Sarah Snook has set her first TV starring role since the ending of “Succession.”
Snook will star in the series “All Her Fault,” which has been greenlit at Peacock. The show is based on the novel of the same name by Andrea Mara.
The official logline for the series states, “Marissa Irvine (Snook) arrives at 14 Arthur Avenue, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother she recognizes. She isn’t the nanny. She doesn’t have Milo. And so begins every parent’s worst nightmare.”
For her portrayal of Shiv Roy on “Succession,” Snook earned an Emmy Award in 2023, having been nominated in both 2022 and 2020 prior to that. She also won two Golden Globe Awards for the show. “Succession” wrapped up its critically-acclaimed run at HBO after four...
Snook will star in the series “All Her Fault,” which has been greenlit at Peacock. The show is based on the novel of the same name by Andrea Mara.
The official logline for the series states, “Marissa Irvine (Snook) arrives at 14 Arthur Avenue, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother she recognizes. She isn’t the nanny. She doesn’t have Milo. And so begins every parent’s worst nightmare.”
For her portrayal of Shiv Roy on “Succession,” Snook earned an Emmy Award in 2023, having been nominated in both 2022 and 2020 prior to that. She also won two Golden Globe Awards for the show. “Succession” wrapped up its critically-acclaimed run at HBO after four...
- 6/3/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Sarah Snook is stuck in a twisted game of hide and seek with the daughter she thought she knew.
The “Succession” actress leads Daina Reid’s feature directorial debut “Run Rabbit Run,” which premiered at 2023 Sundance. Snook plays Sarah, a mother and fertility doctor whose own daughter Mia’s behavior drastically becomes more and more unhinged upon her seventh birthday. A surprise pet rabbit present unlocks Mia’s (Lily Latorre) memories of a supposed past life, and sending Sarah down a rabbit hole of horror.
Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi also star.
Director Reid has previously helmed episodes of “The Shining Girls” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” both starring Elisabeth Moss who was once attached to “Run Rabbit Run.” The script is penned by Australian novelist Hannah Kent, with an original idea developed by Carver Films. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver serve as producers, with Snook executive producing along with director Reid.
The “Succession” actress leads Daina Reid’s feature directorial debut “Run Rabbit Run,” which premiered at 2023 Sundance. Snook plays Sarah, a mother and fertility doctor whose own daughter Mia’s behavior drastically becomes more and more unhinged upon her seventh birthday. A surprise pet rabbit present unlocks Mia’s (Lily Latorre) memories of a supposed past life, and sending Sarah down a rabbit hole of horror.
Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi also star.
Director Reid has previously helmed episodes of “The Shining Girls” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” both starring Elisabeth Moss who was once attached to “Run Rabbit Run.” The script is penned by Australian novelist Hannah Kent, with an original idea developed by Carver Films. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver serve as producers, with Snook executive producing along with director Reid.
- 5/10/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Sarah Snook is pregnant in real life — and in HBO’s “Succession” — but in “Run Rabbit Run,” she plays a mother and fertility doctor who is frightened by her young daughter’s inexplicable memories of a past identity.
The Australian thriller from director Daina Reid and writer Hannah Kent released its first trailer as the film is confirmed to screen at next month’s Sydney Film Festival. “Run Rabbit Run” made its world premiere as the opening title of the Midnight section of the Sundance festival in January. The film will launch on Netflix on June 28.
Emmy-nominated Snook stars alongside Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi. Variety’s review from Sundance called the film an “effective if familiar mommy-issues chiller.”
Reid was also Emmy-nominated for her work on “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Her production company Carver Films has developed horror films including “Relic” and the crime thriller “Snowtown,” and Reid has also...
The Australian thriller from director Daina Reid and writer Hannah Kent released its first trailer as the film is confirmed to screen at next month’s Sydney Film Festival. “Run Rabbit Run” made its world premiere as the opening title of the Midnight section of the Sundance festival in January. The film will launch on Netflix on June 28.
Emmy-nominated Snook stars alongside Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi. Variety’s review from Sundance called the film an “effective if familiar mommy-issues chiller.”
Reid was also Emmy-nominated for her work on “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Her production company Carver Films has developed horror films including “Relic” and the crime thriller “Snowtown,” and Reid has also...
- 5/10/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Top Australian actor Damon Herriman and U.K.-Italian star Greta Scacchi join “Succession” star Sarah Snook in horror-thriller “Run Rabbit Run” from “The Handmaid’s Tale” director Daina Reid. The film starts production in Victoria and South Australia this week.
Snook replaced Elizabeth Moss who was previously attached, but who dropped out late last year due to scheduling clashes. Snook plays a fertility doctor whose firm grasp on the cycle of life is put to the test as her young daughter begins to exhibit increasingly strange behavior.
The script was written by acclaimed South Australian novelist Hannah Kent (“Devotion,” “Burial Rites”) from an original idea developed with Carver Films. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver Films are producing.
Los Angeles-based XYZ Films is executive producing, financing and handling world sales, having taken over sales duties from STX International which previously touted the project at 2020’s virtual Cannes Market. Storyd...
Snook replaced Elizabeth Moss who was previously attached, but who dropped out late last year due to scheduling clashes. Snook plays a fertility doctor whose firm grasp on the cycle of life is put to the test as her young daughter begins to exhibit increasingly strange behavior.
The script was written by acclaimed South Australian novelist Hannah Kent (“Devotion,” “Burial Rites”) from an original idea developed with Carver Films. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver Films are producing.
Los Angeles-based XYZ Films is executive producing, financing and handling world sales, having taken over sales duties from STX International which previously touted the project at 2020’s virtual Cannes Market. Storyd...
- 1/25/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Robyn Nevin in ‘Relic’.
Former Australian Writers’ Guild president Jan Sardi and actor Robyn Nevin were among the screen professionals to receive Queen’s Birthday Honours over the long weekend.
Sardi, Oscar-nominated for Shine and whose credits also include Mao’s Last Dancer and Love’s Brother, was named an Officer to the Order of Australia (Ao) for distinguished service to the film and television industries as a screenwriter and director, and to professional guilds.
Co-collaborator Mac Gudgeon, who worked with Sardi on projects like Ground Zero and The Secret River, said: “It’s a richly deserved honour. Not only because Jan’s a bloody good writer, but because it’s recognition of his selfless service, generosity of spirit, and courage and persistence in fighting for performance writers’ creative rights and remuneration for over 40 years.
“And the timing couldn’t be more ironic given Jan’s passionate advocacy for what’s unique about Australian culture,...
Former Australian Writers’ Guild president Jan Sardi and actor Robyn Nevin were among the screen professionals to receive Queen’s Birthday Honours over the long weekend.
Sardi, Oscar-nominated for Shine and whose credits also include Mao’s Last Dancer and Love’s Brother, was named an Officer to the Order of Australia (Ao) for distinguished service to the film and television industries as a screenwriter and director, and to professional guilds.
Co-collaborator Mac Gudgeon, who worked with Sardi on projects like Ground Zero and The Secret River, said: “It’s a richly deserved honour. Not only because Jan’s a bloody good writer, but because it’s recognition of his selfless service, generosity of spirit, and courage and persistence in fighting for performance writers’ creative rights and remuneration for over 40 years.
“And the timing couldn’t be more ironic given Jan’s passionate advocacy for what’s unique about Australian culture,...
- 6/9/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Mark Ruse. (Photo: Annie Beach)
Mark Ruse, who was partnered with Stephen Luby in Ruby Entertainment for 20 years, died unexpectedly on Saturday. He was 64.
In a career spanning more than 30 years, Ruse produced more than 250 hours of prime-time comedy and drama, more than 20 hours of documentaries and 300 hours of live television.
“Mark was a true gentleman; incredibly talented, understated and generous, he gave many lucky people a leg up in the industry,” Julie Marlow, screen industry consultant and former Film Victoria director, tells If. “He was a joy to deal with and will be sadly missed by so many.”
Luby said of his colleague and close friend: “Mark was a man of incredible integrity, kindness, creativity, intelligence, dedication, work ethic, humour and goodness.
“His express philosophy was to ‘enable other people’s talents to shine.’ He loved to support and nurture people’s creative journeys (including mine).
“Producer skills developed...
Mark Ruse, who was partnered with Stephen Luby in Ruby Entertainment for 20 years, died unexpectedly on Saturday. He was 64.
In a career spanning more than 30 years, Ruse produced more than 250 hours of prime-time comedy and drama, more than 20 hours of documentaries and 300 hours of live television.
“Mark was a true gentleman; incredibly talented, understated and generous, he gave many lucky people a leg up in the industry,” Julie Marlow, screen industry consultant and former Film Victoria director, tells If. “He was a joy to deal with and will be sadly missed by so many.”
Luby said of his colleague and close friend: “Mark was a man of incredible integrity, kindness, creativity, intelligence, dedication, work ethic, humour and goodness.
“His express philosophy was to ‘enable other people’s talents to shine.’ He loved to support and nurture people’s creative journeys (including mine).
“Producer skills developed...
- 5/11/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Shannon Murphy and Courtney Wise on the set of ‘On the Ropes.’
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.
