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Kicker Films
in association with Generator Entertainment (UK)
presents
The Movie Musical Adaptation of
Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing"
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Synopsis
When the daughter of an Indian business tycoon falls in love with a young soca musician, they battle her family's skepticism about love by playing matchmaker to the family's least likely sweethearts: a world-wisened pair of bickering friends.
Based on William Shakespeare's classic Much Ado About Nothing, the award-winning screenplay Scandalous! will be a mid-budget Bollywood-style musical comedy feature film with the potential to spawn a soundtrack of global hits.
Scandalous! will be shot on location in Trinidad and Tobago where the local film commission offers an attractive incentive in the form of a thirty percent rebate on production expenses.
Soca is a dance music that combines the Afro-Caribbean sounds of calypso with uptempo Indian rhythms.
It has a global audience of approximately 100 million people. The music is the driving force behind “the greatest show on earth”: Trinidad and Tobago Carnival which draws some 40,000 visitors from Canada, the US, Europe, the Caribbean and India.
The Team
- Simon Bosanquet
- Ancil McKain
- Claire Ince
- Machel Montano
- The Production Company
SIMON BOSANQUET (Producer)
Is a UK based producer. He has worked as a producer on a number of films for different companies, most recently HBO's Golden Globe and Emmy-winning "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" starring Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron and Emily Watson and "Wit" (2001) starring Emma Thompson, directed by Mike Nichols.
Other credits include "Evelyn" (2003), "Ripley's Game" (2002) and "Onegin" (1999).
ANCIL McKAIN (Producer)
Is a Trinidad and Tobago born film and television editor whose credits include the IFC's hit reality series "Film School", the feature film "Evergreen" which premiered at Sundance 2004, Jesse Moss's AMC Special, "Rated R: Republicans in Hollywood" and "Approaching Heaven".
Co-founder of Kicker Films, he has also produced the UNESCO-funded children’s television pilot program "The Baobab Tree" for the National Cultural Foundation, Barbados.
CLAIRE INCE (Writer/Producer)
Is a New York-based writer whose work has screened at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival.
An MFA graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, her screenplay "Groom Service" was a 2007 quarterfinalist at the Austin Heart of Film Festival Screenplay Contest and "Scandalous" won best screenplay at the Bahamas International Film Festival.
She has served as a story-analyst for New York-based production companies like No Hands Productions, producers of the cult classic "Keith" starring Jesse McCartney.
MACHEL MONTANO (Composer/ Lead Actor)
Is noted for his high energy, fast-paced, and charismatic on-stage performances.
During his career, he has collaborated with artists, such as Beenie Man, Wyclef Jean, Shaggy, Vybz Kartel, Mr. Vegas and Doug E. Fresh, widening soca's global market.
In March 2007, Montano made history as a soca artist, performing two sold out shows on the same night at Madison Square Garden Theater, a venue that seats 6,000. The concert later aired in part on BET.
THE PRODUCTION COMPANY
Kicker Films LLC is a full service, multimedia production company based in Brooklyn, New York. The company is committed to developing and creating independent movies and television for a global market.
For more information on Scandalous!, e-mail scandalous@kickerfilmsllc.com
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