Australian actor, producer, and writer Angus Sampson was born in Sydney, Australia. Sampson gained recognition for his distinct acting skills and compelling performances. For the most part, the star has appeared in a range of film genres. This spans drama, comedy, and horror. But he’s mostly known for his role as Tucker in the Australian horror film series The Mule. He was also a prominent part of The Mule II, which he co-wrote and co-directed with Tony Mahony. It’s safe to say that he has continually showcased his ability to portray complex and intense characters. But that’s not all the...
- 7/7/2023
- by Ima Whyte
- TVovermind.com
Screen Australia will fund the direct-to-digital release of up to four low-budget films in a pilot scheme over the next two years.
The initiative is part of $3.2 million in funding for 10 production companies and organisations under the agency.s new Enterprise Industry program announced today.
The scheme will entail each film having event screenings at selected cinemas and being released the same day on iTunes and all other electronic platforms.
Screen Australia will fund the marketing costs, which COO Fiona Cameron estimates will be between $300,000 and $500,000.
.Some low budget films need to be accessible and to find their audiences immediately,. Cameron tells If. .It.s a good place for Screen Australia to explore because there is considerable risk. We want to see if this is a commercial proposition for certain other films..
The event screenings- which may mean four-walling cinemas- will guarantee each project qualifies for the 40% producer offset. Those...
The initiative is part of $3.2 million in funding for 10 production companies and organisations under the agency.s new Enterprise Industry program announced today.
The scheme will entail each film having event screenings at selected cinemas and being released the same day on iTunes and all other electronic platforms.
Screen Australia will fund the marketing costs, which COO Fiona Cameron estimates will be between $300,000 and $500,000.
.Some low budget films need to be accessible and to find their audiences immediately,. Cameron tells If. .It.s a good place for Screen Australia to explore because there is considerable risk. We want to see if this is a commercial proposition for certain other films..
The event screenings- which may mean four-walling cinemas- will guarantee each project qualifies for the 40% producer offset. Those...
- 3/4/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
[Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of Indie Film Month. Today's pick, "The Mule," is available now On Demand. This interview originally ran last summer.] Co-directed by Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson, "The Mule" tells the story of a young man, played by Angus Sampson, who gets roped into transporting heroin for a friend. 20 condoms full, to be exact. After being detained by Australian airport authorities, however, Sampson's character must find the strength of a thousand men in order to keep his body from passing the drugs. In this exclusive clip from the film, the titular unlucky soul comes very close to getting caught. Indiewire has partnered with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand for January's Indie Film Month. Enjoy exceptionally creative and uniquely entertaining new Indie releases ("Boyhood," "The Skeleton Twins," "Song One," and more) all month...
- 1/22/2015
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Title: The Mule XLrator Media Director: Tony Mahony, Angus Sampson Writers: Jaime Browne, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell Cast: Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Ewen Leslie, Georgina Haig, Noni Hazlehurst, and John Noble Running time: 103 min, Unrated (Violence, language) In Theaters, VOD And iTUNES: November 21, 2014 Based on true events. In 1983 a naive man named Ray Jenkins (Angus Sampson) who still lives at home with his parents, travels to Thailand with his soccer team. Ray’s friend Gavin (Leigh Whannell) whom is in a bit of trouble with drug dealer Pat Shepherd (John Noble), convinces Ray to take the task of swallowing 20 condoms filled with heroin and [ Read More ]
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- 12/3/2014
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Hugo Weaving skyrocketed into Hollywood fame as Agent Smith in The Matrix films and over the last two decades, the actor has curated a fine balance of Hollywood films and smaller indie productions, both in the Us and in his native Australia. The Mule is one of his most recent forays into indie films.
Written and directed by Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson, Sampson also stars as Ray, the "mule" of the title in a comedic retelling of a real life events surround the first drug mule to be caught by law enforcement.
I had a chance to speak with Hugo Weaving, one of the film's stars (he plays one of the cops), about the bizarre story, his favourite scene in the film and his preference for working on smaller productions.
The Mule made its debut at SXSW earlier this y [Continued ...]...
Written and directed by Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson, Sampson also stars as Ray, the "mule" of the title in a comedic retelling of a real life events surround the first drug mule to be caught by law enforcement.
I had a chance to speak with Hugo Weaving, one of the film's stars (he plays one of the cops), about the bizarre story, his favourite scene in the film and his preference for working on smaller productions.
The Mule made its debut at SXSW earlier this y [Continued ...]...
- 11/25/2014
- QuietEarth.us
The gambit of launching Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson.s dark comedy The Mule simultaneously on digital platforms in Australia, New Zealand, the Us and Canada last Friday, bypassing cinemas, seems to be paying off.
