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Drama, doco approvals in latest FilmVic funding.
Not much news we didn’t already know about in the latest funding approvals from Film Victoria. They include Drama, Children’s, Documentary, Online and Feature titles. TV: Title: Offspring Season 6...
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Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows: reviews
A big screen version of Nowhere Boys gets a limited release in cinemas today, Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows. It will also screen on ABC later this year, along with another series. There aren’t too...
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Airdate: Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows
Feature length movie Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows, which screened in cinemas at the New Year, will air on ABC3 in March. Dougie Baldwin (Felix), Joel Lok (Andy), Rahart Adams (Sam) and Matt...
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Dougie Baldwin lands CBS pilot
Dougie Baldwin (Nowhere Boys, Upper Middle Bogan) has been cast in What Goes Around Comes Around, a comedy pilot for CBS starring Jason Lee. The project centres on two 40-something parents — Kenny...
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Nowhere Boys wins International Emmy Kids Award
ABC3 series Nowhere Boys has won at the International Emmy Kids Awards in Cannes. Series 2 of the Matchbox Pictures production won in the Series category defeating entries from Italy, Brazil and The...
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Tomorrow, When the War Began
It was only 6 years ago that Tomorrow, When the War Began, based on the best-selling John Marsden novel, was dramatised as a feature film with Catlin Stacey, Lincoln Lewis and Phoebe Tonkin. So it’s a...
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ABC, SBS nominated in Banff Rockie Awards
Two Australian shows have been nominated in the prestigious Banff Rockie Awards. ABC3’s Little Lunch, produced by Gristmill Productions, is nominated in the Children and Youth Fiction category. It...
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Meet the new-look Nowhere Boys (and one Nowhere Girl)
ABC3’s Nowhere Boys is doing a Skins, refreshing its juvenile cast with a new batch of teens. 5 new principals, including the first ‘Nowhere Girl’, are now filming a new season in Melbourne, picking...
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Viewers waiting for local drama backlog to be cleared
The second of half of 2016 looks set to be very tempting in Australian Drama -which will surely make up for the lower volume in the first half of the year. The ABC, Foxtel and Seven have led the way...
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Multichannel Survey 2016: ABC2 / ABC3
Day in, day out ABC2 titles sit at the top of the multichannel ratings. Shows such as Peppa Pig, Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom, Peter Rabbit, and Shaun The Sheep fall under the ABCKIDS pre-school...
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2016: Still to Come
As we approach the mid-point of the TV year, what’s still to come on Television? There are certainly some big events coming in Drama, Reality and Sport. Everything hinges around the Olympic Games from...
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ABC upcoming highlights
ABC has released details of its remaining 2016 highlights, to air from August to December. It includes Season 2 of The Code, Rosehaven, Please Like Me‘s fourth season, Ice Wars, Howard on Menzies,...
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After the Games…
Once the Olympics wrap viewers will be inundated with a swarm of new shows. It’s going to feel like February all over again come Monday August 22. Strictly speaking the phrase “After the Olympics”...
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ABC3 rebrands as ABC ME
ABC3 is rebranding as ABC ME from next month, The channel, which launched in 2009, is repositioning itself as a broadcast / digital service with a new ABC ME app for school-aged children. ABC ME says...
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Screen Producers Awards 2016: nominees
ABC and Foxtel titles including Cleverman, Rake, Wentworth, Barracuda, Secret City, The Doctor Blake Mysteries and The Kettering Incident dominate the Drama categories in the Screen Producers Awards...
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Farewell to ABC3, hello ABC ME.
Today marks the last day of ABC3, before a rebranding as ABC ME tomorrow. ABC3 launched in 2009 with a Live on air broadcast featuring Prime Minister Kevin Rudd singing the Play School theme and...
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Returning: Nowhere Boys
A new-look Nowhere Boys premieres in November with new cast members in season three, Nowhere Boys: Two Moons Rising. Joining the four new boys is the very first ‘Nowhere Girl’ played by Luca Sardelis....
