EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks streamer Acorn TV has teamed with New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ to commission its latest original — a romantic comedy set on a Kiwi vineyard, led by The Crown star Charles Edwards and Wanted actress Rebecca Gibney.
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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix users can look forward to a lot more koala antics as the streaming platform greenlights a second season of Izzy’s Koala World.
The animal series, created by The Dodo and produced in association with Nomadica Films, spotlights Magnetic Island resident Izzy Bee, an 11-year old self-proclaimed Koala Whisperer. Bee and her family tend to displaced Koalas, with the Australians opening their home as a sanctuary.
Season two will continue spotlighting the family’s efforts to care for
EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks streamer Acorn TV has teamed with New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ to commission its latest original — a romantic comedy set on a Kiwi vineyard, led by The Crown star Charles Edwards and Wanted actress Rebecca Gibney.
Naman Ramachandran Streamer Netflix has commissioned a reboot of popular Australian young adult series “Heartbreak High,” with Fremantle Australia producing alongside Dutch production company NewBe.NewBe acquired the rights from Brian Abel, partner of the late Ben Gannon, who created and produced the original.The original series played out over seven seasons from 1994 to 1999.
Netflix is reimagining the popular 1990s Australian teen drama Heartbreak High for a modern audience as part of a deal with Fremantle Australia.
You can read more about the historical building, its location and haunted tales here. Right from the get go viewers were mesmerised by the surroundings, with many suggesting the show move to Wales permanently from episode one.
I'm A Celebrity 2020 campmates are among the highest paid in the show's history - for a short stint. The ITV show came to an end on Friday, December 4, after it was held in the UK for the first time.
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has inked a multi-million dollar deal for near-global rights to sci-fi survival thriller Stowaway, starring Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect), Toni Collette (Hereditary), Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-0) and Shamier Anderson (Wyonna Earp).
Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer“Penguin Bloom,” the Toronto International Film Festival player led by Naomi Watts, has been acquired by Netflix in key territories.The streamer will roll out the film in North America, the U.K., France and select countries in Asia on Jan. 27.Oscar nominee Watts stars in the real-life survival story of Samantha Bloom, an active and vibrant Australian mom who is paralyzed from the chest down on holiday with her family.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy honoured regional filmmakers at a special presentation on Australia’s Gold Coast last night (November 26).
Australian broadcaster ABC’s flagship current affairs show 4 Corners has set the record straight about a scene in Season 4 of The Crown involving the country’s former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThai producer Soros Sukhum (“By The Time It Gets Dark,” “Concrete Clouds”) was Thursday honored with the FIAPF Award for outstanding achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region.
Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorYoung Rock, the upcoming NBC series inspired by the life of Dwayne Johnson, has started in on production in Queensland, Australia, Universal Television said Monday. The division of Universal Studio Group is producing the series, which will chronicle Johnson’s formative years.
Former I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! campmates Vicky Pattison and Scarlett Moffatt have given their opinions on this year's show.The pair, who were both crowned queen's of the jungle, have slammed the show as they think this year's campmates are having a much easier ride in Gwrych Castle than they would if they were in the Australian Jungle.
Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorNetflix reports that its limited series The Queen’s Gambit has scored 62M households, becoming their most watched limited series to date in its first 28 days. The series starring Anya Taylor-Joy has been consumed Russia and Hong Kong, to France, Taiwan and Australia.
Will Thorne Staff WriterApple’s “Shantaram” series starring Charlie Hunnam has found its showrunner.Steven Lightfoot has signed on to run the forthcoming show, Variety has confirmed. The “Hannibal” and “Punisher” alum has at the same time inked a multi-year overall deal with Apple.“Shantaram” is based on Gregory David Roberts’ 2003 novel of the same name and tells the story of Lin (Hunnam), a man on the run from an Australian prison looking to get lost in the teeming city of Bombay.
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! is back on our screens, with a new group of campmates taking part in gruelling challenges in the hopes of winning the competition.Due to coronavirus travel restrictions, this year’s 20th anniversary series is taking place in Gwyrch Castle in Wales.