AACTA has revealed those in contention for the major film, television and short-form prizes at this year's awards, with 'High Ground' leading the charge in the film categories and 'The Newsreader' ahead in television.
The chances of a second season of Mr Inbetween, the hitman comedy-action-drama created by and starring Scott Ryan, look better than good following the show’s US premiere on the FX network last Tuesday.
“[FX] have been very understanding in terms of working with Australians and parochialisms and have not tried to Americanise anything. They have very respectful of us as filmmakers and very collaborative."
FX will not renew 'Mr InBetween', confirming that the show's upcoming third season will be its last.
Justin Kurzel’s 'Nitram' dominated the feature film categories at Wednesday's AACTA ceremony, winning eight awards, while the ABC’s 'The Newsreader' led the pack for television with five.
“I just want to play characters whose ethnicity is incidental and I’ve been lucky to be able to do that in the past few years."
Writer-director Daniel Agdag’s 'Lost Property Office' has made the shortlist in the animated short film category at the 90th annual Academy Awards after winning an AACTA award yesterday.
Brooke Satchwell, Damian Herriman, Justin Rosniak, Edmund Lembke-Hogan, Nicholas Cassim and YouTube star Natalie Tran have joined the cast of 'Mr Inbetween', the first Australian series commissioned by FX.