Stan has announced a slew of new local commissions as it ramps up ambitious plans to have around a third of its first-run slate come from original production.
Dan Wyllie played a dim-witted, racist skinhead nicknamed Cackles together with Russell Crowe as Hando in Geoffrey Wright’s breakthrough 1992 film 'Romper Stomper'.
Heartbreak High duo Sherry-Lee Watson and Will McDonald have made their way to the Northern Territory with experienced campaigners Miranda Otto and Noah Taylor for Stan series 'Thou Shalt Not Steal'.
Subjects ranging from the Australian Open tennis tournament to the country's LGBTQI+ history will be explored in the latest round of documentary projects to receive production funding from Screen Australia.
Two-time Academy Award winner Sean Penn will share the spotlight with a host of Australian talent in Kick Gurry's 'C*A*U*G*H*T', a six-part satirical comedy that began filming last week at Sydney's Fox Studios.
“Lily is a star and she is compelling. The camera loves her, she commands real authority, she occupies the screen and you don’t doubt for a minute that she could bash your head in,” says 'Romper Stomper' producer John Edwards.
US producing pair R.J. Cutler and Trevor Smith will join Australian writer, director and producer, Rachel Perkins in the Spotlight sessions for March's Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), with the full line-up for the four-day event unveiled today.
Stan today announced a licensing agreement with ABC Commercial that will bring an extensive range of Australian-made productions to the launch lineup of the new subscription video-on-demand service.