A generational change is sweeping through Matchbox Pictures as the NBCUniversal-owned production company develops a raft of projects with emerging writers and producers.
Shawn Seet was 12 when he saw Henri Safran’s 'Storm Boy', the 1976 family drama based on Colin Thiele’s acclaimed novel.
Good Deed Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to Ambience Entertainment's 'Storm Boy'.
Aden Young and American Sam Trammell are playing fathers - one of whom is a serial killer - in Reckoning, a 10-part psychological thriller produced by Playmaker Media.
Shawn Seet’s contemporary remake of 'Storm Boy' will get a prime school holiday release after being acquired by Sony Pictures Releasing.
Sony Pictures Television Networks has commissioned Sony Pictures TV-owned Playmaker to produce 10-part drama series 'Reckoning' for its international channels in select territories in Europe and Latin America, including AXN. It will be wholly produced and post-produced in Australia, with the shoot slated to start in July.
The Shawn Seet remake is preparing for a July shoot in South Australia.
Slaviero calls the latest draft of the script, by Justin Monjo ('Spear', 'Jungle'), "One of the better scripts I’ve read in a long time, whether Australian or otherwise. Absolute cracker."