"....our new horror short Floor 9.5 scares the shit out of America. Sorry America."

BAFTA winner Georgina Campbell in Floor 9.5

Commissioned by the wonderful guys at Fox Digital, our new horror short Floor 9.5 has been disrupting television schedules in the USA on various Fox channels over the past week or so as part of a Skittles-sponsored mini film festival of horror.  We wrote, shot and cut the whole thing in record time and, while we are all really proud of the finished film, I don't think any of us anticipated it having quite such an impact. Here's just a few of the tweets sent to us by the agency:

Here's an interview the director Toby Meakins and I did with Ad Week about the impact of the film: 'These Bite Size Horror Films are the Best Halloween Ads in Years.'

And here are just a few of the press articles:

This Candy Commercial Is The Best Horror Scene We’ve Seen In Ages

This freaky commercial scared the hell out of baseball fans

Why Skittles’ ‘Bite-Size Horror’ Is The Perfect Metaphor For American Society

Skittles’ Bite-Size Horror Short Takes an Elevator to Hell! 

Skittles’ two-minute “Bite-Size Horror” commercial during ALDS freaked out a lot of people

I'll try to post any updates as the film continues its run through Hallowe'en and we're hoping it will follow the long and successful runs of Lot 254 and Breathe in festivals next year. In the meantime, here's some behind the scenes images I grabbed on the shoot.....

"….Digital Spy Hails the Musketeers Series Three as a Show of the Year!"

The Musketeers Series Finale: 'We are the Garrison'

Digital Spy have listed The Musketeers Series Three as one of the best shows of 2016 saying "This stirring swashbuckler delivered its strongest series to date and wrapped things up with a marvellous finale."

WE ARE SO THRILLED!

You can read the full article on the Digital Spy website and I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! xx

"...The Musketeers 3.10 Epilogue!"

Below is a short scene that we wrote for the very end of Episode 10 (originally to come after the closing monologue). We filmed it, Tamla and Luca were brilliant in it but we felt it undermined the strength of what had gone before. I've posted it here for diehard fans to take a look at. Hopefully you'll see the echoes of d'Artagnan and Constance's first meeting from Season One... 

You can download the entire script from the BBC Writers' Room website - there are one or two other 'deleted scenes' within it, not least an extra beat between Anne and Aramis.  

And that's it for the Musketeers! 

Thank you to BBC One and BBC Worldwide for letting us make the show.

Thank you to our crew, directors and guest writers. 

Thank you to Lucy, Naf, Jess Hill and Kate. 

Thank you to Adrian Hodges for creating the show in the first place and bringing us onto it during Series Two.

Thank you to Hilary Martin. 

Thank you to Jess Pope. For everything.

Thank you to Simon J. Ashford. For absolutely everything. 

Thank you to Tom, Luca, Santi, Howie, Hugo, Ryan, Ali, Tam, Thalissa, Matt, Michael, Andre, Maimie and Rupert.

Most of all THANK YOU so much to everybody who watched Season Three and supported us.

It's been extraordinary. 

We are the Garrison!

Simon

x

"...the Musketeers Series Three Garrison Fire - Behind the Scenes and Storyboards."

"....script to screen on the Musketeers 3.8."

If you've watched The Musketeers Episode Eight 'Prisoners of War', you might be interested in reading the original script scene for Sylvie's ordeal at the hands of Marcheaux and Grimaud.

There are many differences between what appears in the finished episode and what we originally wrote  - not least in the various points of view throughout the scene.

Anyway, I hope this gives you an insight into how things change sometimes as we take them from script to screen....

"....Spotless is now on NETFLIX!"

Ed McCardie's awesome 'Spotless' (for which I wrote Episode 8) is now winning many, many admirers on Netflix UK. If you're a subscriber, please check it out. You won't be disappointed!