HEAVY Film/TV Interviews: Recent Episodes
HEAVY Magazine
Here at HEAVY we like nothing more than a bit of off beat humor with explicit and gratuitous lashings of murder, mystery and mayhem thrown in.
Luckily for us, the people behind Australia’s latest streaming service AMC+ have given us all that and more with their new series Ultra City Smiths, a stop-motion animated comedy series brought to you by the creators of Patriot and Robot Chicken.
Centering around an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of fictional metropolis Ultra City’s most famous magnate, Carpenter K. Smith (Kurtwood Smith, That 70’s Show), Ultra City Smiths follows two intrepid detectives - David Mills (Jimmi Simpson, Westworld) and Gail Johnson (Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dolemite Is My Name) – who follow the case, rallying to fight against their city’s dangerous corruption at a high cost to themselves and their families and in pursuit of a gentler place to call home.
Sound complicated?
Well throw in the fact the characters are animated baby dolls repurposed as a cast of grown up characters and you might get some insight into the twisted world in which creator Steve Conrad has invited us.
The series also features all-star voice talent including Kristen Bell (The Good Place), Dax Shepard (Parenthood), John C. Reilly (Stepbrothers) and Debra Winger (Terms of Endearment) and is streaming now.
HEAVY nailed down Conrad to talk about Ultra City Smiths and get some insight into the inner mechanisms of a brain that can turn something like this into pure gold.
"Stop motion animation you'll remember from holiday specials when you were very young,” Conrad explained, “like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and Frosty The Snowman. It's a type of animation where you move the figurines fractions of inches at a time and then run the film and it looks like they're moving. It's an artform you'll remember from your childhood but we have made an adult drama using this artform. I have happened on calling it adult entertainment for former children. I'm hoping to plug into the way we felt about that art when we were kids to use it to explore such mature things as violence and sex and revenge and power etc."
In the full interview, Steve runs us through the plotline of Ultra City Smiths, the main characters, the city he has created and why it is so bleak, working humor into the storyline, how far you can go with things in terms of censorship using animation, the actors and actresses who provide the voice overs, creating emotion and tension with animated characters, working with some of the industries heavyweights, future plans and more.
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HEAVY Mag chats to Katie Castles and Veronica Thomas on the red carpet at the World Premiere of Ride Like A Girl.
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HEAVY Mag chats to director Stephen Amis about his brand new documentary Defend, Conserve, Protect.
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HEAVY Mag chats to one of the stars of the brand new epic sci-fi Mortal Engines - Leila George.
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This year's Mosnter Fest Opening Night film is Dragged Across Concrete starring Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn. HEAVY Mag caught up with director S. Craig Zahler to chat about the film.
We chat to the director of the new Robin Hood movie Otto Bathurst about what audiences can expect when it is released on November 22nd.
With the brand new horror thriller Lords Of Chaos about to screen at Monster Fest in Melbourne we caught up with the film's director Jonas Akerlund.
HEAVY Mag decided to find out everything we could about new action horror Overlord by sitting down and having a chat with one of the stars of the film Pilou Asbaek.
Legendary Hollywood director Russell Mulachy sits down and chats to HEAVY Mag about his brand new film In Like Flynn.
With new sci-thriller Upgrade now out on DVD and Blu-Ray we decided to catch up with the film's director - Leigh Whannell.
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We chat to the co-creator of the brand new Queen & Country Australia documentary series - Max Walker.
HEAVY Mag's Harley and Dave sat down to have a chat with well-respected Anime actor Christopher Sabat about his new film Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
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We chat to director Panos Cosmatos about his brand new feature film Mandy which is screening across Australia this Friday thanks to Monster Pictures.
We chat to Arrow's David Ramsey about this year's Oz Comic Con and what people can expect from the latest season of Arrow.
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Aussie actor Andrew Lees talks about his experiences on The Originals as he gets ready for Oz Comic Con.
Director Laura Imbruglia talks about her film Gender Reversed Guitar Shopping which is screening at the St Kilda Film Festival.
Director Julian Lucas talks about his film For Your Sins screening at the St Kilda Film Festival
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HEAVY Mag chats to Aussie actor Shane Jacobson about his brand new film - That's Not My Dog.
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