Strauss, who received Gender Matters: Brilliant Stories funding last year, is adapting Robert Wainwright's biography of Sheila Chisholm, the daughter of a wealthy grazier from NSW who arrived in London society in 1914.
'Nine Perfect Strangers' producers, Nicole Kidman's Blossom Films and Made Up Stories, have turned down the Australian Directors' Guild's request for an Australian director to be attached to the production.
'Nine Perfect Strangers', shot in Byron Bay and produced by Made Up Stories and Blossom Films, will premiere on Amazon Prime Video August 20.
See-Saw Films' dark comedy 'The End', created and written by Samantha Strauss and directed by Jessica M. Thompson and Jonathan Brough, follows three generations of a family living with separate but intersecting obsessions - how to die with dignity, live with none, and make it all count.
For Brian Walsh, 2020 shapes as the most competitive year for the broadcast and streaming sector since the inception of television in Australia in 1956.
Louise Smith has been appointed to work within the ABC's drama, entertainment, and Indigenous content division as an executive producer.
Billy Bowring has joined See-Saw Films as development producer at its Australian division after four years at Fremantle.
Jeffrey Walker - who helmed eight episodes of the first season - is directing.