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So another month has passed and another few busy weeks at Watchers productions..... Here is the latest on all things in the pipeline. We now have 3 new Strange Tales all in the edit room at different stages. Home written and Directed by Terrance Marshman-Edwards is on the verge of getting a locked cut and hoping to release this as soon as possible. A young man, dealing with a bereavement, starts to receive strange text messages. Is somebody playing a sick joke - or is there something more sinister at work? Epimetheus which was filmed last month is heavily into post-production and will be released on 31st October 2019 - it will be a Halloween Special. The film was filmed mid August, stars Lucas Eisele We continued work on it with recording the first of the 3 Audio roles - had a wonderful hour recording session with the talented actor - Bethan Leyshon. Who is playing the role of Frankie. Bethan Leyshon trained at the Guildford School of Acting. Since graduating she has gained professional experience on both stage and screen. Film and television credits include Rory Romantic (BBC Wales/It’s My Shout), with Watcher Productions’ Rhys Jones, and Wolf (Stronghold Lionheart). Theatre credits include The Silhouette in the Smoke (ImmerCity), Old Peter’s Russian Tales (Theatr Cadair/Taliesin Arts Centre), Close Encounters (The Bread and Roses Theatre) and 18-22, Attractive, Insecure (Etcetera Theatre/The Courtyard Theatre). Bethan has also written and directed for stage and screen. We welcome Bethan to Watchers productions and hope to work with her on future projects as well as her role in Epimetheus. We will be recording the final 2 audio roles over the next few weeks in time for the films Halloween release. On September 14th and 15th we filmed the Strange Tale that will be released Febuary 14th 2020. Schrodinger by Xander Grant Exactly how much do you love your partner? Would you like to know? Well thanks to the latest technology breakthrough, now you can! The real question is... can you cope with knowing the answer? We are also auditioning this week for 2 roles in a Strange Tale that sees us join forces with Dramatic Moose productions again - we will be filming this Tale, Deliver Me From Gee in November. Exciting news on this one to follow....... Final bit of news for September - Teddy Smith from Valiant Films, will be Directing the upcoming Strange Tale Locked. Teddy previously Directed Second Chances. So loads going on and we continue to work to keep you entertained!

BUSY!!! That is the word at Watcher productions! We are Busy working on New Strange Tales - Between now and the end of the year we can confirm that we will have 4 Tales filmed! Home Written & Directed by Terrance Marshman-Edwards is currently with the editor and the first assemble has been created - the team on this are working on getting a final edit and we can move forward with it asap. Last Sunday (11 / 08 /19) we filmed a very special Strange Tale, Epimetheus - that will be released on October 31st as a Halloween Special Strange Tale. Filmed in one day with one actor and one box! Not telling you anything else!! We also have filming dates in September scheduled for Schrödinger - Written by Xander Grant, Exactly how much do you love your partner? Would you like to know? Well thanks to the latest technology breakthrough, now you can! The real question is... can you cope with knowing the answer? The film will star Victoria George-Veale and Gavin Rand. The fourth film that goes in front of the cameras in November..... well we will announce that very shortly. but prepare for some big exciting news on this one!!! Also this last month Second Chances has been selected and is now online taking part in the August Lift Off Sessions - again a massive congrats to all involved. So for now - thats all the latest news from us at Watchers productions - stay tuned!!!

Last month the Strange Tales - Human Resources and Brand New Beginnings got into the Lift Off Sessions Festival, which is an annual online film festival - we just found out that Second Chances has made it into the August competition. All 3 Strange Tales have achieved this, massive congrats to all cast and crew - of course big up to all of the Second Chances team. Director Teddy Smith, cast of Ben Wilson, John Hutch and Lisa Grace. On wards and upwards for Strange Tales.