Since securing a Us manager, Fourward’s John Levin last April, she hopes to attract Us finance to productions made in Australia.
Among the projects in the pipeline is Dreamscapers (formerly The Gifted), which received Screen Australia’s Gender Matters funding. She has completed the pilot and a bible for the 13-part horror drama which follows a 16-year-old orphan who is suspected of killing her father and is offered refuge at the Phoenix Institute for Gifted Teenagers.
The girl soon discovers the school is run by a highly evolved supernatural race preparing for a war against humanity.
Giula Sandler worked with her on the first draft and Courtney is keen to collaborate...
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.
Since securing a Us manager, Fourward’s John Levin last April, she hopes to attract Us finance to productions made in Australia.
Among the projects in the pipeline is Dreamscapers (formerly The Gifted), which received Screen Australia’s Gender Matters funding. She has completed the pilot and a bible for the 13-part horror drama which follows a 16-year-old orphan who is suspected of killing her father and is offered refuge at the Phoenix Institute for Gifted Teenagers.
The girl soon discovers the school is run by a highly evolved supernatural race preparing for a war against humanity.
Giula Sandler worked with her on the first draft and Courtney is keen to collaborate...
- 11/18/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Lillian Crombie and Ningali Lawford-Wolf.
Indigenous performers Lillian Crombie and the late Ningali Lawford-Wolf have been voted joint recipients of the 10th annual Equity Lifetime Achievement Award.
Australian actor, writer and director Wayne Blair was among the 32 members of the Equity National Performers’ Committee who selected Lillian and Ningali for this year’s award.
“Their rich and varied careers have been observed by generations of First Nations performers coming behind them. They have led by example and paved the way for so many others to follow in their footsteps,” says Blair.
A proud woman from the Pitjintjara/Yungkuntjara Nation, Crombie left Port Pirie in South Australia as its best classical ballerina and landed in Sydney in the 1970s to dance her way into Black performance, politics and culture.
Her career as one of Australia’s leading performers followed with roles in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, The Secret Life of Us,...
Indigenous performers Lillian Crombie and the late Ningali Lawford-Wolf have been voted joint recipients of the 10th annual Equity Lifetime Achievement Award.
Australian actor, writer and director Wayne Blair was among the 32 members of the Equity National Performers’ Committee who selected Lillian and Ningali for this year’s award.
“Their rich and varied careers have been observed by generations of First Nations performers coming behind them. They have led by example and paved the way for so many others to follow in their footsteps,” says Blair.
A proud woman from the Pitjintjara/Yungkuntjara Nation, Crombie left Port Pirie in South Australia as its best classical ballerina and landed in Sydney in the 1970s to dance her way into Black performance, politics and culture.
Her career as one of Australia’s leading performers followed with roles in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, The Secret Life of Us,...
- 10/31/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Mac Gudgeon and Jan Sardi.
Shaun Grant, Tony McNamara, Jacquelin Perske, Andrew Knight, Kate Mulvany, Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon were among the recipients of the 52nd annual Awgie Awards presented in Sydney on Thursday night.
Grant won the feature film adaptation prize for True History of the Kelly Gang while McNamara and Deborah Davis shared best original feature screenplay for The Favourite.
Sardi and Gudgeon accepted the award on Grant’s behalf; he is in La and will head to Toronto for the world premiere of Justin Kurzel’s bushranger tale which stars George Mackay, Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult, Essie Davis and Harry Greenwood.
That was Shaun’s fourth Awgie following Snowtown, Jasper Jones and Deadline Gallipoli.
Perske’s The Cry was named best telemovie or miniseries of four hours or less and Knight’s first episode of the second season of Jack Irish was judged best series or miniseries of four hours plus.
Shaun Grant, Tony McNamara, Jacquelin Perske, Andrew Knight, Kate Mulvany, Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon were among the recipients of the 52nd annual Awgie Awards presented in Sydney on Thursday night.
Grant won the feature film adaptation prize for True History of the Kelly Gang while McNamara and Deborah Davis shared best original feature screenplay for The Favourite.
Sardi and Gudgeon accepted the award on Grant’s behalf; he is in La and will head to Toronto for the world premiere of Justin Kurzel’s bushranger tale which stars George Mackay, Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult, Essie Davis and Harry Greenwood.
That was Shaun’s fourth Awgie following Snowtown, Jasper Jones and Deadline Gallipoli.
Perske’s The Cry was named best telemovie or miniseries of four hours or less and Knight’s first episode of the second season of Jack Irish was judged best series or miniseries of four hours plus.
- 8/22/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Ningali Lawford-Wolf in The Secret River.
Renowned Indigenous actor Ningali Lawford-Wolf died on Sunday while touring with the Sydney Theatre Company production in Edinburgh of The Secret River, Andrew Bovell’s adaptation of the Kate Grenville novel. She was 52.
The performer and mentor was hospitalised after suffering a heart attack and died surrounded by her family.
“Ningali was an incredibly talented performer as well as a wonderfully caring and thoughtful person,” the Stc posted on its website. “We’ve lost one of Australian theatre’s greatest treasures.”
A Wangkatjungka woman born under a tree at Christmas Creek Station in the far north Kimberley region of Western Australia, her film credits included Phillip Noyce’s Rabbit-Proof Fence, Rachel Perkins’ Bran Nue Dae and Jeremy Sims’ Last Cab to Darwin.
Noyce said: “Ningali will be remembered as an extraordinarily loving artist who gave her all to everything and everyone. Without Ningali Rabbit-Proof...
Renowned Indigenous actor Ningali Lawford-Wolf died on Sunday while touring with the Sydney Theatre Company production in Edinburgh of The Secret River, Andrew Bovell’s adaptation of the Kate Grenville novel. She was 52.
The performer and mentor was hospitalised after suffering a heart attack and died surrounded by her family.
“Ningali was an incredibly talented performer as well as a wonderfully caring and thoughtful person,” the Stc posted on its website. “We’ve lost one of Australian theatre’s greatest treasures.”
A Wangkatjungka woman born under a tree at Christmas Creek Station in the far north Kimberley region of Western Australia, her film credits included Phillip Noyce’s Rabbit-Proof Fence, Rachel Perkins’ Bran Nue Dae and Jeremy Sims’ Last Cab to Darwin.
Noyce said: “Ningali will be remembered as an extraordinarily loving artist who gave her all to everything and everyone. Without Ningali Rabbit-Proof...
- 8/14/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
“The Haunting of Hill House” alum Oliver Jackson-Cohen has joined “The Haunting of Bly Manor” in a leading role, TheWrap has learned exclusively.
Jackson-Cohen — who played Luke Crain on “Hill House” and is the second Season 1 star to join Season 2 of the Netflix horror anthology series, following Victoria Pedretti’s casting — will play Peter, described simply as “a charming fellow.”
Additional character details are being kept under wraps, but TheWrap has learned Jackson-Cohen’s character will, of course, interact with Pedretti’s, a governess named Dani “who takes care of two very unusual children.”
Also Read: 'Haunting of Hill House' Star Victoria Pedretti to Return for 'Bly Manor'
Now dubbed the “Haunting” anthology, the show’s 10-episode first season, “Hill House,” launched last October and centered around the Crain family: father Hugh, mother Olivia (Carla Gugino), and their children, Steve (Michiel Huisman), Shirley (Elizabeth Reaser), Theo (Kate Siegel), Luke (Jackson-Cohen...
Jackson-Cohen — who played Luke Crain on “Hill House” and is the second Season 1 star to join Season 2 of the Netflix horror anthology series, following Victoria Pedretti’s casting — will play Peter, described simply as “a charming fellow.”
Additional character details are being kept under wraps, but TheWrap has learned Jackson-Cohen’s character will, of course, interact with Pedretti’s, a governess named Dani “who takes care of two very unusual children.”
Also Read: 'Haunting of Hill House' Star Victoria Pedretti to Return for 'Bly Manor'
Now dubbed the “Haunting” anthology, the show’s 10-episode first season, “Hill House,” launched last October and centered around the Crain family: father Hugh, mother Olivia (Carla Gugino), and their children, Steve (Michiel Huisman), Shirley (Elizabeth Reaser), Theo (Kate Siegel), Luke (Jackson-Cohen...
- 7/15/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Oliver Jackson-Cohen in ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ (Photo credit: Netflix).
Leigh Whannell has cast Oliver Jackson-Cohen, who stars in the Netflix supernatural drama series The Haunting of Hill House, as the lead in The Invisible Man.
Produced by Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum and Goalpost Pictures’ Kylie du Fresne, the horror movie inspired by the classic monster character starts shooting in Sydney this month.
Jackson-Cohen joins Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid and Harriet Dyer (The Inbetween) in the Universal Pictures film, whose plot is under wraps.
Deadline hails the casting of Jackson-Cohen as quite a coup considering Johnny Depp was originally in the frame to play the lead.
Whannell cast the English actor after being impressed by his performance as Luke Crain, one of five siblings who are haunted by memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it, in the Netflix series.
Leigh Whannell has cast Oliver Jackson-Cohen, who stars in the Netflix supernatural drama series The Haunting of Hill House, as the lead in The Invisible Man.
