Episode 3 Updates

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We are happy to announce that episode 3, “The New Recruit” has moved on to the final stages of post-production.

Our visual effects artist Neil Rowe has completed the effects and now it’s over to our sound designer and composer, Robert Newth, to finish the score and add the sound effects to episode 3.

Once that’s finished our editor, Anne Nicholson, will piece it all together and we’ll release it online for everybody to see.

While we initially planned to release the episode on Halloween, we wanted to ensure the effects were properly finished and we put out the best quality episode as possible.

We can’t wait for you all to see episode 3 and we will start work on episode 4, “In Crimson”, very soon.

Episode 3 is coming soon…

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Our visual effects artist Neil Rowe is finalising the visual effects for episode 3, with sound designer and composer Robert Newth completing the music for the piece before finalising the sound work. Then our editor Anne Nicholson will put it all together and we will be able to release “The New Recruit” online.

Set as a mini-prequel to our full series, “The New Recruit” sees PITS captain Norris Fletcher (River City and Waterloo Road star Simon Weir) without a leader when Eve Mitchell is forced to take emergency leave and fly back to Texas. After a gruelling interview process he finds police officer Maya Hedges (Ellen Patterson) a suitable candidate, but what did her boyfriend Martin (Kenny Boyle) hack from her file, and is she ready for the final exam with Minister of Justice Clark (Chris Bain)?

“The New Recruit” will lead into our four planned episodes, “In Crimson”, “Replaced”, “The Fall of Innocence” and “Human”  which we plan to shoot later this year and into 2016.

Episode 1, “The Weapon” and it’s prequel, Episode 2, “Preparing the Weapon” can be watched here.

Cops and Monsters Meets Doctor Who

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One of the many highlights of being at MCM Comic Con Scotland last weekend was the pleasure of meeting Doctor Who companion, Sophie Aldred, along with so many other brilliant Doctor Who cosplayers. Sophie very kindly posed for a photo with everybody dressed up from the show and our behind the scenes filmmaker Ellie Hughes caught the moment on camera.

We’re going to be releasing a special Comic Con DVD in a couple of months with highlights of our experiences at Scifi Wales and MCM Comic Con Scotland. You can pre-order it on our Merchandise page!

Cops and Monsters at MCM Comic Con Scotland

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Some of the team of the show will be at MCM Comic Con Scotland this year as part of Vidfest, sharing the stage with other web-based projects such as Wireless from Andrew Lee Pots, Scottish mythological web series, Caledonia and TomSka!

We’ll have a booth where we will be screening clips from the show, with a selection of props from our first three episodes, and handing out fliers as we talk to everybody coming to the convention!

Please come over, snap a selfie with us and we’ll tweet it from our official Twitter!

On Sunday the 27th of September at 12pm we will be hosting a panel in the theatre, screening new clips from our upcoming episodes and taking questions from members of the audience. Are panel so far include Billy Kirkwood (The Cult of Many Faces), Julie D Dunn (Director of Photography), Des O’Gorman (Deputy First Minister Alan Smith), Anne Nicholson (Editor) and Chris Bain (Minister of Justice, Clark).

Episode 3 Trailer

Episode 3 starring Ellen Patterson, Simon Weir, Kenny Boyle, Chris Bain and some brain munching zombies is currently in post-production and we hope to release it in early August.

We are currently in pre-production for episode 4 and as soon as we have any news we will post it here, on twitter and facebook.