Aussie Drama is returning to ABC soon with names like Guy Pearce, Deborah Mailman and Richard Roxburgh on board
Essential 11 Television is producing a pilot for a home renovation series in Los Angeles for the US network HGTV while three other shows are premiering in the US this month.
Nikki Barrett and Anousha Zarkesh won multiple prizes at the Casting Guild of Australia Awards presented last Friday in Melbourne.
After 10 years as a development producer - the last seven and a half years at Easy Tiger/Essential Media and Entertainment - Rachael Turk is pursuing her passion for screenwriting, creating her own projects and script producing with other creatives.
The Australian Guild of Screen Composers has urged the Federal Government to impose a levy of at least 1 per cent on the combined advertising revenues generated in Australia by the tech giants including Facebook and Google/YouTube.
The titles that will contend for Best Feature Film Production, Best Drama Series Production, and Telemovie or Mini-Series Production of the Year at next year's Screen Producers Australia Awards have been revealed, with voting now open for the penultimate round of finalists.
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.
After ordering the script for the pilot for a US version of Jack Irish, the Fox network has opted not to proceed with the project.