Screen Australia has announced $3.5 million worth of funding for 18 documentaries, including a feature-length project from CJZ about tennis star Jelena Dokic; a portrait of Lion and Beautiful Boy screenwriter Luke Davies; and a 10-part series that will see lawyer and advocate Julian Burnside in conversation with human rights leaders.
CJZ's mystery-drama My Life is Murder starring Lucy Lawless will make its US debut on Acorn TV, North America’s largest streaming service focused on British and international programming, following its broadcast premiere on Network 10 next year.
A thriller which centres on three generations of Vietnamese Australian families as they cope with the aftermath of war, a revival of the quiz Mastermind and documentaries which uncover family secrets and medical myths will screen on SBS next year.
The newly-rebranded Network 10 on Wednesday night unveiled 13 new Australian shows for 2019 including romantic comedy 'Five Bedrooms', thriller 'The Secrets She Keeps' and four entertainment series spun-off from shows which screened during Pilot Week.
'Go Back To Where You Came From Live' will take the pulse of the evolving global refugee crisis in real time.
Many screen producers are dismayed that Screen Australia has rejected their case to deny funding for BBC Studios' productions in Australia or to invest in local remakes of international formats.
Social media lit up with the Sunday night premieres of CJZ’s Skit Happens and Disgrace! on Network Ten, kicking off the network’s innovative Pilot Week initiative.
Stephen Curry is playing the curmudgeonly lead character who moves in with his daughter and her boyfriend in Mr. Black, a sitcom commissioned by Network Ten.