Produced by Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum and Goalpost Pictures’ Kylie du Fresne, the horror movie inspired by the classic monster character starts shooting in Sydney this month.
Jackson-Cohen joins Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid and Harriet Dyer (The Inbetween) in the Universal Pictures film, whose plot is under wraps.
Deadline hails the casting of Jackson-Cohen as quite a coup considering Johnny Depp was originally in the frame to play the lead.
Whannell cast the English actor after being impressed by his performance as Luke Crain, one of five siblings who are haunted by memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it, in the Netflix series.
- 7/14/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Joseph Baxter John Saavedra Feb 7, 2020
Blumhouse's remake of The Invisible Man arrives in February. Here's what we know about the studio's latest monster movie!
The Invisible Man, the classic Universal monster movie based on H.G. Wells's novel, lives again in a new reboot from Universal and Blumhouse.
This reboot stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen, the London-born actor best known as Luke Crain on Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House, which – in its depiction of the character’s struggles with addiction and past trauma – impressed the film’s creative team enough to clinch the lead role, for which he brings an applicable skill set to the Invisible Man’s gradual emotional descent into villainy and murder. His character will (dis)appear opposite Elisabeth Moss, who co-stars as the focus of the title character's ire.
Leigh Whannell directed the film, having worked off her own adaptation script of the Wells story.
The Invisible Man...
Blumhouse's remake of The Invisible Man arrives in February. Here's what we know about the studio's latest monster movie!
The Invisible Man, the classic Universal monster movie based on H.G. Wells's novel, lives again in a new reboot from Universal and Blumhouse.
This reboot stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen, the London-born actor best known as Luke Crain on Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House, which – in its depiction of the character’s struggles with addiction and past trauma – impressed the film’s creative team enough to clinch the lead role, for which he brings an applicable skill set to the Invisible Man’s gradual emotional descent into villainy and murder. His character will (dis)appear opposite Elisabeth Moss, who co-stars as the focus of the title character's ire.
Leigh Whannell directed the film, having worked off her own adaptation script of the Wells story.
The Invisible Man...
- 7/12/2019
- Den of Geek
Oliver Jackson-Cohen, the star of “The Haunting of Hill House,” is attached for the lead role in “The Invisible Man” monster movie set up at Universal and Blumhouse, an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap.
Jackson-Cohen will star alongside the previously announced Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Harriet Dyer and Storm Reid in the horror reboot that is set to kick off production this month in Sydney, Australia.
Johnny Depp was previously attached to star as the lead in what was once meant to be Universal’s Dark Universe of films, a shared universe of movies that incorporated new takes on Old Hollywood monster characters, with movies announced based on both “The Wolf Man” and “Bride of Frankenstein.” That franchise kicked off with the Tom Cruise vehicle “The Mummy” that also starred Russell Crowe as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Also Read: 'Haunting of Hill House' Star Oliver Jackson-Cohen...
Jackson-Cohen will star alongside the previously announced Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Harriet Dyer and Storm Reid in the horror reboot that is set to kick off production this month in Sydney, Australia.
Johnny Depp was previously attached to star as the lead in what was once meant to be Universal’s Dark Universe of films, a shared universe of movies that incorporated new takes on Old Hollywood monster characters, with movies announced based on both “The Wolf Man” and “Bride of Frankenstein.” That franchise kicked off with the Tom Cruise vehicle “The Mummy” that also starred Russell Crowe as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Also Read: 'Haunting of Hill House' Star Oliver Jackson-Cohen...
- 7/12/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Anthony Lapaglia, Jessica Marais.
Anthony Lapaglia and Jessica Marais will co-star with Rebecca Gibney in the Nine Network’s crime thriller miniseries Halifax: Retribution, which will start shooting in Melbourne later this month.
Jacqueline McKenzie, Rick Donald, Hannah Monson, Craig Hall, Mavournee Hazel and Louisa Mignone round out the cast of the Halifax reboot produced by Beyond Lonehand.
Original creator and writer Roger Simpson returns as writer and producer alongside executive producer Mikael Borglund and writers Mac Gudgeon, Peter Gawler and Oscar-nominated Jan Sardi.
Gudgeon and Sardi both worked with Simpson on Halifax f.p., which ran for seven seasons on Nine and ended in 2002. Rebecca Gibney reprises her role as forensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax, who has carved out a new career as a university professor.
When a serial sniper starts terrorising Melbourne, she is lured back into the field to help the police task force find the killer. As...
Anthony Lapaglia and Jessica Marais will co-star with Rebecca Gibney in the Nine Network’s crime thriller miniseries Halifax: Retribution, which will start shooting in Melbourne later this month.
Jacqueline McKenzie, Rick Donald, Hannah Monson, Craig Hall, Mavournee Hazel and Louisa Mignone round out the cast of the Halifax reboot produced by Beyond Lonehand.
Original creator and writer Roger Simpson returns as writer and producer alongside executive producer Mikael Borglund and writers Mac Gudgeon, Peter Gawler and Oscar-nominated Jan Sardi.
Gudgeon and Sardi both worked with Simpson on Halifax f.p., which ran for seven seasons on Nine and ended in 2002. Rebecca Gibney reprises her role as forensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax, who has carved out a new career as a university professor.
When a serial sniper starts terrorising Melbourne, she is lured back into the field to help the police task force find the killer. As...
- 7/1/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Huw Higginson.
Huw Higginson often plays admirable, upstanding characters but sometimes he gets more of a kick out of tackling villains.
In the past year the English-born actor has portrayed a brutish magistrate in Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale and a serial killer truck driver in Playmaker Media’s Mandarin series Chosen directed by Tony Tilse.
He played more nuanced characters including the abandoned husband and father of Miranda Tapsell’s bride-to-be in Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding; a lawyer who represents the family of a missing priest (Sam Reid) in Lingo Pictures/Foxtel’s drama Lambs of God; and a wealthy gentleman who sends his ward to boarding school in Fremantle/Foxtel’s Picnic at Hanging Rock.
“Unpleasant characters are often more interesting to play,” says the actor who played the well-meaning Constable George Garfield in The Bill for 10 years. “You have to try to find something to...
Huw Higginson often plays admirable, upstanding characters but sometimes he gets more of a kick out of tackling villains.
In the past year the English-born actor has portrayed a brutish magistrate in Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale and a serial killer truck driver in Playmaker Media’s Mandarin series Chosen directed by Tony Tilse.
He played more nuanced characters including the abandoned husband and father of Miranda Tapsell’s bride-to-be in Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding; a lawyer who represents the family of a missing priest (Sam Reid) in Lingo Pictures/Foxtel’s drama Lambs of God; and a wealthy gentleman who sends his ward to boarding school in Fremantle/Foxtel’s Picnic at Hanging Rock.
“Unpleasant characters are often more interesting to play,” says the actor who played the well-meaning Constable George Garfield in The Bill for 10 years. “You have to try to find something to...
- 6/4/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
L-r: Fred Schepisi, Minister Martin Foley, Andrew Knight, Film Victoria CEO Caroline Pitcher, Film Victoria president Ian Robertson, Claire Dobbin, Jan Sardi, John Howie and Tony Reed.
Film Victoria’s annual screen awards were held yesterday evening, honouring writer/producer Andrew Knight, director Daina Reid, games advocate Tony Reed and Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) chair Claire Dobbin.
Knight, whose credits include TV shows such as Fast Forward, Full Frontal, SeaChange and Jack Irish and features like The Water Diviner, Ali’s Wedding and Hacksaw Ridge, was recognised with the Jan Sardi Award for his significant achievements as a screenwriter.
Daina Reid was presented Fred Schepisi Award for significant achievement in directing. Reid began her career in television as a comedy writer and actor, before moving into directing. Her creidts include Blue Heelers, The Secret Life of Us, Rush, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Offspring, Nowhere Boys, The Secret River,...
Film Victoria’s annual screen awards were held yesterday evening, honouring writer/producer Andrew Knight, director Daina Reid, games advocate Tony Reed and Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) chair Claire Dobbin.
Knight, whose credits include TV shows such as Fast Forward, Full Frontal, SeaChange and Jack Irish and features like The Water Diviner, Ali’s Wedding and Hacksaw Ridge, was recognised with the Jan Sardi Award for his significant achievements as a screenwriter.
Daina Reid was presented Fred Schepisi Award for significant achievement in directing. Reid began her career in television as a comedy writer and actor, before moving into directing. Her creidts include Blue Heelers, The Secret Life of Us, Rush, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Offspring, Nowhere Boys, The Secret River,...
- 4/4/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix released a new trailer for its upcoming horror film “The Haunting of Hill House” and ABC has cast Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as a guest star in the Season 5 premiere of “Fresh off the Boat.”
Dates
TBS‘ “The Guest Book” is returning on Oct. 23 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt with back-to-back new episodes. The second season will feature a new town, new series regulars, and new guest stars in the small ocean-side community of Mabel Beach, starring series regulars Jimmy Tatro (“American Vandal”), Kimiko Glenn (“Orange Is the New Black”), and Dan Beirne (“Fargo”). In future episodes, several guest stars will also make an appearance, including Pete Davidson (“SNL”), Will Arnett (“Arrested Development”), Michael Kenneth Williams (“The Wire”) and Matt Walsh (“Veep”) among others. Following the premiere, episodes will air on Tuesdays at 10:30 p.m. Et/Pt on TBS.
