After appointing development executive Adam Bishop and business mentor Bob Campbell, the Washington State Production House Factor 30 film entered a new era as a magnetic tale.
A script specialist with extensive experience in Australia and the UK, currently based, Bishop previously worked as a development manager at ScreenWest and consults Screen Australia, Screen Queensland and Australians in Film (US). In his new role, he helps manage the expanding slate of feature films and television projects.
Campbell, former CEO of Seven Network, who is now the managing director of Screen Time, has been brought in to help expand the business’s international reach.
Leading by Melissa Kelly, Factor 30 is known for producing the 2024 comedy mystery series population 11 for Stan, Lions and Jungle Entertainment, ABCTV’s selection for the two-part documentary series Samrara and Cathy Henkel, and Hound of Love by Ben Young.
Last year, one of 18 companies received Australia Enterprise screen funding, allowing new appointments.
Magnetic Tale is currently lending the dream of a renovator, a feature film by writer/director Richard Virensky. Richard Virensky follows a DIY renovation work that transforms DIY detectives when his childhood home becomes a target for penis graffiti. International fundraising partners are required for the project and are equipped with Maslow Entertainment for ANZ Distribution.
Also, Slate has recently had an optional true crime story pink diamond robbery. This is a six-part television adaptation of how a $200 million raw diamond was stolen from the Argyle mine in Rio Tinto in the remote northwest of the state in the 1980s. To be produced in a decade film, the project is adopted by the ABC Excanse podcast by Sinéad Mangan.
Elsewhere, the company has partnered with authors Alan Carter and Fremantle Press to collaborate with Campbell-produced Prime Cut and Northern Pictures, Marlborough Man, on two book-to-screen adaptations. ”
Kelly said her team “focused on a dynamic mix of film and television projects, bringing Western Australian IP and original story to a global audience.”
