Exclusive: Producers Ian Collie and Rob Gibson are best known for helping bring an injured mongrel dog into the global consciousness in Colin From Accounts. Ahead of a busy 2024, the pair sat down with Deadline to chat about plans for their Easy Tiger Productions imprint, the state of TV in Australia and signing with CAA.
And where else to start, but with Colin From Accounts, Australian streamer Binge’s romantic sitcom series written by and starring real-life couple Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer. Over the weekend, the critically acclaimed show, winner of the Most Outstanding Comedy Program at the Logies, went into production on Season 2 after a delay primarily caused by the U.S. writers strike.
Gibson was first alerted to what would become Colin just after leaving his post as Head of Originals at Binge rival Stan. “Harriet had given me the script as a writing sample for another show,...
And where else to start, but with Colin From Accounts, Australian streamer Binge’s romantic sitcom series written by and starring real-life couple Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer. Over the weekend, the critically acclaimed show, winner of the Most Outstanding Comedy Program at the Logies, went into production on Season 2 after a delay primarily caused by the U.S. writers strike.
Gibson was first alerted to what would become Colin just after leaving his post as Head of Originals at Binge rival Stan. “Harriet had given me the script as a writing sample for another show,...
- 12/20/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Breakout Australia comedy Colin From Accounts is back in production.
An official green light of Season 2 of the hit Binge sitcom came in August, after writers and stars Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer chose to down their pens in solidarity with WGA strike in the U.S. over the summer.
Exec producer Alison Hurbert-Burns from Binge told Deadline in October production would begin in “coming months,” adding: “As an Australian program it was outside of the strike, but they just felt it was the right thing to do.”
Brammall and Dyer finished the scripts once a deal was struck at the end of September. Production is now back underway across Sydney, with Easy Tiger Productions and CBS Studios returning the produce.
The show follows the lives of two flawed and funny people who begin an unconventional romance after being brought together when Ash (Dyer) spontaneously flashes her nipple at Gordon...
An official green light of Season 2 of the hit Binge sitcom came in August, after writers and stars Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer chose to down their pens in solidarity with WGA strike in the U.S. over the summer.
Exec producer Alison Hurbert-Burns from Binge told Deadline in October production would begin in “coming months,” adding: “As an Australian program it was outside of the strike, but they just felt it was the right thing to do.”
Brammall and Dyer finished the scripts once a deal was struck at the end of September. Production is now back underway across Sydney, with Easy Tiger Productions and CBS Studios returning the produce.
The show follows the lives of two flawed and funny people who begin an unconventional romance after being brought together when Ash (Dyer) spontaneously flashes her nipple at Gordon...
- 12/16/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Australian dramedy Bump has been dropped by the CW midseason, Deadline has confirmed. The network quietly removed the summer series about a pregnant 17-year-old from its Monday night lineup. It’s being replaced with repeats of Whose Line Is It Anyway? in the 9:30 pm slot. Five episodes of the second season of Bump have aired and the remaining five episodes of Season 2 will be available on the CW app and Cwtv.com.
Earlier today, additional changes were announced for the network’s fall schedule, with FBoy Island moving to Mondays from its originally scheduled Thursday night slot. Canadian comedies Son of a Critch, Run The Burbs and Children Ruin Everything and British comedy Everyone Else Burns will be moving from Monday nights to Thursday nights.
Bump is the latest acquisition to be pulled by the CW. Travelogue series Down To Earth with Zac Efron and Fantastic Friends were pulled in...
Earlier today, additional changes were announced for the network’s fall schedule, with FBoy Island moving to Mondays from its originally scheduled Thursday night slot. Canadian comedies Son of a Critch, Run The Burbs and Children Ruin Everything and British comedy Everyone Else Burns will be moving from Monday nights to Thursday nights.
Bump is the latest acquisition to be pulled by the CW. Travelogue series Down To Earth with Zac Efron and Fantastic Friends were pulled in...
- 9/6/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Platform Public Relations on Tuesday announced its appointment of Jennifer Curran to the role of Vice President, Global Talent Relations & Strategy, as well as its launch of new divisions in Asia and Europe.
While continuing work with U.S.-based clients, EVP, Talent Relations Angela Mach will head up the Asia Global Business Division which includes Korean artists Ateez, The Boyz, The Rose and Soji Arai (Pachinko). Monica Cueto will serve as Director of the Madrid-based European branch with clients Pepe Barosso (Gran Turismo), Alex Pastrana (Elite) and Isis Valverde.
Launching her career at Summit Entertainment, where she worked on the Twilight franchise and more, Curran segued to the firm formerly known as Rogers & Cowan in 2014, focusing there on talent relations and awards strategy. The latter company afforded her the opportunity to work with the likes of Rob Lowe, Jeff Daniels, Riz Ahmed, Kelly Marie Tran, Jacob Elordi, Emily Ratajkowski,...
While continuing work with U.S.-based clients, EVP, Talent Relations Angela Mach will head up the Asia Global Business Division which includes Korean artists Ateez, The Boyz, The Rose and Soji Arai (Pachinko). Monica Cueto will serve as Director of the Madrid-based European branch with clients Pepe Barosso (Gran Turismo), Alex Pastrana (Elite) and Isis Valverde.
Launching her career at Summit Entertainment, where she worked on the Twilight franchise and more, Curran segued to the firm formerly known as Rogers & Cowan in 2014, focusing there on talent relations and awards strategy. The latter company afforded her the opportunity to work with the likes of Rob Lowe, Jeff Daniels, Riz Ahmed, Kelly Marie Tran, Jacob Elordi, Emily Ratajkowski,...
- 7/11/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Warning: contains set photos and speculation with potential Doctor Who spoilers
Ever since the BBC released photos of Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson filming a Doctor Who episode set in the swinging sixties, speculation has been rife about what the plot might involve.
The latest set photos give some serious hints that this adventure might involve a certain Fab Four, aka The Beatles. Let It Be! and Get Back! we hear you cry. Time to Come Together and take a look at the evidence:
The Doctor and Ruby Visit Abbey Road
#dwsr #doctorwho #bbc pic.twitter.com/K2MFjg91uC
— The Dalek Lord (@games_ferre) May 8, 2023
After traversing Across The Universe, The Doctor and Ruby have found themselves on a Long and Winding Road.
