Nearly 30 projects will share in $975,000 of story development funding from Screen Australia, including a television series inspired by the 1999 film 'Two Hands' from director Gregor Jordan, and a family feature film from the producers of 'Bluey'.
Dispelling the notion that Foxtel has cut back on its commitment to Australian drama, the pay TV platform is in the hunt for shows that would not appear anywhere else on Australian screens and for a returning series to fill the gap left by 'A Place to Call Home'.
Foxtel and News Corp Australia have commissioned an eight-part drama based on the notorious story of Lawyer X, the Melbourne-based criminal barrister who was a Victorian police informant from 1995 until 2009 during Melbourne's gangland wars.