Acorn TV has bought the rights to Porchlight Films' 'Operation Buffalo' for the UK and Ireland, with distributor About Premium Content (APC) also securing a range of other sales in Europe.
After 23 years and a body of work that spans 15 features, five TV series, two docos and three shorts, Porchlight Films will cease operations as founding partners Vincent Sheehan, Liz Watts and Anita Sheehan move on to pursue new opportunities individually.
Production is about to begin on Porchlight Films' 'Fallout' (working title) for the ABC, a six-part drama inspired by the 1950s British nuclear testing that took place in outback South Australia. Written and directed by Peter Duncan (Rake), the project has attracted a strong cast including Ewen Leslie, Jessica de Gouw, James Cromwell, Ningali Lawford Wolf and Shaka Cook.
George Mackay is set to play Ned Kelly in Justin Kurzel's 'True History of the Kelly Gang', starring alongside Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult and Essie Davis.
When it came to putting together Foxtel’s 'The Kettering Incident', co-creator, co-producer and writer Vicki Madden was determined to adopt a showrunner model, despite it not being common practice in Australia.
'The Kettering Incident' took out Best Miniseries at Wednesday's AACTA awards, while star Elizabeth Debicki won Best Lead Actress in a TV Drama.
Foxtel today announced the commissioning of a major new Australian drama series The Kettering Incident, from producers Porchlight Films and Sweet Potato Films.
Hollywood actor Willem Dafoe is set to star in psychological thriller The Hunter