The ABC and Screen Australia are thrilled to announce production has commenced in Western Australia on the highly anticipated second season of the critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning series Mystery Road: Origin. The six-part drama series continues to delve into the early years of Detective Jay Swan, played by AACTA Award-winning Lead Actor and proud Nyikina…
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Comedy Series Top End Bub Goes into Production in May 2024
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Screen Australia, Prime Video, Goalpost Pictures, ZDF Studios, Screen Territory and South Australian Film Corporation have announced that new romantic comedy series, Top End Bub, will be going into production in May 2024. Top End Bub sees Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, The Sapphires, The Artful Dodger) and Gwilym Lee (Bohemian Rhapsody, The Great) return to…
Drama Series Plum Headed to ABC
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ABC and Screen Australia are thrilled to announce that Brendan Cowell and Asher Keddie have joined forces to star in the powerful six-part drama series Plum, based on Brendan’s novel of the same name. Filming in the Sutherland Shire, NSW, and premiering on ABC TV and ABC iview in 2025, Plum is produced by Roadshow…
SBS and Screen Australia Announce Swift Street
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SBS and Screen Australia have announced the commissioning of a new eight-part Australian drama series Swift Street, in partnership with Fifth Season. Screen Australia’s Head of Content, Grainne Brunsdon said that Swift Street is a fast, funny, and gritty family crime drama, set in bustling inner-city Melbourne, where the rich and poor collide. This high-paced…
Netflix Heartbreak High Reboot
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Production now underway in Sydney on the Netflix reboot of the much-loved Australian young adult series, Heartbreak High. An eight-episode series inspired by the original ‘90s series, but totally reimagined for a new generation, Heartbreak High will make its global debut on Netflix in 2022. Chris Oliver Taylor (Glitch) and Carly Heaton (The End) will…
Round the Twist: Season 1 Episode 13 Lighthouse Blues
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Director Esben Storm Starring Tamsin West, Sam Vandenberg, Rodney McLennan, Richard Moir & Bunney Brooke Rated G Score 6/6 Gribble and his partner evict the Twists from the Lighthouse, in order to build an amusement park. But with the help of some friendly ghosts, the Twists win the battle to save their home. Alright, I…
A Look at Australian Television: Police Rescue Season 1 Episode 1: Mates
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Director Michael Carson Written by Peter Schreck Starring Gary Sweet, Sonia Todd, Steve Bastoni, John Clayton, Tammy Macintosh Rated PG Score 4.5/6 ‘Mickey” struggles with now being a weekend dad, tries to help a potential suicide, and has an altercation with his Inspector. For those of you who haven’t heard of Police Rescue, it’s an…
New Study Looking into Australia’s Relationship with Film and TV
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Is the last Australian show you’ve binged Round the Twist? Is your favourite Aussie movie of this century still Kenny? Is it news to you that Hoyts now has reclining seats? A new study seeks to shed light on the preferences and behaviours of Australian moviegoers and TV watchers. Oddity Entertainment are asking how and…
2019 Logies Coming to the Gold Coast
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Australia’s TV A-list will return to the Gold Coast for the 2019 TV WEEK Logies on Sunday, 30 June, Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones has announced. Minister Jones said the industry’s night-of-nights was the ideal platform to showcase Queensland as a film and television powerhouse and world-class tourism destination. “The Logies delivered a great…
Prisoner Zero – Rogue: Part 1 Episode 1 Season 1
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Series Producer & Director Josh Campbell Rated PG Scoe 4/6 Zero, Gem and Del are aboard the recently stolen Rogue, on the run from the Imperium. An enormous experimental ship of unknown, alien origins, the Rogue had been outfitted with the latest Imperium technology, including the ship’s artificial intelligence. On the hunt to solve a…