Initial reports from iTunes and distributor eOne are very encouraging, according to Sampson, who served as one of the producers.
Consumers can buy the title on digital platforms for $24.99 and it will be available to rent online and on DVD and Blu-ray on December 3.
The caper starring Sampson as a naive guy who is caught with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach and tries to withhold the evidence, literally, ranks as the most popular indie title on iTunes in Australia and in the Us.
.In Australia iTunes says the film is doing three times better than its estimates, .Sampson tells If. .EOne just told me the pre-orders for physical sales are five times better than they would have done normally.
Initial reports from iTunes and distributor eOne are very encouraging, according to Sampson, who served as one of the producers.
Consumers can buy the title on digital platforms for $24.99 and it will be available to rent online and on DVD and Blu-ray on December 3.
The caper starring Sampson as a naive guy who is caught with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach and tries to withhold the evidence, literally, ranks as the most popular indie title on iTunes in Australia and in the Us.
.In Australia iTunes says the film is doing three times better than its estimates, .Sampson tells If. .EOne just told me the pre-orders for physical sales are five times better than they would have done normally.
- 11/24/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Mother, Jugs, and Laxatives: Sampson and Mahony’s Curious Exploration of Strange Case
Based on its poster and other marketing materials for Angus Sampson and Tony Mahony’s directorial debut, The Mule, one would assume the film would be a zany, goofily comedic treatment of its ‘based on a true story’ crime from the early 80’s. Surprisingly, the film is much more sobering than that, as well as nicely shot and performed, imbued with a pedigree hardly evident in the materials being used to draw an audience in to a film starring a trio of known Austrialian names, including Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson (writer and co-star of Insidious) as well as Hugo Weaving. That said, Mahony and Sampson don’t structure the film advantageously, lumping us right away into the dramatic thrust before plateauing into a countdown hinged on its protagonist’s bowel movement.
In 1983 Melbourne, Ray Jenkins (Angus Sampson...
Based on its poster and other marketing materials for Angus Sampson and Tony Mahony’s directorial debut, The Mule, one would assume the film would be a zany, goofily comedic treatment of its ‘based on a true story’ crime from the early 80’s. Surprisingly, the film is much more sobering than that, as well as nicely shot and performed, imbued with a pedigree hardly evident in the materials being used to draw an audience in to a film starring a trio of known Austrialian names, including Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson (writer and co-star of Insidious) as well as Hugo Weaving. That said, Mahony and Sampson don’t structure the film advantageously, lumping us right away into the dramatic thrust before plateauing into a countdown hinged on its protagonist’s bowel movement.
In 1983 Melbourne, Ray Jenkins (Angus Sampson...
- 11/24/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
There are films that are based on a true story, and then there's "The Mule." It's easy to see how directors Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson, who star in and co-wrote the script, would be attracted to this outlandish story. But taking inspired ingredients and turning them into a worthy genre film entails knowing the limitations of the story and maximizing its strongest points, advice the filmmakers could've used at any time during the making of "The Mule." A movie that jumps into its central premise before quickly settling into tedium, Mahony and Sampson try to wring as much mileage of possible out of a grown man trying not to take a shit. But in order for the audience to play along, you have to make us give a shit, and "The Mule" does try. The story follows Ray (Sampson), a schlubby Mama's boy who works an unremarkable TV repair...
- 11/20/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Perhaps it's fitting that a crime drama about constipation should take so long to get going. Directors Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson's tense true-life Australian drug-trafficking ick-out The Mule opens with a sweaty Ray Jenkins (Sampson) dropping trou and spreading for airport security, his face straining for a blithe cluelessness -- he's clearly trying to playact he has no idea why he's being asked to do this. Then the movie doubles back to days before, to the events that led to this, a wearying J. J. Abramsian editing technique that dumps us into a story at its high point but in this case leaves audiences wondering, “Wait, the excitement this is all building to is a cavity search?”
So, yes, The Mule proves a tough sit, but by the end you might b...
So, yes, The Mule proves a tough sit, but by the end you might b...
- 11/19/2014
- Village Voice
Aussie crime flick The Mule will be available on VOD and iTunes, and in select theaters, on November 21. It is the directorial debut from Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson. Sampson (the Insidious films and 100 Bloody Acres) also wrote the script with co-star Leigh Whannell and stars as Ray Jenkins, the titular character in the film. We have an exclusive clip to share with you. Jenkins is being led to a hotel room by the authorities (Hugo Weaving and Ewen Leslie) and the voice-over explains his rights to him. All everyone has to do now is wait for Jenkins to visit the little boy's room. It's 1983. A naive man with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach is detained by Australian Federal Police. Alone and afraid, 'the...