Not only were Gatwa and Gibson spotted by a makeshift Abbey Road, but this video also shows The Doctor and Ruby dancing across the famous zebra...
Ever since the BBC released photos of Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson filming a Doctor Who episode set in the swinging sixties, speculation has been rife about what the plot might involve.
The latest set photos give some serious hints that this adventure might involve a certain Fab Four, aka The Beatles. Let It Be! and Get Back! we hear you cry. Time to Come Together and take a look at the evidence:
The Doctor and Ruby Visit Abbey Road
#dwsr #doctorwho #bbc pic.twitter.com/K2MFjg91uC
— The Dalek Lord (@games_ferre) May 8, 2023
After traversing Across The Universe, The Doctor and Ruby have found themselves on a Long and Winding Road.
Not only were Gatwa and Gibson spotted by a makeshift Abbey Road, but this video also shows The Doctor and Ruby dancing across the famous zebra...
- 5/11/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
The CW reveals Canadian sitcom “Run the Burbs” will make its US debut as the network unveils its Summer 2023 programming lineup.
“Run the Burbs” follows the Phams, a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest, while changing the way we think about contemporary family values and life in the burbs.
Phung (“Kim’s Convenience”), who co-created and executive produces the series with Scott Townend, stars as stay-at-home dad Andrew Pham. Rahkee Morzaria (“What We Do in the Shadows”) plays Andrew’s free-spirited entrepreneur wife Camille, Zoriah Wong (“Nancy Drew”) as their teenage daughter Khia, and Roman Pesino (“Odd Squad”) as their clever young son Leo. The show is a CBC Original Production produced by Pier 21 Films and distributed by Fifth Season.
The network has renewed both newcomers “Family Law” and the comedy “Bump” for second seasons. Starring Jewel Staite and Victor Garber,...
“Run the Burbs” follows the Phams, a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest, while changing the way we think about contemporary family values and life in the burbs.
Phung (“Kim’s Convenience”), who co-created and executive produces the series with Scott Townend, stars as stay-at-home dad Andrew Pham. Rahkee Morzaria (“What We Do in the Shadows”) plays Andrew’s free-spirited entrepreneur wife Camille, Zoriah Wong (“Nancy Drew”) as their teenage daughter Khia, and Roman Pesino (“Odd Squad”) as their clever young son Leo. The show is a CBC Original Production produced by Pier 21 Films and distributed by Fifth Season.
The network has renewed both newcomers “Family Law” and the comedy “Bump” for second seasons. Starring Jewel Staite and Victor Garber,...
- 5/10/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
The CW has unveiled its slate of original scripted and unscripted programming set to debut on the network this summer.
Canadian family comedy Run The Burbs, from Kim’s Convenience breakout star Andrew Phung and dramedy Moonshine, about dysfunctional siblings battling for control of their family business are among titles on the network’s scripted slate for summer debut. Legal drama Family Law, starring Jewel Staite and Victor Garber, and comedy series Bump also return for second seasons.
New summer unscripted programs include the four-part docuseries Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982, chronicling a classic moviegoing year in pop culture, and extreme cooking competition Recipe for Disaster. Additionally, Down To Earth With Zac Efron will make its broadcast television debut, along with new seasons of returning alternative series Great Chocolate Showdown and Mysteries Decoded. Airdates and times for all these series will be announced at a later date.
All join prevously announced summer series,...
Canadian family comedy Run The Burbs, from Kim’s Convenience breakout star Andrew Phung and dramedy Moonshine, about dysfunctional siblings battling for control of their family business are among titles on the network’s scripted slate for summer debut. Legal drama Family Law, starring Jewel Staite and Victor Garber, and comedy series Bump also return for second seasons.
New summer unscripted programs include the four-part docuseries Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982, chronicling a classic moviegoing year in pop culture, and extreme cooking competition Recipe for Disaster. Additionally, Down To Earth With Zac Efron will make its broadcast television debut, along with new seasons of returning alternative series Great Chocolate Showdown and Mysteries Decoded. Airdates and times for all these series will be announced at a later date.
All join prevously announced summer series,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Norman Steinberg, screenwriter of films including “Blazing Saddles” “My Favorite Year” died March 15. He was 83.
His other credits include the film “Johnny Dangerously,” the TV movie “Free to Be…You and Me,” and the TV show “Doctor, Doctor.”
Born in Brooklyn, Steinberg went to college at the U. of Maryland and law school at the U. of Pittsburgh and began practicing law in Manhattan.
He disliked being a lawyer, his family said, and met Mel Brooks when he would stop for coffee at Chock Full o’ Nuts. After much badgering from Steinberg, Brooks told him to try writing a script for “Get Smart.” When Brooks told him the script was funny, he quit his job at the law firm the same day.
He started out writing for the music magazine Cash Box, then wrote a political humor album for David Frye. After moving to Los Angeles, he started writing for the “Flip Wilson Show,...
His other credits include the film “Johnny Dangerously,” the TV movie “Free to Be…You and Me,” and the TV show “Doctor, Doctor.”
Born in Brooklyn, Steinberg went to college at the U. of Maryland and law school at the U. of Pittsburgh and began practicing law in Manhattan.
He disliked being a lawyer, his family said, and met Mel Brooks when he would stop for coffee at Chock Full o’ Nuts. After much badgering from Steinberg, Brooks told him to try writing a script for “Get Smart.” When Brooks told him the script was funny, he quit his job at the law firm the same day.
He started out writing for the music magazine Cash Box, then wrote a political humor album for David Frye. After moving to Los Angeles, he started writing for the “Flip Wilson Show,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Well, I’ve now got “You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two” stuck in my head, and you are about to as well.
Onetime Maze Runner Thomas Brodie-Sangster has landed the title role in The Artful Dodger, Disney+’s period drama set in 1850s Australia and serving up “a twist to the classic Charles Dickens character” (aka Jack Dawkins).
More from TVLineGood Trouble Stars, EP Explain Those Two Big Exits and What Their Final Scene Hints at for [Spoiler]'s FutureGood Trouble Stars on Davia's Decision, Callie and Jamie's Meaningful MomentTVLine Items: Man Who Fell to Earth Castings,...
