New Zealand’s South Pacific Pictures has hired Hannah Marshall as head of scripted development.
Anousha Zarkesh is well placed to again win Best Casting in A Feature Film at this year's Casting Guild of Australia Awards, nominated for her work on 'The Stranger' and 'We Are Still Here'.
The WA Government is aiming to begin construction on the state's first dedicated screen production facility towards the end of next year after identifying a location within the Malaga Metronet station precinct in Perth's north-east.
Alex Williams will star as late cricketer Shane Warne in Nine drama series, 'Warnie', which has begun filming in Melbourne.
Female directors have taken the lion's share of nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild awards, with Sian Davies and Stef Smith each securing three nods and their counterparts dominating the feature film categories.
Hoa Xuande has landed the lead role in HBO/A24's 'The Sympathizer', a series adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, produced by and co-starring Robert Downey Jr.
South Australian production houses Highview Productions and Closer Productions will work on a series adaptation of Pip Williams' 2020 debut novel 'The Dictionary of Lost Words', after securing the screen rights for the story.
The production boom shows no sign of slowing down: More money is being spent on drama in Australia than ever before, and significantly, the majority of spend is occurring on local projects.