Matchbox Pictures co-founder Tony Ayres has launched his own TV drama and film production company with the backing of Matchbox and NBCUniversal International Studios.
The Federal Government's proposed changes to the Producer Offset’s ‘Gallipoli’ clause would effectively limit the ability for Australian productions shooting offshore to use non-resident Australian actors, directors and crew, and therefore opportunities to raise international finance, industry bodies have argued.
The ABC and Screen Australia today unveiled four children’s series including a Gristmill Productions comedy co-commissioned by Netflix and the first TV series from creators Matt Zeremes and Guy Edmonds.
'The Dressmaker'’s Jocelyn Moorhouse will make her first foray into television directing on the third season of Matchbox Pictures and R&R Productions’ 'Wanted'.
Marcus Graham and Shari Sebbens will be among the ensemble cast of Matchbox Pictures and For Pete’s Sake Productions 30-episode serial drama 'The Heights', which started production today in Perth for the ABC.
BBC Studios has appointed Kylie Washington, Matchbox Pictures director of unscripted, as the head of its new production hub in Australia.
Louise Fox, producer and showrunner of 'Glitch', is set to join Matchbox Pictures/NBCUniversal in a permanent role that will see her work across a range of scripted projects both in Australia and abroad.
Don Hany will star as the Australian PM in Foxtel's upcoming 'Secret City: Under the Eagle', with Andrew MacFarlane to also join the cast as air chief marshall.