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- 11/3/2014
- Screen Anarchy
‘The Mule’s title character is withholding important evidence about his unsuspecting involvement in his local Australian drug trade in the trailer for the upcoming crime thriller. Co-writer, co-director and lead star Angus Sampson stars as Ray Jenkins, a seemingly naive and innocent man whose sole talent is repairing electrical appliances at the local repair shop. He inadvertently becomes a mule for local Melbourne dealer, Pat (John Noble), as his stepfather owes him a large sum of money. Sampson reunited with his ‘Insidious’ series co-star, Leigh Whannell, to co-scribe ‘The Mule,’ along with Jaime Browne. The director also teamed with Tony Mahony to co-helm the thriller together. Besides Sampson, Whannell and [ Read More ]
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- 10/31/2014
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
By Christmas at least six Hollywood films will have been released this year on DVD and VoD roughly 90 days after their theatrical premieres, a departure from the traditional 120-day holdback.
Home entertainment retailers and digital platforms believe a further relaxation of release windows is inevitable.
James Sterling, national purchasing manager for the Civic Video chain, told If, .Civic is supportive of a reduction in the theatrical window. I have been trying to address a shortened window for some time now. What film is still breaking B.O. records after eight weeks?.
Quickflix executive chairman Stephen Langsford said, .We see the collapsing of windows as an inevitability and one that is good for consumers whilst addressing one of the root causes of piracy: desire for quick access.
.If consumers want a big screen experience they.ll go to the cinema and if they want to stream it or play it on...
Home entertainment retailers and digital platforms believe a further relaxation of release windows is inevitable.
James Sterling, national purchasing manager for the Civic Video chain, told If, .Civic is supportive of a reduction in the theatrical window. I have been trying to address a shortened window for some time now. What film is still breaking B.O. records after eight weeks?.
Quickflix executive chairman Stephen Langsford said, .We see the collapsing of windows as an inevitability and one that is good for consumers whilst addressing one of the root causes of piracy: desire for quick access.
.If consumers want a big screen experience they.ll go to the cinema and if they want to stream it or play it on...
- 10/28/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian cinema is facing a crisis because the distribution model for most Oz films is no longer viable, according to Troy Lum.
The EntertainmentOne Australia MD is calling for a summit where funding agencies, producers, distributors and exhibitors can address the vexing issues of release windows, how films are financed and how best to reach audiences across the spectrum.
.We are at a crisis point in our industry; we have to change the model,. Lum told If. His comments followed the launch of Julius Avery.s Son of a Gun, which took $65,000 in its first four days on 53 screens, released by eOne.
.We are absolutely devastated by the result,. said Lum. .I'm gutted for the filmmakers who worked really hard and made a really fine film.
.We worked very hard on the release with a big marketing campaign and a publicity tour. We booked it into a mixture of art...
The EntertainmentOne Australia MD is calling for a summit where funding agencies, producers, distributors and exhibitors can address the vexing issues of release windows, how films are financed and how best to reach audiences across the spectrum.
.We are at a crisis point in our industry; we have to change the model,. Lum told If. His comments followed the launch of Julius Avery.s Son of a Gun, which took $65,000 in its first four days on 53 screens, released by eOne.
.We are absolutely devastated by the result,. said Lum. .I'm gutted for the filmmakers who worked really hard and made a really fine film.
.We worked very hard on the release with a big marketing campaign and a publicity tour. We booked it into a mixture of art...
- 10/21/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Today we have the trailer for the upcoming Australian film called "The Mule," starring Hugo Weaving (The Matrix), Angus Sampson, Leign Whannell (Insidious) and John Noble. Check it out below. Plot: It's 1983. A naive man with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach is detained by Australian Federal Police. Alone and afraid, 'the Mule' makes a desperate choice; to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence... literally. And by doing so becomes a 'human time-bomb'; dragging cops, criminals and concerned family into his impossible escapade. The new movie is written by Whannell and Sampson, and directed by Sampson and Tony Mahony. It's set to premiere at the SXSW Film Festival. Trailer:...
- 10/2/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
It cannot be denied that Hugo Weaving is one of the greatest actors working today. While Laurence Fishburne is, of course, awesome, The Matrix Trilogy would have been nothing without Weaving’s towering performance as Agent Smith. He added greater depth and complexity to V For Vendetta, and presented Red Skull as a most fearsome foe in Captain America: The First Avenger. But, for all the big budget films he does, it is his selection of smaller, independent projects that make for the most interesting viewing – and that’s what we have here, in The Mule.
