'Brassic' and 'Our Girl' star Michelle Keegan will lead the cast of Stan and the BBC's 'Ten Pound Poms', now shooting across NSW.
Actor Frances O'Connor says first-time directors should receive greater support to continue their careers in Australia
SBS has commissioned a four-part drama set during the 1850s gold rush from the perspective of desperate Chinese miners from Goalpost Television, to be directed by Ana Kokkinos.
Female directors have taken the lion's share of nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild awards, with Sian Davies and Stef Smith each securing three nods and their counterparts dominating the feature film categories.
The Brits are coming back to Stan, with the streamer announcing 'Ten Pound Poms' has been renewed for a second season.
Feisty Dame Productions' Tania Chambers and writer-director Nick Verso have optioned 'Invisible Boys', Holden Sheppard's debut novel which follows three 16-year-olds as they come to terms with their homosexuality in a small town in Western Australia.
The third season of Matchbox Pictures' children's series 'Mustangs FC' is currently shooting in Melbourne for the ABC and new co-commissioning partner NITV.
Boston-born, Australian-raised actor Tom Long, whose credits include the series East of Everything, SeaChange and Young Lions and the movies The Dish and Two Hands, died on Saturday, aged 51.