First Look
Netflix has released...
Dates
TBS‘ “The Guest Book” is returning on Oct. 23 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt with back-to-back new episodes. The second season will feature a new town, new series regulars, and new guest stars in the small ocean-side community of Mabel Beach, starring series regulars Jimmy Tatro (“American Vandal”), Kimiko Glenn (“Orange Is the New Black”), and Dan Beirne (“Fargo”). In future episodes, several guest stars will also make an appearance, including Pete Davidson (“SNL”), Will Arnett (“Arrested Development”), Michael Kenneth Williams (“The Wire”) and Matt Walsh (“Veep”) among others. Following the premiere, episodes will air on Tuesdays at 10:30 p.m. Et/Pt on TBS.
First Look
Netflix has released...
- 9/19/2018
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
Own: Oprah Winfrey Network is rounding out the ensemble cast of its upcoming coming -of-age drama series David Makes Man, from Oscar-winning Moonlight co-writer Tarell Alvin McCraney, and has named the directors who will helm Season 1.
Joining the cast as a series regular is Alana Arenas,, while Gillian Williams (The Girlfriend Experience), Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Elvis Nolasco (American Crime) and Randy Gonzalez (Bloodline) are set for recurring roles. They join previously announced cast Phylicia Rashad, Akili McDowell, Nathaniel Logan McIntyre, Isaiah Johnson, Ade Chike Torbert, Jordan Bolger, Cayden K. Williams and Travis Coles.
Directors joining the hour-long drama include Michael Francis Williams, Kiel Adrian Scott, Daina Reid and Cheryl Dunye.
The series, currently in production in Orlando, Florida, is set for a 2019 premiere on Own.
David Makes Man centers on David (McDowell), a 14-year-old prodigy from the projects who is haunted by...
Joining the cast as a series regular is Alana Arenas,, while Gillian Williams (The Girlfriend Experience), Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Elvis Nolasco (American Crime) and Randy Gonzalez (Bloodline) are set for recurring roles. They join previously announced cast Phylicia Rashad, Akili McDowell, Nathaniel Logan McIntyre, Isaiah Johnson, Ade Chike Torbert, Jordan Bolger, Cayden K. Williams and Travis Coles.
Directors joining the hour-long drama include Michael Francis Williams, Kiel Adrian Scott, Daina Reid and Cheryl Dunye.
The series, currently in production in Orlando, Florida, is set for a 2019 premiere on Own.
David Makes Man centers on David (McDowell), a 14-year-old prodigy from the projects who is haunted by...
- 8/27/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The dead are restless in the official trailer, poster and photos from The Spierig Brothers' Winchester. Inspired by the true story of Sarah Winchester (Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren), heiress to the Winchester fortune, who believes her family to be cursed and built the most haunted house in history to lay the vengeful spirits. The gothic thriller also stars Jason Clarke & Sarah Snook and opens in theaters everywhere Friday, February 2nd!
On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, (Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren) heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week mania for decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms. To the outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman's madness. But...
On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, (Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren) heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week mania for decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms. To the outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman's madness. But...
- 1/4/2018
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
Inspired by true events, Winchester comes from the Spierig Brothers (Jigsaw, Predestination) and stars Helen Mirren (Eye In The Sky, The Queen), Jason Clarke (Mudbound, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes), Sarah Snook (Steve Jobs, Jessabelle), Angus Sampson (Insidious, Mad Max: Fury Road), and Finn Scicluna-o’Prey (True Story with Hamish & Andy, The Secret River).
On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, (Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren) heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week mania for decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms. To the outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman’s madness. But Sarah is not building for herself, for her niece (Sarah Snook) or...
On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, (Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren) heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week mania for decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms. To the outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman’s madness. But Sarah is not building for herself, for her niece (Sarah Snook) or...
- 12/20/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
'Lion' director Garth Davis has won the Adg Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film..
Director Garth Davis has taken out the top gong at the Adg Awards for his work helming Lion..
Davis was presented the prize for Best Direction in a Feature Film by Peter Weir at an award ceremony in Melbourne on Friday..
Lion, which received six Oscar nods and has gone on to be the fifth highest-grossing Australian film of all time at the local box office, is Davis. debut feature. .
Davis was up against Simon Stone (The Daughter), Ben Young (Hounds of Love), Craig Boreham (Teenage Kicks) and Jonathan Leahy (Skin Deep) — each of which was also a first feature..
The award for Best Direction in a Documentary Feature Film was presented to Dan Jackson for In The Shadow of the Hill, while Hotel Coolgardie director Pete Gleeson received High Commendation. The...
Director Garth Davis has taken out the top gong at the Adg Awards for his work helming Lion..
Davis was presented the prize for Best Direction in a Feature Film by Peter Weir at an award ceremony in Melbourne on Friday..
Lion, which received six Oscar nods and has gone on to be the fifth highest-grossing Australian film of all time at the local box office, is Davis. debut feature. .
Davis was up against Simon Stone (The Daughter), Ben Young (Hounds of Love), Craig Boreham (Teenage Kicks) and Jonathan Leahy (Skin Deep) — each of which was also a first feature..
The award for Best Direction in a Documentary Feature Film was presented to Dan Jackson for In The Shadow of the Hill, while Hotel Coolgardie director Pete Gleeson received High Commendation. The...
- 5/8/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Anthony Lapaglia in 'A Month of Sundays'.
Anthony Lapaglia (Lantana) and Melanie Lynskey (Heavenly Creatures) are set to star in Sbs crime thriller Sunshine.
They.ll be joined by local actors Kim Gyngell, Tiarnie Coupland, Vince Colosimo, Leah Vandenberg, Paul Ireland and Trudy Hellier.
The four-part drama is set in the outer-west suburb of Sunshine and its surrounds, and is a co-production between Essential Media and Carver Films..
The show follows Jacob, a young South Sudanese-Australian basketball player who is on the cusp of being picked up by U.S. scouts for the U.S. College league. .
Lapaglia plays Eddie, an ex-player now operating a small sports store in Sunshine who agrees to coach Jacob.s underperforming team, The Sunshine Kings..
In the midst of doing everything he can to make the draft, Jacob finds himself answering to Sunshine-raised lawyer Zara Skelton (Lynskey) when he is caught up in a...
Anthony Lapaglia (Lantana) and Melanie Lynskey (Heavenly Creatures) are set to star in Sbs crime thriller Sunshine.
They.ll be joined by local actors Kim Gyngell, Tiarnie Coupland, Vince Colosimo, Leah Vandenberg, Paul Ireland and Trudy Hellier.
The four-part drama is set in the outer-west suburb of Sunshine and its surrounds, and is a co-production between Essential Media and Carver Films..
The show follows Jacob, a young South Sudanese-Australian basketball player who is on the cusp of being picked up by U.S. scouts for the U.S. College league. .
Lapaglia plays Eddie, an ex-player now operating a small sports store in Sunshine who agrees to coach Jacob.s underperforming team, The Sunshine Kings..
In the midst of doing everything he can to make the draft, Jacob finds himself answering to Sunshine-raised lawyer Zara Skelton (Lynskey) when he is caught up in a...
- 3/26/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Richard Finlayson..
ABC.s director of television Richard Finlayson has announced his resignation.
In a statement released today, Finlayson said that after more than three .very satisfying and rewarding years., he would be moving on to the next stage of his career..
.It has been an honour and a privilege to serve our audiences and work with the best talent in the industry. I am very confident I leave the business well positioned to succeed,. he said.
.We have an outstanding slate of original programs across every genre that has won unprecedented recognition and is attracting major international interest. I am very proud of distinctive and quality programs like The Secret River, The Code and Cleverman that have gone to air during my time as director..
.Amid fierce competition, iview remains the number one TV VOD service in the country with more than 50 hours of brilliant, original shows as well...
ABC.s director of television Richard Finlayson has announced his resignation.
In a statement released today, Finlayson said that after more than three .very satisfying and rewarding years., he would be moving on to the next stage of his career..
.It has been an honour and a privilege to serve our audiences and work with the best talent in the industry. I am very confident I leave the business well positioned to succeed,. he said.
.We have an outstanding slate of original programs across every genre that has won unprecedented recognition and is attracting major international interest. I am very proud of distinctive and quality programs like The Secret River, The Code and Cleverman that have gone to air during my time as director..
.Amid fierce competition, iview remains the number one TV VOD service in the country with more than 50 hours of brilliant, original shows as well...
- 1/20/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Stranger Than Fiction Films' 'Mountain'.
This year.s round of Screen Australia.s Enterprise funding program, designed to local allow companies to explore innovative new business models and cultivate the careers of emerging talent, will offer six companies and five individuals a share in $2.5 million.
Among successful industry proposals is a screenwriting development program from the Awg, Madman.s documentary VOD platform Docplay and giant cinema projects from Jennifer Peedom and Jo-anne McGowan.s Stranger Than Fiction Films.
