Behind The Scenes, Episode information

Fight the Bite – Day 1 Is Finished

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What a jam-packed day it was yesterday! Starting at 8.30am, cast and crew met at the Orkney Street Enterprise Centre to film our PITS cell scenes with Maya and Alexis, played by Ellen Patterson and Innes Anderson. Everybody worked really hard to make sure we shot all of our scenes in time before moving onto the Hub at Pacific Drive to film the opening and closing of episode 6…

Innes Anderson as the caged Alexis
Innes Anderson as the caged Alexis

Moving on to The Hub we met with guest star Katrina Bryan and our monster extras and started to set up the track for the supernatural support group scenes which will open and close episode 6.

Everybody worked extremely hard and brilliantly as we went through the shot list to make sure we had everything for the edit!

Katrina Bryan as supportive werewolf Jenny, who runs the group
Katrina Bryan as supportive werewolf Jenny, who runs the group

We wrapped at 5.30pm after we got all of our shots and headed home! Ready to start again next Saturday and finish the episode!

Episode 5 – “Revolution in a Teacup” – is in the edit and will soon be sent off for music and visual effects! Once we have a release date, we’ll let you all know!

Tam Toye as struggling vampire Paul
Tam Toye as struggling vampire Paul
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).

Behind The Scenes, Episode information, Funding

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, Conventions

Cops and Monsters VS MCM Comic Con Scotland 2016

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We are delighted to announce that we have been asked to attend MCM Comic Con Scotland for the 3rd year running!

On the 24th and 25th of September we’ll be on hand to promote the show, greet fans new and old, hosting a Q & A panel on one of the two days, showing clips from our upcoming episodes and taking your questions about the web-series.

We’ll confirm nearer the time who’s attending and when our panel is! Looking forward to seeing you all there!