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2017 Upfronts: ABC highlights
New dramas featuring Claudia Karvan, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Tapsell, Xavier Samuel, Alex Dimitriades, Lisa McCune plus returning favourites with Craig McLachlan, Marta Dusseldorp, Patrick Brammall,...
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“It’s a kid’s-own Walking Dead!”
He’s produced some of the most critically-acclaimed dramas in the country –The Slap, The Devil’s Playground, Glitch, The Family Law, Wanted– but Nowhere Boys is Tony Ayres’ only Kid’s TV show. Now in...
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Logie Awards 2017: who missed the cut?
Dave Hughes, Jackie Woodburne, Alan Fletcher, Kerri-Anne Kennerley, and Eddie Perfect you are not alone. You were all eligible for Logies voting this year but you never even made it to the voting form...
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TV Tonight turns 10!
Standing L to R: Fiona Choi (The Family Law), Harrison Feldman (Upper Middle Bogan), Brett Climo (A Place to Call Home), Matthew Richardson (Seven’s AFL), Brian Nankervis (RocKwiz), Mal Walden (TEN...
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Returning: House Husbands
House Husbands finally returns next month, settling into Monday nights from February 6 (Nine is yet to confirm the timeslot). This series will see the arrival of new cast members Hugh Sheridan, Delta...
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Australian Directors Guild Awards 2017: nominees
Nominees have been announced for the Australian Directors Guild Awards for 2017. Amongst the contenders this year are directors for Barracuda, Secret City, Rosehaven, The Kettering Incident, Nowhere...
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“We’re actually holding off the sugar!”
Seven Types of Ambiguity will reel you in early on from its inciting incident: the kidnapping of a young boy. But rather than turning into a whodunnit, ABC’s new drama becomes a why-dunnit, as viewers...
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ACTF: Put kid’s quotas on ABC, increase funding.
The ABC should have minimum quotas for Children’s TV and it should be supported with increased funding, according to the Australian Children’s Television Foundation. Jenny Buckland, CEO for ACTF...
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Airdate: Disjointed
On Friday Netflix launches new Chuck Lorre comedy Disjointed, starring Kathy Bates as a pot actovost who runs a marijuana dispensary. The cast also includes Aussie Dougie Baldwin (Nowhere Boys, Upper...
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Aussie Kids TV nominated in Asian TV Awards
In another sign of strong local production in Children’s TV, four Australian titles have been nominated in the Asian TV Awards. They include Nowhere Boys and Winston Steinburger & Sir Dudley Ding...
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ABC 2018: ABC ME, ABC KIDS highlights.
Nowhere Boys renewed The New Legends of Monkey My Year 7 Life Grace Beside Me co-production with NITV News to Me Teenage Boss ABC has announced 2018 highlights for ABC ME and ABC KIDS. This includes...
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Screen Producers Awards 2017: winners
ABC shows dominated at the annual Screen Producers Awards last night in Melbourne. Cleverman, Please Like Me, Anh’s Brush with Fame and Nowhere Boys were amongst winners announced at The Forum, in an...
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The New Legends of Monkey
In the mythical, part-CGI setting of The New Legends of Monkey, time and place are a bit of a moving feast. It may look like TV China, or at least TV China made in New Zealand, but the central...
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Programmer’s Wrap 2018: ABC
ABC is shaking up its Drama slots for 2018. After several years of pursuing Thursday nights, the broadcaster will now mix things up on its schedule, depending on the title. Head of Programming,...
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Q&A: Feb 19
Actor Shareena Clanton (Wentworth, Nowhere Boys) is on the panel of Q&A on Monday. Clanton is an actor of Wongatha, Yamatji, Noongar, Gija, Cherokee, Blackfoot and African American heritage. Also...