Onetime Maze Runner Thomas Brodie-Sangster has landed the title role in The Artful Dodger, Disney+’s period drama set in 1850s Australia and serving up “a twist to the classic Charles Dickens character” (aka Jack Dawkins).
More from TVLineGood Trouble Stars, EP Explain Those Two Big Exits and What Their Final Scene Hints at for [Spoiler]'s FutureGood Trouble Stars on Davia's Decision, Callie and Jamie's Meaningful MomentTVLine Items: Man Who Fell to Earth Castings,...
- 11/30/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
To mark the release of My Life is Murder Series 2 on 10th October, we’ve been given 1 copy of Season 2 to give away on DVD.
Alexa (Lucy Lawless) is once again joined in Auckland her partner-in-crime-solving, Madison Feliciano who’s closer than ever to her mentor – quite literally, as she winds up living in Alexa’s apartment. But to truly make a fresh start, Alexa must deal with the family troubles she’s avoided for decades, starting with her wayward brother…
This series finds Lucy investigating the death of a drag queen, a museum curator’s murder, the mysterious demise of an ambitious young winemaker and a very cold case of a chef found dead in his walk-in freezer. Can she endure a survival expert murder case and help in the death of a self-help guru?
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Alexa (Lucy Lawless) is once again joined in Auckland her partner-in-crime-solving, Madison Feliciano who’s closer than ever to her mentor – quite literally, as she winds up living in Alexa’s apartment. But to truly make a fresh start, Alexa must deal with the family troubles she’s avoided for decades, starting with her wayward brother…
This series finds Lucy investigating the death of a drag queen, a museum curator’s murder, the mysterious demise of an ambitious young winemaker and a very cold case of a chef found dead in his walk-in freezer. Can she endure a survival expert murder case and help in the death of a self-help guru?
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
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- 10/7/2022
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 8/19/2022
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Close To The Edge
Thomasin McKenzie and Devon Terrell (“Rap Shit”) star in “Totally Completely Fine,” a series co-production between Sundance Now and Australia’s Stan, which has now started production in Sydney. McKenzie plays a young woman whose life was a mess even before she inherited her grandfather’s coastal clifftop house and became tasked with helping people who come too close to the edge. Strangely though people respond to her chaotic, nihilistic brand of psychology. The series was created and is executive produced by Gretel Vella, who co-wrote the show with Keir Wilkins (“Surviving Summer”) and Emme Hoy (stage play “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”). The series is produced at Fremantle Australia by Alice Willison (“The Other Guy”), with Nat Lindwall as executive producer. The series is directed by Lucy Gaffy with Adrian Chiarella (“Dwarf Planet”) directing episode four. It is financed with the assistance of Screen Nsw...
Thomasin McKenzie and Devon Terrell (“Rap Shit”) star in “Totally Completely Fine,” a series co-production between Sundance Now and Australia’s Stan, which has now started production in Sydney. McKenzie plays a young woman whose life was a mess even before she inherited her grandfather’s coastal clifftop house and became tasked with helping people who come too close to the edge. Strangely though people respond to her chaotic, nihilistic brand of psychology. The series was created and is executive produced by Gretel Vella, who co-wrote the show with Keir Wilkins (“Surviving Summer”) and Emme Hoy (stage play “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”). The series is produced at Fremantle Australia by Alice Willison (“The Other Guy”), with Nat Lindwall as executive producer. The series is directed by Lucy Gaffy with Adrian Chiarella (“Dwarf Planet”) directing episode four. It is financed with the assistance of Screen Nsw...
- 8/12/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
AMC Networks’ streaming platform Sundance Now is expanding its 2023 slate with orders for two new series, dark comedy Totally Completely Fine and fantasy mystery series Sanctuary, based on V.V. James novel. They join the recently announced upcoming series Clean Sweep, The Lovers, SisterS, Black Snow, and Far North, all for premiere in 2023.
Inspired by true events, six-part dark comedy Totally Completely Fine, a Sundance Now Original series, stars Thomasin McKenzie (JoJo Rabbit) and explores the complexities of grief, the power of friendship, and the ways our sadness can unite us. Per the logline, the series follows 20-something Vivian Cunningham (McKenzie), whose life is a mess. Last week she accidentally burnt down her brother’s vegan food truck with a bacon-flavored vape and this week she’s inherited her grandfather’s coastal clifftop shack and is tasked with helping people who come too close to the edge.
Series also stars Devon Terrell (Rap Sh!
Inspired by true events, six-part dark comedy Totally Completely Fine, a Sundance Now Original series, stars Thomasin McKenzie (JoJo Rabbit) and explores the complexities of grief, the power of friendship, and the ways our sadness can unite us. Per the logline, the series follows 20-something Vivian Cunningham (McKenzie), whose life is a mess. Last week she accidentally burnt down her brother’s vegan food truck with a bacon-flavored vape and this week she’s inherited her grandfather’s coastal clifftop shack and is tasked with helping people who come too close to the edge.
Series also stars Devon Terrell (Rap Sh!
- 8/10/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC Networks’ Sundance Now has commissioned “Totally, Completely Fine” and “Sanctuary” as two new titles joining the streaming platform’s 2023 slate of original projects.
Written, created and executive produced by Gretel Vella, “Totally, Completely Fine” explores the complexities of grief, the power of friendship, and the ways our sadness can unite us. Inspired by true events,the six-part dark comedy follows 20-something Vivian Cunningham (Thomasin McKenzie), whose life is a mess but nevertheless winds up tasked with helping people who come too close to the edge as she endures her own comedic catastrophes like accidentally burning down her brother’s vegan food truck with a bacon-flavored vape.
Devon Terrell (“Rap Sh!t”), Brandon McLelland (“The Other Guy”), Rowan Witt (“Book of Mormon” – Original Australian Cast), Contessa Treffone (“Doctor Doctor”), James Sweeny (“Total Control”), Max Crean (“Mystic”) and Brigid Zengeni (“The Good Liar”) join the JoJo Rabbit star among the cast.
