The MD of NBCUniversal UK talks of the costume drama's success
The remake of a quintessentially American miniseries which traced slavery through multiple generations including the Revolutionary and Civil Wars will have three Australians in key creative roles.
Forty programs from 19 countries have been nominated for the 2015 International Emmy® Awards. None, alas, from Australia.
Laura Carmichael and Jessica De Gouw are playing women from different sides of the tracks in Network 10’s psychological thriller 'The Secrets She Keeps'.
Joanne Froggatt ('Liar', 'Downton Abbey', 'A Crooked Somebody') and Damon Herriman ('Once Upon A Time in Hollywood', 'Judy & Punch', 'Perpetual Grace', 'LTD') head the cast of 'The Commons', an eight-hour drama commissioned by Stan.
It is a rare feat to translate a six season network TV hit into box office bankability but 'Downton Abbey' loyalists have swarmed to the occasion, with the Universal Pictures film adaptation steam-training to the top of the box office.
'Downton Abbey' continues its box office domination, having now taken over $7 million in two weeks and beating out new releases 'Ad Astra', 'Good Boys' and 'Rambo: Last Blood'.
Transmission Films' 'Ride Like A Girl', the directorial debut from Rachel Griffiths, has surpassed expectations, topping the Australian box office on its opening weekend.