First Nations writers Shontell Ketchell, Brooke Collard, Rachel Chisholm, Samuel Nuggin-Paynter and Boyd Quakawoot have been selected by Screenworks and Tamarind Tree Pictures to help develop 'Yellow Water Billabong', an animated children’s series created by writer/producer Danielle MacLean.
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'Top Gun: Maverick' star Jennifer Connelly and British actor Ben Whishaw will lead the cast of the upcoming New Zealand film 'Bad Behaviour', appearing alongside writer/director Alice Englert.
'Brassic' and 'Our Girl' star Michelle Keegan will lead the cast of Stan and the BBC's 'Ten Pound Poms', now shooting across NSW.
Australian film and television is delivering less local cultural value to audiences, authentic dramas are fewer, and much of it now feels a lot less Australian – even unrecognisable as made in this country, according to veteran screen journalist Sandy George. In this extract from her New Platform Paper, she argues Screen Australia must proactively cultivate film and television that is Australian in look and feel.
Endemol Shine Australia's 'RFDS' is set to take off again, with Seven officially commissioning a second season.
Foxtel-owned streaming service Binge has renewed its first original production, 'Love Me', for a second season.
Marta Dusseldorp will be joined by a hefty ensemble cast when shooting starts next week in Tasmania on her comedic crime drama, ABC's 'Bay of Fires'.
Rhiannon Fish will lead the cast of the latest Steve Jaggi Company film to shoot in Queensland, Adrian Powers' 'A Royal In Paradise'.