Written, created and executive produced by Gretel Vella, “Totally, Completely Fine” explores the complexities of grief, the power of friendship, and the ways our sadness can unite us. Inspired by true events,the six-part dark comedy follows 20-something Vivian Cunningham (Thomasin McKenzie), whose life is a mess but nevertheless winds up tasked with helping people who come too close to the edge as she endures her own comedic catastrophes like accidentally burning down her brother’s vegan food truck with a bacon-flavored vape.
Devon Terrell (“Rap Sh!t”), Brandon McLelland (“The Other Guy”), Rowan Witt (“Book of Mormon” – Original Australian Cast), Contessa Treffone (“Doctor Doctor”), James Sweeny (“Total Control”), Max Crean (“Mystic”) and Brigid Zengeni (“The Good Liar”) join the JoJo Rabbit star among the cast.
- 8/10/2022
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 7/22/2022
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 5/17/2022
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Production has begun in Sydney on the television drama “After the Verdict,” with Michelle Lim Davidson and Tess Haubrich joining the cast.
The six-part series follows four people who have just finished jury duty on a high-profile murder trial. As they return to normal life, they begin to question their verdict and take matters into their own hands, investigating the murder themselves.
The show was created, written and executive produced by Subtext Pictures’ Ellie Beaumont and Drew Proffitt. The completed series will premiere on the 9Network in Australia with Entertainment One (eOne) handling international sales. The production also received major investment from federal body Screen Australia in association with region screen agency Screen Nsw.
Lim Davidson (“The Newsreader”) and Haubrich (“Wolf Creek”) join the previously announced Sullivan Stapleton, Magda Szubanski and Lincoln Younes in the show’s main cast. Other roles go to Virginia Gay (“Judy and Punch”), Emma Diaz...
The six-part series follows four people who have just finished jury duty on a high-profile murder trial. As they return to normal life, they begin to question their verdict and take matters into their own hands, investigating the murder themselves.
The show was created, written and executive produced by Subtext Pictures’ Ellie Beaumont and Drew Proffitt. The completed series will premiere on the 9Network in Australia with Entertainment One (eOne) handling international sales. The production also received major investment from federal body Screen Australia in association with region screen agency Screen Nsw.
Lim Davidson (“The Newsreader”) and Haubrich (“Wolf Creek”) join the previously announced Sullivan Stapleton, Magda Szubanski and Lincoln Younes in the show’s main cast. Other roles go to Virginia Gay (“Judy and Punch”), Emma Diaz...
- 1/18/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 5/30/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 5/23/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 5/16/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 5/9/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 5/2/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 4/25/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 4/18/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 4/11/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 4/4/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Screen Australia has announced $2 million of funding via its Enterprise program, including four Business & Ideas projects and 11 Enterprise People talent opportunities.
Recipients include Doc Society, which is launching Global Story and Impact Labs that will enable Australian documentary makers to elevate the social impact of their work.
Funding will also be given to A2K Media for an online disability equity and inclusion training program called Disability Justice Lens.
Screen Australia’s CEO Graeme Mason said the past year had inspired “incredible” innovation and adaptability across the screen sector.
“These [are] bold proposals that are set to improve the industry, whether it’s White Spark Pictures developing innovative virtual reality technology, A2K Media improving participation for people with disability, or Typecast Entertainment expanding their ability to support storytelling from First Nations people and people of colour,” he said.
“We’re also excited to support Doc Society’s new labs which will...
Recipients include Doc Society, which is launching Global Story and Impact Labs that will enable Australian documentary makers to elevate the social impact of their work.
Funding will also be given to A2K Media for an online disability equity and inclusion training program called Disability Justice Lens.
Screen Australia’s CEO Graeme Mason said the past year had inspired “incredible” innovation and adaptability across the screen sector.
“These [are] bold proposals that are set to improve the industry, whether it’s White Spark Pictures developing innovative virtual reality technology, A2K Media improving participation for people with disability, or Typecast Entertainment expanding their ability to support storytelling from First Nations people and people of colour,” he said.
“We’re also excited to support Doc Society’s new labs which will...
- 3/30/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 3/28/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 3/21/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 3/14/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 2/14/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 2/7/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the seemingly most tragic events eventually end up becoming the most beneficial influences on a person’s life. That’s certainly the case for the eponymous protagonist in the award-nominated medical television show, ‘The Heart Guy.’ The Australian comedy-drama focuses on the daily life of actor Rodger Corser’s title character, Hugh Knight, a rising gifted heart […]
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- 1/24/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
With Australia quickly earning a reputation internationally as a safe shooting destination, the Nsw government has struck out with competitive bid to attract foreign production, pumping an additional $175 million towards the Made In Nsw fund.
This will see the government commit an extra $35 million per year over the next five years, on top of the $40 million already earmarked for 2020-21 through to 2022-23.
While the cash injection appears aimed at getting Hollywood’s attention, there is also welcome news for local producers in that it comes with some loosening of the fund’s criteria.
Managed by Screen Nsw, Made in Nsw previously only supported international footloose production and Australian high-end TV drama. However, it will now also support new local features.
In announcing the measure, to be outlined in next week’s state budget, Treasurer Dominic said: “Our strong and continued investment means we are in a position to attract...
This will see the government commit an extra $35 million per year over the next five years, on top of the $40 million already earmarked for 2020-21 through to 2022-23.
While the cash injection appears aimed at getting Hollywood’s attention, there is also welcome news for local producers in that it comes with some loosening of the fund’s criteria.
Managed by Screen Nsw, Made in Nsw previously only supported international footloose production and Australian high-end TV drama. However, it will now also support new local features.
In announcing the measure, to be outlined in next week’s state budget, Treasurer Dominic said: “Our strong and continued investment means we are in a position to attract...
- 11/9/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Rob Gibson and Ian Collie.
TV drama producers face a balancing act next year: How to take advantage of the 30 per cent Producer Offset while coping with watered-down local content regulations and the financial constraints affecting all Australian broadcasters – public and commercial.
For Easy Tiger, and no doubt other production companies, one solution lies in attracting more investment from international streamers, networks and co-productions.
Hence Easy Tiger founder/producer Ian Collie and CEO/producer Rob Gibson are working on multiple international deals, not just with the US and the UK, but also with less obvious markets such as Mexico, Norway and India.
