It may have a while to go before reaching the longevity of the original but Wooden Horse's 'Mother and Son' remake still has more in the tank, with ABC confirming a second season of the comedy.
The newly acquired Werner Film Production scored a hat-trick of wins and Origma 45's 'Shayda' and See-Saw Films' 'The Royal Hotel' shared Feature Film Production of the Year honours as the Screen Producers Australia (SPA) Awards were held on the Gold Coast on Thursday evening.
Wooden Horse's 'Mother and Son' stars Matt Okine and Denise Scott in a re-imagining of the characters made famous by Gary McDonald and Ruth Cracknell.
Stan Original film 'A Christmas Ransom' may invite comparisons to the streamer's last festive collaboration with Every Cloud Productions, Christiaan Van Vuuren's 2020 comedy 'A Sunburnt Christmas', but a lot has changed behind the scenes in the past two years.
The ABC will dole out a healthy dose of comedy nostalgia to audiences in 2023 in the form of a reimagined version of classic sitcom 'Mother and Son', as well as fresh episodes of the bureaucratic comedy 'Utopia'.
In Adele Vuko’s Christmas Ransom, Matt Okine stars as the struggling owner of beloved toy store Harrington and Sons, who is taken for ransom when a pair of bumbling criminals hijack the store.
Stan is again getting into the festive spirit, starting production on a new holiday-themed original film starring Matt Okine, Miranda Tapsell and Ed Oxenbould.
Wooden Horse's 'The Clearing' has begun production in Victoria for Disney+, with Kate Mulvany, Xavier Samuel, Claudia Karvan and Anna Lise Phillips joining the previously announced leads of Teresa Palmer, Miranda Otto and Guy Pearce.