So hefty is the ABC's slate in 2021, director entertainment and specialist Michael Carrington is positive audiences won't even realise that many of the broadcaster's shows faced shutdowns and delays during the pandemic.
A bumper line-up of Australian talent, including Jillian Nguyen, Sam Neill, and Anna Torv, will lend their voices to upcoming animated feature film, 'Scarygirl', which is in production in Queensland.
Don Hany will star as the Australian PM in Foxtel's upcoming 'Secret City: Under the Eagle', with Andrew MacFarlane to also join the cast as air chief marshall.
Anna Torv and Sam Reid lead the cast of the ABC's upcoming six-part drama series 'The Newsreader' set to premiere August 15 at 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
Justin Kurzel’s 'Nitram' dominated the feature film categories at Wednesday's AACTA ceremony, winning eight awards, while the ABC’s 'The Newsreader' led the pack for television with five.
The ABC and Tony Ayres Productions' (TAP) anthology drama 'Fires' is underway in Victoria, with a stellar cast that boasts Eliza Scanlen, Sam Worthington, Richard Roxburgh, Sullivan Stapleton, Miranda Otto, Hunter Page-Lochard, Anna Torv, Kate Box, Helana Sawires, Daniel Henshall, and Noni Hazlehurst.
Danny and Michael Philippou's 'Talk To Me' took home a further three awards at AACTA Ceremony on Saturday evening, including Best Film and Best Direction, adding to its haul of five gongs from Thursday.
Robert Connolly’s 'Force of Nature: The Dry 2' will have its Australian and New Zealand release date rescheduled as a result of the SAG-AFTRA strike.