Check out the plot summary for the movie below:
“Inspired by true events, The Mule tells the story of a naïve young man who is detained by federal police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. Alone and afraid, ‘the Mule’ makes a desperate choice; to defy bodily functions and withhold the evidence… literally.
Check out the plot summary for the movie below:
“Inspired by true events, The Mule tells the story of a naïve young man who is detained by federal police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. Alone and afraid, ‘the Mule’ makes a desperate choice; to defy bodily functions and withhold the evidence… literally.
- 10/2/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
"Do something with this shitty life of yours before it's too late!" Damn this looks good. We've been waiting ages to see a trailer for this Australian film called The Mule, about a drug mule who gets into the wrong shit. Angus Sampson (who also co-wrote and co-directs this film) plays Ray Jenkins, who ingests a bag of drugs while in Thailand and attempts to enter Australia. He's caught, but it's not necessarily by the police, with everyone coming after him as soon as he arrives. Hugo Weaving and Leigh Whannell co-star, along with John Noble. This looks great, like a dark comedy with some crazy fun times, I'm looking forward to it. The quotes are the worst part about this trailer, but all the footage and Weaving's mustache looks awesome. Here's the first full trailer for Angus Sampson & Tony Mahony's The Mule, on YouTube (via The Playlist):...
- 10/1/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After platforming at four cinemas in New York and Los Angeles John Curran.s Tracks expanded to 28 screens in the Us last weekend.
The 3-day gross was $US70,951 for a per-screen average of $2,534, bringing the 10-day cume to $103,098.
That.s not a great result for the Weinstein Co., which originally intended to launch the Outback adventure starring Mia Wasikowska as .camel girl. Robyn Davidson in May.
Tracks underlines how tough it can be for Australian films to crack the mainstream Us market, while deals for a limited theatrical release or straight to DVD and VOD are becoming more common.
John V. Soto.s The Reckoning is taking the latter path with a simultaneous VOD and DVD launch in the Us and Canada on October 28 via Anchor Bay Entertainment.
.A theatrical release in North America would require a substantial P&A commitment that is better spent pushing the VOD release,. said Soto,...
The 3-day gross was $US70,951 for a per-screen average of $2,534, bringing the 10-day cume to $103,098.
That.s not a great result for the Weinstein Co., which originally intended to launch the Outback adventure starring Mia Wasikowska as .camel girl. Robyn Davidson in May.
Tracks underlines how tough it can be for Australian films to crack the mainstream Us market, while deals for a limited theatrical release or straight to DVD and VOD are becoming more common.
John V. Soto.s The Reckoning is taking the latter path with a simultaneous VOD and DVD launch in the Us and Canada on October 28 via Anchor Bay Entertainment.
.A theatrical release in North America would require a substantial P&A commitment that is better spent pushing the VOD release,. said Soto,...
- 9/29/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson.s dark comedy The Mule will test a new model for releasing films when it.s launched simultaneously on digital platforms in Australia, New Zealand, the Us and Canada on November 21.
Consumers in those markets will be able to buy the title online; it will be avaiIable to rent from December 3.
In the week before the digital launch Sampson, Hugo Weaving and executive producer and co-writer/co-star Leigh Whannell will attend event screenings and Q&A sessions in Sydney and Melbourne. .This style of release is testament to the vision of the filmmakers to present their film to the widest possible audience across the country and for eOne's desire to drive new and unique ways to connect films with audiences in an ever changing landscape,. said Entertainment One MD Troy Lum.
The Reckoning writer-director John V Soto is convinced of the value of a limited theatrical release for his thriller.
Consumers in those markets will be able to buy the title online; it will be avaiIable to rent from December 3.
In the week before the digital launch Sampson, Hugo Weaving and executive producer and co-writer/co-star Leigh Whannell will attend event screenings and Q&A sessions in Sydney and Melbourne. .This style of release is testament to the vision of the filmmakers to present their film to the widest possible audience across the country and for eOne's desire to drive new and unique ways to connect films with audiences in an ever changing landscape,. said Entertainment One MD Troy Lum.
The Reckoning writer-director John V Soto is convinced of the value of a limited theatrical release for his thriller.
- 9/23/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
In a sign of the rising volume of film production, 25 features are eligible for the 4th annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards in January.
That.s up from the 15 titles that were in contention for last January.s awards.
The contenders include Russell Crowe.s The Water Diviner, Julius Avery.s Son of a Gun, Stephen Lance.s My Mistress, Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson.s The Mule, Geoff Davis. William Kelly.s War and Jon Hewitt.s Turkey Shoot. Those titles will be among those unspooling at. the Aacta Awards Screenings program to be held from October 6-23 at Event Cinemas, Bondi Junction, and Melbourne.s Palace Cinema Como and Backlot Studios.
