{"id":2750,"date":"2016-03-31T20:11:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T20:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/03\/31\/hunchback-assignments-steampunk-movie-in-the-works\/"},"modified":"2016-03-31T20:11:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T20:11:13","slug":"hunchback-assignments-steampunk-movie-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/03\/31\/hunchback-assignments-steampunk-movie-in-the-works\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hunchback Assignments\u2019 Steampunk Movie in the Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dave McNary \/ Variety<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver-based Thunderbird and Australia\u2019s Sandpiper Entertainment are developing a feature film based on Arthur Slade\u2019s steampunk novel <em>The Hunchback Assignments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>ScreenWest, the Western Australia government\u2019s film and television agency, is funding initial script development with Thunderbird. Sandpiper\u2019s Paul Barron is working with Thunderbird\u2019s Alex Raff\u00e9 on the project.<\/p>\n<p>The working title of the film is <em>Modo<\/em>, taken from the principal character\u2019s name of a hunchbacked shapeshifter at the center of the first novel and its sequels.<\/p>\n<p>Modo is rescued as a child in a traveling freak show and raised in isolation as an agent for the Permanent Association, a spy agency behind Brittania\u2019s efforts to rule the empire. At 14, Modo is left on the streets of London to fend for himself and, with another Association agent, the two uncover a plot by the Clockwork Guild behind the murders of important men.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur Slade has created a unique world, an action-filled steampunk adventure with compelling young adult characters that will resonate with audiences worldwide,\u201d Raffe said.<\/p>\n<p>Barron\u2019s recent credits include creating, writing for and producing <em>Parallax<\/em>, Space Channel\u2019s <em>Stormworld<\/em> and <em>Serangoon Road<\/em>. Raffe\u2019s credits include <em>I\u2019ve Heard the Mermaids Singing <\/em> and the series <em>Some Assembly Required<\/em> and <em>Mr. Young<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunderbird group of companies includes Vancouver-based Reunion Pictures, Great Pacific Media and Atomic Cartoons, U.K.-based theatrical distributor Soda Pictures, and the Sea to Sky Entertainment joint venture with Lionsgate for creating content for the U.S. and international market.<\/p>\n<p>Sandpiper\u2019s credits include Max von Sydow\u2019s <em>Father<\/em>, <em>Shame<\/em> and <em>Blackfellas<\/em> along with the series <em>Ship to Shore <\/em> and <em>Kings in Grass Castles<\/em>. Thunderbird\u2019s Frank Giustra and Tim Gabmle are exec producers on Alcon\u2019s upcoming <em>Blade Runner<\/em> sequel.<\/p>\n<p>APA made the deal on behalf of Scott Treimel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave McNary \/ Variety Vancouver-based Thunderbird and Australia\u2019s Sandpiper Entertainment are developing a feature film based on Arthur Slade\u2019s steampunk novel The Hunchback Assignments. ScreenWest, the Western Australia government\u2019s film and television agency, is funding initial script development with Thunderbird. Sandpiper\u2019s Paul Barron is working with Thunderbird\u2019s Alex Raff\u00e9 on the project. The working title &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/03\/31\/hunchback-assignments-steampunk-movie-in-the-works\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Hunchback Assignments\u2019 Steampunk Movie in the Works - Thunderbird Entertainment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/03\/31\/hunchback-assignments-steampunk-movie-in-the-works\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Hunchback Assignments\u2019 Steampunk Movie in the Works - Thunderbird Entertainment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dave McNary \/ Variety Vancouver-based Thunderbird and Australia\u2019s Sandpiper Entertainment are developing a feature film based on Arthur Slade\u2019s steampunk novel The Hunchback Assignments. 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