Based on Chris Hammer’s novel 'Silver', 'Scrublands: Silver' picks up a year after the events of the first with award-winning investigative journalist Martin Scarsden returning to his coastal hometown, Port Silver, WA, to set up a new life with partner Mandy Bond.
Australians in Film (AiF) has opened applications for this year's Heath Ledger Scholarship (HLS), offering the most significant prize package yet at US$60,000.
Stan Original series 'Scrublands', based on Chris Hammer's novel of the same name, will premiere November 16 on Stan.
Stan Original series 'C*A*U*G*H*T' follows four Australian soldiers, played by Kick Gurry, Ben O'Toole, Lincoln Younes, and Alexander England, that are sent on a secret mission to a war-torn country after the Australian Minister of Defence (Erik Thomson) texts a ‘secret file’ to the Princess of Behati-Prinsloo, a small island nation.
Stan/Nine co-commission 'Scrublands' has been pre-sold to streamer Sundance Now for audiences in the US and English-speaking Canada.
Stan and Nine have announced their next co-commission following last year's 'Bali 2002', with production underway in Victoria on an adaptation of Chris Hammer's 2018 novel 'Scrublands', starring Luke Arnold, Jay Ryan and Bella Heathcote.
Two-time Academy Award winner Sean Penn will share the spotlight with a host of Australian talent in Kick Gurry's 'C*A*U*G*H*T', a six-part satirical comedy that began filming last week at Sydney's Fox Studios.
Nicholas Burton went from filming Netflix's 'Pieces of Her' to ABC series surf series 'Barons' last year.