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The Jammed Filmmakers Return
The team behind the surprise hit of 2007 return with ELIMINATED.
Currently shooting in Melbourne is the follow-up feature to The Jammed from filmmaker Dee McLachlan (pictured). In contract to the thrills of The Jammed, ELIMINATED is a politically incorrect comedy set in the world of terrorism and reality TV.
According to the press release, the plot sees "a panel of guerilla judges select and test 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."
"Like Masterchef, The Apprentice or Survivor, our film follows in the true tradition of reality style shows - but with a twist," says McLachlan.
The cast of ELIMINATED includes Veronica Sywak and Masa Yamaguchi, who both starred in The Jammed, and they are joined by Osamah Sami (Lucky Miles), Richard Cawthorne (Noise, 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.
The Jammed was initially rejected from theatrical release by most distributors in Australia before it was viewed by producer John L. Simpson who formed a distribution company to release it. It ended up making $400,000 in cinemas following some great reviews from the likes of The Age's Jim Schembri and At The Movies' David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz, and a unique marketing campaign by Simpson.
John L. Simpson and his company Titan View are again working with McLachlan and her producer Andrea Buck on ELIMINATED. "I was privileged to be part of their amazing journey which saw The Jammed embraced by critics and audience alike," says Simpson. "Dee is Australia's most innovative film director and will surely deliver a funny, clever and entertaining film that packs a political punch."
Watch out for ELIMINATED in 2010.