Six-part anthology series 'Fires', about the experiences of everyday people at the frontline of the 2019-2020 bushfires, will premiere on Sunday, September 26, 8.40pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
Stan Original 'Prosper', produced by Lingo Pictures, is set in the inner sanctum of the evangelical megachurch, U Star, run by the wealthy and powerful Quinn family. When their charismatic founder and pastor announces an impulsive US expansion, the collision between faith and ambition threatens to tear his family and church apart.
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.
The impact of the devastating bushfires of last summer will be explored in six-part drama 'The Fires', currently in development at the ABC.
Some of Australian drama's recent triumphs were used to examine the relationship between development processes and international success at Series Mania Melbourne on Thursday.
Cate Blanchett co-created, co-produces and will play a key supporting role in 'Stateless', a six-part drama about four strangers in an immigration detention centre in the Australian desert commissioned by the ABC.
Series Mania Melbourne promises to go behind the curtains of some of the world's leading series, with the industry program to include talks with 'Chernobyl' creator Craig Mazin and 'Insecure' showrunner Prentice Penny.
Ewen Leslie has spent much of his illustrious career playing basically good men who are in challenging situations. His latest roles in Matchbox Pictures’ 'Safe Harbour' and Goalpost Pictures’ 'Fighting Season' are in that milieu, but each with intriguing nuances.