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June 10, 2024August 8, 2024

WILLIAM EDWARDS – Daniel Sultana

With all the fine details tuned just right, Vendetta 19 is shaping up to be one of Australia’s most exciting upcoming projects.

We are thrilled to introduce Daniel Sultana as William Edwards, Squizzy Taylor’s right hand man.

Daniel began his career with a plethora of Featured Extra roles in film & television productions, including the iconic soap opera, ‘Neighbours’ and the mysterious drama, ’Ms Fishers Modern Murder Mysteries’. Professionally trained with The Australian College of Dramatic Arts and Screen Actors Australia. His first job in the industry, A Kelly Gang member, working alongside George MacKay on the Australian feature film, True History of the Kelly Gang. Daniel has worked on a range of different projects including: commercials, plays, music videos and short films, such as Bitten Tongue, working with notable actor Travis Jeffery (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes)

He’s not shy from showing off his dancing skills either. A live gig at south east Melbourne Phoenix basketball game where he had to dance around in underwear to promote the infamous Australian menswear brand, ‘TRADIE’. Sorry Melbourne United but you’re not scoring any goals whilst Daniel is pumping out the moves.

If you’re lucky enough to attend one of Daniel’s Trivia Nights, you’ll be glad you did. Daniel hosts a wide range of events across Victoria. Most predominantly on the Bellarine Peninusla, Geelong and Surf Coast Region, or perhaps you’ll catch his Summer Trivia Session aboard the Spirit of Tasmania. And…It’s not just Trivia, his event promotion is something to marvel, having being hired by one of Victoria’s highest educational precinct schools, ‘Kardinia International College’ to facilitate fundraisers, promoted BYD Automotive for their launch to the Australian automobile market and an Entertainer for Online Accounting software company Xero on their corporate retreat. With sponsored events by noteworthy brands such as SportsGirl, MECCA, and The Body Shop, Daniel has solidified his place as the go to spruiker for many businesses.

Now undertaking the role of William Edwards with award winning author, Roy Maloy’s directorial debut, Vendetta 19, Daniel brings a range of fascinating skills to the role.

June 10, 2024August 8, 2024

JOHN CLARKE – Tyson Popplestone

John Clark

Without question, the cast of Vendetta 19 have been drawn from some of the most extraordinary places in order to meet the incredibly diverse nature of the script. In particular, the three-time prison escapee, bomb maker, pistols shooting, jewelry shop robbing, standover man named John Clark who was a Crutchie Push member. Better known as the husband of notorious sly grog and bordello madam, Minnie Clark, they formed an underworld power couple from 1907 up until her death in the early 1930’s. Playing John Clark is a man of many talents, with Tyson Popplestone bringing the role to life.

A professional Stand-Up comedian, Tyson has graced numerous venues across Melbourne for close to a decade, honing his impeccable timing. These skills made him an excellent choice for the role, along with the athletic requirements he will face as he represents one of the most notorious and interesting True Crime Organized Crime Gangsters of all time. The role of John Clark is one of the principal roles that is heavily involved in a complex, choreographed fight sequence that will require Tyson to be able to keep up with professionally trained fighters. Backing up his comedy skills, Tyson’s athletic prowess played a significant part in securing the role as he also boasts an inspiring career as a professional runner. Having won the Melbourne Marathon 10km, the Victorian State Mile, and representing Australia at the QS World University Cross Country Championships in 2010, he brings a huge amount of prowess to the table as an actor and athlete. We are thrilled to have him on board!!

June 9, 2024August 8, 2024

CAST ANNOUNCEMENT – Sam Warren

As filming gets underway for Vendetta 19, we are thrilled to announce another of our amazing cast with Sam Warren, playing the role of Claude Taylor.

Sam grew up in the outer suburb of Mount Evelyn, nestled in the Yarra Ranges. Vendetta 19 is his breakthrough into film, as a steep departure from his budding boxing career. Sam has been training at MVC Boxing for over 5 years, and has competed in 15+ amateur Boxing bouts. Australian Olympic Boxing icon, Steve Marks described Sam as a “brilliant fighter”, and he has since gone on to inspire us with his diverse skills as an actor too.

Sam has travelled extensively across Australia in his boxing career, and has been seen training with professional and olympic boxers. His move to film was as a result of a chance meeting, with a friend of a friend recommending him for the role. Writer of Vendetta 19, Roy Maloy, explains that “we had already cast an incredible actor for the role, however, he got injured while training and had to withdraw. So I began asking around, looking for a replacement actor. The difficulty with this role is that the artist needs to be good looking, be able to fight, be under 25 years old and have the kind of temperament we need from the actors who will be working on this project. One of my contacts rang back and told me about a young man he’d seen boxing who fitted all of those things. So we met, and he was a perfect fit. The only catching point was when I had to deliver the hard news to him that we are working on a period piece and the character he will be playing didn’t have a moustache or a mullet. Sam took a deep breath and agreed to have a shave and a haircut and the rest was history”.

We believe that Sam’s years of experience in boxing will be an asset to him in his portrayal of the volatile and unpredictable criminal Claude Taylor as he works to replicate his savagely unpredictable fighting style.

Vendett 19 begins filming on 15 June and will drop in October 2024.

May 25, 2024August 8, 2024

VENDETTA 19 PREMIER

IT’S OFFICIAL!!!

Only 21 days until filming commences on Vendetta 19, we are thrilled to announce that we have secured a cinema screening premier venue where the pilot episode will be screened on October 2, 2024 (now October 9, 2024).

Without question, the Sun Theatre Yarraville has been an icon in Australian cinema for generations. And we couldn’t be more grateful to them for their incredible support, generosity, and willingness to support this project. It will be a night to remember and everybody is so excited!!

May 23, 2024August 8, 2024

PENTRIDGE D DIVISION IMMERSION

As we count down the days until the shooting of Vendetta 19, we took a minute out of our busy schedules to meet up as a whole cast and enjoy a VIP tour of D Division Pentridge. It was an amazing experience to see the actual cells where these stories truly took place, and it was a wonderful moment for the actors to be inspired by lived experiences of these incredible locations. Thank you to Bluestone College of Knowledge for the tour (which is an amazing experience for any corporate group event). And thank you to Tim Henshall Photography for these amazing photos.

April 28, 2024August 8, 2024

FIGHT REHEARSALS

What an amazing day!

Today the cast of Vendetta 19 came together for our first live rehearsal and it was incredible. Such an amazing and talented team! We were also super excited to have Herald Sun, and a number of more local heavyweight social media content creators with us too!