While production shutdowns are causing mass unemployment among all sectors of the screen sector, some practitioners see an upside.
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the cancellation of four screen industry events, halted production on Netflix's Clickbait and two major movies, and postponed shooting of two big TV reality shows.
The Australian screen sector has overcome digital disruption to post strong growth over five years, with overall economic output climbing by 13 per cent to $22.5 billion.
Daniel Henshall and Ian Meadows have joined the cast of 'Clickbait', the Netflix-commissioned eight-part thriller shooting in Melbourne.
When Netflix announced it had commissioned Clickbait last year, director Matt Richards began lobbying co-creator Tony Ayres, Matchbox Pictures and Film Victoria to seek a director's attachment.
The long journey to adapt Australian author Melina Marchetta’s 2006 young adult novel 'On the Jellicoe Road' into a TV series looks like paying off.
Zoe Kazan ('The Big Sick', 'The Deuce'), Adrian Grenier ('Entourage', 'Affairs of State'), Betty Gabriel ('Get Out', 'Counterpart') and Phoenix Raei are starring in 'Clickbait', the US-set, Netflix-commissioned drama now shooting in Melbourne.
Zoe Angus has quit as national director of Equity at MEAA to join SPA.