When the prison gates open on season 8 two new heritage characters arrive on the prison bus, Lou ‘Fingers’ Kelly (Kate Box) and Reb Keane (Zoe Terakes); also entering the building is new General Manager Ann Reynolds (Jane Hall). In episode three, young British hacktivist Judy Bryant (Vivienne Awosoga) joins the inmates and immediately wins the support of the women, and later in the series new character Sheila Bausch (Marta Dusseldorp) enters the compound on remand for mass murder.
Eighteen production companies will share in $1.7 million via Screen NSW's slate development fund, established in response to COVID-19.
Netflix has commissioned a reboot of beloved '90s teen drama 'Heartbreak High', to be produced by Fremantle Australia and Dutch production company NewBe.
The ABC has commissioned two new live-action children's series, Aquarius Films' 'Parent Up' and Fremantle Australia's 'The PM’s Daughter'.
ViacomCBS brands Nickelodeon International and Network 10 have partnered for the first time to commission a new live-action children's series, 'Taylor's Island', from Fremantle Australia.
The Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) has supported six projects with development funding, totaling $187,178.
One of the key things that encouraged AP Pobjoy to apply for the Victorian Screen Development Internship, which sees creatives spend 12 months working across Film Victoria, the ABC and either Fremantle Australia or Princess Pictures, was that their identity was actually listed on the application.
As Fremantle gears up for a busy year ahead, it has made three new appointments to its development teams across Sydney and Melbourne: Warren Clarke, Monique Keller and Nikki Tran.