In addition, the production company backed by Fremantle continues to foster new and emerging writing talent including Imogen McCloskey, Hannah Lehmann, Anchuli Felicia King and Julia Patey.
“The drama market in Australia is increasingly tough and the changes to the sub-quotas leave the industry in a much more precarious position,...
TV drama producers face a balancing act next year: How to take advantage of the 30 per cent Producer Offset while coping with watered-down local content regulations and the financial constraints affecting all Australian broadcasters – public and commercial.
For Easy Tiger, and no doubt other production companies, one solution lies in attracting more investment from international streamers, networks and co-productions.
Hence Easy Tiger founder/producer Ian Collie and CEO/producer Rob Gibson are working on multiple international deals, not just with the US and the UK, but also with less obvious markets such as Mexico, Norway and India.
In addition, the production company backed by Fremantle continues to foster new and emerging writing talent including Imogen McCloskey, Hannah Lehmann, Anchuli Felicia King and Julia Patey.
“The drama market in Australia is increasingly tough and the changes to the sub-quotas leave the industry in a much more precarious position,...
- 10/26/2020
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
‘Lion’. (Photo: Mark Rogers)
What’s your favourite Australian film of the last decade?
That’s one of the questions Aacta is putting to the general public over the coming week as voting opens for its new Audience Choice Awards.
In contention for the film award are: Peter Rabbit, Red Dog, The Sapphires, The Great Gatsby, The Water Diviner, The Dressmaker, Lion, Ride Like A Girl and Mad Max: Fury Road.
While many of those nominated correspond to the Academy’s own ‘Best Film’ winners over the past 10 years, there are some notable exclusions – 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge, 2018’s Sweet Country and 2019’s The Nightingale.
The Favourite TV Drama of The Decade category sees each broadcaster score two nods – bar Sbs, who were snubbed. They include 10’s Offspring and Neighbours, ABC’s Mystery Road and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Foxtel’s Top of the Lake and Wentworth, Seven’s Molly and Home and Away,...
What’s your favourite Australian film of the last decade?
That’s one of the questions Aacta is putting to the general public over the coming week as voting opens for its new Audience Choice Awards.
In contention for the film award are: Peter Rabbit, Red Dog, The Sapphires, The Great Gatsby, The Water Diviner, The Dressmaker, Lion, Ride Like A Girl and Mad Max: Fury Road.
While many of those nominated correspond to the Academy’s own ‘Best Film’ winners over the past 10 years, there are some notable exclusions – 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge, 2018’s Sweet Country and 2019’s The Nightingale.
The Favourite TV Drama of The Decade category sees each broadcaster score two nods – bar Sbs, who were snubbed. They include 10’s Offspring and Neighbours, ABC’s Mystery Road and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Foxtel’s Top of the Lake and Wentworth, Seven’s Molly and Home and Away,...
- 10/6/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Frank Woodley.
Many producers fear the Federal Government’s sweeping media reforms will spell the death knell of Australian features, forcing them and some writers and directors to focus on content for streamers or free-to-air broadcasters.
Lowering the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent from July 2021 will leave a gap of at least 25 per cent of the budgets which most producers will find impossible to fill, according to producer/distributor Sue Maslin.
“The exceptions will be largely foreign-financed films or local films with cast led by foreign actors making the most of Australian financial incentives, cast, crew and locations. That or extremely low budget films with little hope of competing in the cinema market,” the Film Art Media principal tells If.
“I find this summary dismissal of Australian cinema devastating and will be forced to relegate all feature films currently in development to the bottom drawer until we see...
Many producers fear the Federal Government’s sweeping media reforms will spell the death knell of Australian features, forcing them and some writers and directors to focus on content for streamers or free-to-air broadcasters.
Lowering the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent from July 2021 will leave a gap of at least 25 per cent of the budgets which most producers will find impossible to fill, according to producer/distributor Sue Maslin.
“The exceptions will be largely foreign-financed films or local films with cast led by foreign actors making the most of Australian financial incentives, cast, crew and locations. That or extremely low budget films with little hope of competing in the cinema market,” the Film Art Media principal tells If.
“I find this summary dismissal of Australian cinema devastating and will be forced to relegate all feature films currently in development to the bottom drawer until we see...
- 10/2/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Uli Latukefu.
Jeffrey Walker is the set-up director for Young Rock, the NBC-commissioned comedy which will star Uli Latukefu as the young adult Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
Filming of the 11-part series created and co-written by Fierce Baby Productions’ Nahnatchka Khan starts in Queensland later this month, the first of three NBCUniversal productions to shoot back-to-back in the state over the next 18 months.
The series chronicles the Jumanji: The Next Level star and former professional wrestler’s high school years in Honolulu before he and his family moved to Nashville, where he was arrested multiple times for fighting, theft and cheque fraud before the age of 17.
Adrian Groulx plays Johnson when he was an honest, headstrong and impressionable 10-year-old. Bradley Constant is the 15-year-old, when his size and full moustache convinced his classmates he was an undercover cop.
Aussie Latukefu will play him aged 18-20 when he was recruited...
Jeffrey Walker is the set-up director for Young Rock, the NBC-commissioned comedy which will star Uli Latukefu as the young adult Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
Filming of the 11-part series created and co-written by Fierce Baby Productions’ Nahnatchka Khan starts in Queensland later this month, the first of three NBCUniversal productions to shoot back-to-back in the state over the next 18 months.
The series chronicles the Jumanji: The Next Level star and former professional wrestler’s high school years in Honolulu before he and his family moved to Nashville, where he was arrested multiple times for fighting, theft and cheque fraud before the age of 17.
Adrian Groulx plays Johnson when he was an honest, headstrong and impressionable 10-year-old. Bradley Constant is the 15-year-old, when his size and full moustache convinced his classmates he was an undercover cop.
Aussie Latukefu will play him aged 18-20 when he was recruited...
- 10/1/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Sigrid Thornton and Kate Jenkinson will star in ‘Amazing Grace.’
The pandemic-induced advertising downturn and temporary suspension of the local content quotas have not impacted the Nine Network’s prime-time commissioning and acquisitions for 2021.