Universal is launching The Water Diviner on Boxing Day.. Son of a Gun is set for October 16 via eOne, Ifm/Filmways is releasing William Kelly's War on October 30 and Transmission opens My Mistress...
That.s up from the 15 titles that were in contention for last January.s awards.
The contenders include Russell Crowe.s The Water Diviner, Julius Avery.s Son of a Gun, Stephen Lance.s My Mistress, Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson.s The Mule, Geoff Davis. William Kelly.s War and Jon Hewitt.s Turkey Shoot. Those titles will be among those unspooling at. the Aacta Awards Screenings program to be held from October 6-23 at Event Cinemas, Bondi Junction, and Melbourne.s Palace Cinema Como and Backlot Studios.
Universal is launching The Water Diviner on Boxing Day.. Son of a Gun is set for October 16 via eOne, Ifm/Filmways is releasing William Kelly's War on October 30 and Transmission opens My Mistress...
- 9/16/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
At least 17 Australian films look set to be released theatrically in the Us this year following the latest batch of deals announced in Cannes. If that's how it pans out, that will be an all-time record, or the highest in the last few decades. The previous high point was 1997 when 15 features were distributed in the Us, according to Screen Australia, whose records go back to 1985.
The preponderance of VOD-targeted deals with limited theatrical play-off partly explains the upswing this year. Only five Australian features got theatrical exposure in the Us in 2012 and seven in 2011, according to Screen Australia's research.
Main Street Films bought Tim Winton.s The Turning, A24 picked up Julius Avery.s crime thriller Son of a Gun and XLrator Media collared Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson.s dark comedy The Mule. Murali Thuralli.s post-Apocalyptic drama One will also be released in the Us by Main...
The preponderance of VOD-targeted deals with limited theatrical play-off partly explains the upswing this year. Only five Australian features got theatrical exposure in the Us in 2012 and seven in 2011, according to Screen Australia's research.
Main Street Films bought Tim Winton.s The Turning, A24 picked up Julius Avery.s crime thriller Son of a Gun and XLrator Media collared Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson.s dark comedy The Mule. Murali Thuralli.s post-Apocalyptic drama One will also be released in the Us by Main...
- 5/18/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
At least 17 Australian films will be released theatrically in the Us this year following the latest batch of deals announced in Cannes. If that isn.t a record, it must be close, albeit that some of those deals are VOD-driven, with a limited theatrical release. Main Street Films bought Tim Winton.s The Turning, A24 picked up Julius Avery.s crime thriller Son of a Gun and XLrator Media collared Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson.s dark comedy The Mule. Murali Thuralli.s post-Apocalyptic drama One will also be released in the Us by Main Street Films but that won.t be until next year (see separate story). .The number of Us deals secured for the latest crop of Australian films demonstrates the strength and international audience appeal of Australian storytelling,. Kathleen Drumm, head of marketing at Screen Australia, tells If from Cannes. .Expanding platforms offer new ways into the...
- 5/18/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
While it's not exactly a horror film, per se, The Mule stars a few faces that are familiar to horror fans like ourselves and it's about drugs being stuffed up a dude's butt, two things that make it worthy of a mention here on Dread.
The whacky film has just been picked up for U.S. distribution, and we've pulled out all the details for ya today!
From the Press Release
XLrator Media has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the edgy, comedic thriller The Mule from Entertainment One Films International’s newly launched boutique sales arm Séville International. The film, written by Leigh Whannell & Angus Sampson, recently had its world premiere to great acclaim at South by Southwest (SXSW) in March. XLrator Media will release the film in Fall 2014 on its acclaimed “MacAbre” genre label. The deal was announced today by XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon.
The Mule stars Hugo Weaving (The Hobbit,...
The whacky film has just been picked up for U.S. distribution, and we've pulled out all the details for ya today!
From the Press Release
XLrator Media has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the edgy, comedic thriller The Mule from Entertainment One Films International’s newly launched boutique sales arm Séville International. The film, written by Leigh Whannell & Angus Sampson, recently had its world premiere to great acclaim at South by Southwest (SXSW) in March. XLrator Media will release the film in Fall 2014 on its acclaimed “MacAbre” genre label. The deal was announced today by XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon.
The Mule stars Hugo Weaving (The Hobbit,...
