Paramount ANZ head of drama and executive production, Rick Maier, will move to the newly created role of creative advisor for drama at the company from next year.
Female directors have taken the lion's share of nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild awards, with Sian Davies and Stef Smith each securing three nods and their counterparts dominating the feature film categories.
This year's AACTA Award for Best Film will be a contest between Baz Luhrmann’s 'Elvis', George Miller’s 'Three Thousand Years of Longing', Leah Purcell’s 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson', Thomas M. Wright's 'The Stranger', Western Sydney anthology feature 'Here Out West', and Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes' horror 'Sissy'.
Acclaimed director and screenwriter Shirley Barrett has died aged 60.
Paramount+ has extended the lease for Hoodlum's 'Five Bedrooms', commissioning a fourth season of the housemate drama.
The value of getting a program "in the can early" can not be understated for broadcasters in the aftermath of 2021, according to Nine and 10 ViacomCBS.
The third season of Hoodlum's 'Five Bedrooms' will stream on Paramount+ New Year's Day.
The titles that will contend for Best Feature Film Production, Best Drama Series Production, and Telemovie or Mini-Series Production of the Year at next year's Screen Producers Australia Awards have been revealed, with voting now open for the penultimate round of finalists.