Production has wrapped in Queensland on the second season of the ABC's 'Troppo', with Thomas Jane and Nicole Chamoun reprising their roles as private investigators Ted Conkaffey and Amanda Pharrell.
Created by Paddy Macrae, Matchbox Pictures/NBCUniversal International Studios’ 'Irreverent' follows criminal mediator Paulo Keegan (Colin Donnell) as he flees the United States after a mediation gone wrong and assumes the identity of Reverend Mackenzie “Mack” Boyd in Clump, a small, Australian beach town hundreds of miles away from civilisation and phone reception.
'Blaze', 'How To Please A Woman', 'Sissy' and 'Sweet As' will contend for the best original feature prize at this year’s AWGIE Awards, while 'Mrs Harris Goes to Paris', 'The Stranger' and 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' are up for the adapted gong. 'The Newsreader' leads in television with two nominations alongside 'Total Control', 'Firebite', 'Bump' and 'Heartbreak High'.
Kylie Bracknell, Calen Tassone, Briallen Clarke, Tegan Stimson, Ed Oxenbould, Wayne Blair, Russell Dykstra, and Jason Wilder will be series regulars in the Netflix and Peacock co-commission.
Netflix and Peacock are co-commissioning partners for Matchbox Pictures and NBCUniversal International Studios' 'Irreverent', set to shoot next month in Mission Beach.
Fresh faces lead the cast of the ABC and Fremantle Australia's children's comedy-drama 'The PM's Daughter', now shooting in Canberra.
AACTA unveiled the nominees for this year's awards for Best Short Film, Best Short Animation, Best Short Documentary and Best Scripted Online Video on Saturday evening at Shorts+Web Fest in Sydney.