Emerging talent will also receive placements with likes of Vicki Madden (The Kettering Incident) and Angie Fielder (Lion) through the People strand of the fudning.
.I would like to offer my congratulations to those who were successful, in an extremely competitive round of Enterprise funding, for presenting us with such distinctive and compelling business ideas,. said head of business and audience Richard Harris. .
The round marks the last of Enterprise.s intended three year cycle.
This year.s round of Screen Australia.s Enterprise funding program, designed to local allow companies to explore innovative new business models and cultivate the careers of emerging talent, will offer six companies and five individuals a share in $2.5 million.
Among successful industry proposals is a screenwriting development program from the Awg, Madman.s documentary VOD platform Docplay and giant cinema projects from Jennifer Peedom and Jo-anne McGowan.s Stranger Than Fiction Films.
Emerging talent will also receive placements with likes of Vicki Madden (The Kettering Incident) and Angie Fielder (Lion) through the People strand of the fudning.
.I would like to offer my congratulations to those who were successful, in an extremely competitive round of Enterprise funding, for presenting us with such distinctive and compelling business ideas,. said head of business and audience Richard Harris. .
The round marks the last of Enterprise.s intended three year cycle.
- 11/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Stranger Than Fiction Films' 'Mountain'.
This year.s round of Screen Australia.s Enterprise funding program, designed to local allow companies to explore innovative new business models and cultivate the careers of emerging talent, will offer six companies and five individuals a share in $2.5 million.
Among successful industry proposals is a screenwriting development program from the Awg, Madman.s documentary VOD platform Docplay and giant cinema projects from Jennifer Peedom and Jo-anne McGowan.s Stranger Than Fiction Films.
Emerging talent will also receive placements with likes of Vicki Madden (The Kettering Incident) and Angie Fielder (Lion) through the People strand of the fudning.
.I would like to offer my congratulations to those who were successful, in an extremely competitive round of Enterprise funding, for presenting us with such distinctive and compelling business ideas,. said head of business and audience Richard Harris. .
The round marks the last of Enterprise.s intended three year cycle.
This year.s round of Screen Australia.s Enterprise funding program, designed to local allow companies to explore innovative new business models and cultivate the careers of emerging talent, will offer six companies and five individuals a share in $2.5 million.
Among successful industry proposals is a screenwriting development program from the Awg, Madman.s documentary VOD platform Docplay and giant cinema projects from Jennifer Peedom and Jo-anne McGowan.s Stranger Than Fiction Films.
Emerging talent will also receive placements with likes of Vicki Madden (The Kettering Incident) and Angie Fielder (Lion) through the People strand of the fudning.
.I would like to offer my congratulations to those who were successful, in an extremely competitive round of Enterprise funding, for presenting us with such distinctive and compelling business ideas,. said head of business and audience Richard Harris. .
The round marks the last of Enterprise.s intended three year cycle.
- 11/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Vr project Buried.
Screen Australia has announced its latest funding round, with $3 million in production and development funding split between two Indigenous TV projects, eight multiplatform projects, eight feature films, and two individuals and two companies.
The two Indigenous television projects to have received production investment are:
–... ABC TV.s previously announced Indigenous comedy drama series The Warriors. From Robert Connolly's Arenamedia, the show is set in the competitive world of Australian Rules Football, and has major production investment from Screen Australia and funding support from Film Victoria;
–... Nitv documentary Carry The Flag,.which delves into the story behind the Torres Strait Island flag designed by Bernard Namok, from Tamarind Tree Pictures with Screen Queensland and Screen Territory support.
The eight multiplatform projects to have received production investment are:
–... Vr project The Buried, a 3D experience that plunges the viewer into a magical Dreamtime world, from Indigenous writer/director Tyson Mowarin,...
Screen Australia has announced its latest funding round, with $3 million in production and development funding split between two Indigenous TV projects, eight multiplatform projects, eight feature films, and two individuals and two companies.
The two Indigenous television projects to have received production investment are:
–... ABC TV.s previously announced Indigenous comedy drama series The Warriors. From Robert Connolly's Arenamedia, the show is set in the competitive world of Australian Rules Football, and has major production investment from Screen Australia and funding support from Film Victoria;
–... Nitv documentary Carry The Flag,.which delves into the story behind the Torres Strait Island flag designed by Bernard Namok, from Tamarind Tree Pictures with Screen Queensland and Screen Territory support.
The eight multiplatform projects to have received production investment are:
–... Vr project The Buried, a 3D experience that plunges the viewer into a magical Dreamtime world, from Indigenous writer/director Tyson Mowarin,...
- 10/19/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Essie Davis as.Miss Fisher.
ABC TV has received a record thirty-three nominations — the most of any network — for this year.s Logie Awards, to be held May 8.
Essie Davis, star of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, is in the running for big prize, the Gold Logie.
Davis is also nominated for the Best Actress and Most Outstanding Actress awards.
The Doctor Blake Mysteries star Craig McLachlan is up against Please Like Me's Josh Thomas for the Best Actor award.
Other ABC acting nominees include Patrick Brammall (Glitch), Sarah Snook (The Beautiful Lie), Deborah Mailman (Redfern Now: Promise Me), Tim Minchin (The Secret River), Emily Barclay (Glitch) and Rarriwuy Hick (Redfern Now: Promise Me).
In the entertainment and comedy categories, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, Utopia, Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, Please Like Me and Gruen all picked up nominations..
Sarah Ferguson's Hitting Home and The Killing Season will...
ABC TV has received a record thirty-three nominations — the most of any network — for this year.s Logie Awards, to be held May 8.
Essie Davis, star of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, is in the running for big prize, the Gold Logie.
Davis is also nominated for the Best Actress and Most Outstanding Actress awards.
The Doctor Blake Mysteries star Craig McLachlan is up against Please Like Me's Josh Thomas for the Best Actor award.
Other ABC acting nominees include Patrick Brammall (Glitch), Sarah Snook (The Beautiful Lie), Deborah Mailman (Redfern Now: Promise Me), Tim Minchin (The Secret River), Emily Barclay (Glitch) and Rarriwuy Hick (Redfern Now: Promise Me).
In the entertainment and comedy categories, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, Utopia, Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, Please Like Me and Gruen all picked up nominations..
Sarah Ferguson's Hitting Home and The Killing Season will...
- 4/4/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Benjamin Rigby (photo credit: Amelia Dowd).
Melbourne-based actor Benjamin Rigby has a solid list of credits, from Neighbours to Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries to The Secret River, but none of them are quite like his next gig - on Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant, currently gearing up to shoot at Fox Studios.
"It's pretty insane", Rigby told If on the line from Melbourne.
"I've known since January, and it has been exceptionally difficult to keep it quiet. My mum and my workplace had to know, but it's been hard" (laughs).
Rigby has worked at Melbourne's Cinema Nova for six years, and "I might still have to go back there after the film and pay my rent. Six years of free movies is pretty good"..
Originally from the Gold Coast, the actor attended boarding school in country Queensland, where his drama class regularly went to see Black Box Theatre productions of Shakespeare at Usq in Toowoomba.
Melbourne-based actor Benjamin Rigby has a solid list of credits, from Neighbours to Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries to The Secret River, but none of them are quite like his next gig - on Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant, currently gearing up to shoot at Fox Studios.
"It's pretty insane", Rigby told If on the line from Melbourne.
"I've known since January, and it has been exceptionally difficult to keep it quiet. My mum and my workplace had to know, but it's been hard" (laughs).
Rigby has worked at Melbourne's Cinema Nova for six years, and "I might still have to go back there after the film and pay my rent. Six years of free movies is pretty good"..
Originally from the Gold Coast, the actor attended boarding school in country Queensland, where his drama class regularly went to see Black Box Theatre productions of Shakespeare at Usq in Toowoomba.
- 3/16/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
ABC iview has maintained its pole position as the most used free-to-air internet TV site in 2015..
ABC iview hit a new record in November with more than 40 million program plays (which is more than double the program plays from the same time last year) and had over 2 million visitors to its site and apps each month.
Total ABC prime-time share was stable year-on-year at 14.3 per cent, and ABC TV remained the leading daytime network, according to a company statement.
The ABC Kids iview app, launched in March, had over half a million downloads.
ABC Television director, Richard Finlayson, said the national broadcaster went into the year acknowledging that audience viewing habits were shifting..
"We had to reflect this in our programming, delivery platforms and the way in which we reported on audiences, and I.m delighted with the results on all fronts,. he said.
.Our success is testament to the...
ABC iview hit a new record in November with more than 40 million program plays (which is more than double the program plays from the same time last year) and had over 2 million visitors to its site and apps each month.
Total ABC prime-time share was stable year-on-year at 14.3 per cent, and ABC TV remained the leading daytime network, according to a company statement.
The ABC Kids iview app, launched in March, had over half a million downloads.
ABC Television director, Richard Finlayson, said the national broadcaster went into the year acknowledging that audience viewing habits were shifting..
"We had to reflect this in our programming, delivery platforms and the way in which we reported on audiences, and I.m delighted with the results on all fronts,. he said.
.Our success is testament to the...
