Stuart Beattie is attached as showrunner and Phillip Noyce as director to five-part limited series 'The Last Days of Saigon', set during the final days of the Vietnam War.
Writer, director and producer Michael Jenkins, known for TV series such as 'Blue Murder', 'Wildside' and 'Scales of Justice', as well as feature film 'The Heartbreak Kid', which spawned 'Heartbreak High', died on Monday, aged 77. Ian Barry penned this tribute to his friend and colleague.
Content executive Natalie Robinson-Hurst has joined AFTRS as head of production, with the institution also announcing six new discipline lead roles.
Thomas Charles Hyland’s 'This Is Going to Be Big' has added the AIDC Award for Best Feature Documentary to its gongs from last year's Melbourne International Film Festival.
Remaining flexible and adapting to the needs of practitioners amid broader industry changes are among the chief concerns for Screen Australia when it comes to ongoing capacity building, industry development head Ken Crouch says.
Elliot Page, via his company Pageboy Productions, is set to executive produce VR series 'When Brooklyn Was Queer', working alongside the Byron Bay and LA-based New Canvas.
Former Stan chief content officer Nick Forward has been appointed to the VicScreen board.
A new film depicting the early life of AC/DC frontman Bon Scott is being developed with 'Boy Swallows Universe' star Lee Tiger Halley attached to play a young version of the famed singer.