Australia's leading children's TV producers today called on the Federal Government to review its planned media reforms, warning that abolishish the free-to-air broadcasters' children content quotas will result in thousands of job losses.
“For every diverse show loudly championed there are a dozen more with representation issues that nobody notices.”
Shawn Seet was 12 when he saw Henri Safran’s 'Storm Boy', the 1976 family drama based on Colin Thiele’s acclaimed novel.
Good Deed Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to Ambience Entertainment's 'Storm Boy'.
Screen Australia is providing more than $400,000 in story development funding for 16 projects including feature films, television and online series, featuring such talent as Bruna Papandrea, Nick Verso, Priscilla Cameron, Lisa Shaunessy, Anthony Mullins, Kodie Bedford and Tegan Higginbotham.
The Shawn Seet remake is preparing for a July shoot in South Australia.
Slaviero calls the latest draft of the script, by Justin Monjo ('Spear', 'Jungle'), "One of the better scripts I’ve read in a long time, whether Australian or otherwise. Absolute cracker."
Ambience Entertainment has announced its move to the ABC’s Studio 26 television production facility in Artarmon, Sydney.