ABC Children’s TV Highlights Australia-Canada Co-Pro

SYDNEY: Resistance is a new live-action kids’ series co-produced by Australia’s Persistence Productions and Canada’s Shaftesbury Films, set to air on ABC3 in late 2012 and in Canada on YTV.

The show, which is budgeted at $14 million, will be the first production to use the South Australia Film Corporation’s new facilities in Adelaide. The series will be shot entirely in South Australia over five months, starting in mid-November. The story follows the fate of humankind in the hands of a small group of teenage resistance fighters. They are armed with technology and have been trained by a mysterious young billionaire. They represent the last line of defense against an alien invasion.

Kim Dalton, the director of ABC TV, said, “ABC TV is thrilled to be bringing this major children’s television series to Adelaide, especially as it will be the first production to be filmed in the stunning new facilities here.



“This will make Resistance not only an important and historic landmark for both ABC TV and South Australia but also for children’s television production in Australia. 
Resistance will add to our already strong line up of live-action children’s dramas series such as Dance Academy, My Place and Dead Gorgeous.”