CJZ MD Nick Murray and CEO Matt Campbell’s observations on the shortage of top-class TV writers in light of the continuing talent drain overseas have triggered a lively industry debate.
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the cancellation of four screen industry events, halted production on Netflix's Clickbait and two major movies, and postponed shooting of two big TV reality shows.
Matchbox Pictures has appointed writer Ranald Allan as a Hobart-based scripted development executive.
Despite COVID-19, SBS director of TV and online content Marshall Heald says the broadcaster is still commissioning and developing local content, and pursuing initiatives with Screen Queensland, Film Victoria and Screen Australia.
Kylie Bracknell, Calen Tassone, Briallen Clarke, Tegan Stimson, Ed Oxenbould, Wayne Blair, Russell Dykstra, and Jason Wilder will be series regulars in the Netflix and Peacock co-commission.
Leeanna Walsman, Ewen Leslie and Joel Jackson will also star.
Almost the day after production wrapped on 'Ali's Wedding' in 2016, Osamah Sami pitched Matchbox Pictures his next project, one that would once again see him draw on his experiences as the son of a lead cleric, but was instead a drama that showed his community in "all its realism".
Nicole Kidman will star in and executive produce 'Things I Know To Be True' for Amazon Studios, based on the play by Andrew Bovell.