“It’s a career that’s been full, rich and enormously joyful, but it’s also had a lot of ups and downs as well.”
New Zealand broadcaster MediaWorks' flagship channel Three has commissioned a local version of the Love Island format - the first commission across the Tasman for ITV Studios Australia.
Screen Australia has announced $4 million worth of production investment for one film, two television series and three online projects. They include a film adaptation of book 'Penguin Bloom', starring Naomi Watts and produced by Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories; a second season of ABC series 'Mystery Road'; Nine's 'Seachange' reboot; and 'Roborovski', a VR project from Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Dev Patel.