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Behind The Scenes, Episode information, Funding

Episode 6 Crowdfunding Successful – Filming Starts On Saturday

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WE DID IT!

Thank you to our amazing 63 backers who helped bring episode 6, “Fight the Bite” by Laura Anderson, to life! With your help, this wouldn’t have been possible!

On Saturday (3rd of September) we will be with principle cast members Innes Anderson (Alexis) and Ellen Patterson (Maya Hedges) to film scenes from episode 6 at the Orkney Street Enterprise Centre in Glasgow. They have a fantastic prison location and have kindly allowed us to film key scenes here this weekend!

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Then we shall be heading to the Hub at Pacific Drive to film the opening and closing scenes of episode 6. We will be joined by Katrina Bryan who is playing Jenny, Tam Toye who is playing a struggling vampire addict called Paul, and Matt Robertson who is playing Hands.

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Next Saturday we will be filming the rest of the episode with Kenny Boyle, Billy Kirkwood, and Simon Weir joining Ellen and Innes for the remainder of episode 6.

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We’re lucky to have Rachel Teate returning as PITS officer Grace Mackenzie for episode 6 and she will be joined by her Wolfblood co-star, Leona Vaughan, who is playing a vampire press specialist, Alicia Hughes.

It’s going to be two days on jam-packed filming and then we will send it off to be edited along with episode 5, “Revolution in a Teacup”, which is currently in post-production. We hope to release this episode in the beginning of October, sending out all perks associated with by then.

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We expect “Fight the Bite” to be released in November and all going well we can release a Christmas special in mid-December. Watch episodes 1-3 now, including our pilot episode now below!

Behind The Scenes, Casting, Episode information

New Cast Announcement – Katrina Bryan

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We are delighted to announce that Scottish actress Katrina Bryan has joined the cast of “Fight the Bite” by Laura Anderson!

Katrina has an extensive acting career, featuring as scientist Nina in hit CBeebies’ show “Nina and the Neurons”, she had a long-running role in crime drama “Taggart”, and also appeared in “Rab C Nesbitt”.

Katrina will be playing the role of Jenny, a supernatural creature who hosts a supernatural support group in our next episode.

Behind The Scenes, Episode information, Funding

Episode 6 is Funded!

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Cops and Monsters episode 6 is funded! Thank you so much to everybody who has pledged to our campaign and shared the link!

We’ve still got until the 1st of September to raise funds, so we’ve added some stretch goals that will help us avoid being affected by the Kickstarter fees (they take 5-9% of our total raised!), to produce a Halloween and Christmas mini-sode and if we get REALLY lucky, hopefully fund our final episode of Volume 1.

To grab a perk and help our series, click here.

“Fight the Bite” is written by acclaimed writer Laura Anderson, will pick up directly after part 5, “Revolution in a Teacup” and will see Maya Hedges continue her personal mission of tracking down a missing PITS agent, bringing her face to face with Lycan A202 in a deadly confrontation. Meanwhile Commander Norris Fletcher is feeling the pressure when Alicia Hughes, a vampire who deals with press relations, is called in to calm the public after a high profile vampire leader is murdered. With these distractions, The Cult of Many Faces ramps his campaign of terror to tear the PITS apart once for all…

Billy Kirkwood, Simon Weir, Rachel Teate, Ellen Patterson, Kenny Boyle, Chris Bain, Innes Anderson, and Mhairi Calvey return with guest star Leona Vaughan will be playing Alicia Hughes.

Guest stars are still to be announced!

Watch all of our current episodes so far below:

Awards, Episode information, Funding

Los Angeles Film Awards

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“Cops and Monsters” has been accepted into the Los Angeles Film Awards 2016 for Best Web Series!

We’ll find out on August 31st if we’ve won or not – fingers crossed!

Episode 5 – “Revolution in a Teacup” – is currently in post-production while episode 6, “Fight the Bite” is raising funds via Kickstarter so we can shoot the episode in September. We’re close to our target but it can only happen with your help. Click HERE to visit our Kickstarter page for information.

Behind The Scenes, Casting, Episode information, Funding

Casting Announcement – Leona Vaughan Joins The Team! – UPDATED

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UPDATED! Leona will be playing vampire press specialist Alicia Hughes in episode 6, now titled “Fight the Bite”. Our crowdfunding campaign is now live at this link!

Wolfblood and Stella star, Leona Vaughan, has joined our cast and will appear in episode 6, currently titled “The Ties That Bind” by Laura Anderson.

This is what Leona had to say about herself:

“My name is Leona Vaughan! I’m a Welsh actress who has always dreamed of performing! I got my first break on the CBBC Series ‘Wolfblood‘ 3 years ago, playing ‘Jana’, and since then have worked on Sky One’s ‘Stella‘ and Welsh feature film ‘Bridgend’. I am so excited to work on Cops and Monsters as it’s not something I’ve ever done before! It’ll be interesting and exciting to play a new character and be part of the Cops and Monsters team!“

We’ll have more news on Leona’s character closer to filming!

Our crowdfunding campaign to shoot episode 6 will launch in August, with the hope to shoot the episode in September. To find out more and why we’re making the episode so soon click here.

Cops and Monsters is an on-going indie supernatural web-series following the Paranormal Investigations Team Scotland as they police and protect supernatural creatures in a near future Scotland. Leona joins the likes of Colin McCredie (Taggart), Sarah Louise Madison (Doctor Who), Rachel Teate (Wolfblood, Father Brown), Kirsty Strain (River City, Burnistoun), Sophie Aldred (Doctor Who) and James Payton (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Captain America).

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Episode 5 Teaser Trailer

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With filming wrapped on part 5, “Revolution in a Teacup” and the episode in post-production, we wanted to share this little teaser with you to whet your appetite!

Please watch, share and let everybody know about our little teaser!

We’re £395 away from hitting our Episode 6 Kickstarter Goal with LOTS of perks on offer but we’ve only got until August 31st to hit our £2000 target! Find out more here!

Behind The Scenes, Episode information, Funding

Episode 6 Crowdfunding Campaign NOW LIVE!

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We have now officially launched the episode 6 crowdfunding campaign!

Following directly on from upcoming episode “Revolution in a Teacup”, episode 6 will see Maya Hedges grow ever more desperate to rescue fallen PITS agent, and her ex-boyfriend, Martin Carmichael! The Cult of Many Faces will continue to torture the team while Commander Norris Fletcher struggles to keep the organisation afloat when a vampire specialist is brought in to deal with the on-going case of Lycan A202…

Returning cast includes Ellen Patterson (Maya Hedges), Billy Kirkwood (The Cult of Many Faces), Innes Anderson (Alexis), Simon Weir (Commander Norris Fletcher) and Mhairi Calvey (Zoe). Wolfblood and Stella star Leona Vaughan joins our cast as our special guest star.

We’ve got 31 days to raise at least £2000 in order to produce a 2 day shoot this September as this will be our last big “story” episode for volume 1 until early next year due to cast availability.

Perks include: set visits, cameo roles, signed DVDs, signed posters, signed cast pictures, personalised PITS badges, soundtracks, Harry Potter and Captain America signed pictures, and more!

To get involved and find out more please click here!