Update (5/7): The Podcast Academy has tapped Cameron Esposito to host their inaugural ceremony, held on May 16th. Rainn Wilson, Hank Azaria, Este Haim, Kenan Thompson, Darren Criss, Neil Strauss, Whitney Cummings, Ashley Flowers, DeRay Mckesson, and others will present awards.
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The Podcast Academy has announced the nominees for their inaugural Awards for Excellence in Audio, a.k.a. the Ambies.
Matthew McConaughey, Tessa Thompson, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Malcolm Gladwell and Willem Dafoe, and Charlotte Gainsbourg are among the 164 nominees in 23 categories that include Best Performer in Audio Fiction, Best Podcast Host,...
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The Podcast Academy has announced the nominees for their inaugural Awards for Excellence in Audio, a.k.a. the Ambies.
Matthew McConaughey, Tessa Thompson, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Malcolm Gladwell and Willem Dafoe, and Charlotte Gainsbourg are among the 164 nominees in 23 categories that include Best Performer in Audio Fiction, Best Podcast Host,...
- 5/7/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Bodyguard star Richard Madden and Succession star Brian Cox are to lead the line in a scripted sci-fi podcast series from QCode.
The pair, who starred together in Frank Spotnitz’s Italian television drama Medici, are starring in From Now (trailer below).
The podcast series was created by Rhys Wakefield, who starred in season three of HBO’s True Detective and William Day Frank, who produced 2019 comedy thriller Berserk that Wakefield directed. It is directed by Wakefield and produced by QCode, which was set up by former CAA agent Rob Herting.
The series begins when the USS Hope, a famed lost spaceship, returns to Earth after vanishing 35 years prior. The lone survivor, voiced by Madden, disembarks mysteriously looking the exact same age as when he left. Following the ensuing media chaos, he finally reunites with his formerly identical twin brother, voiced by Cox for a one-on-one meeting. But what...
The pair, who starred together in Frank Spotnitz’s Italian television drama Medici, are starring in From Now (trailer below).
The podcast series was created by Rhys Wakefield, who starred in season three of HBO’s True Detective and William Day Frank, who produced 2019 comedy thriller Berserk that Wakefield directed. It is directed by Wakefield and produced by QCode, which was set up by former CAA agent Rob Herting.
The series begins when the USS Hope, a famed lost spaceship, returns to Earth after vanishing 35 years prior. The lone survivor, voiced by Madden, disembarks mysteriously looking the exact same age as when he left. Following the ensuing media chaos, he finally reunites with his formerly identical twin brother, voiced by Cox for a one-on-one meeting. But what...
- 12/14/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Podcast content studio Qcode, known for adapting series with A-list talent for film and TV, raised $6.4 million in a Series A funding round led by Sonos with participation by C Ventures.
Qcode, in LA, is a leading destination for fiction and immersive storytelling in the podcast space. It’s released eight scripted podcasts at No.1 in the fiction category and top 10 overall on the Apple Podcast Chart and said additional investment will help it scale up to more than 15 originals a year across genres and in partnership with talent, production and media companies.
Former CAA agent Rob Herting launched the podcaster in 2019 with production company Automatik and management firm Grandview. “We started Qcode … to give more autonomy to creators and artists in building new and original stories,” he said.
Partner Sonos, of Santa Barbara, is an innovator in wireless home audio. “From the beginning, we’ve been committed to delivering a great listening experience,...
Qcode, in LA, is a leading destination for fiction and immersive storytelling in the podcast space. It’s released eight scripted podcasts at No.1 in the fiction category and top 10 overall on the Apple Podcast Chart and said additional investment will help it scale up to more than 15 originals a year across genres and in partnership with talent, production and media companies.
Former CAA agent Rob Herting launched the podcaster in 2019 with production company Automatik and management firm Grandview. “We started Qcode … to give more autonomy to creators and artists in building new and original stories,” he said.