- 5/16/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
The new Australian film The Mule is not a horror film -- although, yeah, I bet we'd all love to see a flick about a man-eating, rabid mule. Nor is The Mule exactly a suspense movie or a "thriller" in a traditional sense. So why are we reviewing it at Fearnet? Well, here's the plot:
A sad-sack loser stupidly decides to transport a lot of heroin (in his stomach) from Bangkok to Australia, only he gets caught at the airport and held as a suspect. Law of the land dictates that Ray Jenkins can only be held for seven days, so that's good news, right? The bad news should be obvious: have you ever tried to "hold it in" for seven days? And that's just normal food. One can only assume that 20 condoms filled with heroin would be in an even bigger rush to leave one's belly. Set in early '80s Australia and,...
A sad-sack loser stupidly decides to transport a lot of heroin (in his stomach) from Bangkok to Australia, only he gets caught at the airport and held as a suspect. Law of the land dictates that Ray Jenkins can only be held for seven days, so that's good news, right? The bad news should be obvious: have you ever tried to "hold it in" for seven days? And that's just normal food. One can only assume that 20 condoms filled with heroin would be in an even bigger rush to leave one's belly. Set in early '80s Australia and,...
- 3/18/2014
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
Austin - In the two "Insidious" movies, Angus Sampson and Leigh Whannell play the two paranormal investigators who work with Lin Shaye, and I enjoyed how they almost felt like they were beamed in from another film with a more aggressive sense of absurdity. They had really fun chemistry together, and in the second film especially, they were a big part of what the films did well. Last week, their new collaboration premiered as part of the SXSW Film Festival, and this time, the two of them are front and center. They co-wrote "The Mule," and they both play key roles in the film, with Sampson also serving as co-director with Tony Mahony. "The Mule" is dark and smart and deeply satisfying, a wicked little crime thriller with a grim sense of humor. Sampson's work in front of the camera is just as good as his work behind the camera,...
- 3/16/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
We are not entirely sure how Dread-worthy this flick is gonna be, but being that it stars everyone's favorite paranormal investigating team of Angus Sampson and Leigh Whannell along with Hugo Weaving, and the fact that its premise alone makes us ache, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention it.
Or at least show you the poster...
The Mule is directed by Sampson and Tony Mahony and is written by Whannell and Sampson.
Synopsis
In 1983 a naive man detained by Australian Federal Police has lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. Alone and afraid, ‘the mule’ makes a desperate choice to withhold the evidence… literally. Defying his bodily functions, ‘the mule’ inadvertently drags the cops, the criminals, and his family deep into the bowels of hell, confirming – “it’s what’s inside that counts.”
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The Mule is directed by Sampson and Tony Mahony and is written by Whannell and Sampson.
Synopsis
In 1983 a naive man detained by Australian Federal Police has lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. Alone and afraid, ‘the mule’ makes a desperate choice to withhold the evidence… literally. Defying his bodily functions, ‘the mule’ inadvertently drags the cops, the criminals, and his family deep into the bowels of hell, confirming – “it’s what’s inside that counts.”
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- 3/13/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
For those who find humour in bodily functions, Australian dark comedy The Mule is a lot of fun, laced with killings and beatings and featuring strong performances. That.s according to several critics who attended the world premiere at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Co-directed by Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson, who plays one of the leads, the film is based on the story of a Victorian man who in 1983 is suspected of smuggling drugs back from Thailand. He.s locked in a hotel room by the cops who expect him to deliver the evidence within a day or so. In Australia Entertainment One will release the film scripted by Leigh Whannell, Sampson and Jaime Browne, date to be confirmed. Sampson plays the slow-witted Ray, who foolishly agrees to act as a drug mule for his friend Gavin ( Whannell), who is acting as a front man for local mobster...
- 3/12/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
While most of us have never heard of this film yet, I have a feeling by the end of the year we'll all be talking about it. Premiering at SXSW this weekend is a film titled The Mule, co-written by Angus Sampson and Leigh Whannell (you may known them as Specs & Tucker from Insidious), co-directed by Angus Sampson and Tony Mahony. The story is about a drug "mule" taken into custody in 1983 by Australian Federal Police, who refuses to "defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence...literally." That whole concept may not make sense until you get a glimpse at this poster, then you can start to put the pieces together, then you can think "holy shit" this might be crazy. Hugo Weaving stars, but there are no actors on here yet. Take a look. Here's the first festival teaser poster for Angus Sampson & Tony Mahony's The Mule,...
- 3/8/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sundance just ended, and we are already preparing for the next big film festival, South By Southwest. Not too long ago, the festival announced a few of the films premiering this year, but now they’ve announced the main slate. The midnight selections and some inevitable late-breaking additions are still to be announced, but this should be more than enough to get you excited. Along with many World Premieres, and Sundance favorites like Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and Gareth Evans’ The Raid 2, the line up also includes an anniversary screening of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and an extended Q&A screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel with Wes Anderson. SXSW 2014 runs March 7 through 15 in Austin, Texas. Check out the line up after the jump.
