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.
Screen Producers Australia has announced the producers whose Pitch On Demand submissions have secured them a pitch meeting with one or more of the commissioning executives from Binge, Paramount+ or Stan.
A trio of Australian titles — two from ABC and one from SBS — will contend the 61st Rose d'Or Awards this month, having been selected from more than 750 international entries.
An offhand comment from Al Pacino on the set of 'Righteous Kill' went on to change Les Chantery's life: "Sometimes it's not the best actor who gets the role, but it's the actor who gives the best audition."
Eight early to mid-career Victorian screenwriters will hone their craft under the tutelage of script producer and former ABC development executive Clare Atkins as part of Co-Curious's Stories From Another Australia initiative.