While working to win over ad buyers during the 2024 upfronts, broadcasters and streamers alike are releasing first looks at their upcoming content.
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“House of the Dragon” Season 2 producers Tina Pehme and Kim Roberts
Set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” “House of the Dragon” tells the story of House Targaryen.
“Doctor Odyssey”
From Ryan Murphy, “Doctor Odyssey” stars Joshua Jackson as Max, the new on-board doctor for a luxury cruise ship, and his medical team as they navigate unique medical crises and each other miles from shore. Don Johnson and Phillipa Soo also star.
“High Potential”
Based on the popular French series “Haut Potentiel Intellectuel,” “High Potential” is a crime procedural from Drew Goddard that follows Morgan (Kaitlin Olson), a single mom whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective.
“Murder in a Small Town...
Upfronts 2024: Complete Coverage
“House of the Dragon” Season 2 producers Tina Pehme and Kim Roberts
Set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” “House of the Dragon” tells the story of House Targaryen.
“Doctor Odyssey”
From Ryan Murphy, “Doctor Odyssey” stars Joshua Jackson as Max, the new on-board doctor for a luxury cruise ship, and his medical team as they navigate unique medical crises and each other miles from shore. Don Johnson and Phillipa Soo also star.
“High Potential”
Based on the popular French series “Haut Potentiel Intellectuel,” “High Potential” is a crime procedural from Drew Goddard that follows Morgan (Kaitlin Olson), a single mom whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective.
“Murder in a Small Town...
- 5/14/2024
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Fox’s TV lineup for the 2024-2025 season is already shaping up to be a special one with plenty of returning titles, but there are some fresh series on the horizon as well with the introduction of titles like Rescue: Hi-Surf, Murder in a Small Town, and many more. In anticipation of these shows’ arrivals, Fox has unveiled several first-look trailers. Below, we’re breaking it all down. Rescue: Hi-Surf This new lifeguard drama looks to be filled with daring rescues, intense drama, and, of course, plenty of eye candy. The series comes from John Wells and is set in North Shore of O’ahu, which is considered the most dangerous coastline in the world. Each episode will feature dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first responders saving lives. The cast includes Robbie Magasiva, Arielle Kebbel, Adam Demos, Keko Kekumano, Alex Aino, and Zoe Cipres among others. The show will include a...
- 5/13/2024
- TV Insider
Fox Entertainment will unveil its content slate for the 2024-2025 television season to the national advertising community today during its in-person Upfront Presentation at the Manhattan Center. The Fox Fall 2024 schedule adds new dramas, comedies, and unscripted series.
Spanning scripted, reality, and animation, the media company continues to increase program ownership from in-house business units under the Fox Entertainment Studios banner.
Returning Fox series include dramas 9-1-1: Lone Star (Season Five), Accused (Season Two), Alert: Missing Persons Unit (Season Three), and The Cleaning Lady (Season Four); comedy Animal Control (Season Three); and animated series Bob’s Burgers (Season 15), Family Guy (Season 23), The Great North (Season Five), Grimsburg (Season Two), Krapopolis (Season Two), and The Simpsons (Season 36).
The unscripted series include Crime Scene Kitchen (Season Three), The Floor (Season Two), Hell’s Kitchen (Season 23), Lego Masters (Season Five), The Masked Singer (Season 12), MasterChef (Season 15), Name That Tune (Season Five), Next Level Chef...
Spanning scripted, reality, and animation, the media company continues to increase program ownership from in-house business units under the Fox Entertainment Studios banner.
Returning Fox series include dramas 9-1-1: Lone Star (Season Five), Accused (Season Two), Alert: Missing Persons Unit (Season Three), and The Cleaning Lady (Season Four); comedy Animal Control (Season Three); and animated series Bob’s Burgers (Season 15), Family Guy (Season 23), The Great North (Season Five), Grimsburg (Season Two), Krapopolis (Season Two), and The Simpsons (Season 36).