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Axed: Disjointed
Kathy Bates’ pot sitcom Disjointed has been axed by Netflix after 1 season of 20 episodes. Produced by Chuck Lorre, the series starred Bates as the head of an L.A.-based weed dispensary. The cast also...
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Matchbox Pictures boss to head up FremantleMedia Australia
Chris Oliver-Taylor will depart as Managing Director of Matchbox Pictures to become CEO of FremantleMedia Australia. He replaces Ian Hogg, who departed in January. Previously ABC’s Head of Business...
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FilmVictoria recognises young director
Director Corrie Chen was last week awarded the 2018 Greg Tepper Award by Film Victoria. The award celebrates a talented practitioner who has achieved the significant feat of getting a project to...
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The Rain
Most TV drama we see from Denmark has a moody, languid and morally complex storytelling style. But the latest to hit our screens is a plot-driven genre piece, more at home alongside The Walking Dead...
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Tony Ayres to set up new production company
In a rare move for an Australian writer / producer Tony Ayres (Glitch, Nowhere Boys, The Slap, Barracuda, Seven Types of Ambiguity, The Family Law, Underground and Wanted) is to set up a new...
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Aussie joins Doctor Who writing team
Australian screenwriter Pete McTighe (Wentworth) has been announced as one of the upcoming writers for Doctor Who under new showrunner Chris Chibnall. McTighe has written on a string of Australia...
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Vale: Damian Hill
Actor & filmmaker Damian Hill, best known as writer, producer and star of indie film Pawno, has died, aged 42. On Facebook his brother Julian described his late sibling as a “daring, brilliant...
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Matchbox Pictures appoints new managing director
NBCUniversal International Studios and Matchbox Pictures have appointed Alastair McKinnon as Managing Director. Replacing former MD Chris Oliver-Taylor, McKinnon has been ABC Head of Content...
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Producer Michael McMahon to receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Matchbox Pictures Executive Chairman, Michael McMahon, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 18th Annual Screen Producers Australia Awards in November. McMahon has career spanning over 30...
View ArticleReturning: Nowhere Boys
The fourth and final season of the award-winning Nowhere Boys begins on ABC ME in early December. Returning cast include Kamil Ellis, Luca Sardelis, Joe Klocek, Jordie Race-Coldrey & William...
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Screen Producers Awards 2018: winners
Kevin Whyte’s Guesswork Television last night won the top award at the Screen Producers’ Awards at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne. Guesswork Television, which has been a key partner in multiple ABC...
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Nowhere Boys wins BAFTA Award
ABC Me series Nowhere Boys has won a BAFTA Children’s Award today, just ahead of its final season debut. The show’s season won the International Live Action category in London, defeating entries from...
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Teen magic takes Nowhere Boys around the world.
Since appearing in ABC ME series Nowhere Boys 23 year old Joe Klocek has been inundated with fan messages from around the world. The teen drama, this week awarded a BAFTA in London, screens...
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The Unlisted
There’s a theory that every drama filmed in Sydney has to include a shot of the coat hanger and another that the most-used line in Hollywood films is “Let’s get outta here!” Both are the opening shot...
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From supporting emerging talent to high-end global drama
Alistair McKinnon has been managing director of Matchbox Pictures for 9 months when we meet to discuss the company’s slate. Majority-owned by NBCUniversal, it remains one of the biggest production...
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Pete McTighe to write more Doctor Who
Writer Pete McTighe (Wentworth, Nowhere Boys, Glitch) will write another episode in the upcoming Doctor Who season. It will be his second episode for the UK sci-fi after penning Kerblam! McTighe is...
View ArticleAustralian Director’s Guild elects new President
Respected director Rowan Woods (The Boys, Little Fish, The Kettering Incident) has been elected as President of the Australian Director’s Guild, replacing Samantha Lang. Woods’ credits also include The...
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Australian Children’s Television Foundation turns 40
The Australian Children’s Television Foundation turns 40 today. Over the years the organisation has developed, produced, distributed and invested in some of the most iconic children’s television...
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