That’s according to Nine’s program director Hamish Turner, who spoke to If today after the network’s virtual Upfront.
The network revealed Kate Jenkinson and Sigrid Thornton will star in Amazing Grace (previously The Midwife), Playmaker Media’s drama set in the unconventional birth centre attached to a major city hospital.
Apart from that and the previously announced fifth season of Easy Tiger’s Doctor Doctor, there are no local dramas on the schedule.
However Turner is delighted with Beyond Lonehand’s Halifax: Retribution, which has been winning its Tuesday night slot since launching a month ago and will assess the data at series’ end before deciding on a renewal.
He flagged there will...
The pandemic-induced advertising downturn and temporary suspension of the local content quotas have not impacted the Nine Network’s prime-time commissioning and acquisitions for 2021.
That’s according to Nine’s program director Hamish Turner, who spoke to If today after the network’s virtual Upfront.
The network revealed Kate Jenkinson and Sigrid Thornton will star in Amazing Grace (previously The Midwife), Playmaker Media’s drama set in the unconventional birth centre attached to a major city hospital.
Apart from that and the previously announced fifth season of Easy Tiger’s Doctor Doctor, there are no local dramas on the schedule.
However Turner is delighted with Beyond Lonehand’s Halifax: Retribution, which has been winning its Tuesday night slot since launching a month ago and will assess the data at series’ end before deciding on a renewal.
He flagged there will...
- 9/16/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Georgia Flood and Ezekiel Simat.
Georgia Flood and Ezekiel Simat are starring in The Dog Days of Christmas, a romantic comedy directed by Don’t Tell’s Tori Garrett, which is now shooting on the Gold Coast.
Produced by the Steve Jaggi Company and scripted by American Holly Hester, the US-set movie revolves around Flood’s Annie Blake, an aid worker who has just finished an international mission and heads home to North Haven, Vermont, to spend the holidays with her family.
When the local animal shelter closes, Annie steps in to save it with the help of Dylan (Simat), the local vet and old school nemesis.
Adhering to strict Covid Safe filming practices and guidelines set by the Queensland government, the production is shooting at Warner Bros. Movie World and the hinterland.
All crew members are wearing personal protective equipment and the nurse on set is taking daily temperature checks,...
Georgia Flood and Ezekiel Simat are starring in The Dog Days of Christmas, a romantic comedy directed by Don’t Tell’s Tori Garrett, which is now shooting on the Gold Coast.
Produced by the Steve Jaggi Company and scripted by American Holly Hester, the US-set movie revolves around Flood’s Annie Blake, an aid worker who has just finished an international mission and heads home to North Haven, Vermont, to spend the holidays with her family.
When the local animal shelter closes, Annie steps in to save it with the help of Dylan (Simat), the local vet and old school nemesis.
Adhering to strict Covid Safe filming practices and guidelines set by the Queensland government, the production is shooting at Warner Bros. Movie World and the hinterland.
All crew members are wearing personal protective equipment and the nurse on set is taking daily temperature checks,...
- 8/27/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
(L-r): Monica Zanetti, Mithila Gupta, Julie Kalceff, Darlene Johnson and Brooke Goldfinch.
Mithila Gupta, Brooke Goldfinch, Darlene Johnson, Julie Kalceff and Monica Zanetti have been selected by Screen Nsw and Australians in Film (AiF) to participate in a two-stage professional development lab designed to foster career pathways and networks in the US industry.
Known as the Charlie’s Talent Escalator Lab, the initiative is supported by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Each of the five filmmakers have already completed the first stage: a customised five-day virtual lab, which saw them paired with an industry mentor in LA, and given access to executives at US networks, streamers and studios, as well as writers, directors and producers.
For stage two, to be held in 2021 when health guidelines permit, participants will then travel to LA to meet their mentors, spend time in the field, attend meetings and network at Charlie’s in Raleigh Studios.
Mithila Gupta, Brooke Goldfinch, Darlene Johnson, Julie Kalceff and Monica Zanetti have been selected by Screen Nsw and Australians in Film (AiF) to participate in a two-stage professional development lab designed to foster career pathways and networks in the US industry.
Known as the Charlie’s Talent Escalator Lab, the initiative is supported by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Each of the five filmmakers have already completed the first stage: a customised five-day virtual lab, which saw them paired with an industry mentor in LA, and given access to executives at US networks, streamers and studios, as well as writers, directors and producers.
For stage two, to be held in 2021 when health guidelines permit, participants will then travel to LA to meet their mentors, spend time in the field, attend meetings and network at Charlie’s in Raleigh Studios.
- 8/26/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
A new trailer for Raised by Wolves sheds light on the nature of the android/human conflict at the heart of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi series for HBO Max.
In short: It appears that androids dubbed Mother and Father were sent to a virgin planet capable of sustaining human life, where the former will gestate and give birth to humanity’s last hope — and, notably, raise the wee ones as atheists.
More from TVLineThe Batman's HBO Max Spinoff Will Be Year One Prequel About Vigilante's Emergence Through Pov of Bad CopDC Universe Original TV Series Will Be Moving to HBO Max,...
In short: It appears that androids dubbed Mother and Father were sent to a virgin planet capable of sustaining human life, where the former will gestate and give birth to humanity’s last hope — and, notably, raise the wee ones as atheists.
More from TVLineThe Batman's HBO Max Spinoff Will Be Year One Prequel About Vigilante's Emergence Through Pov of Bad CopDC Universe Original TV Series Will Be Moving to HBO Max,...
- 8/24/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
(L-r) McGregor Casting’s Josh Algie, Lucky Gorka Creative’s Lucky Gorka, Stevie Ray, Kirsty McGregor, Gemma Brown and Will Pearce at the 2019 Casting Guild awards.
McGregor Casting founder Kirsty McGregor expresses her support for out of work creatives and discusses her current and recent projects and her bullish outlook for Australian cinema.
Q: Which film and TV projects were you casting when productions were shut down or delayed in late March and were you able to finish each job?
A: We were working on a big TV series which had to pause production in New Zealand. And we had Endemol Shine Australia’s Rfds just about to start shooting in Broken Hill so that was halted. Other than that, most of our work was still in pre-pre-production so whilst they’ve also pushed back they weren’t as close to shooting.
