Episode 3, “In Crimson” is currently sitting at nearly 350 views since we launched it on Monday morning so a big thanks to everybody who has watched it and shared so far! If you’ve not watched it yet, you can catch up on our series below:

We are now in pre-production with our next episode, “Revolution in a Teacup”, written by James T Harding. Following on from the events of the previous episode, Maya Hedges is on a rampage, searching for her friend before The Cult of Many Faces unleashes his horrific forces. PITS Commander Norris Fletcher recruits Grace Mackenzie to hold down the fort to prevent a PR nightmare as tearaway werewolf Alexis is forcefully reunited with her vampire twin sister Zoe. Meanwhile Lady Sheena MacDiarmid, the Queen of the Vampires, steps in to put a stop to The Cult’s plans…

Sophie Aldred (Doctor Who), Simon Weir (Waterloo Road), Rachel Teate (Wolfblood) and Mhairi Calvey (Braveheart) join our cast for our new episode and you can help us make it happen by heading over to our Revolution in a Teacup Kickstarter Page and grabbing a perk and spreading the word!

Stay tuned for more news and updates!

(rehearsal from episode 3’s “In Crimson” by Ian Smith and Fraser Coull)

As of today episode 3, “In Crimson”, is picture-locked with our sound designer and composer Robert Newth working on the score for the new episode. Our visual effects artist Gareth Knight has one more scene to do (the illusive scene 7!) and then his work will be done. All going well we can release the episode on May 13th 8pm GMT. Our crowdfunding backers will hopefully get a link before the episode goes live to the public. Keep an eye on your inbox!

(screenwriter James T Harding)

Episode 4, “Revolution in a Teacup” is currently being written by James T Harding and we will be aiming to shoot it over 2 days in July. Our crowdfunding campaign to raise the funds to produce episode will be launched on the 16th of May. We will have lots of cool and unique perks in return for your support. Again all donations go to paying our crew, the cast, special effects makeup, visual effects, costumes, catering, locations, equipment and post-production. It’s vitally important that we pay everybody for their work and talent. As an independent web-series we have been told by Creative Scotland that they will not fund the web series medium so for now crowdfunding is the source for our funding.

Doctor Who star Sophie Aldred, Braveheart star Mhairi Calvey, Wolfblood star Rachel Teate and River City star Simon Weir will all guest star in episode 4 alongside Innes Anderson, Kenny Boyle, Ellen Patterson and Billy Kirkwood. We are also currently casting for the role of Angus Brannigan, a werewolf supremacist who tangles with rogue PITS member Maya Hedges. We hope to announce the casting in the new few weeks.

(BAFTA award winning writer Laura Anderson)

Laura Anderson will then be writing episode 5 (Title TBC) which we HOPE to film later this year, again depending on the funding we receive. Show creator Fraser Coull will be penning the final episode of “Volume 1”, bringing to an end this particular PITS story.

Roland Moore and Hannah George are also contributing two spin-off minisodes to compliment the series which we hope to produce later this year or early next year.

We hope to be attending MCM Scotland this September as part of VidFest for the 3rd year running, where we will be holding a Q & A panel and screening a sizzle reel to introduce the show to new fans and we’ll be at our own stall all weekend with various members of cast and crew selling merchandise to help us make new episodes.

And that’s all of our updates for now!

As of Friday the 22nd of April, our web-series became available to watch on the new international streaming platform, Goofie.

Their UK talent scout contacted us and asked if we’d like to be a part of their community and we were delighted to accept. Hopefully it’ll bring in new fans and supporters of the show from around the world.

Meanwhile episode 4, “In Crimson”, is still in the edit and we hope to release it on the 13th of May at 8pm GMT.

Episode 5, “Revolution in a Teacup” is in early days of pre-production and we hope to launch our crowdfunding campaign on the 16th of May for 45 days to raise the funds needed to shoot and edit the episode.

More news as it comes!

The news just keeps rolling in today! BAFTA award winning writer Laura Anderson has joined our team and will be writing the 5th episode, following James T Harding’s “Revolution in a Teacup”.

Laura Anne Anderson is an Edinburgh based writer with a Masters in Screenwriting from Screen Academy Scotland. Her screenwriting includes the short films ‘Ladies Who Lunch’ and ‘We All Fall Down’, sketches for BAFTA award winning series 3 of CBBC show ‘OOglies’, and a feature film currently in development.

Laura is also an actor for the stage and screen, a journalist, and a writer of games, stories and novels. Her debut novel, a dark science fiction book for young adults, will be published later in 2016.

‘I am thrilled to be part of team Cops and Monsters, and think that the cast and crew of the series are doing amazing things for the genre and the Scottish screen community. It’s also a real pleasure to be able to write for something with such an amazing fan base, and I can’t wait to sink my teeth into the episode.’

We will reveal more about Laura’s upcoming episode in due course!

Our script editor James T Harding was earlier announced as the writer of our next episode, “Revolution in a Teacup”, which we will be crowdfunding to produce in May, aiming to shoot over 2 days in July.

Our latest episode, “In Crimson”, is currently in post-production and we hope to make it available in May online to watch!

In the meantime we’d like to whet your appetite with the opening titles of the episode by Gareth Knight! You can watch them below:

We are currently in pre-production of the next instalment, “Revolution in a Teacup”, which will see Sophie Aldred, Rachel Teate and Mhairi Calvey guest star alongside our series regulars. Crowdfunding will begin once we launch our latest episode throughout May and June, shooting this July in Glasgow.

Volume 1 comprises of “The New Recruit“, “In Crimson“, “Revolution in a Teacup” and two more, currently untitled episodes. “Preparing the Weapon” acts as a prequel to The New Recruit.

We’ve had a bit of an episode re-shuffle! Here is the viewing order of Cops and Monsters:

Episode 0 – Original Pilot
Episode 1 – The New Recruit
Episode 2 – Preparing The Weapon
Episode 3 – In Crimson (Coming Soon!)
Episode 4 – Revolution in a Teacup (In Pre-Production)
Episode 5 – TBC
Episode 6 – TBC
Episode 7 – Astrid’s Secret (Spin-off episode by Roland Moore)
Episode 8 – TBC (Spin-off episode by Hannah George)

We hope to shoot our remaining episodes within the next 12 months, and will be seeking to do this via crowdfunding.