- 12/4/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Matchbox Pictures has won the Production Business of the Year award at the 15th annual Screen Producers Australia Awards.
The awards, were hosted by television and radio presenter James Mathison at Melbourne.s Palladium at Crown during the 30th Screen Forever Conference.
For a full list of awards, see below.
Matchbox Pictures was founded by Australian producers Tony Ayres, Penny Chapman, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon and Helen Panckhurst in 2008.
It was acquired by NBC Universal in 2014..
Matchbox specialises in television drama, children.s programming, factual and entertainment content, animation and feature films for the domestic and international marketplace..
Most recently, Matchbox has produced the popular reality television series Real Housewives of Melbourne, feature film Ali.s Wedding, Lally Katz.s comedy mini-series Stories I Want To Tell You In Person for the ABC, and the youth television drama series Nowhere Boys for ABC Television, which was honoured with the Screen...
The awards, were hosted by television and radio presenter James Mathison at Melbourne.s Palladium at Crown during the 30th Screen Forever Conference.
For a full list of awards, see below.
Matchbox Pictures was founded by Australian producers Tony Ayres, Penny Chapman, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon and Helen Panckhurst in 2008.
It was acquired by NBC Universal in 2014..
Matchbox specialises in television drama, children.s programming, factual and entertainment content, animation and feature films for the domestic and international marketplace..
Most recently, Matchbox has produced the popular reality television series Real Housewives of Melbourne, feature film Ali.s Wedding, Lally Katz.s comedy mini-series Stories I Want To Tell You In Person for the ABC, and the youth television drama series Nowhere Boys for ABC Television, which was honoured with the Screen...
- 11/24/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Jed Kurzel.s string-based score for Scottish director John Maclean.s Slow West won the feature film prize at the 13th Screen Music Awards.
It was the composer's second win in the category; his first was for brother Justin Kurzel.s Snowtown in 2011. Jed also scored Justin's Macbeth and Jennifer Kent.s The Babadook.
Via video link Kurzel thanked Maclean for suggesting .I write something that he could whistle.. He said he was incredibly surprised and very honoured to win the award, .particularly amongst such an amazing group of artists.. David Hirschfelder took home the gongs for best music for a TV series or serial for BBC First.s Banished and best soundtrack album for The Water Diviner.
Antony Partos won best music for a documentary for Jen Peedom.s Sherpa and best TV theme went to Roger Mason for Playmaker Media.s The Code.
Ruby Entertainment.s ABC drama...
It was the composer's second win in the category; his first was for brother Justin Kurzel.s Snowtown in 2011. Jed also scored Justin's Macbeth and Jennifer Kent.s The Babadook.
Via video link Kurzel thanked Maclean for suggesting .I write something that he could whistle.. He said he was incredibly surprised and very honoured to win the award, .particularly amongst such an amazing group of artists.. David Hirschfelder took home the gongs for best music for a TV series or serial for BBC First.s Banished and best soundtrack album for The Water Diviner.
Antony Partos won best music for a documentary for Jen Peedom.s Sherpa and best TV theme went to Roger Mason for Playmaker Media.s The Code.
Ruby Entertainment.s ABC drama...
- 11/12/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia recouped just $2.2 million from its investments in feature films, $2.5 million from TV sales and $500,000 from documentaries in 2014/2015.
The agency.s annual report revealed total income of $102 million and a deficit of $2.84 million, which was in line with the $3 million deficit previously approved by the Finance Minister.
After budget cuts which saw the head count reduced by 10 per cent, operating costs were cut by 10.9 per cent to $17.2 million.
Total recoupment of production investment for the financial year was $6.2 million, of which $900,000 was returned to producers under the legacy agencies. producer revenue entitlement scheme and the revenue reversion policy.
Of the net recoupment, $1.8 million (35 per cent) came from Australia and $3.5 million from international sales.. Investment in children.s programming recouped $800,000 while adult TV returned $1.7 million.
As the report notes, documentary funding has largely been provided as grants since 2010.
By contrast in the previous fiscal year, Screen Australia recouped $6.8 million including $2.1 million from features,...
The agency.s annual report revealed total income of $102 million and a deficit of $2.84 million, which was in line with the $3 million deficit previously approved by the Finance Minister.
After budget cuts which saw the head count reduced by 10 per cent, operating costs were cut by 10.9 per cent to $17.2 million.
Total recoupment of production investment for the financial year was $6.2 million, of which $900,000 was returned to producers under the legacy agencies. producer revenue entitlement scheme and the revenue reversion policy.
Of the net recoupment, $1.8 million (35 per cent) came from Australia and $3.5 million from international sales.. Investment in children.s programming recouped $800,000 while adult TV returned $1.7 million.
As the report notes, documentary funding has largely been provided as grants since 2010.
By contrast in the previous fiscal year, Screen Australia recouped $6.8 million including $2.1 million from features,...
- 11/5/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Us writer, producer and showrunner Alexa Junge has been a writer or producer on Friends, Sex and the City, West Wing and United States of Tara.
Next year she will be one of the international headline guests at the 2016 National Screenwriters' Conference, Australia's premier gathering of film and television writers.
Junge has been an important figure in the screenwriting industry for two decades and is now leading the charge into online entertainment with projects including Netflix.s Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Martin Sheen.
The conference at Phillip Island in Victoria from 9-11 March next year will bring together screenwriters from around Australia together with international speakers and other industry luminaries from around the world.
Awg executive director, Jacqueline Elaine, said Nsc 2016 would be one of the major film and television industry events of the year and a must-attend for professional and aspiring screenwriters and...
Next year she will be one of the international headline guests at the 2016 National Screenwriters' Conference, Australia's premier gathering of film and television writers.
Junge has been an important figure in the screenwriting industry for two decades and is now leading the charge into online entertainment with projects including Netflix.s Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Martin Sheen.
The conference at Phillip Island in Victoria from 9-11 March next year will bring together screenwriters from around Australia together with international speakers and other industry luminaries from around the world.
Awg executive director, Jacqueline Elaine, said Nsc 2016 would be one of the major film and television industry events of the year and a must-attend for professional and aspiring screenwriters and...
- 10/30/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Australian TV drama expenditure has fallen 13 per cent despite total expenditure on drama hitting $837 million - just one per cent down on last year's record high. That's according to the 2014/15 Screen Australia Drama Report which tracks production activity in film, television and online. The Drama Report data is in its 25th year and monitors the health of the industry through measures of hours, spend and sources of finance. TV drama is coming off four years of increased investment, and drama spend and hours are down as broadcasters deal with straightened times and new competitors. Overall, the 2014/15 Australian TV drama slate comprised 517 hours of programs (47 titles), accounting for expenditure in Australia of $299 million. The results were down on last year as the adult TV drama slate fell back from recent record expenditure levels. Expenditure on children.s TV drama increased, although hours decreased. The 2014/15 Australian children.s drama slate comprised 116 hours...
- 10/29/2015
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Documentary filmmaker Sonya Pemberton and post production maven John Fleming are the latest recipients of the Film Victoria Screen Leader Awards.
The agency also announced the creation of two awards for a director and screenwriter in 2016, honouring Fred Schepisi and Jan Sardi.
The Film Victoria — Fred Schepisi Award for Achievement in Directing salutes the director, producer and screenwriter who made his name with The Devil.s Playground and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.
Among his stellar credits are Iceman, Barbarosa, Plenty, Roxanne, Six Degrees of Separation, Iq, Evil Angels, Last Orders, The Eye of the Storm and Words and Pictures.
The Film Victoria — Jan Sardi Award for Achievement in Screenwriting recognises the achievements of the screenwriter whose first feature was Moving Out in 1983, followed by such works as the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for Shine, Love.s Brother, Mao.s Last Dancer and, most recently, the ABC miniseries The Secret River,...
The agency also announced the creation of two awards for a director and screenwriter in 2016, honouring Fred Schepisi and Jan Sardi.
The Film Victoria — Fred Schepisi Award for Achievement in Directing salutes the director, producer and screenwriter who made his name with The Devil.s Playground and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.
Among his stellar credits are Iceman, Barbarosa, Plenty, Roxanne, Six Degrees of Separation, Iq, Evil Angels, Last Orders, The Eye of the Storm and Words and Pictures.
The Film Victoria — Jan Sardi Award for Achievement in Screenwriting recognises the achievements of the screenwriter whose first feature was Moving Out in 1983, followed by such works as the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for Shine, Love.s Brother, Mao.s Last Dancer and, most recently, the ABC miniseries The Secret River,...
- 10/5/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Downriver, Holding The Man, The Infinite Man, Kill Me Three Times and Maya The Bee Movie will compete for best feature film at the 15th Screen Producers Australia Awards.
In contention for the TV drama series prize are The Code, Glitch, Love Child series 2 and the third seasons of Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries and Wentworth.
To be presented on November 19, the awards recognise excellence in 11 film, television and interactive categories including the inaugural short film production award.
The nominees for feature documentary production are Between A Frock And A Hard Place, The Dalfram Dispute 1938: Pig Iron Bob, Sam Klemke.s Time Machine, That Sugar Film and Women He.s Undressed.
