One of the Chaser boys has signed on to a local version of British comedy Balls of Steel
Earlier this year, presenter and provocateur, Craig Reucassel, put rubbish on our radar with the thought-provoking series 'War on Waste'. Now he’s back, with a special follow up episode, screening Sunday 3rd December at 7.40pm.
Jungle Entertainment has launched a feature division, with a focus on international films to be shot and produced in Australia.
Screen Australia has announced $2 million in production funding for 11 documentary projects, seven through the Documentary Producer Program and four through the Commissioned Program.
“We will investigate how money in politics gets in the way of coming up with a lot of solutions to issues like climate change, and what we can do to bring about change. We want to reach the widest possible audience.”
Two climate change documentaries fronted by Craig Reucassel, a factual entertainment series which looks at public shaming and teetotaller Shaun Micallef’s expose on the effects of alcohol will premiere on the ABC next year.
Jungle Entertainment CEO Jason Burrows advocates one key structural change if the Australian screen industry is to take full advantage of an expected, post-pandemic boom in demand for scripted content: Treat writers much better.
Netflix has acquired global streaming rights to Northern Pictures' 'Love on the Spectrum', the ABC-commissioned docuseries which follows seven young adults on the autism spectrum as take their first steps into the world of dating.