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Cops and Monsters Volume 2 – Casting and Crew Information

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With 6 episodes currently released, and our 7th in post-production, we have been receiving quite a few messages about Volume 2, and in particular, when are we going to be casting for it.

At the moment we still have 2 more episodes for Volume 1 to crowdfund, shoot and release. The first of which will be funded (we hope!) between February 6th and March 6th and will then be shot on the 22nd of April. We hope to crowdfund the final episode of Volume 1 between April and May, shooting the final episode in May.

Our Volume 2 plans aren’t concrete and we are in prep to hold story-lining sessions with established TV writers and plan what the second volume will consist of. From there we will figure out the budget for each episode, who the characters are going to be and then try to raise the money. Only then can we start casting for the new episodes.

So at the very earliest you’ll hear about casting opportunities will be this Summer. If this changes we’ll post about it here, on our Twitter page and Facebook page.

This is very much the case for writers on the show too. Until we have the opportunity to story-line, plan how many episodes there are going to be and when we might shoot them, we can’t commit to any new writers. However if you’d like to submit an original spec script (i.e not a Cops and Monsters-related script) for consideration please contact us at this address.

A second Volume will not be possible if we don’t complete Volume 1 and if we don’t raise enough money to do so. If you want to help make this happen then be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and share it with everybody you can and come February 6th check out our crowdfunding campaign and let everybody know about that too.

Thank you to everybody for their kind, brilliant support so far. We honestly wouldn’t have a show without you.

Cops and Monsters on Glasgow Live – The Latest on Cops and Monsters

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Thank you to Gillian Loney at Glasgow Live for interviewing our showrunner Fraser Coull and helping us spread the word of our show! You can read the article by clicking here!

You can watch all of our available episodes, behind the scenes, cast interviews and more on our official YouTube channel and by clicking below.

Episode 6, “Fight the Bite”, by Laura Anderson, is currently being edited and we will let you know when the episode is going to be released!

We are in pre-production of our final Volume 1 episodes, which we hope to crowdfund early this year to shoot in the first half of 2017.

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First up will be “Trapped”, a minisode that takes place immediately after “Fight the Bite”, and will see the return of Scottish actress Katrina Bryan as the kind, caring werewolf Jenny Connor.

And finally there will be episode 7, “Inhuman Nature” (title to be confirmed) where everything we’ve built up from our first episode will come to a head as Maya Hedges reaches Martin Carmichael and faces off against The Cult of Many Faces and powerful werewolf assassin Alexis.

Following this we hope to storyline a 2nd volume, bringing some new writers on board before we start the process of funding each new episode and filming them. We have no timescale for this but as we have news we’ll release it here.

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We’ll be at Coventry Comic Con on October the 1st with some cast and crew. If we’re lucky Sophie Aldred, who plays Lady Audrey MacDairmid in our most recent episode, will be joining us on our panel.

And that’s our news so for January!

Coventry Comic Con – Convention Appearances

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We’ve been asked to attend at the Coventry Comic Con this October to promote the show!

As well as a 30 minute panel where we will be screening clips from our show and taking your questions, we’ll be at the stalls all day handing out fliers and selling merchandise.

Sophie Aldred who plays Lady Audrey MacDairmid in our show, will also be appearing.

We’ll announce more appearances as they are confirmed!

Astrid’s Secret – Watch it Now! Christmas Special 2016

You can now watch our 2016 Christmas special, “Astrid’s Secret”, written by Roland Moore!

Thank you to everybody who helped make it happen! We hope that you enjoy the festive episode.

Join us on the 27th of December at 3pm to watch our next episode, “Revolution in a Teacup”.

Once you’ve watched our Christmas episode be sure to watch our behind the scenes and have a look at how we made the episode happen.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY 2017! 

MarkWho42 Podcast

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Series creator Fraser Coull and star Innes Anderson (Alexis) were invited onto US Doctor Who podcast MarkWho42 to chat about the show and what it was like working with Sophie Aldred (Ace from Doctor Who).

You can click on this link to listen to all things Cops and Monsters and more.

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We’ve added behind the scenes stills from our Christmas episode, “Astrid’s Secret”, penned by Roland Moore, in our Gallery. Thanks to Digi Eye Media for providing us with the stills.

Astrid’s Secret – Teaser Trailer – Christmas Special 2016

With just 23 days until Christmas we thought we’d treat you to a little teaser of our upcoming Christmas episode, “Astrid’s Secret”, starring Simon Weir, Joanna Harte and Rowan Birkett. Written by Roland Moore the episode introduces us to PITS agent Astrid Bennett whose world is rocked upside down when the PITS Commander himself, Norris Fletcher, pops by for a visit during the holidays…

We’ll be releasing the episode before the 25th of December.

Episode 5, “Revolution in a Teacup”, is nearly finished and will be released shortly.

Episode 6, “Fight the Bite” will be released in the New Year.

Casting Announcement – Joanna Harte

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Due to scheduling conflicts, we’ve cast Joanna Harte in the role of Astrid Bennett in our upcoming Christmas episode, “Astrid’s Secret”, which we are filming this weekend.

Joanna had this to say about joining the cast –

I am delighted to be joining Cops and Monsters for the Christmas Special, Astrid is a gem of a role, with her dark secret, can’t wait to get my teeth stuck into it!”

2016 has been a busy year for Joanna, touring with “Mums the Word”, appearing in various commercials and short films and most recently working on Outlander series 3.
Previous TV credits include Casualty, City Lights, Black Eyes, Bergerac along with many theatre credits. Joanna is a graduate from The Royal Scottish Conservatoire, previous to her acting career Joanna had been a professional dancer working in many of the UK’s No 1 touring theatres.
In the last 12 months Joanna returned to acting after focussing her time on her 3 children but now they can all get to school on time! She is throwing herself full throttle back into performing and finds the world of web series an exciting concept to be part of.
We’re looking forward to working with Joanna on the Christmas episode.