In the running for best telemovie or miniseries are Catching Milat, Deadline Gallipoli, Devil.s Playground, House of Hancock and The Secret River.
The contenders for best TV comedy are 8Mmm Aboriginal Radio, series 2 of Danger 5, Maximum Choppage,...
In contention for the TV drama series prize are The Code, Glitch, Love Child series 2 and the third seasons of Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries and Wentworth.
To be presented on November 19, the awards recognise excellence in 11 film, television and interactive categories including the inaugural short film production award.
The nominees for feature documentary production are Between A Frock And A Hard Place, The Dalfram Dispute 1938: Pig Iron Bob, Sam Klemke.s Time Machine, That Sugar Film and Women He.s Undressed.
In the running for best telemovie or miniseries are Catching Milat, Deadline Gallipoli, Devil.s Playground, House of Hancock and The Secret River.
The contenders for best TV comedy are 8Mmm Aboriginal Radio, series 2 of Danger 5, Maximum Choppage,...
- 9/23/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight.s The Water Diviner won the top prize and the gong for best original feature at the 2015 Awgie Awards.
It was the first time a feature collected the Australian Writers' Guild's Major Award and the gong for original feature since 2012 when Tony Briggs and Keith Thompson won with The Sapphires.
The prize for feature film adaptation was shared by Brendan Cowell for Scarlett Productions'. Ruben Guthrie and Tommy Murphy for Matchbox Pictures' Holding the Man.
Matchbox and Full Clip.s Deadline Gallipoli was named best original TV miniseries, acknowledging the work of writers Jacquelin Perske (also script producer), Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland.
FremantleMedia.s Wentworth Season 3, Episode 3 The Governor.s Pleasure by Stuart Page shared the TV series award with Endemol Australia.s Offspring Episode 511 by Michael Lucas. Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon took the award for best miniseries adaptation for...
It was the first time a feature collected the Australian Writers' Guild's Major Award and the gong for original feature since 2012 when Tony Briggs and Keith Thompson won with The Sapphires.
The prize for feature film adaptation was shared by Brendan Cowell for Scarlett Productions'. Ruben Guthrie and Tommy Murphy for Matchbox Pictures' Holding the Man.
Matchbox and Full Clip.s Deadline Gallipoli was named best original TV miniseries, acknowledging the work of writers Jacquelin Perske (also script producer), Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland.
FremantleMedia.s Wentworth Season 3, Episode 3 The Governor.s Pleasure by Stuart Page shared the TV series award with Endemol Australia.s Offspring Episode 511 by Michael Lucas. Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon took the award for best miniseries adaptation for...
- 9/14/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Nine features have been nominated for this year's Awgie Awards for performance writing.
Eight telemovies and miniseries are in contention. The Australian Writers. Guild says nominations in the 25 categories for the 48th Annual Awgie Awards reflect the abundance of outstanding work currently being produced in Australia. Nominees for best original telemovie are Steven McGregor for Redfern Now: Promise Me and Katherine Thomson for House of Hancock, while Christopher Lee.s Gallipoli and Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon.s The Secret River contend for best adaptation in a television miniseries. There are four nominees for original television mini-series: The Principal by Alice Addison and Kristen Dunphy; The Kettering Incident by Vicki Madden, Andrew Knight, Cate Shortland and Louise Fox; Deadline Gallipoli by Jacquelin Perske, Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland; and Love Child: Series 2 from Tim Pye, Cathryn Strickland, Chris McCourt, Jane Allen and Tamara Asmar. In the categories...
Eight telemovies and miniseries are in contention. The Australian Writers. Guild says nominations in the 25 categories for the 48th Annual Awgie Awards reflect the abundance of outstanding work currently being produced in Australia. Nominees for best original telemovie are Steven McGregor for Redfern Now: Promise Me and Katherine Thomson for House of Hancock, while Christopher Lee.s Gallipoli and Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon.s The Secret River contend for best adaptation in a television miniseries. There are four nominees for original television mini-series: The Principal by Alice Addison and Kristen Dunphy; The Kettering Incident by Vicki Madden, Andrew Knight, Cate Shortland and Louise Fox; Deadline Gallipoli by Jacquelin Perske, Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland; and Love Child: Series 2 from Tim Pye, Cathryn Strickland, Chris McCourt, Jane Allen and Tamara Asmar. In the categories...
- 7/23/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
When Daina Reid was offered the chance to direct The Secret River, the ABC miniseries based on Kate Grenville.s novel, she found the subject confronting.
The 2-part drama, which premieres on June 14, depicts the dispossession of Indigenous Australians by the British colonialists.
.I was confronted by my own lack of education about our history,. says Reid, whose recent credits include Nowhere Boys, Offspring, Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs and Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries.
.I knew some of the stories from primary school but I remember learning about Aboriginal culture as if it was a dead culture..
Scripted by Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon, the $8.7 million drama stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Mr Selfridge, Raven, Dracula) as Will Thornhill, an English convict who is transported to Nsw in 1805.
Sarah Snook plays his wife Sal. Will.s claim over a piece of land on the Hawkesbury River brings...
The 2-part drama, which premieres on June 14, depicts the dispossession of Indigenous Australians by the British colonialists.
.I was confronted by my own lack of education about our history,. says Reid, whose recent credits include Nowhere Boys, Offspring, Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs and Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries.
.I knew some of the stories from primary school but I remember learning about Aboriginal culture as if it was a dead culture..
Scripted by Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon, the $8.7 million drama stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Mr Selfridge, Raven, Dracula) as Will Thornhill, an English convict who is transported to Nsw in 1805.
Sarah Snook plays his wife Sal. Will.s claim over a piece of land on the Hawkesbury River brings...
- 6/4/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The ABC's 1970s crime and political corruption drama Power Without Glory based on Frank Hardy.s classic 1950 novel is to get a remake.
Producer Jane Scott and screenwriter Jan Sardi have optioned the TV rights from Hardy.s estate and the screenplay will be written by Sardi and Mac Gudgeon.
Oscar Whitbread produced the 26-episode series which aired in 1976 and starred Martin Vaughan as John West, Heather Canning, Irene Inescort, Rosalind Speirs and George Mallaby.
Scott is shopping the project, envisioned as two series each of six episodes, to Australian and international networks and distributors. No director is aboard yet.
A fictionalised version of the life of Melbourne businessman and Alp power-broker John Wren, the plot followed rise of John West from his poverty stricken beginnings in the slums of Melbourne ín the late 19th century to one of the most powerful and corrupt men in the land. The primary...
Producer Jane Scott and screenwriter Jan Sardi have optioned the TV rights from Hardy.s estate and the screenplay will be written by Sardi and Mac Gudgeon.
Oscar Whitbread produced the 26-episode series which aired in 1976 and starred Martin Vaughan as John West, Heather Canning, Irene Inescort, Rosalind Speirs and George Mallaby.
Scott is shopping the project, envisioned as two series each of six episodes, to Australian and international networks and distributors. No director is aboard yet.
A fictionalised version of the life of Melbourne businessman and Alp power-broker John Wren, the plot followed rise of John West from his poverty stricken beginnings in the slums of Melbourne ín the late 19th century to one of the most powerful and corrupt men in the land. The primary...
- 5/13/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man, Simon Stone.s The Daughter, Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin and Jen Peedom.s feature doc Sherpa will have their world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival.
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Sarah Snook, Benedict Samuel and Rodger Corser head the cast in The Beautiful Lie, a contemporary re-imagining of Leo Tolstoy.s classic novel Anna Karenina. Directed by Glendyn Ivin and Peter Salmon and produced by Endemol Australia.s John Edwards and Imogen Banks, the 6-part ABC drama starts shooting in Melbourne next week. Scripted by Alice Bell (Puberty Blues, The Slap, Rush) and Jonathan Gavin (Party Tricks, Offspring, Mr & Mrs Murder), the series is billed as a sprawling saga of adultery, scandal, manners and mayhem involving three enmeshed families across three generations The supporting cast includes Celia Pacquola, Daniel Henshall, Sophie Lowe, Alexander England, Catherine McClements, Dan Wyllie and Gina Riley. The protagonists are Anna (Snook) and her husband Xander (Corser), who is 15 years her senior. Both are former tennis professionals. Anna manages to juggle career and family until her brother Kingsley (Henshall) is caught philandering and she is called on to intervene.
- 4/13/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The ABC has today announced that Deputy Head of Fiction, Greer Simpkin, will step down from her role on February 27.
Simpkin, who has held the role for just under five years, will move into the independent production sector and has been appointed as Head of Television for Bunya Productions, the film production company co-owned by producer David Jowsey and writer/director Ivan Sen (Mystery Road). The new position is supported by a Screen Queensland Enterprise grant and is based out of Queensland.
During her time at the ABC, Simpkin has been responsible for a number of award-winning and critically acclaimed shows, such as The Slap, Rake, Jack Irish, Mabo, Janet King, Upper Middle Bogan, Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries, Please Like Me, Carlotta, Paper Giants and Devil.s Dust.
She was also an Executive Producer for The Code, Parer.s War, Hiding, The Secret River and co-production Serangoon Road.
In...
