Haven’t You Done Well Productions (HYDW), founded by Aunty Donna, embarks on its first feature film, Crime Casters – a high-octane crime adventure – set to shoot this month in and around Melbourne.
Directed by award-winning Max Miller (Aunty Donna’s Coffee Café, Optics), written by Scott Limbrick (At Home Alone Together) and produced by Monique Mulcahy, Austin Hayden and Georgia Mappin. Crime Casters follows Claire, a frustrated young journalist whose scheme to produce a true-crime podcast in a small country town is derailed when she witnesses a policeman dumping a body. Pulled into a world of conspiracies and cover-ups, she must face a series of increasingly bizarre events involving sinkholes, UFOlogists, missing podcasters and a dead billionaire – all while managing a perfectionist audio engineer.
Director Max Miller said, “Growing up as a passionate comedy fan and a wannabe filmmaker there has been no bigger dream for me than to direct a comedy feature. Crime Casters is an hilariously wild and fun ride that takes all the experience I’ve had in comedy to the big screen. It’s also a genre and style of film we’ve been missing and we have the perfect team to bring this to life.”
The love child of true-crime podcast culture, small-town mystery, crime caper and action-comedy Crime Casters is produced by Haven’t You Done Well Productions with support from Screen Australia, VicScreen, Ludo Studio and The Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund.
HYDW has built a reputation for producing bold, anarchic comedy across film, television, online and podcasts, with credits including Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun and Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe. They have also established online platform Grouse House TV as a dedicated home for comedy creators and an important incubator for emerging talent. Now Crime Casters launches that talent and voice onto the big screen. Shooting commences in August with cast to be announced soon.
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