Alex Williams will star as late cricketer Shane Warne in Nine drama series, 'Warnie', which has begun filming in Melbourne.
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Production will commence this month on a new premium drama from Fremantle set against the backdrop of a looming Australian bushfire season.
Contemporary tales of love and lust will round out a trio of drama titles for SBS in 2023, with anthology 'Erotic Stories' added to the broadcaster's upcoming slate alongside revisionist historical dramedy 'While the Men are Away' and thriller series 'Safe Home'.
Russell Crowe is set to go from his role as an Air Force drone pilot in Will Eubank’s 'Land of Bad' to a former homicide detective that is forced to confront his past in Adam Cooper's 'Sleeping Dogs', with the latter to also begin shooting in Australia early next year.
Animated feature 'Being Betty Flood' has attracted a voice cast that includes Irish actress Evanna Lynch, best known for portraying Luna Lovegood in the 'Harry Potter' franchise, Miranda Otto and Richard Roxburgh.
Jai Courtney and Welsh actress Morfydd Clark will star opposite each other in writer/director Dario Russo's debut feature, 'The Fox', set to begin filming in Australia mid next year.
Ryan Johnson, Catherine Văn-Davies and Aaron Glenane will lead the cast of Screentime miniseries 'The Claremont Murders', set to premiere on Seven next year.
The Steve Jaggi Company has begun production on its eighth romance film in Brisbane, 'Love By the Glass', starring US actress Susie Abromeit and Tim Ross.