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EXCLUSIVE: WME has promoted Amanda Hacohen and Abe Cohen Hoffing to Partner in the Scripted Television department.

Universal Studio Group has made permanent the interim roles held by Beatrice Springborn and David O’Donoghue, with Springborn becoming President of UCP and Universal International Studios and O’Donoghue taking on the Head of Universal International Studios post.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLeading producers Tony Ayres and Belinda Chayko have assembled an extraordinary Australian cast for Fires, a drama series that presents personal tales from the front lines of the country’s recent catastrophic fire season.The series, which is now shooting in Victoria state is produced by NBCUniversal -backed Tony Ayres Productions and Matchbox Pictures. Australian Broadcasting Corporation is on board as local broadcaster.

EXCLUSIVE: Australian drama series Fires has put together its cast.

EXCLUSIVE: Australian drama series Fires has put together its cast.

Liz Watts, exec producer of Netflix’s Cate Blanchett drama Stateless, has struck an overall deal with NBCUniversal’s Matchbox Pictures.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerTony Ayres Productions (TAP) is developing The Fires, a six-part anthology series drawing on the experiences of those directly affected by the Australian megafires of last summer.The company, which has an exclusive deal with NBCUniversal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group, has ABC already on board with the series in Australia.The creative team includes Tony Ayres (Clickbait, Stateless, The Slap), Andrea Denholm (Wrong Kind of Black, It’s

Also Read: 'Unsolved Mysteries' Reboot Trailer Promises Disappearances, Deaths and the Paranormal (Video)“‘Stateless’ has been a labour of love for many years and we could not be more thrilled that it will reach an international audience via Netflix,” series co-creators Cate Blanchett, Tony Ayres, and Elise McCredie said Wednesday in a joint statement. “The issues addressed in the series have universal resonance but have been cloaked in silence and muddied by fear and misinformation.

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