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Red Hot Australian Cast Set for ‘Fires’ Fact-Based Drama Series Variety 2 hrs ago
Leading producers Tony Ayres and Belinda Chayko have assembled an extraordinary Australian cast for Fires, a drama series that presents personal tales from the front lines of the country’s recent catastrophic fire season.
The series, which is now shooting in Victoria state is produced by NBCUniversal -backed Tony Ayres Productions and Matchbox Pictures. Australian Broadcasting Corporation is on board as local broadcaster. International rights are handled by NBCUniversal Global Distribution.
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The project is helmed by three leading film directors: Michael Rymer (“Hannibal,” “Picnic at Hanging Rock”), Ana Kokkinos (“The Hunting,” “Seven Types of Ambiguity”) and Kim Mordaunt (“Wakefield,” “The Rocket”).
February 3rd, 2021 By David Knox 2 commentsFiled under: News,
Screen Australia has announced funding for ABC and ViacomCBS / Netflix titles.
Two feature films, three television dramas, one children’s series and one online project share in $5.9 million of production funding.
The projects include ABC anthology drama series
Fires set during last summer’s devastating bushfires, Season 2 of
Frayed and
Also funded is Kid’s Drama
Dive Club, a 12-part teen mystery drama for Network 10 and Netflix.
Screen Australia’s Head of Content Sally Caplan said, “It’s fantastic to kick off 2021 with such a great sample of the premium dramas that have been greenlit across the country. It’s testament to the resilience of the screen industry to have so many projects move into production during such a challenging period.