The ABC’s Todd Abbott gets ready to hit the development greenlight

Installed as ABC head of comedy in July, Todd Abbott will start evaluating the development materials of the comedy projects that received support under the $5 million Fresh Start Fund this week – and next week he hopes to greenlight development on several projects that he’s already been evaluating.

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Hugh Sheridan to write and direct Ballet School-set drama

'Back to the Rafters' and 'Five Bedrooms' star Hugh Sheridan plans to make his feature writing and directing debut on The Dance, a coming-of-age drama which follows a teenager who fulfills his dream of joining the Australian Ballet School.

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Actor Mansoor Noor relishes diverse roles that aren’t based on ethnicity

When Mansoor Noor decided to study at the Actors Centre Australia in 2014 after playing the lead in the ABC sci-fi series Shifters and a supporting role in the ABC docudrama Singapore 1942: End of Empire, it was a big gamble.

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Orange Entertainment options Shannon Molloy’s gay teenager novel

Kurt Royan and Dan Lake's Orange Entertainment Co. has bought the screen rights to Shannon Molloy’s autobiographical book 'Fourteen', which chronicles one year of his life as a gay teenager in regional Queensland.

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Luke Bracey joins the cast of Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’

After starring in Netflix's 'Houlidate' and Hulu's 'Little Fires Everywhere', Luke Bracey has landed a key supporting role in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley biopic.

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BO Report: Resilient ‘Tenet’ prevails over ‘After We Collided’ and ‘Bill & Ted’ reboot

Five new mainstream titles entered the market last weekend - but none could beat the third frame of Warner Bros' Tenet, which is benefiting from repeat business.

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Samantha Collins, Jessie Mangum and Laura Scrivano prepare female-driven drama

While she was studying at the UK’s National Film and Television School six years ago Australian-British screenwriter Samantha Collins wrote a screenplay about an Australian woman who goes to London in search of her missing sister.

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Goalpost Pictures options Yassmin Abdel-Magied novels

Goalpost Pictures has optioned two children's novels by Yassmin Abdel-Magied, a Sudanese-Australian writer, broadcaster and social advocate.

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