Richard Roxburgh is playing Grigory Orlov, a former lover of the 18th Century Russian Empress in the HBO/Sky UK miniseries Catherine the Great.
Screen Australia has announced its latest round of production funding, which saw the agency inject $7.4 million across a variety of projects in film, TV and online.
The idea behind 'Swinging Safari' had been bouncing around Stephan Elliott’s head for “about 40 years”. The upcoming comedy is an irreverent take on the era of the writer-director’s childhood: 1970s Australia.
Margot Robbie and Guy Pearce have begun filming the period drama, 'Mary Queen of Scots', in the UK.
Principal photography will start next Monday on Flammable Children, the latest film from writer-director Stephan Elliott.
The limited series was written by screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar for Van Sant's Milk.
A comedy set in Dee Why in the 1970's, Flammable Children will see Guy Pearce reunite with his Priscilla writer-director, Stephan Elliott.
Based in the US for the past three years, Kieran Darcy-Smith had not seen the Jack Irish telepics when he was offered the gig as set-up director of the spin-off series starring Guy Pearce as a former criminal lawyer turned private investigator.