'Colin From Accounts' co-creator and star Patrick Brammall will lead a new crime thriller series being produced by 60Forty Films and Werner Film Productions for AppleTV+.
A television adaptation of the 2018 film 'Ladies in Black', a feature film from Bryan Brown, and a television drama from one of the creators of Offspring are among the 21 projects to share in more than $730,000 in development funding from Screen Australia.
Amid turbulent times for the sector, Screen Australia has some positive news, announcing production funding for three feature films, four television series, a children’s series and two online projects.
The newly acquired Werner Film Production scored a hat-trick of wins and Origma 45's 'Shayda' and See-Saw Films' 'The Royal Hotel' shared Feature Film Production of the Year honours as the Screen Producers Australia (SPA) Awards were held on the Gold Coast on Thursday evening.
Producer Hannah Ngo will undertake a two-year placement with Werner Film Productions, thanks to Screen Australia Enterprise People funding.
After working on both sides of the fence as a screenwriter/producer and broadcasting executive, Courtney Wise is determined to build her own TV drama slate.
Toni Collette's directorial debut, an animated series based on 'The Sapphires' and a Shakespeare-inspired anthology are among the 42 projects to recently share in $1.4 million of development funding from Screen Australia.
Canadian-New Zealand actor Daniel Gillies ('The Originals') and Philippa Northeast are set to bolster the bulletins of ABC's 'The Newsreader' as filming on season two begins in Melbourne.