SLINGERS is anything but just another science fiction show. It’s a sixties classic set in the future.

Think… The Rat Pack in space… Ocean’s Eleven in the 30th Century.

Welcome to the Swinging Sixties… the 2960s. Expect sharp Italian suits, daring heists, colourful characters living on the edge, the varied and exotic backdrop of deep space… all set to the familiar swing music of the 1960s.

We follow five displaced adventurers (Slingers) as they embark on the long trek home. Two ex-soldiers DM and FRANK steal the BLACKJACK, an experimental ship and join forces with MARTI, a young and feisty female technician, JUNIOR a decommissioned military robot, and the ship’s pilot, JEANNIE a holographic incarnation of DM’s dead ex girlfriend.

The Slingers’ journey echoes that of the WWII US troops returning home from the Pacific. From the farthest reaches of the galaxy, they hop from outpost to outpost, planet to planet, casino to casino, pleasure ship to pleasure ship – taking their chances where they can. Human civilsation is in a state of disarray, strung out across the galaxy. It’s a postwar age ripe for the opportunist. Along the way, the Slingers plan ambitious heists, getting their own back on the unscrupulous profiteers who made a fast buck at the expense of their comrades in arms.

As you’d expect, each of the Slingers has issues. DM feels responsible for JEANNIE’s death and is seeking closure. But the JEANNIE on board the BLACKJACK is merely a holographic facsimile. MARTI hopes the BLACKJACK will help her find her father, who disappeared while developing the ship. FRANK just wants to arrive back on Earth a rich man – as long as he can bring his best friend, GUN his artificially intelligent handgun. And JUNIOR is the robot who should have been decommissioned after the war and has no right to even exist.

The Slingers have to keep moving. They stole the BLACKJACK from the military and now they are stealing from the racketeers. They are a law unto themselves, running from one heist to the next, avoiding the good guys, the bad guys and (in the case of the military) the really bad guys.

Watch this Space…

Currently in production, Slingers is attracting a wealth of talent including:

• Director, Steve Barron
• Co-creator, Mike Atherton
• Actors, Sean Pertwee, Tom Mison, Adrian Bower, Margo Stilley and Haruka Abe
• Concept Artists, Arran and Corran Brownlee
• Soundtrack, The Mummers

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

Weird & Wonderful Hotels is an intrepid new series from Sleepydog in conjunction with Chief Productions. In each episode we venture off the beaten track to uncover the most unique places in which to spend a night.

Avoiding the well-trodden path of other TV travel shows, Weird & Wonderful Hotels takes you to some astonishing destinations. Prepare yourselves for a few surprises!

Our quest for the strange and unusual takes us to all four corners of the globe: hotels in sewerage pipes, wine barrels, up trees, under water… whatever next?

Along the way we also track down some of the world’s most remote luxury retreats and eco hotels, where guests can get up close and personal with the surrounding wildlife and experience life a world away from home.

You’re guided around each hotel by one of the charismatic locals. Reporting in their own eccentric style, these memorable characters are as unique as the hotels themselves, adding to the show’s stylish yet quirky flavour.

Weird, wonderful and always extraordinary, these hotels will deliver surprise after surprise and provide eye opening entertainment for the whole family.

Format summary:

• Factual entertainment
• 13 x 25’ episodes
• Over 40 hotels visited in season one
• 100s more hotels to visit in future seasons

	For all the latest information and updates, visit our dedicated website www.weirdandwonderfulhotels.com
	Become a fan of Weird & Wonderful Hotels by joining our Facebook group.
	Follow @Weird_Wonderful on Twitter.

Sleepydog is the rights holder to a library of classic television movies, which are now available for worldwide broadcast.

The range of titles feature performances from top acting talent, including:  Sophia Loren, Rip Torn, Larry Hagman, Sean Penn, Raquel Welch, Pierce Brosnan, and Bette Davis.

Find out more about the titles available in our library by visiting the following pages:

• Action
• Biography
• Comedy
• Drama
• Horror
• Thriller

Commercial enquiries

For further information and details of availability in your territory, please contact:

Irv Holender, 1575 Westwood Blvd, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA
Tel: +1 (310) 445 0700 Fax: +1 (310) 445 0703

In 2004 we secured the world’s first blanket music licence for video games, and in partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) we co-created Buzz! The Music Quiz a new concept in social gaming for the PlayStation 2.

Buzz! The Music Quiz went on to become Sony’s number one selling Christmas title of 2005, and later became their fastest-selling original game to reach $100m in world-wide sales.

Four years, six sequels and one BAFTA® Award later, Buzz! is now an established and critically-acclaimed franchise available throughout Europe, Australasia and America.

If you would like to benefit from our experience and skills in video games, please email info@sleepydog.net

Sleepydog CEO, Toby Moores will chair a panel discussion at this year’s Media Festival, on how IPTV will change the world.

Looking at YouView and beyond, and what it could mean for business, panel members will include:

• > Richard Halton, Chief Executive, YouView
• > Bismarck Lepe, Founder and President of Products, Ooyala

> Michael Barry, Director of Programming and Creative, BT Vision

The Media Festival is an industry conference and networking event which attracts hundreds of delegates from across music, TV, film, games, mobile, online and technology.

The festival is being held at The Palace Hotel, Manchester from Wed 17th – Fri 19th November 2010. For ticketing information and to register your attendance, please visit The Media Festival website.

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

Times Online today hosted a live Q&A with best-selling author and journalist, Malcom Gladwell.

Best known for his books, The Tipping Point (2000), Blink (2005), Outliers (2008), and What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures (2009), Gladwell has also been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996.

Sleepydog CEO, Toby Moores took the opportunity to ask a few questions on social media, effectiveness vs. efficiency and the self-referential nature of a media-celebrity-political complex.

Visit Times Online to catch up on the conversation.

Early risers in Australia were treated to a preview of Weird & Wonderful Hotels, when we featured on Channel 9′s morning show, Kerri-Anne.

The segment included clips from our visits to the Null Stern Hotel, Marqués de Riscal, The Tea Factory, Hostel Celica and Tongabezi Lodge.

For those of you not from Down Under, you can watch the clip from Kerri-Anne’s show here.

Weird & Wonderful Hotels is being broadcast throughout April and May on the Nat Geo Adventure channel.

National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has today announced the acquisition of Sleepydog’s first television series, Weird & Wonderful Hotels!

The series will air in April 2010 on NGCI’s Nat Geo Adventure channel, which is available in more than 40 countries around the world including: Italy, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Latin America, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Israel, Africa and the Middle East.

Each episode showcases the world’s most unique and peculiar lodging experiences, and uncovers the inspiration behind these one-of-a-kind destinations. Accommodations range from the delightfully rustic to the outright bizarre!

“Weird and Wonderful Hotels is full of quirky charm as it offers an exclusive tour of the world’s most unusual spots to rest your head along with luxurious retreats and eco-friendly lodges. The series is a natural fit for the Nat Geo Adventure audience,” said Carlyn Staudt, Senior Vice President of Global Acquisitions for National Geographic Channel.

Be sure to take a look at our video preview for a first look at the show.