ABC announces futuristic drama, Cleverman.
ABC has announced a new a six-part high concept genre drama, Cleverman, commissioned by its Indigenous Unit. To be co-produced by Goalpost Pictures (The Accidental Soldier, Lockie Leonard, The...
View ArticleSundance channel picks up new ABC drama, Cleverman.
Upcoming ABC futuristic drama Cleverman, produced by Goalpost Pictures Australia and New Zealand’s Pukeko Pictures, has been picked up by SundanceTV in the US. The series, starring Iain Glen, Frances...
View ArticleDrama Report 2014 – 2015
Adult Drama is down, Children’s Drama is up, and there are green shoots in SVOD, according to Screen Australia’s annual Drama Report. But there are concerns at shorter commissions by networks. This...
View ArticleABC Upfronts 2016: Cleverman, Barracuda & 50 Years of Play School.
ABC’s 2016 highlights leads with two new Australian dramas and returning favourites, as part of year the celebrates 50 Years of Play School, 20 Years of Australian Story, 15 Years of Insiders, and 10...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
Happy New Year to all my readers at TV Tonight. Hope the year ahead is everything you wish for. 2015 was a year of Streaming, with the 3 major players continuing to impact on Free to Air and Foxtel...
View ArticleCleverman chosen for Berlin film festival
2016 ABC drama Cleverman has been selected for the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). It will mark the World Premiere for the 6 part drama next month. The futuristic drama, starring...
View ArticleProgrammer’s Wrap 2016: ABC
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with ABC Head of Programming, Brendan Dahill. Australian Drama every week of the ratings year ABC to enter into co-productions with AMC in the US Event programming on Health,...
View ArticleCleverman cast attend Berlinale premiere
L to R: Wayne Blair, Hunter Page-Lochard, Stef Dawson, Tasma Walton, Ryan Griffen, Frances O’Connor, Rosemary Blight (Goalpost Pictures) Angela Littlejohn (Pukeko Pictures). Cast members of ABC’s...
View ArticleThe Kettering Incident to premiere at French TV festival
Upcoming Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident will have its international premiere at the prestigious Series Mania festival in Paris. It will be joined by Cleverman (Official Panorama section), The...
View ArticleCleverman to screen as global event with SundanceTV
Futuristic drama Cleverman is set to launch in June on both ABC and SundanceTV in the USA. As previously hinted by ABC’s Brendan Dahill, it will launch as a’global event’ on SundanceTV on Wednesday,...
View ArticleIndigenous actor speaks out after cab fare refusal
Indigenous actor “Uncle” Jack Charles has spoken out after being refused a cab fare -twice- in Melbourne yesterday. Charles, 72, was turned away by two drivers at Flinders Street station yesterday...
View ArticleCraig McLachlan joins TEN’s Wrong Girl drama
Top shelf names have joined TEN’s upcoming drama The Wrong Girl starring Jessica Marais. They include Craig McLachlan, Hamish Blake, Kerry Armstrong and Madeleine West. Jessica Marais plays Lily, the...
View ArticleMore cast as cameras roll on The Secret Daughter
Seven has confirmed further cast for its upcoming drama, The Secret Daughter, which begins filming this week in Sydney and country NSW. Joining Jessica Mauboy and Bonnie Sveen are Colin Friels...
View ArticleKettering Incident wins at Series Mania Festival
Upcoming Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident, which premiered in Paris last week at Series Mania, has won the Special Jury Prize. The jury, headed up by David Chase (The Sopranos) and Tony Grisoni...
View ArticleBBC picks up Cleverman
BBC Three has picked up ABC’s new Cleverman series which debuts in Australia next month. The deal marks the BBC’s first drama acquisition for BBC Three since it shifted from broadcast to online...
View ArticleWhich shows top TV’s list of money-makers?
There are 15* recent Screen Australian-funded TV titles that have grossed more than $1m in sales. Airing across the last 4 years, they were produced by companies such as Matchbox Pictures, Essential...
View ArticleHunter Page-Lochard set for stardom in Cleverman
On the set of upcoming ABC drama Cleverman, star Hunter Page-Lochard would often exchange views on how innovative the show was with director Wayne Blair. “‘This is different. This ain’t Redfern Now....
View ArticleABC promotes Sally Riley to Head of Scripted Production
Sally Riley, currently ABC’s Head of Indigenous dept, has been promoted to the newly created role of Head of Scripted Production. She replaces Carole Sklan who resigned as Head of Fiction (former...
View ArticleCleverman
It’s encouraging to see ABC broaden its genres in Drama. After last year’s paranormal series Glitch this week it will launch Cleverman, where Indigenous themes meet with supernatural and a dash of...
View ArticleRenewed: Cleverman
ABC’s newest drama Cleverman has been jointly-renewed for a second season with SundanceTV in the US. The ambitious series premiered overnight in Australia and yesterday in the US. Attracting positive...
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