Simpkin, who has held the role for just under five years, will move into the independent production sector and has been appointed as Head of Television for Bunya Productions, the film production company co-owned by producer David Jowsey and writer/director Ivan Sen (Mystery Road). The new position is supported by a Screen Queensland Enterprise grant and is based out of Queensland.
During her time at the ABC, Simpkin has been responsible for a number of award-winning and critically acclaimed shows, such as The Slap, Rake, Jack Irish, Mabo, Janet King, Upper Middle Bogan, Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries, Please Like Me, Carlotta, Paper Giants and Devil.s Dust.
She was also an Executive Producer for The Code, Parer.s War, Hiding, The Secret River and co-production Serangoon Road.
In...
- 2/5/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Shaun Micallef as a fictional former prime minister who is desperate to stay relevant, a comedy series starring The Project.s Charlie Pickering and a modern re-telling of Anna Karenina.
These are among the highlights of the ABC.s 2015 line-up unveiled today by director of television Richard Finlayson. .The breadth and depth of our slate reflects the quality of Australian independent production,. Finlayson told If.
The executive acknowledges producers are fearful of the impact of looming budget cuts to be imposed by the federal government but says, .We know the cuts cast a pall of uncertainty but we are getting on with the process of commissioning as best we can. By and large it is business as usual.. Micallef will star in The Ex-pm as Australia.s third longest-serving Prime Minister who has far too much time on his hands and no one to waste it on in a Cjz...
These are among the highlights of the ABC.s 2015 line-up unveiled today by director of television Richard Finlayson. .The breadth and depth of our slate reflects the quality of Australian independent production,. Finlayson told If.
The executive acknowledges producers are fearful of the impact of looming budget cuts to be imposed by the federal government but says, .We know the cuts cast a pall of uncertainty but we are getting on with the process of commissioning as best we can. By and large it is business as usual.. Micallef will star in The Ex-pm as Australia.s third longest-serving Prime Minister who has far too much time on his hands and no one to waste it on in a Cjz...
- 11/12/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Sue Masters has re-joined Sbs as the executive producer of drama.
Masters reports to Alison Sharman, who was named head of commissioning for Sbs One and Sbs 2 last year.
Her appointment follows the retirement of Caterina de Nave as Ep of drama and comedy, TV and online.
.Sue will be a fantastic addition to the team and we are very much looking forward to having her on board to continue progressing our drama slate,. Sbs Head of TV Tony Iffland told If.
.Sue has an outstanding track record in Australian drama production, which our Sbs audience will soon come to appreciate..
Sbs has not announced a new local drama this year but a spokeswoman said, "We have several in development at the moment and hope to make a key announcement for 2015 very soon."
Masters was appointed supervising executive producer for comedy and drama for Sbs in 2008. In 2010 she was the...
Masters reports to Alison Sharman, who was named head of commissioning for Sbs One and Sbs 2 last year.
Her appointment follows the retirement of Caterina de Nave as Ep of drama and comedy, TV and online.
.Sue will be a fantastic addition to the team and we are very much looking forward to having her on board to continue progressing our drama slate,. Sbs Head of TV Tony Iffland told If.
.Sue has an outstanding track record in Australian drama production, which our Sbs audience will soon come to appreciate..
Sbs has not announced a new local drama this year but a spokeswoman said, "We have several in development at the moment and hope to make a key announcement for 2015 very soon."
Masters was appointed supervising executive producer for comedy and drama for Sbs in 2008. In 2010 she was the...
- 7/24/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Producing a TV drama series in a third world country can be a hazardous undertaking- particularly when Molotov cocktails are detonated in the city nearly every night.
That was one of the risks that Australian producer Mark Ruse faced when he spent the past year in the Bangladesh capital Dakar producing a 16-part series for the national broadcaster Btv.
Other occupational hazards included 100 days of strikes, violent street demonstrations, cars and buses being set on fire, and a cyclone. Despite all that Ruse tells If, .It was a lots of fun working around all these things to make a drama series..
He is partnered with Stephen Luby in Ruby Entertainment; their credits include Bed of Roses, Let Loose Live, The Murray Whelan telemovies and the movie The Extra.
Ruse was commissioned to create the series by the BBC, which produces TV projects in third world countries via its BBC Media Action program,...
That was one of the risks that Australian producer Mark Ruse faced when he spent the past year in the Bangladesh capital Dakar producing a 16-part series for the national broadcaster Btv.
Other occupational hazards included 100 days of strikes, violent street demonstrations, cars and buses being set on fire, and a cyclone. Despite all that Ruse tells If, .It was a lots of fun working around all these things to make a drama series..
He is partnered with Stephen Luby in Ruby Entertainment; their credits include Bed of Roses, Let Loose Live, The Murray Whelan telemovies and the movie The Extra.
Ruse was commissioned to create the series by the BBC, which produces TV projects in third world countries via its BBC Media Action program,...
- 2/9/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia board.s first meeting since Graeme Mason was hired as CEO was eventful as the agency approved $11 million investment in four feature films, four adult dramas and one children.s series.
All told, that will trigger $70 million in production. The features include family film Oddball from the team who made Kenny, starring Shane Jacobson and directed by his brother Clayton; and See-Saw Films. Life, which stars Dane DeHaan and Robert Pattinson.
Two theatrical documentaries were funded: Only the Dead, which explores the career of Australian war correspondent Michael Ware; and Sherpa: In the Shadow of the Mountain, which looks at the drama of a high altitude Everest expedition from the point of view of the Sherpas.
.This is a strong line-up of character-driven feature projects coming from an incredibly talented mix of filmmakers,. said Mason.
Scripted by Peter Ivan, Oddball centres on an eccentric chicken farmer who saves...
All told, that will trigger $70 million in production. The features include family film Oddball from the team who made Kenny, starring Shane Jacobson and directed by his brother Clayton; and See-Saw Films. Life, which stars Dane DeHaan and Robert Pattinson.
Two theatrical documentaries were funded: Only the Dead, which explores the career of Australian war correspondent Michael Ware; and Sherpa: In the Shadow of the Mountain, which looks at the drama of a high altitude Everest expedition from the point of view of the Sherpas.
.This is a strong line-up of character-driven feature projects coming from an incredibly talented mix of filmmakers,. said Mason.
Scripted by Peter Ivan, Oddball centres on an eccentric chicken farmer who saves...
- 12/5/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Just 11 days into his job as the ABC.s Director of Television, Richard Finlayson has affirmed the broadcaster.s commitment to Australian drama and children.s programming.
In his first public address Finlayson identified one of his major challenges as appealing to audiences who are increasingly watching content online.. .According to Lek consulting, over 50% of viewing in the 18-24 demographic is already on-demand,. he told Screen Australia.s Jobs, Dollars, Hearts and Minds conference in Canberra.
.It will be 80% as early as 2017 and older demographics are close behind. We cannot afford to be complacent about the impact of this shift. Add to that the local aspirations of global content makers and distributors, rising costs and declining returns - and there will be plenty to think about.
.But thankfully, there actually is a silver bullet solution. If you understand your audiences, and provide them with compelling Australian content, where and when they want it,...
In his first public address Finlayson identified one of his major challenges as appealing to audiences who are increasingly watching content online.. .According to Lek consulting, over 50% of viewing in the 18-24 demographic is already on-demand,. he told Screen Australia.s Jobs, Dollars, Hearts and Minds conference in Canberra.
.It will be 80% as early as 2017 and older demographics are close behind. We cannot afford to be complacent about the impact of this shift. Add to that the local aspirations of global content makers and distributors, rising costs and declining returns - and there will be plenty to think about.
.But thankfully, there actually is a silver bullet solution. If you understand your audiences, and provide them with compelling Australian content, where and when they want it,...
- 6/18/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Hive Lab has announced its film-makers to collaborate with artists, theatre actors, choreographers, animators and writers over 11-14 October. The list of film-makers include Sophie Raymond, co-director of Mrs Carey’s Concert and Natasha Pincus, director of music video Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye with artists such as Eddie Perfect and Bill Henson.The announcement:
A roll call of some of Australia’s most extraordinary artists, filmmakers, theatre practitioners, choreographers, animators and writers have signed up for the Hive Lab, taking place during the Melbourne Festival from 11-14 October. The four-day Hive Lab brings seventeen filmmakers and artists together in a creative clash of cultures, nurturing new ideas that cut across artistic boundaries.
The second Hive Lab was originally conceived by Adelaide Film Festival and is co-presented with Australia Council, ABC TV, Screen Australia and the South Australian Film Corporation.
The 2012 Hive Lab participants are arts and performance practitioners Bill Henson,...
A roll call of some of Australia’s most extraordinary artists, filmmakers, theatre practitioners, choreographers, animators and writers have signed up for the Hive Lab, taking place during the Melbourne Festival from 11-14 October. The four-day Hive Lab brings seventeen filmmakers and artists together in a creative clash of cultures, nurturing new ideas that cut across artistic boundaries.
The second Hive Lab was originally conceived by Adelaide Film Festival and is co-presented with Australia Council, ABC TV, Screen Australia and the South Australian Film Corporation.
The 2012 Hive Lab participants are arts and performance practitioners Bill Henson,...
- 9/13/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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