When UK-based actor Daniel Lapaine was asked by his mate Tim Minchin to play his brother in Lingo Pictures/Foxtel's Upright, he was both surprised and delighted.
When Daniel Lapaine and Essie Davis were fellow students at NIDA in the early 1990s, one less arduous element of the course was fencing lessons.
Directors Fadia Abboud and Shirley Barrett are joining set-up director Peter Templeman on the second season of Network 10/Hoodlum Entertainment's Five Bedrooms, which is now shooting in Melbourne.
NBC's US streaming service Peacock has bought Hoodlum Entertainment's 'Five Bedrooms' just as production of the second series of the relationships dramedy gets underway for Network 10.
For Australia's commercial free-to-air networks, arguably the biggest threat to losing eyeballs is not each other but the seemingly inexorable rise of streaming services led by Netflix, Stan, Disney+ and Amazon.
Unveiling its 2020 schedule, Network 10 is betting heavily on renewals of Australian dramas, reality and light entertainment.
Hoodlum Entertainment has appointed Tracey Vieira as chief content officer, aiming to build on the foundations of shows such as 'Harrow', 'Five Bedrooms' and 'Tidelands' and its first-look deal with Disney’s ABC Studios International.
Roy Joseph always wanted to be an actor but he was so lacking in self-confidence he did an entertainment management course at the JMC Academy with a view to working in the music industry.