Two animated children’s projects and two live-action series will share in $3.2 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Northern Pictures’ Tom Weekly Versus… and Werner Film Productions’ Surviving Summer are being made for ViacomCBS and Netflix, respectively, while animation offerings 100% Wolf: The Book of Hath from Flying Bark Productions and Kangaroo Beach Summer Special from Cheeky Little Media will both appear on the ABC.
Screen Australia’s head of content Sally Caplan said the funding reflected Screen Australia’s commitment to supporting quality Australian screen stories for young audiences.
“It’s important that Australian kids can see their stories and experiences reflected on screen and families around the country will be in for a treat with these new projects,” she said.
“Northern Pictures are going from strength to strength – building on the success of Hardball, they are now set to bring popular book series Tom Weekly to the screen.
Northern Pictures’ Tom Weekly Versus… and Werner Film Productions’ Surviving Summer are being made for ViacomCBS and Netflix, respectively, while animation offerings 100% Wolf: The Book of Hath from Flying Bark Productions and Kangaroo Beach Summer Special from Cheeky Little Media will both appear on the ABC.
Screen Australia’s head of content Sally Caplan said the funding reflected Screen Australia’s commitment to supporting quality Australian screen stories for young audiences.
“It’s important that Australian kids can see their stories and experiences reflected on screen and families around the country will be in for a treat with these new projects,” she said.
“Northern Pictures are going from strength to strength – building on the success of Hardball, they are now set to bring popular book series Tom Weekly to the screen.
- 8/20/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Holly Phillips.
Screenworks and Matchbox Pictures today announced the five early-career writers who will work alongside UK creator/writer Holly Phillips and other consultants in a script development lab this month.
Supported by Screen Australia’s Enterprise Industry program and Create Nsw’s early development funding, the script development workshop will take place in Lismore in regional Nsw from November 12–16.
The aimn is to develop Best Medicine, an original concept for a TV series by Tim Williams about an an out-of-work actor who performs as a clown doctor in a teenage cancer ward and finds his life takes on unexpected new meaning through a ward of complex patients.
The writers selected by Matchbox Pictures are Sue McPherson from Eumundi, Queensland, Jane Hampson, Northern Territory, Meg Courtney-Hawke, Campbells Creek, Victoria, Tristan Bancks, Bangalow, Nsw and Charlotte Brookes, Lismore.
Screen Australia head of development Nerida Moore said: “This is a fantastic opportunity...
Screenworks and Matchbox Pictures today announced the five early-career writers who will work alongside UK creator/writer Holly Phillips and other consultants in a script development lab this month.
Supported by Screen Australia’s Enterprise Industry program and Create Nsw’s early development funding, the script development workshop will take place in Lismore in regional Nsw from November 12–16.
The aimn is to develop Best Medicine, an original concept for a TV series by Tim Williams about an an out-of-work actor who performs as a clown doctor in a teenage cancer ward and finds his life takes on unexpected new meaning through a ward of complex patients.
The writers selected by Matchbox Pictures are Sue McPherson from Eumundi, Queensland, Jane Hampson, Northern Territory, Meg Courtney-Hawke, Campbells Creek, Victoria, Tristan Bancks, Bangalow, Nsw and Charlotte Brookes, Lismore.
Screen Australia head of development Nerida Moore said: “This is a fantastic opportunity...
- 11/2/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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