Two feature films, three television dramas, one children’s series, and one online project will share in $5.9 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
The second season of Hoodlum Entertainment's 'Five Bedrooms' will premiere exclusively on Paramount+ when it launches in Australia August 11, with the ViacomCBS streamer also announcing three new local productions.
Starring Katherine Parkinson, Robbie Magasiva, Stephen Curry, Katrina Milosevic, Ryan Shelton and Kerry Armstrong, 'Spreadsheet' is set to premiere on Paramount+ October 27.
Reality is set to be reworked across 10 ViacomCBS in 2022, with international formats headlining this week's upfronts.
The value of getting a program "in the can early" can not be understated for broadcasters in the aftermath of 2021, according to Nine and 10 ViacomCBS.
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired Northern Pictures' eight-part comedy 'Spreadsheet', led by Brit Katherine Parkinson.
Feature films from directors Tony Ayres and Gracie Otto, as well Aunty Donna’s production company Haven’t You Done Well Productions, are among the 33 projects to share in $1 million of story development funding from Screen Australia.
'Blaze', 'How To Please A Woman', 'Sissy' and 'Sweet As' will contend for the best original feature prize at this year’s AWGIE Awards, while 'Mrs Harris Goes to Paris', 'The Stranger' and 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' are up for the adapted gong. 'The Newsreader' leads in television with two nominations alongside 'Total Control', 'Firebite', 'Bump' and 'Heartbreak High'.