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Troppo Headed to ABC in 2022

ABC, AGC Television, Screen Australia and Screen Queensland are thrilled to announce that American actor Thomas Jane (The Expanse, Hung) is heading to tropical Queensland to star in the new eight-part crime drama Troppo, based on Candice Fox’s bestselling novel Crimson Lake. Produced by EQ Media Group and Beyond Entertainment, with AGC Television onboard as…

Total Control Returning for Second Season

ABC and Screen Australia have announced that in 2021, two of Australia’s most popular stars Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths, return to the corridors of power, in a new series of the hit drama Total Control. Guided by the ambitious vision of Blackfella Films, with Wayne Blair signing on to direct and a talented team…

Netflix Commissions Microworlds: Reef

Netflix has announced it has commissioned its first Australian Netflix Original documentary, Microworlds: Reef, with major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Screen Queensland. Filmed in Australia on the Great Barrier Reef, the sophisticated supermacro techniques specifically developed for the film will immerse viewers, for the very first time, in the exquisite world…

Imagine Impact Development System Expanding to Australia

The US development system Imagine Impact created by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell, will launch in Melbourne, Australia this year in association with Gentle Giant Media Group and Screen Australia. Impact’s unique accelerator program discovers, cultivates and empowers creative storytellers worldwide, and the Australian incarnation is the first time the program will be…

For a Good Cause – White Balanced

Written & Directed by Tony Walsh Starring Julian Curtis, Thomas Larkin, Becky Lucas, Sam Cotton, Sophia Emberson-Bain, Jonathan Fang Score 3.5/6 For A Good Cause was created by emerging writer and director Tony Walsh (The Bus Knight, Sodium Squad) with funding from Screen Queensland’s shorts program. The Pilot episode White Balance premiered on YouTube on…

Tidelands Australia’s First Netflix Series

Queensland is set for global streaming success this December, with Netflix announcing an international release date for the home-grown, eight-part fictional drama series Tidelands. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said Tidelands, to premiere on December 14, was the first Netflix original drama series to be commissioned and made completely in Australia. “Tidelands was filmed entirely in south-east…

Chinese Filmmakers are Scouting Australia for Locations, Post & VFX Opportunities

Ausfilm in partnership with the Australian Embassy Beijing and Village Roadshow Pictures Asia (VRPA) welcomed this week a delegation of leading Chinese filmmakers to Sydney for their first stop on an Industry Familiarisation Tour of Australian locations, Australia’s four major studio complexes, screen services companies, post and sound production facilities and visual effects studios across…