Late in 2013, Fiona Bulle had an idea for a television show –
and we’re just about ready to start shooting it. Today, though, was a table
read of Episode One, with as much of the cast and crew and we could get
together on this chilly Melbourne Sunday.
It’s been seven months since Fiona corralled a group of four
writers into a room and we started throwing ideas around. Sonnigsburg will be a
six-part supernatural drama that is scheduled to air on Channel 31 in 2015. And
the writers room was a new experience for all of us. Early on we decided who
would take ownership of what episodes – and then it was a matter of pitching
the kind of stories we wanted to tell and the kind of characters we wanted to
populate the series.
Sonnigsburg is a mystery; a town in the woods that hasn’t
been visited for seventy years. Or so the legend goes. Nearby is the town of
Mount Sunshine – and it’s there that our main character stops on her way to
research Sonnigsburg. Savannah’s ex has called her out of the blue,
desperate for help – but when Savannah arrives in town and her past begins to
catch up with her, she realises that the residents of Mount Sunshine are
haunted by their pasts, too.
Fiona, our creator and Executive Producer, wrote the pilot
episode that begins shooting next week in Walhalla – a town in country Victoria
that bills itself as “the most haunted town in Australia”. Perfectly fitting
for our supernatural drama.
Today was our first opportunity to get most of the cast and
crew together; to meet, hang out, get to know each other a bit better – and have
a read through of the first script. It was great to finally hear the whole
script being read by our amazing cast of actors.
I’ll post semi-regular updates about the production process
here, but you can also follow our Facebook page, Twitter account and Instagram.
There will be a website soon enough as well.
Sonnigsburg - [Official Teaser Trailer] from GLENN - DARK EPIC productions on Vimeo.
Sonnigsburg will be produced by Rock Bottom Productions and
Wrongtown Films with assistance from the Community Broadcast Fund and Channel
31.
Sonnigsburg was created and written by Fiona Bulle, Alex
Scott, Meaghan Bell and Keith Gow
Sonnigsburg stars Ann Troung, Don Bridges, Dushan Philips,
Maree Shefford, Soren Jensen, Nadia Andary, Gavin Williams, Juliene Vanner, Sam
Eddy, Petra Elliott and Ian Stenlake. With Eryn Saunders, Ethan Oppy and Olivia
Sprague.
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