Hollywood-based, Australian writer and executive producer of the NCIS franchise Shane Brennan will return to Australia to continue his involvement in Playmakers’ Scribe Showrunner Initiative.
The announcement:
Australian screenwriter and producer Shane Brennan is back in Australia to continue his involvement in Playmakers’ Scribe Showrunner Initiative for 2012.
Scribe was launched in 2011 with the support of Screen Australia’s Enterprise Program.
Inaugural participants Matt Ford (Panic at Rock Island, Slide) and Shelly Birse (Lockie Leonard, Wildside) are both currently in broadcaster funded development on their own Scribe projects.
Another Scribe success story is the newly announced Nine Network series, House Husbands, co-created by Drew Proffitt and Ellie Beaumont.
House Husbands is a 10 part drama series about four Australian families with one thing in common: the men are in charge of raising the kids.
Filming commenced in Melbourne this week.
In the next few weeks, Shane Brennan will mentor three of the...
The announcement:
Australian screenwriter and producer Shane Brennan is back in Australia to continue his involvement in Playmakers’ Scribe Showrunner Initiative for 2012.
Scribe was launched in 2011 with the support of Screen Australia’s Enterprise Program.
Inaugural participants Matt Ford (Panic at Rock Island, Slide) and Shelly Birse (Lockie Leonard, Wildside) are both currently in broadcaster funded development on their own Scribe projects.
Another Scribe success story is the newly announced Nine Network series, House Husbands, co-created by Drew Proffitt and Ellie Beaumont.
House Husbands is a 10 part drama series about four Australian families with one thing in common: the men are in charge of raising the kids.
Filming commenced in Melbourne this week.
In the next few weeks, Shane Brennan will mentor three of the...
- 5/31/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Australian political thriller Last Dance has become the latest Australian screen production to receive support from the government.s export credit agency. The Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (Efic) has previously supported Satellite Boy, Outback Fight Club and Panic at Rock Island, providing a cash flow loan to cover the Producer Offset tax rebate. Last Dance, which recently finished filming in Melbourne,.follows the story of Sadiq Mohammad, a young radical Palestinian who, after fleeing from a failed suicide bombing of a synagogue, holds a holocaust survivor hostage.in her apartment. The film was helmed by first time director David Pulbrook and produced by Antony I. Ginnane. "Our project was facing a funding gap between the time we incurred the...
- 12/8/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
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