OK!!!! SO...... where to begin! It has been all go here at Watchers productions the last few weeks, chats, meetings and casting! A lot we can share and a lot of VERY Exciting news we simply can't share just yet!!! But here goes a break down of where we are at with all things Strange! As you are aware (hopefully?) there are 3 Tales currently released and ready to view. We currently have 6 films in pre-production, 3 films being developed and 1 film being edited. The film that is being cut right now and will be released next is HOME, The next films to go in front of the camera will be; next month we film the Tale Epimetheus - based on an idea from Xander Grant & Rhys Jones, it will star Lucas Eisele. The end of September that same team will be filming there other Tale, Schrodinger - which stars Victoria George-Veale and Gavin Rand. We have a Tale filming in November that we can't release information about just yet - but this is not been on any of the schedules before and it is a very exciting project for Strange Tales! Also in early stages of Pre-production are Dinner Date which will be Directed by Ellen Jane Thomas, Before We Go written & Directed by Hannah Celyn Griffiths and Locked a tale written by Eleonora Mignoli - shoot dates TBC. We also have a 3 films being developed, Horror Filmmaker Craig Fisher has a idea he is working on, Luke Walters and the team over at Cinescope will be making a Tale once there Feature film is complete and us Watchers are heavily in development on a Tale to shoot early 2019. So please stand by and keep supporting us and our efforts!!! Rhys

What a week it has been for Strange Tales and Lift Off Globals Film Festivals - earlier this week we got the fab news that Director of Brand New Beginnings, Matthew Fisher had been selected for Lift Off First Time Filmmakers Competition Festival. But now we have received the news that Brand New Beginnings and Human Resources have both been selected to be part of the July round of there monthly Sessions - which is part of there annual online film festival. Massive congrats to Richard Williams and again Matthew fisher - plus of course to all our cast and crew involved in the making of the films. Hopefully this is the start of more and more selections for Strange Tales films.............

It is we great pleasure that we announce Strange Tales first selection in a festival - this one is Lift Off First Time Filmmakers Sessions. For the filmmaker Matthew Fisher and his Directorial Debut Brand New Beginnings. We wish the film all the luck in the competition.

So Strange Tales has launched with the first three films released - if you are reading this and don't know what this is - then welcome!! Please go check out the films that are available to watch right now here. Strange Tales is released and we continue to grow - with a number of films in pre-production and one in the Edit room! You can check out what is coming soon with this handy full list here and please take a look at a few older blog items. But today we have exciting further news - this time it is about a special tale called Epimetheus I say special - because we are not going to tell you a thing about the plot, when it will be released or when it is filming!!!! All we will say is - would you open the box? The film will star the talented Lucas Eisele Lucas is a freelance script writer and actor based in Cardiff, a majority of his experience lies in short films, web series and corporate videos. Currently he is writing for the comedy web series Long Shots as well as rather ambitiously trying to put his first feature length work out there. As both an actor and writer he has been dived into various genres and types of roles throughout the years, giving him a bit of versatility that has proved invaluable. Ok want to know a few small bits more about the Tale? What I can tell you about the film is the following, the film is written by Xander Grant from a story idea by Rhys Jones and Xander Grant. Rhys Jones will be Directing the Tale. Rhys and Xander are working on the Strange Tale Schrodinger together and while they are busy producing that Tale they came up with another idea and it has been fast tracked into production - reason for this will become clear soon! Xander Grant Xander Grant started writing on his parent’s old typewriter, they did have a computer at the time but he insisted. Not because he was trying to be trendy, it was just because he was only eight years old. Nowadays he’s progressed to the digital age. Having said that he distrusts most technology, having worked in television for fifteen years. He lives in South Wales with his wife and two monsters. Follow him over on Twitter @TheXanderGrant Rhys Jones Rhys is a Watcher and has worked in Television Post Production for the past 10 plus years, working on numerous productions for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, SKY, MTV and S4C. ​ Working across a varied genre of programmes - from Stella, Songs Of Praise, Coal House, Beach Break & Wakestock Festivals. He has been the Technical Supervisor for Avanti Media and now a Technical Lead at Gorilla/Boom TV. ​ In addition to his Post Production day job and Producing/Directing Watchers productions - Rhys took part in the It's My Shout 2017 scheme, in which he Directed the short film - Rory Romantic. The film WON the Best Sci-Fi Short Film at the 2018 New York City Int. Film Festival. So watch this space!!!!!

