A location has been confirmed for Screen Queensland’s new production facility in Far North Queensland, with the studio to be built on a 6,500 square metre building site just outside the Cairns CBD.
An international drama created by Matchbox Pictures and two high-profile NBCUniversal US series will shoot in Queensland, spending more than $140 million, thanks to the Federal Government's Location Incentive program.
Created by Paddy Macrae, Matchbox Pictures/NBCUniversal International Studios’ 'Irreverent' follows criminal mediator Paulo Keegan (Colin Donnell) as he flees the United States after a mediation gone wrong and assumes the identity of Reverend Mackenzie “Mack” Boyd in Clump, a small, Australian beach town hundreds of miles away from civilisation and phone reception.
The NSW production sector has received a welcome boost amid the ongoing Greater Sydney lockdown, with the news that HBO Films' 'Days of Abandonment', starring Natalie Portman, will commence filming in the state this month.
For Robert Rabiah, Queensland's Mission Beach is more than just the location where he is filming fish-out-of-water drama 'Irreverent' - it's where his career began.
This year’s AACTA Screenfest will see director Bruce Beresford and cinematographer Don McAlpine present the classic 'Breaker Morant'; editor Matt Villa talk about his work on Elvis, and producer Tom Hoffie and creator and showrunner Paddy McCrae discuss their upcoming Netflix series, Irreverent.
Jeffrey Walker is the set-up director for 'Young Rock', the NBC-commissioned comedy which will star Uli Latukefu as the young adult Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.
The Queensland Government will move to consolidate the state's booming screen industry, putting an extra $71 million on the table to grow production.