The premiere of Amazon's 'Back to the Rafters' last month and the impending production of Netflix's 'Heartbreak High' offer insight into how international platforms approach local IP with cultural resonance.
English actress, television presenter, and comedian Sally Phillips will lead writer/director Renée Webster's debut feature 'How to Please a Woman' when filming on the comedy/drama gets underway in WA this month.
Having burned all his bridges in restaurants across Europe, volatile celebrity chef Easton West (Erik Thomson) finds himself with one more chance in a high-end Shanghai restaurant. But when opening night turns into a pig-slinging disaster, the subsequent social media tsunami washes Easton ashore in the Adelaide Hills.
Installed as ABC head of comedy in July, Todd Abbott will start evaluating the development materials of the comedy projects that received support under the $5 million Fresh Start Fund this week – and next week he hopes to greenlight development on several projects that he’s already been evaluating.
Roderick MacKay's debut feature 'The Furnace' has been hailed as a compelling, ambitious and meticulously researched exploration of a little-known slice of Australian history following the world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival.
'Muriel's Wedding The Musical' lead Natalie Abbott will star opposite Erik Thomson in ABC/Closer Productions' comedy 'Aftertaste', which has just started shooting in Adelaide and Adelaide Hills following COVID-19 delays.
Writer-director Roderick MacKay’s debut feature 'The Furnace', an 1890s drama set during the gold rush in Western Australia, will have its world premiere in the Horizons section of the 77th Venice Film Festival.
The creative team at Closer Productions has resumed pre-production on the ABC comedy 'Aftertaste' (working title), which stars Erik Thomson as a temperamental chef, using a new risk development tool.