The BBC has secured the UK rights to FremantleMedia Australia’s six-part 'reimagining' of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'.
“Lily is a star and she is compelling. The camera loves her, she commands real authority, she occupies the screen and you don’t doubt for a minute that she could bash your head in,” says 'Romper Stomper' producer John Edwards.
Screen Producers Australia has named Matchbox Pictures the Production Business of the Year at its annual awards, held last night at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne.
FremantleMedia Australia’s re-imagining of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' has landed another key sale, this time to France, after Amazon Prime Video bought the US rights.
After 11 years as a founding partner and head of scripted at Essential Media and Entertainment, Ian Collie has departed to launch his own drama production company backed by FremantleMedia.
The four-part drama is set in the outer-west suburb of Sunshine and its surrounds, and is a co-production between Essential Media and Carver Films.
Criticism over the hire of a Canadian director to shoot the 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' mini continues to mount, with WIFT NSW and the ADG staging a joint protest in front of FremantleMedia’s office in Sydney today.
The Australian Directors Guild has criticised FremantleMedia Australia for importing a Canadian to shoot Foxtel mini-series 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'.