SBS has commissioned a four-part drama set during the 1850s gold rush from the perspective of desperate Chinese miners from Goalpost Television, to be directed by Ana Kokkinos.
Brooke Satchwell, Dan Wyllie, Darren McMullen and Katrina Milosevic have joined the cast of Every Cloud Productions and ITV Studios Australia’s SeaChange, which started production today.
Screen Australia has announced $4 million worth of production investment for one film, two television series and three online projects. They include a film adaptation of book 'Penguin Bloom', starring Naomi Watts and produced by Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories; a second season of ABC series 'Mystery Road'; Nine's 'Seachange' reboot; and 'Roborovski', a VR project from Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Dev Patel.
A fourth season of Easy Tiger Productions’ 'Doctor Doctor', the third series of Endemol Shine Australia’s 'Australian Ninja Warrior' and the sixth edition of ESA’s Australia’s 'Married at First Sight' will screen on the Nine Network next year.
As free-to-air broadcasters continue to fret about the migration of viewers to streaming services and other platforms, the Nine Network may have found one solution.
The reboot of the classic kids show has also been acquired by Canada's DHX Media in a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment and will premiere on its Family CHRGD and Family Channels later this month.
Nine Network Perth MD and network programming executive David Mott has been named CEO of ITV Studios (ITVS) Australia, succeeding Anita Jacoby, who departed in August after two years in the job.
Alex Mavroidakis is joining ITV Studios Australia in a project-based role as a showrunner and executive producer.