{"id":5959,"date":"2016-04-14T10:32:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T14:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cleverman-gears-up-for-u-s-australian-premieres\/"},"modified":"2016-04-14T11:44:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T15:44:00","slug":"cleverman-gears-up-for-u-s-australian-premieres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cleverman-gears-up-for-u-s-australian-premieres\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleverman Gears Up for U.S., Australian Premieres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK\/SYDNEY: The new genre drama <em>Cleverman<\/em> will launch in the U.S. on SundanceTV on June 1 at 10 p.m. and in Australia on ABC and ABC iview on June 2 at 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Based on an original concept by Ryan Griffen, <em>Cleverman<\/em> is set in a near future within a conflicted and anxious society, fearful of a minority group living among them, endowed with extraordinary physical traits. The drama is rooted in Aboriginal mythology.<\/p>\n<p>The cast is led by Iain Glen (<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>), Frances O&#8217;Connor (<em>The Missing<\/em>), Deborah Mailman (<em>The Sapphires<\/em>), Hunter Page-Lochard (<em>The Sapphires<\/em>), Rob Collins and Stef Dawson (<em>The Hunger Games<\/em>). The series is produced by Goalpost Pictures Australia and New Zealand&#8217;s Pukeko Pictures for ABC TV Australia in co-production with SundanceTV and Red Arrow International, with the assistance of Screen Australia, Screen NSW and the New Zealand Screen Production Grant. Red Arrow International distributes <em>Cleverman<\/em> worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Cleverman<\/em> is that rare feat of a well-crafted genre series that reimagines what a superhero is, and a compelling character drama that also has something important to say about the world we live in today,&#8221;\u00a0said Joel Stillerman, president of original programming and development for AMC and SundanceTV. &#8220;Ryan Griffen&#8217;s use of Aboriginal mythology as a way into the larger issue of how we treat indigenous and immigrant populations makes for a very potent piece of storytelling from a very authentic voice that is both entertaining and relevant. We are proud to share this with audiences in the U.S. at the same time as our partners in Australia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Cleverman<\/em> marks a new era for Australia&#8217;s production sector, inviting audiences to experience a bold new story world where Aboriginal storytelling meets high-concept genre drama,&#8221;\u00a0said Sally Riley, the head of Indigenous at ABC TV. &#8220;With an 80 percent Indigenous cast, <em>Cleverman<\/em> sets the benchmark for diversity on Australian television, and its contemporary themes set in the near future will resonate widely among diverse audiences. We are delighted that our co-partners SundanceTV will screen the show to its U.S. audiences in line with when our Australian audiences will experience it. A global television event for an Indigenous authored show&#8230;we&#8217;re excited!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Griffen added: &#8220;I have a huge love of superheroes and comics. It got me thinking about creating something cultural that my young son could connect to on a superhero basis. I wanted to bring something Aboriginal, Indigenous, to that world. As the son of a light-skinned Aboriginal man and a light-skinned Aboriginal woman, it was important for me that my son had a cultural superhero that he could look up to as a young Aboriginal person&#8230; something he could connect to that was also entertaining.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK\/SYDNEY: The new genre drama Cleverman will launch in the U.S. on SundanceTV on June 1 at 10 p.m. and in Australia on ABC and ABC iview on June 2 at 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":5960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[515,376,80],"class_list":["post-5959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-abc","tag-cleverman","tag-sundancetv","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cleverman Gears Up for U.S., Australian Premieres - 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