The US TV pilots season traditionally has been a great launching pad or career-accelerator for Australian talent and this year is proving to be highly productive.
Stan and Nine have announced their next co-commission following last year's 'Bali 2002', with production underway in Victoria on an adaptation of Chris Hammer's 2018 novel 'Scrublands', starring Luke Arnold, Jay Ryan and Bella Heathcote.
SBS and NITV will premiere Bunya Productions' latest crime drama 'True Colours' during NAIDOC Week.
British actor Naveen Andrews, known for his roles in 'Lost' and 'The Dropout', will play the lead antagonist, Ray Kinnock, in the second season of 'Last King of The Cross'.
The producers of Australian film Teenage Kicks have raised nearly $68,000 from crowdfunding site Pozible and aim to start shooting in Sydney in early 2014.
Stan Original series 'Scrublands', based on Chris Hammer's novel of the same name, will premiere November 16 on Stan.
Radio and television personality Amanda Keller will host this Wednesday's AACTA Awards ceremony, with an array of international and domestic talent confirmed to attend.
Rarriwuy Hick leads the ensemble cast of Bunya Productions' drama 'True Colours' (formerly 'Copping It Black'), now shooting in the Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, for SBS and NITV.