ABC, Screen Australia and Create NSW have announced that filming has started in Sydney on the highly anticipated season two of the AACTA Award-winning comedy The Letdown. Produced by Julian Morrow (The Checkout, The Chaser’s War on Everything) and Linda Micsko (Maximum Choppage, Laid) for Giant Dwarf, creators/writers Sarah Scheller and Alison Bell once again…
The ABC Receives 57 AACTA Award nominations
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The ABC has scored an unrivalled 57 AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Award nominations across 23 categories, more than any other broadcaster, with Mystery Road and Riot both in line to win 11 of Australia’s top screen prizes. The ABC’s landmark Mystery Road (Best Drama) and Riot (Best Telefeature or Mini Series)…
The First Purge
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Director Gerard McMurray Starring Y’lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade Rated MA Score 2.5/6 America’s third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given to anyone who…
DisRupted Funding Program to Amplify Disabled Filmmakers Work
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ABC Children’s and Screen Australia have partnered on an exciting new funding program to showcase and amplify the work of Australian creatives and content makers with disability. DisRupted will fund three to four individuals or teams to make a standalone film to reflect and capture what it’s like to be a young person with disability…
Restored Field Gun Returned to Public Display
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A World War One era artillery piece – captured from the Ottoman Empire but resident in WA for almost a century – was today officially returned to public display after an extensive restoration process. The German-made Krupp 75mm field gun was manufactured in 1905 as part of an Ottoman Empire order for 600 such weapons.…
Writer-Producer Chris Van Dusen Signs Netflix Deal
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Writer-producer Chris Van Dusen has signed a brand new, multi-year series overall deal with Netflix. Under the terms of the agreement, Van Dusen will create new series and other projects for the streaming platform. His first will be Shondaland’s Untitled Bridgerton Project, a one-hour drama ordered straight-to-series, based on Julia Quinn’s best-selling novels. Van Dusen…
Short Film Series Honours WA women & Aboriginal soldiers in WWI
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The descendants of Aboriginal soldiers from WA who served in World War One today joined Veterans Issues Minister Peter Tinley to launch a series of short films that will air on public screens in and around Perth’s cultural centre from today until Sunday November 11, 2018. “I am very pleased that Tony and John Farmer…
Bohemian Rhapsody
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Director Bryan Singer Starring Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Joseph Mazzello Rated M Score 6/6 A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen’s legendary appearance at the Live Aid (1985) concert. Okay, it should be noted that director Bryan Singer was fired during the production of Bohemian Rhapsody and replaced by Dexter Fletcher. But the…
Netflix Working on Wyclef Jean CG Animated Musical
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Netflix has announced that it is working with musical visionary Wyclef Jean on a CG animated feature film that reimagines his life story. Stampede, the recently launched entertainment media company from Greg Silverman, is partnering with the three-time Grammy Award-winning musician to produce the feature film, which will be written by Justin Marks (The Jungle…
BBC Two Commissions Series Documenting Archaeological Discoveries Along HS2 Route
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BBC Two has commissioned a major new TV series documenting the huge number of archaeological discoveries being made along the length of the HS2 route. Made by Lion Television, Britain’s Biggest Dig (working title) has been granted exclusive access to HS2’s archaeology teams, offering a unique opportunity to record and explore the biggest archaeological excavation…