Q: Since then, which projects have hired you?...
McGregor Casting founder Kirsty McGregor expresses her support for out of work creatives and discusses her current and recent projects and her bullish outlook for Australian cinema.
Q: Which film and TV projects were you casting when productions were shut down or delayed in late March and were you able to finish each job?
A: We were working on a big TV series which had to pause production in New Zealand. And we had Endemol Shine Australia’s Rfds just about to start shooting in Broken Hill so that was halted. Other than that, most of our work was still in pre-pre-production so whilst they’ve also pushed back they weren’t as close to shooting.
Q: Since then, which projects have hired you?...
- 6/23/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘MasterChef Australia’.
Australia’s largest production houses and a number of independent producers have asked Prime Minister Scott Morrison for urgent funding to help the industry get back on its feet.
Among their proposals are an immediate cash injection of $200 million to the sector, administered by Screen Australia, to support a back-to-work plan, and doubling the Producer Offset for TV productions to 40 per cent for 12 months, starting from July 1.
Echoing widespread industry sentiment, they call for content quotas on all broadcasters, pay TV channels and SVOD services to preserve the volume of local content and increasing and harmonizing the rates of all Offsets.
This recovery plan is detailed in a letter to Morrison signed by the CEOs or MDs of Endemol Shine Australia, Easy Tiger, Fremantle, Goalpost Pictures, ITV Studios Australia, Matchbox Pictures and Warner Bros. Television Australia.
The other signatories are Screen Producers Australia president Michael Tear and CEO Matt Deaner,...
Australia’s largest production houses and a number of independent producers have asked Prime Minister Scott Morrison for urgent funding to help the industry get back on its feet.
Among their proposals are an immediate cash injection of $200 million to the sector, administered by Screen Australia, to support a back-to-work plan, and doubling the Producer Offset for TV productions to 40 per cent for 12 months, starting from July 1.
Echoing widespread industry sentiment, they call for content quotas on all broadcasters, pay TV channels and SVOD services to preserve the volume of local content and increasing and harmonizing the rates of all Offsets.
This recovery plan is detailed in a letter to Morrison signed by the CEOs or MDs of Endemol Shine Australia, Easy Tiger, Fremantle, Goalpost Pictures, ITV Studios Australia, Matchbox Pictures and Warner Bros. Television Australia.
The other signatories are Screen Producers Australia president Michael Tear and CEO Matt Deaner,...
- 6/12/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Robyn Nevin in ‘Relic’.
Former Australian Writers’ Guild president Jan Sardi and actor Robyn Nevin were among the screen professionals to receive Queen’s Birthday Honours over the long weekend.
Sardi, Oscar-nominated for Shine and whose credits also include Mao’s Last Dancer and Love’s Brother, was named an Officer to the Order of Australia (Ao) for distinguished service to the film and television industries as a screenwriter and director, and to professional guilds.
Co-collaborator Mac Gudgeon, who worked with Sardi on projects like Ground Zero and The Secret River, said: “It’s a richly deserved honour. Not only because Jan’s a bloody good writer, but because it’s recognition of his selfless service, generosity of spirit, and courage and persistence in fighting for performance writers’ creative rights and remuneration for over 40 years.
“And the timing couldn’t be more ironic given Jan’s passionate advocacy for what’s unique about Australian culture,...
Former Australian Writers’ Guild president Jan Sardi and actor Robyn Nevin were among the screen professionals to receive Queen’s Birthday Honours over the long weekend.
Sardi, Oscar-nominated for Shine and whose credits also include Mao’s Last Dancer and Love’s Brother, was named an Officer to the Order of Australia (Ao) for distinguished service to the film and television industries as a screenwriter and director, and to professional guilds.
Co-collaborator Mac Gudgeon, who worked with Sardi on projects like Ground Zero and The Secret River, said: “It’s a richly deserved honour. Not only because Jan’s a bloody good writer, but because it’s recognition of his selfless service, generosity of spirit, and courage and persistence in fighting for performance writers’ creative rights and remuneration for over 40 years.
“And the timing couldn’t be more ironic given Jan’s passionate advocacy for what’s unique about Australian culture,...
- 6/9/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Kriv Stenders on the set of ‘Slim & I.’
Amid the Covid-19 crisis filmmaker Kriv Stenders alternates between feeling terrified, depressed and positive – but, on balance, he is extremely optimistic.
The writer-director believes the Australian screen industry will be forever changed by the pandemic – mostly for the better.
In a webinar today with Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner, Stenders said he was “future-proofing” his development slate even before the virus erupted because he expected the industry to re-set.
That includes a ‘four quadrant’ film designed for wide cinema release, a genre feature and two documentaries, one of which can be filmed remotely.
This crisis will “galvanise all of us us; it’s a battle call,” says the director of Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, Doctor Doctor, Jack Irish and The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill.
“It will completely change the way I make films on every level.
Amid the Covid-19 crisis filmmaker Kriv Stenders alternates between feeling terrified, depressed and positive – but, on balance, he is extremely optimistic.
The writer-director believes the Australian screen industry will be forever changed by the pandemic – mostly for the better.
In a webinar today with Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner, Stenders said he was “future-proofing” his development slate even before the virus erupted because he expected the industry to re-set.
That includes a ‘four quadrant’ film designed for wide cinema release, a genre feature and two documentaries, one of which can be filmed remotely.
This crisis will “galvanise all of us us; it’s a battle call,” says the director of Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, Doctor Doctor, Jack Irish and The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill.
“It will completely change the way I make films on every level.
- 5/4/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now has acquired U.S. rights to the eight-part Australian drama “Bad Mothers” from distributor Red Arrow Studios International.
A hit for Australia’s Nine Network, “Bad Mothers” explores modern motherhood through four different women as they juggle love, family, careers, infidelity — and murder. The drama is produced by Jungle Entertainment in association with Filthy Productions.
It stars “Treadstone’s” Tess Haubrich, “Love Child’s” Mandy McElhinney, “Wonderland’s” Jessica Tovey, and “The Heart Guy’s” Shalom Brune-Franklin.