The time is fast approaching... Strange Tales is almost ready for launch. In 24 hours' time, the first three films will be out for your viewing pleasure but- as you can see- we've got a lot more going on. We also have another three films on the slate, so here's what's going to be coming up later in 2019 (and possibly into 2020) LOCKED In the future, Justice is delegated to machines: infallible and objective, these AI dispense fair punishments. FRANK is accused by his neighbour of dropping trash on their lawn. It's a civil infraction, and while it was only an oversight on Frank's part, he's charged with a small fine. FRANK is about to leave when his hand is locked, and the machine accuses him of murder – of somebody Frank has never met. Frank calls for help, but the procedure is clear, once a trial starts, it cannot be interrupted. Frank's only chance at survival is to prove his innocence, but while the AI begins drawing a net of guilt around him, we're left asking ourselves if he’s as innocent as he looks. Locked is written by Eleonora Mignoli. Eleonora is a writer and director based in Sheffield. Before moving to the UK in 2014, she lived for three years in Australia, where she gained an Advanced Diploma in Screenwriting at the Sydney Film School. When not reading, drawing or patting strangers’ dogs, she can be found working on her most recent projects, which include directing short films as one half of the collective Leo and The Bears, writing sci-fi screenplays (like the award-winning BBC short Rory Romantic) and editing her debut novel Oneirika. TBC Cinematic productions Tale In development over at Cinematic Productions is a Tale to be directed by Luke Walters. Luke has always been fascinated with the way in which TV and film were made ever since catching an episode of Doctor Who Confidential in 2006. After a few years of acting, he decided his talents were put to best use behind the camera, mainly directing. Over the years, his short films have earned him numerous accolades across the globe. Changing focus ever so slightly though Luke now holds a Masters Degree in Producing and he's now producing a series of short films for BBC Wales. While on set if he is not found near the camera you can always find him larking around somewhere while taking endless amounts of selfies. BEFORE WE GO In an unsettled Britain of the future, Mags and Elin are forced to face the ultimate test when they are hunted for speaking another language. Will they choose to confront their enemy or will they risk survival in a country at war? Before We Go is written and directed by Hannah Celyn Griffiths. Hannah has had a love for writing and a passion for drama since a young age. She studied English at the University of Southampton and performed in over 10 shows for the university's theatre societies, including two at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2010 and 2011. Hannah played the character of Jen in Whovians and wrote and produced two episodes for the second series. She is thrilled to be associated with Watchers Productions again and is looking forward to receiving her first director's credit with Strange Tales. DINNER DATE David lives alone and is trying to get himself out into the dating world. He’s invited Jen around for dinner to show off his cooking skills and to please his pestering mother. As the night rolls on, the two laugh and bond, but Jen suspects he might be keeping something from her. Dinner Date is written by Christopher Maxwell. Christopher graduated from the Academy of Live & Recorded Arts (ALRA North) in 2016, and since acted in productions in Cardiff and in the North West. Christopher has also helped make short films throughout his young career and has since taken up the pen and paper and begun writing short stories. Dinner Date will be directed by Ellen Jane Thomas. Ellen is an actress with TV presenting and directing credits under her belt, having worked with BBC Wales and Made Television in these fields. But her first love is performance, experiencing working with Channel 4, National Theatre Wales and BBC Two Wales. Ellen won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the It's My Shout awards in 2017 for her role as Tanvi in Rory Romantic, and can currently be seen online in BBC Writersroom sketch Porta-LOLS. So, as you can see, we have a diverse and indeed Strange set of Tales in the pipeline. We've also got a special little something planned for later in the year, with more details to come soon, but I'll leave you with this question: would you open the box?

