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WA’s Newest Bridge Dedicated to World War 1 Hero

Premier Mark McGowan and Transport Minister Rita Saffioti joined representatives from the Throssell family and the Returned Services League (RSL) recently to officially announce the State’s newest bridge has been named the Hugo Throssell VC bridge. Situated along Armadale Road and over Nicholson Road, the bridge is part of $145 million Armadale Road duplication project,…

High in the Clouds to be Adapted into Animated Feature

Netflix and Gaumont are producing a new animated feature from iconic songwriter, author and filmmaker, Paul McCartney titled High in the Clouds based on the popular children’s adventure novel of the same title by McCartney and Geoff Dunbar, and Philip Ardagh. An imaginative teenage squirrel named Wirral finds himself pulled into a ramshackle gang of…

Netflix Announces Spotify Series

Netflix has announced the untitled scripted series about the Swedish start-up that shook the entire music industry and evolved into becoming one of the world’s leading music services – Spotify. The limited series is inspired by the book ‘Spotify Untold’ by authors Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud – both business reporters at Swedish Dagens Industri…

Anthony Garland’s Alternate Receives Production Investment

South Australian Film Corporation and Screen Australia have announced production investment for writer/director Anthony Garland’s feature film debut Alternate. The high-concept sci-fi thriller will be produced by Anna Vincent (Demonic, I Am Mother), Ali Mueller (Category Five, Ophelia) and Anita Gou (The Farewell, Honey Boy), with executive producer Timothy White (I Am Mother, The Luminaries).…

BBC 3 Acquires UK Rights for Shrill

BBC Three has acquired the UK rights from Warner Bros. Television for the highly successful comedy series Shrill. The first series will be available as a boxset on BBC iPlayer from Sunday 15 December. The 6×25 series stars Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live) as Annie, an overweight young woman who wants to change her life…

Netflix Acquires Shaun the Sheep Sequel Rights

Netflix has acquired the US, Canada and Latin America rights to Aardman’s A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon from STUDIOCANAL, which will be available on the service in early 2020. When an alien named LU-LA crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, her magical powers, irrepressible mischief and galactic sized burps soon have Shaun the Sheep and…

CJ ENM and Studio Dragon announce Partnership with Netflix

CJ ENM and its subsidiary Studio Dragon, Korea’s leading production studio, and Netflix, have entered into a strategic partnership, highlighted by a multi-year content production and distribution agreement. As part of a three-year partnership beginning in 2020, Studio Dragon and its stellar roster of creators will produce original series that will be available to Netflix…

Midsumma Festival 2020 Launches Program

Australia’s premier 22-day queer arts experience, Midsumma Festival, have launched the 2020 program. Celebrating LGBTQIA+ diverse journeys and communities, Midsumma will spotlight an array of spectacular performances, exhibitions, talks and social events, showcasing preeminent queer arts and cultural festivities with leading international, national and local artists. Crowds of over 285,000 are expected to attend 194…

Vikings Spinoff Series for Netflix

Netflix has announced Vikings: Valhalla, a new original series from creator Michael Hirst that continues the storytelling of his beloved epic Vikings saga. Jeb Stuart To Write and Executive Produce New Series The new saga begins 100 years after the original series concludes and dramatizes the adventures of the most famous Vikings who ever lived…