{"id":14137,"date":"2020-11-25T09:44:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T14:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/eone-rep-aussie-drama-newsreader\/"},"modified":"2020-11-25T12:43:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T17:43:49","slug":"eone-to-rep-aussie-drama-the-newsreader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/eone-to-rep-aussie-drama-the-newsreader\/","title":{"rendered":"eOne to Rep Aussie Drama The Newsreader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment One (eOne) has acquired the international distribution rights for <em>The Newsreader<\/em>, a 6&#215;1-hour drama series set to air on ABC TV in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>From Werner Film Productions, the drama is produced by Emmy-nominated Joanna Werner (<em>Clickbait<\/em>, <em>Secret City<\/em>) with creator Michael Lucas, and executive produced by Werner and Stuart Menzies (<em>The Cry<\/em>). Set in the 1980s and centered around the frantic, busy heart of a commercial TV newsroom, <em>The Newsreader<\/em> follows the relationship between an ambitious young TV reporter and the star female news anchor.<\/p>\n<p>The cast is led by\u00a0Anna Torv (<em>Mindhunter<\/em>,<em> Fringe<\/em>), Sam Reid (<em>Prime Suspect 1973<\/em>, <em>Lambs of God<\/em>), Robert Taylor (<em>Longmire<\/em>), Logie Award winner Stephen Peacocke (<em>Five Bedrooms<\/em>, <em>Whiskey Tango Foxtrot<\/em>), Chai Hansen (<em>The New Legends of Monkey<\/em>) and Marg Downey (<em>Fast Forward<\/em>,<em> Top of the Lake: China Girl)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to be partnering with Joanna and ABC to bring Michael\u2019s world-class new series to international audiences,\u201d said Noel Hedges, executive VP of acquisitions at eOne. \u201c<em>The Newsreader<\/em> offers\u00a0fiery drama, emotion and tension each week, populated by such beautifully written, nuanced characters and layered with sharp wit, warmth and complexity. It promises to be a stand-out show for next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Werner said: \u201cWe are delighted to be partnering with Noel and his exceptional team at eOne to bring <em>The Newsreader<\/em> to the world.\u00a0 Anna and Sam head up a fabulous cast and Michael\u2019s scripts have brilliantly delivered a complicated relationship journey set amongst iconic news stories that have defined our time\u2014from The Challenger explosion to Chernobyl to the AIDS crisis. It\u2019s a gripping deep dive into the internal mechanizations of the news world, and the radiant fashions of 1986.\u201d<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment One (eOne) has acquired the international distribution rights for The Newsreader, a 6&#215;1-hour drama series set to air on ABC TV in Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":14138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[475,273],"class_list":["post-14137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-entertainment-one","tag-eone","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>eOne to Rep Aussie Drama The Newsreader - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/eone-to-rep-aussie-drama-the-newsreader\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"eOne to Rep Aussie Drama The Newsreader - 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