NATPE Spotlight: ABC Commercial

MIAMI: The hidden depths of Australia’s Southern Ocean are explored in The Search for the Ocean’s Super Predator, an hour-long natural-history title being offered by ABC Commercial.

Among the company’s top children’s titles is The Adventures of Figaro Pho, which is the work of Australian director and children’s book illustrator Luke Jurevicius and creative consultant Deane Taylor, who is well known for his art direction on Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. ABC Commercial also has a strong drama slate, including Redfern Now. Emma Levingston, the sales manager for the U.S.A. and Latin America at ABC Commercial’s content sales division, expects that the drama will “generate interest due to Jimmy McGovern’s involvement as story producer as well as the key cast, many of whom recently starred in the acclaimed feature film The Sapphires.”

Levingston adds, “These premium titles are unique and offer the market something completely different. They have high budgets, superb production values and great talent, hopefully appealing to the international market.”