The unscripted series include Crime Scene Kitchen (Season Three), The Floor (Season Two), Hell’s Kitchen (Season 23), Lego Masters (Season Five), The Masked Singer (Season 12), MasterChef (Season 15), Name That Tune (Season Five), Next Level Chef...
- 5/13/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Fox is looking to make a literal splash next Super Bowl Sunday, by slotting the freshman action drama Rescue: Hi-Surf after the Big Game on Feb. 9, 2025.
As Fox has done with its recent Super Bowl lead-outs (Next Level Chef in 2023, The Masked Singer in 2020), rather than try to launch a brand-new show that night, Rescue: Hi-Surf will have already debuted this fall, airing Mondays at 9/8c after 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 5.
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As Fox has done with its recent Super Bowl lead-outs (Next Level Chef in 2023, The Masked Singer in 2020), rather than try to launch a brand-new show that night, Rescue: Hi-Surf will have already debuted this fall, airing Mondays at 9/8c after 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 5.
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- 5/13/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Shoots, da kine “Rescue Hi-Surf” is one lucky TV show, brah. Fox just gave it the cherry timeslot after Super Bowl Lix on Feb. 9, 2025. That’s a big vote of confidence for the freshman drama, which is set to premiere this fall on Monday nights at 9 p.m. Et, after “9-1-1: Lone Star.”
Although the impact of the Super Bowl lead-out has varied over the years, it proved to be a huge boon this year to CBS, which launched “Tracker” after Super Bowl Lviii on Feb. 11 and watched that drama turn into a big hit. The last time Fox aired the Super Bowl, in 2023, it ran an episode of its hit food competition series “Next Level Chef.” And in 2020, Fox aired an episode of another unscripted program, “The Masked Singer.”
Fox last ran a scripted program behind the Super Bowl in 2017, when the network launched the series premiere of “24: Legacy,...
Although the impact of the Super Bowl lead-out has varied over the years, it proved to be a huge boon this year to CBS, which launched “Tracker” after Super Bowl Lviii on Feb. 11 and watched that drama turn into a big hit. The last time Fox aired the Super Bowl, in 2023, it ran an episode of its hit food competition series “Next Level Chef.” And in 2020, Fox aired an episode of another unscripted program, “The Masked Singer.”
Fox last ran a scripted program behind the Super Bowl in 2017, when the network launched the series premiere of “24: Legacy,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Fox last month doubled down on its commitment to Rescue: Hi-Surf, picking up seven additional episodes of the lifeguard drama to bring its first season to 19 episodes. The network now is tripling down on the John Wells Productions series by giving it the biggest platform in television, a berth following the 2025 Super Bowl.
A special episode of Rescue Hi-Surf will air on Feb. 9 after Fox Sports’ presentation of Super Bowl Lix, the network announced Monday morning, ahead of its upfront presentation.
This will be the first time in eight years that Fox will give the post-Super Bowl slot to a scripted series; the last two times the network carried the big game, it went with the unscripted The Masked Singer and Next Level Chef as lead-outs.
Fox had been high on Rescue: Hi Surf — which marks ER and The West Wing alum Wells’ broadcast return — from the get-go, giving it...
A special episode of Rescue Hi-Surf will air on Feb. 9 after Fox Sports’ presentation of Super Bowl Lix, the network announced Monday morning, ahead of its upfront presentation.
This will be the first time in eight years that Fox will give the post-Super Bowl slot to a scripted series; the last two times the network carried the big game, it went with the unscripted The Masked Singer and Next Level Chef as lead-outs.
Fox had been high on Rescue: Hi Surf — which marks ER and The West Wing alum Wells’ broadcast return — from the get-go, giving it...
- 5/13/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Two actors have been added to the cast of Rescue: Hi-Surf in "highly recurring roles." Shawn Hatosy (Animal Kingdom) and Ian Anthony Dale (The Resident) will be featured on the new action drama series when it debuts during the 2024-25 TV season.
Starring Robbie Magasiva, Arielle Kebbel, Adam Demos, Kekoa Kekumano, Alex Aiono, and Zoe Cipres, the Rescue: Hi-Surf series follows the lifeguards that work on Oahu both on and off the clock. Fox ordered seven additional episodes of the show last month, bringing the first season's tally to 19 episodes.
