That spiky haired scamp Jack Street has just updated his blog.
He’s got a lot of thoughts about local elections, Romanians and his arch enemy Hamish Lane.
And of course, a dead cat.
You can check out the musings of a filthy, snitchy informant over at his website JackStreetHasPanache.com
The villainous Pinkertons of our ongoing webcom Vultures have recently updated their website. And it turns out they’ve set up a new branch. In Leitrim of all places. The swanky scumbags.
Over in the land of Vultures, the Pinkertons mob are upping the stakes as anyone who has watched ‘The Adventure Of The Hidden Microfilm’ might have seen. They’ve got the ominous Hooded Man and Eye Patch Man being joined by a very dapper Brick Man. With Episode 6 being titled ‘Attack Of The Pinkertons’, it’s safe to say that things are going to escalate to a crazy degree. And we still haven’t got around to their leader Natalie Blaise.
In the lead up to Episode 6, there’s going to be a lot more activity over on the Pinkertons website so keep an eye on it. Just don’t be tempted to join the fuckers.
The newest installment of Vultures has gone online as of last night.
This is the fifth episode of Vultures and I’m probably the most satisfied (as in least complainy) with this one. The general consensus coming from the cast and crew screening was ‘the best one since Episode 2‘ which made me very happy indeed. Episode 2 has always been our best episode I think and it was nice to recapture the fast paced comic feel with this one. NOTE: If audiences prefer the ones with dead hookers and frantic fugitive escapades more than the ones about bin bags and blind dates, it’s a good indicator that audiences like things to be exciting!
Personally, my favourite aspect of ‘The Adventure Of The Hidden Microfilm’ is getting to see the depth of cast. The supporting characters are really effective in it and every actor has done fine work to create such distinctive characters. From my own perspective, playing one of the detectives, I think we’ve succeeded in freshening up the dynamic between V.P.I. and their relationship with each other. It got a little stale in episodes 3 & 4 I felt, but we seem to be back on track heading into the final strait.
So, do enjoy the fruits of our tired, low budget sitcom making efforts. This week I’m back to chopping the footage down for Episode 6, which will go online in August. If, for some reason, you have Vultures related needs, the only place for them is over at www.VulturesPI.com. We’ll have some real nice little bits and bobs in the coming weeks.
The character profile for Jane Tennyson has just gone online over on the Episode 4 page.
Played by Annette O’Shea, Jane is the slightly potty mouthed and somewhat aggressive Bangarda twin sister of Niall Tennyson, played by Sean Hackett.
Jane was another one of those characters that we had come up with very early on, but like Janine, we never got to put her into an episode until ‘The Case Of The Poisoned Dates’. In that episode we only just about got her established, and even at that I’ve a feeling that she was established to be something she might not be. But we do get ample time to spend with her in the upcoming ‘The Adventure Of The Hidden Microfilm’ where you’ll get a chance to see the character take a bigger part in proceedings.
In terms of the roots of this character, over on the Development page myself and Paddy have wrote another one of those needlessly over referential essays about characters that we do so like to write. This one is ‘The Making Of A Modern Law Lady’. And you’ll find out much more about the character and generally, why she exists.
As you can see, police dramas were a big part of our research. Especially TJ Hooker.
This is a little extra we’ve put up online as we approach the June 7th release of ‘The Adventure Of The Hidden Microfilm’.
When we needed a movie trailer to be playing in the background of Tennyson’s cinema trip in ‘The Case Of The Poisoned Dates’ there was only one movie star for us: Jason Statham.
We’ve had a long standing love of Statham. Kind of in an ironic way, but also in a way where we just plain like his gruff, ass kicking, high concept ways. Some legend is the Stath.
So this is our tribute to him: a fake movie trailer for a film called Dopplehammer. It features the vocal talents of Murt Brennan, Maria Murray, Eddie Murphy and Ross Costigan.
We’ve just posted a piece about the making of the Tatiana Leeson character from ‘The Case Of The Poisoned Dates’
Played by Edwina Whearty, the silent but deadly Russian mail order bride from hell was the last character we conceived for Vultures and undoubtedly, the most Russian of them all.
For information on the character and how we came up with her, please do check out her entry on our increasingly unwieldy Development page.
Fred Bass (Eddie Brennan)
The long overdue character profile for monosyllabic, surly old sea dog Fred Bass has just gone online over on the Vultures Pilot page.
You can discover all you ever wanted to know about this most enigmatic of rum swilling fishermen cum store Santas.
Fred Bass was one of the very first characters we conceived. Mostly because of the fact that we had a Tintin-esque character in Niall Tennyson and it made sense to have a Captain Haddock character to compliment him. Although we have refrained from having Fred yelp ‘Blisterin’ barnacles!’ just yet. But give it time…
This photo, courtesy of Ross Costigan, places Fred right outside one of his favourite haunts, The Fish Centre. It’s one of my favourite Vultures character promos so far. Put Fred next to anything with fish and I’m happy out.
Pat Cairo (Paddy Dunne)
The character promo for the affable, guitar strumming Corkonian has just gone online on the Episode 4 section of the Vultures website.
Played by Paddy Dunne, Pat Cairo is possibly the nicest new boyfriend a girl could have. He also wears remarkably well knitted jumpers. All the more reason for Jim Vultour to hate him so.
Find out more about Pat Cairo and look at his smiling face right here. And if you just can’t get enough at this stage, then check out the Making Of Pat Cairo entry in the Development section of the website.
It’s got the background of how we came up with the character, why we came up with him and why he looks so much like Liam Clancy.
Pat Cairo was one of the most fun characters to write and I know Paddy had a blast playing him. He was mad for that little smig of his. Any excuse to grow it. There’ll be more Pat Cairo to come in the new Vultures episodes, most likely smiling and all. More on these new episodes I speak of very soon indeed.
Isabelle Vultour (Liadain Kaminska)
The newest in our Vultures character profiles is the extremely long overdue entry for the lovely Isabelle Vultour, played by Liadain Kaminska. The profile for the affable, softly spoken, ballerina sister of Jim Vultour and love interest of Dan McGrain can now be found on the page for the Vultures pilot.
Isabelle is a character that I really like, probably because she’s so nice, like any good love interest is. But I always liked the twist that she’s so nice that she attracts nice men who instead of flattering her, make her think she’s going to get perved on or raped. Like Dan McGrain. Who’s not like that but nowadays it’s not a good idea to send anonymous gifts and letters to a lady you like. For 8 years.
She’s spent the first 4 episodes being really nice but she’s finally going to have some material to get her teeth into in the next few episodes. Which is good because otherwise Liadain probably would have quit by now.
The newest update to our Vultures development section is an article about how we created that Guinness supping trad musician, Pat Cairo.
Pat Cairo is one of my favourite characters in Vultures. Probably because of how much he smiles. He went through an awful lot of different guises and looks before we went with the final one that jumped out of a van in ‘The Case Of The Poisoned Dates’. But as you can see, when it comes to The Clancy Brother’s jumpers, there is just no beating that look.
The full article about how we came up with Pat Cairo and all its pictorial bits and bobs can be viewed on the website right here.