Partner Sonos, of Santa Barbara, is an innovator in wireless home audio. “From the beginning, we’ve been committed to delivering a great listening experience,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Matthew McConaughey is … Hank the Cowdog.
The Oscar-winning actor will voice the title character in Jeff Nichols’ new podcast series that will also feature the voice talent of Jesse Plemons, Cynthia Erivo, Kirsten Dunst, Leslie Jordan, Joel Edgerton, Scoot McNairy and John R. Erickson.
From Tri-State Pictures, Htc Productions and Qcode, Hank the Cowdog is written, directed and executive produced by Nichols, with whom McConaughey worked on the indie Mud. McConaughey will also receive executive producer credit on the five episode series alongside Sarah Green and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Tri-State Pictures, Mark Erickson of Htc Productions and Rob Herting of Qcode.
Hank ...
The Oscar-winning actor will voice the title character in Jeff Nichols’ new podcast series that will also feature the voice talent of Jesse Plemons, Cynthia Erivo, Kirsten Dunst, Leslie Jordan, Joel Edgerton, Scoot McNairy and John R. Erickson.
From Tri-State Pictures, Htc Productions and Qcode, Hank the Cowdog is written, directed and executive produced by Nichols, with whom McConaughey worked on the indie Mud. McConaughey will also receive executive producer credit on the five episode series alongside Sarah Green and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Tri-State Pictures, Mark Erickson of Htc Productions and Rob Herting of Qcode.
Hank ...
Matthew McConaughey is … Hank the Cowdog.
The Oscar-winning actor will voice the title character in Jeff Nichols’ new podcast series that will also feature the voice talent of Jesse Plemons, Cynthia Erivo, Kirsten Dunst, Leslie Jordan, Joel Edgerton, Scoot McNairy and John R. Erickson.
From Tri-State Pictures, Htc Productions and Qcode, Hank the Cowdog is written, directed and executive produced by Nichols, with whom McConaughey worked on the indie Mud. McConaughey will also receive executive producer credit on the five episode series alongside Sarah Green and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Tri-State Pictures, Mark Erickson of Htc Productions and Rob Herting of Qcode.
Hank ...
The Oscar-winning actor will voice the title character in Jeff Nichols’ new podcast series that will also feature the voice talent of Jesse Plemons, Cynthia Erivo, Kirsten Dunst, Leslie Jordan, Joel Edgerton, Scoot McNairy and John R. Erickson.
From Tri-State Pictures, Htc Productions and Qcode, Hank the Cowdog is written, directed and executive produced by Nichols, with whom McConaughey worked on the indie Mud. McConaughey will also receive executive producer credit on the five episode series alongside Sarah Green and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Tri-State Pictures, Mark Erickson of Htc Productions and Rob Herting of Qcode.
Hank ...
Jeff Nichols is reuniting with a handful of his most acclaimed actors for a new family podcast based on John R. Erickson’s children’s book series “Hank the Cowdog.” Tri-State Pictures, Htc Productions, and Qcode have partnered up for the “Hank the Cowdog” podcast, which Nichols wrote, directed, and executive produced. Nichols’ “Mud” actor Matthew McConaughey is voicing Hank and also serving as executive producer. Erickson’s book series has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Nichols’ podcast adaptation will run five episodes and launch later this month.
The official “Hank the Cowdog” podcast synopsis reads: “Hank the Cowdog, the self-declared ‘Head of Ranch Security,’ finds himself smack dab in the middle of a host of tangled mysteries and capers that span the universe of the Texas Panhandle cattle ranch Hank calls home. Hank is joined on these tail-wagging, tongue-slobbering adventures by a motley assemblage of characters, not least of...
The official “Hank the Cowdog” podcast synopsis reads: “Hank the Cowdog, the self-declared ‘Head of Ranch Security,’ finds himself smack dab in the middle of a host of tangled mysteries and capers that span the universe of the Texas Panhandle cattle ranch Hank calls home. Hank is joined on these tail-wagging, tongue-slobbering adventures by a motley assemblage of characters, not least of...
- 9/1/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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