Bruna Papandrea and Steve Hutensky's Made Up Stories has acquired the rights to The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, the debut novel from Australian author Holly Ringland with plans to turn the coming-of-age drama into a TV series.
Based on the Karin Slaughter's New York Times bestselling novel, 'Pieces of Her' is set in a sleepy Georgia town where a random act of violence sets off an unexpected chain of events for 30-year-old Andy Oliver (Bella Heathcote) and her mother Laura (Toni Collette).
Produced by Made Up Stories' Jodi Matterson, Bruna Papandrea and Steve Hutensky, the genre-bending 'Wolf Like Me' is inspired by writer-director Abe Forsythe's experiences looking for love as a single parent.
With Greater Sydney facing another two weeks in lockdown, the growing COVID-19 threat has led to mixed reactions regarding productions in the state as movements become more constricted.
Based on the novel by Holly Ringwald, 'The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart' is a coming-of-age drama about a young girl whose violent childhood casts a dark shadow over her adult life.
While Glendyn Ivin was directing a TVC in Melbourne over four days last week he felt the mood shift among the crew as the coronavirus deepened.
After 'The Dry' made more than $20 million in 2021, it was perhaps inevitable the creative team would look to adapt the next book in Jane Harper’s Aaron Falk series, 'Force of Nature', for the big screen. Writer, director and producer Robert Connolly talks to IF about the follow up – and hints there may be a third film yet.
AACTA has named Made Up Stories founder and CEO Bruna Papandrea as the 2024 recipient of the Byron Kennedy Award.