Sean Penn, Matthew Fox, and Kick Gurry To Talk Comedy Series ‘C*A*U*G*H*T’ At Mipcom Cannes
06.10.2023 - 17:19
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Sean Penn, Matthew Fox, and Kick Gurry are heading to Mipcom Cannes to talk about their satirical comedy series C*A*U*G*H*T.
In a major coup for the TV market, they’ll discuss the Australian showin an exclusive Media Mastermind Keynote on Wednesday, October 18 at 12pm local time in France, alongside distributor Fremantle.
Two-time Academy Award winner actor Penn (Milk, Gaslit), who serves as an executive producer (and acts as himself in the series), will feature in the panel in at the Palais des Festivales’ Grand Auditorium, alongside Fox (Lost), and Curry (Edge of Tomorrow), moderated by TV and film critic Rhianna Dhillon.
The session will feature footage and an ‘In Conversation with’ segment featuring Penn, Fox and Gurry, bringing insights about approach taken for the series, which explores themes of identity, fame, and the absurdity of the viral age and looks to comedically deconstructs the intellectual ideas humanity faces.
Fremantle has global rights to the series after helping set up the international co-production, which is an original series for Australian streamer Stan. John Schwarz and Michael Schwarz’s company, Deeper Water Films, were key to developing with show, working alongside Brendan Donohue and Gurry’s label, Little Bird Films. Cailah Scobie and Amanda Duthie executive produced for Stan.
Edge of Tomorrow actor Gurry created, wrote and directed the series, which follows four Australian soldiers on a covert mission in a war-torn country. Mistaken for Americans, they’re captured and produce a hostage video that achieves unexpected viral success, turning them into unlikely celebrities.
As we revealed when we first told you about the show last year, ITVX has exclusive rights in the UK, and it had