Amid turbulent times for the sector, Screen Australia has some positive news, announcing production funding for three feature films, four television series, a children’s series and two online projects.
The Seven, Nine and 10 networks insist they are not stockpiling Australian dramas and other local programming despite the suspension of the local content quotas for the rest of this year.
Forever is a very long time if it's without the one you love. The brand new season of the Stan Original series Bloom premieres April 9.
In season two, time has passed, and news of the miracle has spread, but this time around the plant itself has transformed and the experience and its side effects are far more severe. With the town's secret having leaked, Anne Carter (Jacqueline McKenzie) – the former CEO of a biotech company – arrives in Mullan with her young daughter and her friend’s teenage son, Luke (Ed Oxenbould), for a tree-change. But it’s only her cover story. John Melvin (Toby Schmitz), the troubled new priest is trying hard to rally faith and is desperate for a miracle from God. While beloved former actress, Gwen Reed (Jacki Weaver/Phoebe Tonkin), has cheated death once again, but at what cost? As news of a “second generation” plant emerges, a battle between nature, science and faith erupts.
A vision of the future where rising temperatures give way to drought, dust storms and fires, and a story about motherhood as the ultimate act of faith in humanity.
During filming of Stan’s 'Bloom' in Victoria last year the creator/showrunner Glen Dolman was already hatching ideas for a second series of the supernatural drama.
Ludo Studio were the big winners at last night's Screen Producers Australia Awards in Melbourne, taking home four gongs, including the major prize of the night: Screen Production Business of the Year.
Jacqueline McKenzie, Gary Sweet, Bella Heathcote, Toby Schmitz, Jackson Heywood, Scott Lee and Ed Oxenbould are new additions to the cast of Stan's Bloom 2, which is now shooting in regional Victoria.