School is in session for the young cast of Netflix's 'Heartbreak High' reboot, with production on the eight-part series underway in Sydney.
SBS head of entertainment and food Susie Jones is set to join Netflix ANZ as a creative executive, becoming the fifth member of the streamer's local content team.
With the exception of flagship serials 'Home and Away' and 'Neighbours', for the last few years, long-form adult drama has all but disappeared from our screens, replaced by high budget, short-run shows.
Thanks to Screen Queensland's Enterprise Funding, Meg O'Connell is adding two execs at her banner Unless Pictures to help drive her slate and grow the business.
The attention on Byron Bay shows no sign of letting up, with Netflix announcing a new docu-soap series set in the coastal hotspot.
Netflix has ordered Brouhaha Entertainment's adaptation of Trent Dalton's 'Boy Swallows Universe', more than two years after publisher HarperCollins announced it had sold the screen rights to the author's debut novel.
Producers of narrative features and feature documentaries fear that reducing the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent will have a devastating impact on theatrical releases.
Screen Producers Australia and Screen Australia have announced a new pitch initiative designed to fast-track local content on Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, and Stan.