“Bad Mothers” will make its U.S. premiere on Sundance Now on May 7.
The series has already sold to territories including the U.K., France, Sweden, Middle East and Africa.
The storyline sees Sarah’s (Tess Haubrich) seemingly perfect life as a local doctor, mother and wife come crashing down the moment she discovers her husband having an affair with her best friend. When her friend turns up dead,...
A hit for Australia’s Nine Network, “Bad Mothers” explores modern motherhood through four different women as they juggle love, family, careers, infidelity — and murder. The drama is produced by Jungle Entertainment in association with Filthy Productions.
It stars “Treadstone’s” Tess Haubrich, “Love Child’s” Mandy McElhinney, “Wonderland’s” Jessica Tovey, and “The Heart Guy’s” Shalom Brune-Franklin.
“Bad Mothers” will make its U.S. premiere on Sundance Now on May 7.
The series has already sold to territories including the U.K., France, Sweden, Middle East and Africa.
The storyline sees Sarah’s (Tess Haubrich) seemingly perfect life as a local doctor, mother and wife come crashing down the moment she discovers her husband having an affair with her best friend. When her friend turns up dead,...
- 4/8/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Sundance Now has picked up the U.S. rights to Australian drama Bad Mothers starring Treadstone’s Tess Haubrich.
The AMC Networks-owned streaming service will launch the eight-part drama on May 7 after acquiring the rights from Red Arrow Studios International.
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The drama explores the underbelly of modern motherhood through the prism of four very different women as they juggle life’s big issues: love, family, careers, infidelity and murder.
Starring Haubrich, Mandy McElhinney (Love Child), Jessica Tovey (Wonderland), and Shalom Brune-Franklin (The Heart Guy), along with Daniel MacPherson (Strike Back) and Don Hany (East West 101) with guest star Golden Globe nominee Melissa George (The Good Wife...
The AMC Networks-owned streaming service will launch the eight-part drama on May 7 after acquiring the rights from Red Arrow Studios International.
More from DeadlineSundance Now Snaps Up Carrie-Anne Moss' Norwegian Detective Series 'Wisting' In Drama Deal With Banijay'a Discovery Of Witches': Female Creative Team Finds That It Takes A CovenAmanda Knox to Expand Podcasting Role With SundanceTV and Sundance Now - TCA
The drama explores the underbelly of modern motherhood through the prism of four very different women as they juggle life’s big issues: love, family, careers, infidelity and murder.
Starring Haubrich, Mandy McElhinney (Love Child), Jessica Tovey (Wonderland), and Shalom Brune-Franklin (The Heart Guy), along with Daniel MacPherson (Strike Back) and Don Hany (East West 101) with guest star Golden Globe nominee Melissa George (The Good Wife...
- 4/8/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Rodger Corser and Tina Bursill in ‘Doctor Doctor.’
The Nine Network has ordered a fifth season of Easy Tiger’s medical drama Doctor Doctor, a rare commission with much of the country in virtual lockdown.
Co-head of drama Andy Ryan says the broadcaster is developing a number of drama series for 2021 and 2022.
The renewal follows yesterday’s announcement by Nine Entertainment that it aims to cut costs by $266 million this calendar year as the pandemic flattens advertising revenues.
Nine said it expects to save $28 million in spending on broadcast content this year, primarily local drama and children’s programs, assuming a prolonged production shutdown.
Co-created by Easy Tiger’s Ian Collie and Tony McNamara, Doctor Doctor stars Rodger Corser as errant rural doctor Hugh Knight. Season four, which features regulars including Nicole da Silva, Ryan Johnson, Tina Bursill, Matt Castley and Miranda Tapsell, is on hiatus while Nine News screens...
The Nine Network has ordered a fifth season of Easy Tiger’s medical drama Doctor Doctor, a rare commission with much of the country in virtual lockdown.
Co-head of drama Andy Ryan says the broadcaster is developing a number of drama series for 2021 and 2022.
The renewal follows yesterday’s announcement by Nine Entertainment that it aims to cut costs by $266 million this calendar year as the pandemic flattens advertising revenues.
Nine said it expects to save $28 million in spending on broadcast content this year, primarily local drama and children’s programs, assuming a prolonged production shutdown.
Co-created by Easy Tiger’s Ian Collie and Tony McNamara, Doctor Doctor stars Rodger Corser as errant rural doctor Hugh Knight. Season four, which features regulars including Nicole da Silva, Ryan Johnson, Tina Bursill, Matt Castley and Miranda Tapsell, is on hiatus while Nine News screens...
- 3/31/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Doctor Doctor’ colleagues Zoe Carides and Tina Bursill.
Zoe Carides has been a leading light on stage and screen for 35 years, has had her own Nancy Sinatra tribute band for six years and is often sought after for voice-overs.
All that has come to a screeching halt amid the pandemic crisis. “I really don’t know what I’ll do,” she tells If. “I’ve been lucky and I’m grateful for my career. Generally anything I do on stage these days is more substantial than what I do on screen.
“There is a possibility I can give a couple of classes via Zoom to a group of young performers in the Southern Highlands.”
Among her recent roles she played the corrupt mayor Nancy Miller in Easy Tiger/Nine Network Doctor Doctor, Doctor Carras in Playmaker Media/Stan’s The Commons and a therapist in Playmaker Media/Sony Pictures Television Networks’ psychological thriller Reckoning,...
Zoe Carides has been a leading light on stage and screen for 35 years, has had her own Nancy Sinatra tribute band for six years and is often sought after for voice-overs.
All that has come to a screeching halt amid the pandemic crisis. “I really don’t know what I’ll do,” she tells If. “I’ve been lucky and I’m grateful for my career. Generally anything I do on stage these days is more substantial than what I do on screen.
“There is a possibility I can give a couple of classes via Zoom to a group of young performers in the Southern Highlands.”
Among her recent roles she played the corrupt mayor Nancy Miller in Easy Tiger/Nine Network Doctor Doctor, Doctor Carras in Playmaker Media/Stan’s The Commons and a therapist in Playmaker Media/Sony Pictures Television Networks’ psychological thriller Reckoning,...
- 3/30/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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