Today, we feature a Strange Tale that is currently in production - one weekend of filming has already been completed, and there's a further day of filming still to go. Once completed, we'll be able to take you... HOME A young man, dealing with a bereavement, starts to receive strange text messages. Is somebody playing a sick joke - or is there something more sinister at work? Home is written and directed by Terrance Marshman-Edwards. Terrance holds an MA in Creative Writing from Trinity College, Carmarthen and has had poetry published in Algebra Of Owls, Ink Sweat And Tears, Haiku Journal, and Roundyhouse Magazine. He has performed his own poetry throughout South Wales and further afield for over ten years, performing at the Sherman Theatre in 2004, the Wales Millennium Centre in 2009 and at the HowTheLightGetsIn festival at Hay-on-Wye in 2011. He is also an actor, recently performing in several plays for Monstrous Productions Theatre Company, Peculiar Productions, and Dramatic Moose Productions. Home will be Terrance's first on-screen directing credit. Ben Percival plays Joshua Flynn. Ben is from Preston, and has had parts in many amateur dramatic plays and belongs to several groups. More recently (in the past year) he has been booked up in advance for plays and has even had a play picked especially for him (Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones) to play the lead, which he was incredibly honoured to do. He also belonged to a murder-mystery company that would put on shows in different locations for various events. He is incredibly proud of all his unpaid work and the best payment for what he does are the skills he learns and takes with him so he can better himself each time. Amanda Hunt plays Nina Samuels. Amanda is a South Wales based actor who started to pursue her interest in acting in 2016. She began training with LARCA and is now with The Workshop in Cardiff Bay. Recent projects include a one act play We Are Stronger Together, horror feature Don't Let Them In and a TV movie called Gracemarch. With a love of the unusual, Amanda wishes to work in more horror and genre productions. Rounding out the cast is Isabelle Rose Burman, playing Emily Maitland. Five years ago, Isabelle took the plunge into the world of acting and has never looked back. Her experiences have taken her both on stage and in front of the camera. In that time, she has worked with multiple theatre companies. Most recently in the past two years Isabelle has performed in a modern iteration of As You Like It for the RSC’s Open Stage and Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector for Russia ’17. She also played Stacey in the world premiere of Abandoned. Home filmed on June 1st and 2nd, with the majority of scenes shot at Terrance's flat. A further day of filming- which will get everything in the can- is scheduled for June 23rd. Home will be released during the summer. Tomorrow, we take a look at the last three films of our initial wave of commissioned films.

Today's featured Strange Tale is one that has been cast, and is in pre-production, and one that we at the Watchers are very excited about! Introducing... SCHRODINGER Exactly how much do you love your partner? Would you like to know? Well thanks to the latest technology breakthrough, now you can! The real question is... can you cope with knowing the answer? Schrödinger will be directed by Rhys Jones. Rhys grew up in Pembrokeshire where as a young boy he always wanted to work in the Media, and has worked in Television Post Production for the past 10 plus years, working on numerous productions for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, SKY, MTV and S4C across a varied genre of programmes - from Stella, Songs Of Praise, Coal House, Beach Break & Wakestock Festivals. He has been the Technical Supervisor for Avanti Media and is now a Technical Lead at Gorilla/Boom TV. In addition to his Post Production day job and producing/directing Watchers production, Rhys took part in the It's My Shout 2017 scheme, in which he directed the short film Rory Romantic. The film won the Best Sci-Fi Short Film at the 2018 New York City International Film Festival. Schrödinger is written by Xander Grant. Xander started writing on his parent’s old typewriter, they did have a computer at the time but he insisted. Not because he was trying to be trendy, it was just because he was only eight years old. Nowadays he’s progressed to the digital age. Having said that he distrusts most technology, having worked in television for fifteen years. He lives in South Wales with his wife and two monsters. Follow him over on Twitter @TheXanderGrant Sarah is played by Victoria George-Veale. Victoria is an actress, presenter, dancer, model, singer and performing arts school owner/teacher. She is a Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Shakespeare medallist and received the Simon Eilbeck Award for Music & Drama. Victoria studied Monologue training at Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Meisner Academy in Hollywood. Her day jobs are teaching acting at one of Wales’ top TV/Film Casting Agencies and running her own Performing Arts School with two successful branches in different areas. Last year, Victoria was honoured to receive the award for Young Business Person of the Year alongside the Training & Development award given by the International Achievers Awards organisation. Victoria is featured in BBC’s Doctor Who (Mummy on the Orient Express and Robot of Sherwood), Sherlock (as an Evil Nurse in The Lying Detective) and has the lead role as Steph in Whovians. Victoria has recorded and aired voice-overs for six BBC2 documentaries. Victoria has presented FASHION TV, London Fashion week and Haute Couture. Other work includes 'Demons Never Die', Cadbury’s and Western Power advertisements. As a singer, she has performed alongside Blue, Atomic Kitten, Petula Clark, broadcasting worldwide and is currently in the final stages of finishing an album recorded with her sister. Victoria is Miss British Empire 2012/13. Christmas 2017, Victoria was cast in the role of Prince Charming for the pantomime Cinderella directed by Owen Money at the Congress Theatre, Cwmbran and she thoroughly enjoyed it. This month, Victoria has been chosen as the cover girl for the next issue of "International Face" magazine along with inside interview spread, to be published this June. Derek is played by Gavin Rand. Gavin is a British actor, known primarily for his role in Offworld (2017). He can be found on Facebook: facebook.com/gavinrandactor/ Schrödinger is set to film late summer and should be available towards the end of the year. So, that's four films already featured, which means we are halfway through the initial slate of films. More information on a film that's currently in production coming tomorrow!

