{"id":8241,"date":"2017-09-14T08:08:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T12:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-australias-abc-co-commission-political-thriller\/"},"modified":"2017-09-14T12:34:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T16:34:08","slug":"netflix-australias-abc-co-commission-political-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-australias-abc-co-commission-political-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix &#038; Australia&#8217;s ABC Co-Commission Political Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Screentime has been commissioned by Netflix and Australia&#8217;s ABC to produce a six-hour international political thriller, <em>Pine Gap<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Screentime, a Banijay Group company, will start preproduction on <em>Pine Gap<\/em> in Adelaide in November. The series will film across multiple locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory in 2018. Created by showrunner\u00a0Greg Haddrick\u00a0and co-writer\u00a0Felicity Packard,\u00a0the drama is set in and around the enigmatic U.S.\/Australia joint defense facility situated in central Australia.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pine Gap<\/em> is being done with support from the South Australian Film Corporation and the South Australian State Government.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Chairman of Screentime Bob Campbell said, \u201cScreentime is delighted that Netflix and the ABC have come together to commission this production that has been in development by the Screentime drama team for a number of years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haddrick\u00a0said: \u201cA compelling work of fiction inspired by modern geo political tensions, we are delighted to be working with Netflix and the ABC to produce an original concept for a worldwide audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreg Haddrick is a magnificent voice in television in Australia and around the world,\u201d said\u00a0Elizabeth Bradley, Netflix&#8217;s VP of content. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait for Greg to bring\u00a0<em>Pine Gap<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0story of secrecy and deceit to Netflix members around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ABC\u2019s director of television, David Anderson, said: \u201c<em>Pine Gap<\/em> is shrouded in intrigue for many Australians. It\u2019s the perfect anchor, and a timely subject, for an Australian drama that can resonate both locally and with a global audience. This partnership enables a high-end Australian drama to be produced for all Australians, and for locally produced content to be delivered to an international audience. We look forward to working with all our partners on this new venture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Australia\u2019s Minister for the Arts,\u00a0Jack Snelling, said: \u201cHaving an original series in production from global streaming giant Netflix in South Australia is testament to the strength of the screen sector here.\u00a0<em>Pine Gap<\/em> brings with it a multi-million-dollar investment in the State and significant job and career opportunities for our world-class crews, with nearly 100 local crew joining this production. Production of\u00a0<em>Pine Gap<\/em> will take advantage of the wide range of exceptional locations South Australia has to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The South Australian Film Corporation\u2019s CEO, Annabelle Sheehan, commented: \u201cSAFC welcomes the opportunities which come with a series of this caliber, including further developing our amazing South Australian crew.\u00a0<em>Pine Gap<\/em> strengthens the relationship between South Australia and the massive Netflix audience projecting our State around the world. SAFC is also so pleased to have Screentime stay on in South Australia, transitioning from post-production on\u00a0<em>Wolf Creek<\/em> season two into\u00a0<em>Pine Gap<\/em> preproduction and shoot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screentime has been commissioned by Netflix and Australia&#8217;s ABC to produce a six-hour international political thriller, Pine Gap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[515,88,2106],"class_list":["post-8241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-abc","tag-netflix","tag-screentime","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Netflix &amp; Australia&#039;s ABC Co-Commission Political Thriller - 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\/netflix-australias-abc-co-commission-political-thriller\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Netflix &amp; 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