Nerdist “Exciting and Hilarious”
• Collider “Game of Thrones meets Guardians of the Galaxy”
• Bleeding Cool “Bold, brash and brilliant.”
• Matt Rousch, TV Guide “The most crazily enjoyable series since AMC’s Preacher.”

Full announcement here.

".....CURS>R wraps! Cast includes Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans, Eddie Marsan and Robert Englund."

 

Producer and financier Anton (Greenland, “His Dark Materials,” The Night House) has announced that its latest production, the feature film CURS>R, has recently wrapped principal photography in the U.K. A dark twist on the ‘80s gaming obsession, the horror thriller stars Asa Butterfield (“Sex Education,” Greed, Hugo), Iola Evans (“The 100,” “Carnival Row”) and Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes, The Gentleman, Happy Go Lucky). The film also features horror maestro Robert Englund (the iconic Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street). Rounding out the cast is Angela Griffin (“The Hollow,” “White Lines,” “Harlots”), Kate Fleetwood (Beirut, Deliverers, Star Wars: Episode VII), Ryan Gage (The Hobbit, “The Musketeers”, “Endeavor”) and Joe Bolland (“The Trial of Christine Keeler”).

Anton will oversee world sales and introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming Cannes virtual market later this month, in association with Endeavor Content who is co-representing the US. 

 

In pursuit of an unclaimed $125,000 prize, a broke college dropout (Iola Evans) decides to play an obscure, 1980s survival computer game. But the game curses her, and she’s faced with dangerous choices and reality-warping challenges. After a series of unexpectedly terrifying moments, she realizes she’s no longer playing for the money, but for her life. The game locks her into an inescapable cycle of mind-bending horror. Stopping is not an option. It’s play or die!

 

Produced by Anton’s Sebastien Raybaud and John Zois alongside Stigma Films’ Matthew James Wilkinson (Yesterday, Days of the Bagnold Summer, Amulet), CURS>R is directed by Toby Meakins (Breathe, Floor 9.5) and written by Simon Allen (‘The Watch’, ‘Das Boot’, ‘The Musketeers’). Simon Allen, Liza Glucoft and Nick Angel (Yesterday, Days of the Bagnold Summer) are executive producers. Holly Hubsher is also overseeing the project on behalf of Anton. Shot on location in London, the film participated in the U.K. government Film & TV Production Restart Scheme.

 

Anton’s John Zois stated: “Toby is a visionary in the horror space with an innate genius for both original storytelling and the stark, eerie palates he creates on screen. Simon, Toby and Matt have worked to create something uniquely thrilling for horror fans.”

 

Stigma Films’ Matthew James Wilkinson added: “Incredibly excited to be working on such an original and terrifying concept as CURS>R - taking modern horror and twisting it to pit our hero against 80s nostalgia! Simon, Toby and I have enjoyed working with Anton to bring this idea to the screen.”

Coverage in The Hollywood Reporterr, Deadline, Variety and Forbes Talk. 

".....Production begins on CURS>R."

 

First announced in 2019 this retro horror nightmare is now filming. 

Casting will be revealed soon....

".....Songs and Music from The Watch."

 

'The What?' play the theme tune of the television show 

they are in to try and attract the Noble Dragon

'Last Breath' - DEATH (Wendell Pearce)

'Crockett's Theme' - Jan Hammer

Wake Me Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!

Gold - 'The What?'

"....check out The Watch on AMC Plus and BBC America (Sunday nights!)"

 

'A colorful, energetic treat.' LA Times

'Making fantasy fun.' Wall Street Journal

'Bold and brilliant.' Bleeding Cool

'Exciting and Hilarious.' Nerdist

'Truly unique.' Flickering Myth

'A lot to love.' Den of Geek

'Gloriously weird.' Flicks