The third film to be released on June 15th (now less than a week away!) is... SECOND CHANCES John doesn't like to stand out. "Out of sight, out of mind" is his philosophy. But his way of thinking is challenged when he's forced to reevaluate his life. Second Chances is written by Matthew Fisher. Matthew's writing has been performed all over the UK, online and even across the pond in New York City. Two of his full length plays, Abandoned and The Universe plc both performed sold out runs, and he has won the Crawshay Cup for Best Original Writing in the Wales One Act Festival, for his one-act play We Are Stronger Together Teddy Smith is the director. After graduating USW, Ted established No.37 Media, the label with which he would start making his own films, and telling the stories that meant something to him. Over the past few years, Ted has focused and dealt with PTSD, Depression, Anxiety and Loss. The highlight of his time behind the camera was working on Whovians with Watchers Productions and on STFU and Bitten with Big Rich Productions. John is played by Ben Wilson In 2014 Ben took the plunge into acting. In his past he partook in various am dram theatre performances for Monstrous Productions before moving onto co starring in an original two man comedy play entitled The Universe PLC as well as performing in Abandoned for Dramatic Moose Productions in January 2018. On screen he has had various lead roles in independent short films as well as a lead in comedy web drama Whovians for Watchers Productions. Lisa Grace plays Anna. Lisa is a South Wales based actress with a great passion for both screen and stage, graduating in 2013 with a Masters in Drama. She has a string of screen credits including Anna in Whovians (Watchers Productions) and her current venture Breadcrumbing - a comedy improv series based on bad dating experiences. In addition, Lisa has a strong interest in new writing and a particular soft spot for musical theatre. She is excited to be back on set with the Watchers team. Rounding out the cast in the role of Patrick is John Hutch. John is a South Wales based actor, with credits on stage, screen and audio narration. His latest work includes short films and documentaries for the BBC, ITS MY SHOUT and CBS REALITY. When not acting, John works as a Ghost Walk Guide for CARDIFF HISTORY & HAUNTINGS. You can follow John on Facebook @facebook.com/johnhutchofficial Second Chances, along with Brand New Beginnings and Human Resources, will be released on June 15th. We have another five films in production or pre-production at the moment - so come back tomorrow and we'll be highlighting another of our Strange Tales.

So, as we build up to the launch of Strange Tales, we'll be detailing the first eight films that will made. As you know, three are being launched on June 15th and you've already got a look at Brand New Beginnings. The second film to be launched on June 15th is... HUMAN RESOURCES Sam is a young but high flying business executive, she's popular with her co workers and has the world at her feet. During a meeting with the mysterious Noah from Human Resources, everything she thought she knew about the world around her, is thrown into doubt. Human Resources was written and directed by Richard Williams In 2014 Richard began script writing, this started with the world war epic The King's Own. Realising his passion for script writing he went on to do it full after being made redundant from his day job in 2015. Since then he has gone on to write and direct several projects including short films and documentaries. in 2017 his western genre screenplay The Reckoning was nominated as Best Dramatic Screenplay at the American Screenwriters Conference in California. Ellen Jane Thomas plays Sam. She is an actress with TV presenting and directing credits under her belt, having worked with BBC Wales and Made Television in these fields. But her first love is performance, experiencing working with Channel 4, National Theatre Wales and BBC Two Wales. Ellen won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the It's My Shout awards in 2017 for her role as Tanvi in Rory Romantic, and can currently be seen online in BBC Writersroom sketch Porta-LOLS. Noah is played by James Morgan. He started acting at a young age and has appeared in television, film and theatre. His TV and film credits include The Indian Doctor, 24: Live Another Day and Hunky Dory. His theatre productions include such as Of Mice and Men, Bouncers, and I Could Have Been An Astronaut If It Wasn’t For Malachy McAleer. Rebecca Donovan Morgan, who plays Melanie, is a Swansea based actress best known for her roles in Sky One's Trollied, Hearts At War, A Day For Kelly and most recently Murder By The Sea and Voice Of A Killer which will be aired on CBS Reality. Rounding off the cast as Marcy is Justine Jones. Human Resources was the first of the Strange Tales to be made, and we can't wait to show you this thrilling tale. Come back tomorrow for information about the third film to be launched!