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Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,324 films submitted to SXSW 2014. Films screening in Narrative...
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Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,324 films submitted to SXSW 2014. Films screening in Narrative...
- 1/31/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Today the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced a diverse features lineup for this year’s Festival, the 21st edition and running March 7 – 15, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The 2014 program expands on SXSW tradition of embracing a range of genres and span of budgets, featuring a wealth of vision from experienced and developing filmmakers alike.
For more information visit http://sxsw.com/film.
Listed in the announcement are 115 of the features that will screen over the course of nine days at SXSW 2014. The lineup below includes 68 films from first-time filmmakers, and consists of 76 World Premieres, 10 North American Premieres and 7 U.S. Premieres. These films were selected from a record 2,215 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,540 U.S. and 675 international feature-length films. With a record number of 6,482 submissions total, the overall increase was 14% over 2013. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 5, with the complete...
For more information visit http://sxsw.com/film.
Listed in the announcement are 115 of the features that will screen over the course of nine days at SXSW 2014. The lineup below includes 68 films from first-time filmmakers, and consists of 76 World Premieres, 10 North American Premieres and 7 U.S. Premieres. These films were selected from a record 2,215 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,540 U.S. and 675 international feature-length films. With a record number of 6,482 submissions total, the overall increase was 14% over 2013. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 5, with the complete...
- 1/31/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After announcing earlier this month that Jon Favreau’s Chef and the Veronica Mars movie will be making their world debuts at SXSW this year, the festival has revealed its full line-up, including further very promising world premieres, alongside appearances from some of the year’s most high-profile films.
The Midnight programme will be announced early next month, along with the Shorts line-up, and the complete Conference slate a little later as well.
Led by Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, Nicholas Stoller’s anticipated R-rated comedy, Neighbors, will be making its world debut at the festival, notably marked out as a ‘work-in-progress’ ahead of its theatrical release in May.
David Gordon Green’s acclaimed Joe will make its Us premiere, having bowed at Venice and then Toronto last year. Early reviews have Nicolas Cage giving one of the finest performances of his career, with Tye Sheridan (Mud) excellent alongside him.
The Midnight programme will be announced early next month, along with the Shorts line-up, and the complete Conference slate a little later as well.
Led by Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, Nicholas Stoller’s anticipated R-rated comedy, Neighbors, will be making its world debut at the festival, notably marked out as a ‘work-in-progress’ ahead of its theatrical release in May.
David Gordon Green’s acclaimed Joe will make its Us premiere, having bowed at Venice and then Toronto last year. Early reviews have Nicolas Cage giving one of the finest performances of his career, with Tye Sheridan (Mud) excellent alongside him.
- 1/30/2014
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Not sure if there is a Short Term 12 equivalent in this year’s Narrative Feature Comp, but on paper SXSW programmers are serving up a mean (and the usual lean group of 8 out of a whopping 1,324 film entries) for the upcoming competitiuon of eight which includes notable entries (that we’ve been tracking for a good time now) such as Zachary Wigon’s The Heart Machine, John Magary’s The Mend, Leah Meyerhoff’s I Believe in Unicorns and Lawrence Michael Levine’s Wild Canaries. Undoubtedly one of the most anticipated docs of the year, on the non-fiction side we find Margaret Brown’s The Great Invisible. Below you’ll find a breakdown of the other sections (notable world preems in We’ll Never Have Paris and Faults (see Mary Elizabeth Winstead above), some Sundance items with Texan connections and other nuggets.
Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight...
Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight...
- 1/30/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Headliners strand includes first screenings of the upcoming Universal comedy Neighbors (pictured) starring Seth Rogen and Zac Efron and Australian time-travel thriller Predestination with Ethan Hawke.
The 21st edition of the festival in Austin, Texas, runs from March 7-15. The new Episodics programme will include new upcoming television work including Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn for his El Rey Network, HBO’s upcoming Silicon Valley and Fox’s Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey.
The first ever SXsports section will include as previously announced an on-stage conversation with Jurgen Klinsmann, the former German international striker and current Us national team coach in the run-up to the World Cup in Brazil this summer.
Among the Special Events is a screening of Berlinale opener The Grand Budapest Hotel followed by an extended Q&A with Wes Anderson.
The eight world premiere selections in the Narrative Feature Competition are:
10,000km (Spain) by Carlos Marques Marcet;Animals by Collin Schiffli;[link...
The 21st edition of the festival in Austin, Texas, runs from March 7-15. The new Episodics programme will include new upcoming television work including Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn for his El Rey Network, HBO’s upcoming Silicon Valley and Fox’s Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey.
