Director Christine Luby is swapping out Crystal Bay Penguin Sanctuary for Dolphin Bay for her third production with the Steve Jaggi Company, currently underway in South-East Queensland.
Miah Madden, Georgia May-Davis, Sana’a Shaik, Mercy Cornwall and newcomer Aubri Ibrag lead the cast of Network 10/Netflix's teen mystery drama 'Dive Club', now shooting in Port Douglas.
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights excluding the first window in Australia to 'Dive Club', a 12-episode teen mystery drama from the Steve Jaggi Company.
The selective appeal of theatrical cinema and the emergence of Queensland as a production hotspot was on the agenda as children's content creatives came together on Monday for an AACTA Screenfest 2020 Spotlight event.
While the removal of mandatory hotel quarantine in parts of the country is welcome, producers remain wary of state border closures and crew shortages on the road to sector recovery.
The Steve Jaggi Company has begun production on its eighth romance film in Brisbane, 'Love By the Glass', starring US actress Susie Abromeit and Tim Ross.
"My prediction is that the next 18-24 months will be something of a bonanza for business with international outlooks and the ability to produce at volume and scale. The flip side of the coin is that solo producers and very small production companies will likely be snuffed out as the domestic market continues to contract at pace."
Two feature films, three television dramas, one children’s series, and one online project will share in $5.9 million of production funding from Screen Australia.