It’s been three years since Sleepydog relocated to the historic town of Market Harborough, and we felt the time was now right to move again!

We’ve not gone far though, just a short walk from the centre of town to brighter, nicer premises.

We’re now practically next door to Market Harborough’s train station, meaning we’re just a short hop from our associates in London.

Our new address is:

Sleepydog Ltd,
Britannia House,
Fernie Road,
Market Harborough,
Leicestershire,
LE16 7PH,
UNITED KINGDOM.

Tel: +44 (0)1858 435 600
Fax: +44 (0)1858 435 601
Email: info@www.sleepydog.co.uk

Sleepydog’s forthcoming television series, Slingers has been featured in the latest issue of SFX magazine.

Talking about how we developed the Slingers concept, writer Mike Atherton said:

“Our approach was always that Slingers would be a ’60s-style heist show that just happened to be set in space. I’m not trying to dismiss the SF element because I live and breathe this stuff myself, but our initial take was to try and focus on something different from just the tech and the ships.”

The coverage also includes some fantastic concept art by the Brownlee Brothers, so grab a copy of this month’s SFX magazine to read the full article.

Become a fan of Slingers and keep up-to-date with all the latest news by joining our Facebook group!

It’s been an exciting time for the Slingers team, as interest in the TV project was ignited across the web after award-winning comic book author, Warren Ellis posted a link to our sizzle reel over on director Steve Barron’s website.

Referring to it as “your new favourite TV show”, Warren’s post sparked a flurry of comments, blog posts and tweets around the world.

John Rogers, creator and writer of hit US TV show, Leverage tweeted:

We’d already noticed that some Leverage fans had taken a shine to Slingers by interacting with Mike on Twitter. It’s been great to see what these very early supporters of the show had to say once they’d seen the characters come to life – if only for a few minutes.

We’re still compiling all the feedback almost a full week later, but we did a get a massive kick out of Duncan Jones, director of the critically acclaimed movie, Moon describing the show as: “Where you need to be”.

So far Slingers has been mentioned on:

• Paste Magazine
• Sci Fi Wire
• Twitch Film
• io9
• Topless Robot
• Slash Film
• The Huffington Post

The conversation around the show has continued on countless blogs and forums and Slingers has had some very interesting people in Los Angeles reaching for the phone. With well over 50,000 views of the sizzle reel on Vimeo and counting, the positive reaction to Slingers has been overwhelming to say the least!

We’ve also been lucky enough to have been mentioned in the same breath as shows that we’re huge fans of here in the Sleepydog office.

A massive thank you to everyone for their fantastic encouragement and support.

We’ll be posting more news on Slingers in the coming months, and have also setup a Facebook page to share updates on the project. Watch this space!

Sleepydog were Silver sponsors at today’s Social TV Forum.

You can see the conversation on the #STVF hashtag on Twitter.

AudioBoo’s on the day from @BenjaminEllis:

Angel Gambino, Chair

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Dan Cryan from Screen Digest

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And from @RadioKate:

Rachael Antony of Lonely Planet

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Triona Campbell talks Sofia’s Diary

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Photos of the event are up on Flickr, thanks to Benjamin Ellis, under a creative commons license:

More to come on our thoughts and outtakes from the event.

Sleepydog’s television series, Slingers and Weird & Wonderful Hotels are set to feature at MIPCOM, the world’s biggest trade event in the entertainment industry.

MIPCOM is being held in Cannes and runs from October 5-9 2009. It’s here that broadcasters, distributors and production companies from all over the world, converge to buy and sell many of the shows we see on TV.

Our distributor, The Fremantle Corporation will be at booth R 35.14 in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. So if you’re attending, be sure to drop by to find out more about our shows.

For more information about MIPCOM and details of how you can attend, visit www.mipcom.com.

Sleepydog is the Silver Sponsor at this year’s Social TV Forum, a one day conference and exhibition which examines the impact of social media on the television industry.

The event takes place on 28th September 2009 at London’s Royal Institute of British Architects, and includes a top lineup of speakers from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, MTV, Sky News and Sleepydog’s own Toby Moores.

Topics covered during the event will include:

• Key trends driving social TV
• Social networks as a new entrant to the video market
• The impact and opportunity of social networks for the TV production community
• The challenges in developing and implementing social TV

For further information about the event and to register your attendance, please visit  www.social-tv.net.

Sleepydog’s Creative Director, Henry VIII Mark Hilton gets comfortable on the royal throne whilst paying a visit to the set of The Tudors.

Invited by Director, Ciaran Donnelly, Mark got to witness plenty of beheadings and bloodshed during his two days on set and was bowled over by the hospitality of the cast and crew.

Take a look at our photostream for more photos of Mark’s visit.

Sleepydog’s forthcoming television series, Slingers and Weird & Wonderful Hotels have been featured in the latest issue of Broadcast Magazine.

Aimed at UK TV industry insiders, the article looks at the various online and social networking techniques we use to generate interest in our TV projects.

To read the full article, please visit the Broadcast website.

Toby Moores and Mark Jones discussing social media from Martin Belam on Vimeo.

Sleepydog CEO, Toby Moores and Mark Jones from Reuters discuss social media at the News Innovation Unconference held in London, July 2009.

During the session, they explore the appeal of social media to politicians, and how using services like 12seconds.tv can capture ‘the voice in the room’. For more, please visit currybet.net.

Many thanks to Martin Belam for the video,

Haruka Abe as Marti

After two days of intense shooting and many weeks of preparation, filming of the Slingers sizzle reel is now complete! A massive thank you to all the cast and crew who worked tirelessly to produce some fantastic work.

The footage is now in the hands of the digital effects wizards who are adding the extra bells and whistles that will really give Slingers some punch. We can’t wait to see the finished result!

In the meantime, work continues on the Slingers pilot episode, so keep an eye on these pages for more info in the coming weeks.

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