The first ever SXsports section will include as previously announced an on-stage conversation with Jurgen Klinsmann, the former German international striker and current Us national team coach in the run-up to the World Cup in Brazil this summer.
Among the Special Events is a screening of Berlinale opener The Grand Budapest Hotel followed by an extended Q&A with Wes Anderson.
The eight world premiere selections in the Narrative Feature Competition are:
10,000km (Spain) by Carlos Marques Marcet;Animals by Collin Schiffli;[link...
- 1/30/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
"Fringe" star John Noble will join Hugo Weaving in Tony Mahony's Aussie black comedy crime thriller "The Mule" at Screen Australia.
The story centers on an unlikely drug mule who challenges the authority figures in his life.
Noble will play a natural-born criminal who owns a local hotspot that is a cover for gambling and drug distribution.
Angus Sampson and Leigh Whannel penned the script and are producing. Shooting will take place in Melbourne and Bangkok.
Source: Heat Vision...
The story centers on an unlikely drug mule who challenges the authority figures in his life.
Noble will play a natural-born criminal who owns a local hotspot that is a cover for gambling and drug distribution.
Angus Sampson and Leigh Whannel penned the script and are producing. Shooting will take place in Melbourne and Bangkok.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 5/10/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Fringe star John Noble will join Hugo Weaving in The Mule, an Australian crime black comedy being directed by Tony Mahony. Screen Australia is co-financing the movie, which will be selling in Cannes. Angus Sampson and Leigh Whannel are producing. The script, written by Sampson and Whannel, centers on an unlikely drug mule who challenges the authority figures in his life. The movie is described as being in the tone of Fargo. Noble will play a natural-born criminal who owns a local hotspot that is a cover for gambling and drug distribution. The movie is planning shots in
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- 5/9/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It was just this past Friday that we first caught wind of The Mule, the Leigh Whannel and Angus Sampson scripted crime thriller to be directed by first timer Tony Mahony with the producer of Chopper also on board. The occasion at the time was word that Hugo Weaving had stepped into the lead role and while nothing is yet 'official' Twitch has heard that Weaving will be joined by fellow Lord Of The Rings alum John Noble - best known as Walter Bishop on Fringe, though he also played Denethor in the Peter Jackson helmed fantasy epics - in a support role. Little is being said about the plot thus far, only that it revolves around a drug mule (presumably Weaving) arrested while on...
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- 4/29/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Yeah, let Luc Besson have his drug mule movie. No problem. But the one I really want to see is The Mule, an upcoming Australian effort from the producer of Chopper with first timer Tony Mahony directing from a script by Leigh Whannel and Angus Sampson. Whannel you know from his collaborations with James Wan on Saw and Insidious, while Sampson is best known as an actor (Insidious, 100 Bloody Acres) and is also wearing a few other hats in this one.But while Sampson may very well end up with an acting part in this one it most certainly will not be as the lead, a part which Deadline reports has just gone to Hugo Weaving, who is typically excellent in these sorts of murky...
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- 4/26/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson’s The Mule is one of 18 productions to receive funding from Film Victoria.
Whannell and Sampson are co-writing and co-producing the black comedy with Paul Clarke and Tony Mahony directing.
Whannell is one of the creators of the Saw horror film series. Sampson was cast in the recent telemovie Beaconsfield as well as Insidious and is currently on Andrew Denton’s Randling.
The Synopsis: “Ray Jenkins, an unlikely drug mule from Sunshine, Victoria, takes on all the authority figures in his life using the only option within his control – holding on!”
Accompanying The Mule, Film Victoria has announced investment of $3m across documentaries, drama series, children’s television and feature films.
Jeni Tosi, CEO of Film Victoria said: “Funding from this round is also supporting the move of both early and mid-career talents into producing and directing on major productions which consolidates the ongoing benefit...
Whannell and Sampson are co-writing and co-producing the black comedy with Paul Clarke and Tony Mahony directing.
Whannell is one of the creators of the Saw horror film series. Sampson was cast in the recent telemovie Beaconsfield as well as Insidious and is currently on Andrew Denton’s Randling.
The Synopsis: “Ray Jenkins, an unlikely drug mule from Sunshine, Victoria, takes on all the authority figures in his life using the only option within his control – holding on!”
Accompanying The Mule, Film Victoria has announced investment of $3m across documentaries, drama series, children’s television and feature films.
Jeni Tosi, CEO of Film Victoria said: “Funding from this round is also supporting the move of both early and mid-career talents into producing and directing on major productions which consolidates the ongoing benefit...
- 5/18/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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