Hoppers Crossing comedian Ciang Ajeic will be tickling more funny bones as season two of his web series Justice and Crime is about to be funded by Screen Australia.
Justice and Crime follows two disgraced ex-cops on a chaotic hunt for a missing influencer.
Desperate to redeem themselves, they take a deep dive into internet culture, small-town secrets and get drunk on their own delusions of fame.
Artistic recognition is not something Mr Ajeic takes for granted.
“Having someone believe in what we’re creating feels amazing,” he said.
“After our first grant got rejected we put in the work to prove our idea with the first season, showing just how much people are craving a comedy web-series like justice and crime.”
However, his work is not just about showcasing his own talents.
“With funding, the team wants to showcase some of the new generation of African-Australian comedians and portray African characters in all their complexity and humour – the heroes we need on Australian screens,” Mr Ajeic said.
“The goal for justice in crime is to continue developing the brand and take stepping stones from a web series to TV and film.”
With video games and animation among the future ambitions, focusing on the immediate tasks at hand until he and his crew build up a consistent production and development cycle is the priority.
The first season was almost entirely improvised with no written script. Season two will be totally different as it has a full production ready script written in collaboration with some of television’s best new writers.
