Tag: Screen Australia

Magpie Pictures has optioned the screen rights to Emma Grey’s novel Pictures of You as part of its slate of series developed through its Screen Australia Enterprise-funded growth strategy.

Sony Pictures Television has licensed the U.S. rights for the Australian drama The Narrow Road to the Deep North to Prime Video.

Filming has begun in New South Wales for the six-hour mystery drama Playing Gracie Darling, produced by Curio Pictures for Paramount+ Australia.

A new report from Screen Australia reveals that A$1.7 billion ($1.1 billion) was spent on 169 drama productions in Australia in 2023/24, a 29 percent decline from the previous year.

CBC Gem has acquired two new international series, including the British drama Joan, to host their exclusive Canadian premieres.

Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth, Bodkin) and D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place, Barry, A League of Their Own) have been cast in Sunny Nights, an upcoming comedic drama for Stan.

Screen Australia and Dynamic Television have launched the Dynamic Television Scripted Initiative, which will fund the development of up to four scripted TV projects.

Screen Australia and Stan have unveiled major production investment in two new drama series from Matchbox Pictures and Jungle Entertainment.

Screen Australia has selected 23 feature films and six TV dramas that will share in over A$810,000 ($526,000) of story development funding.

Screen Australia’s 33rd annual Drama Report has revealed A$2.34 billion ($1.5 billion) spent across 213 titles in 2022-23, down 4 percent on last year's record expenditure.