Netflix has commissioned a reboot of beloved '90s teen drama 'Heartbreak High', to be produced by Fremantle Australia and Dutch production company NewBe.
Eighteen production companies will share in $1.7 million via Screen NSW's slate development fund, established in response to COVID-19.
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.