At Screen Australia's Family Film Forum in Sydney last month, Stenders and McKenna talked the development of Red Dog and the opportunity presented by its sequel, Red Dog: True Blue, premiering Boxing Day.
Teresa Palmer will play Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup in 2015.
Seph McKenna is set to depart Roadshow Films to take up the CEO role at Screenwest.
After Screenwest announced Roadshow’s head of Australian production Seph McKenna as its new CEO, IF asked the exec to reflect on the challenges facing Australian producers and the highs and lows of his Roadshow career.
This year IF magazine will set out everything you need to know about screen production right across Australia.
“We’ve got money, we’ve got weather and we’ve got locations. That’s the west sell.”
Marcus Graham and Shari Sebbens will be among the ensemble cast of Matchbox Pictures and For Pete’s Sake Productions 30-episode serial drama 'The Heights', which started production today in Perth for the ABC.
Screenwest CEO Seph McKenna has departed the organisation just nine months into his five year term.