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Starring Robbie Magasiva, Arielle Kebbel, Adam Demos, Kekoa Kekumano, Alex Aiono, and Zoe Cipres, the Rescue: Hi-Surf series follows the lifeguards that work on Oahu both on and off the clock. Fox ordered seven additional episodes of the show last month, bringing the first season's tally to 19 episodes.
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- 5/9/2024
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
It’s back to the beach for Shawn Hatosy. The actor, best known for playing Andrew “Pope” Cody on TNT’s Animal Kingdom, is joining the cast of Fox’s Rescue: Hi-Surf in a recurring role, our sister site Deadline reports.
Ordered for the 2024–2025 TV season, Rescue: Hi-Surf “is an action-packed drama that follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu — the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world,” according to Fox. “Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first-responders saving lives in...
Ordered for the 2024–2025 TV season, Rescue: Hi-Surf “is an action-packed drama that follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu — the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world,” according to Fox. “Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first-responders saving lives in...
- 5/7/2024
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Shawn Hatosy (Animal Kingdom) and Ian Anthony Dale (Accused, The Resident) have joined the cast in heavily recurring roles on the network’s upcoming Rescue: Hi-Surf, the long-in-the-works lifeguard drama from John Wells and Matt Kester.
Hatosy will play Clayton Emerson, a natural politician and the father of rookie lifeguard Kainalu (Alex Aiono). Councilman Emerson is a shoe-in as the next Honolulu Mayor, a position that can work to his and Sonny’s (Robbie Magasiva) mutual advantage when it comes to getting things they want.
The role reunites Hatosy with his Animal Kingdom team of Wells and Kester. Hatosy will also direct the 12th episode of Rescue: Hi-Surf, which has been picked up for 19 episodes by Fox. It will air during the 2024-25 season.
Dale will play Sean Harimoto, a local fireman who winds up working with Em (Arielle Kebbel) on a rescue. Impressed by Em’s fearless approach towards her job,...
Hatosy will play Clayton Emerson, a natural politician and the father of rookie lifeguard Kainalu (Alex Aiono). Councilman Emerson is a shoe-in as the next Honolulu Mayor, a position that can work to his and Sonny’s (Robbie Magasiva) mutual advantage when it comes to getting things they want.
The role reunites Hatosy with his Animal Kingdom team of Wells and Kester. Hatosy will also direct the 12th episode of Rescue: Hi-Surf, which has been picked up for 19 episodes by Fox. It will air during the 2024-25 season.
Dale will play Sean Harimoto, a local fireman who winds up working with Em (Arielle Kebbel) on a rescue. Impressed by Em’s fearless approach towards her job,...
- 5/7/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Rescue Hi-Surf has already been picked up for a "full" season. Fox has ordered seven more episodes of the 2024-25 drama series, bringing the first season's tally to 19 episodes.
Starring Robbie Magasiva, Arielle Kebbel, Adam Demos, Kekoa Kekumano, Alex Aiono, and Zoe Cipres, the Rescue Hi-Surf series follows the lives of lifeguards as they save lives and live on the island of Oahu.
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Starring Robbie Magasiva, Arielle Kebbel, Adam Demos, Kekoa Kekumano, Alex Aiono, and Zoe Cipres, the Rescue Hi-Surf series follows the lives of lifeguards as they save lives and live on the island of Oahu.
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- 4/13/2024
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
High tide is going to last longer than we thought: Fox has ordered seven more episodes of its upcoming lifeguard drama Rescue: Hi-Surf, TVLine has learned. This brings the total order up to 19 episodes.
Rescue: Hi-Surf, which earned a series order at Fox last year and is set to debut during the 2024-25 TV season, “is an action-packed drama that follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu — the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world,” the official description. “Each episode will feature these dedicated,...
Rescue: Hi-Surf, which earned a series order at Fox last year and is set to debut during the 2024-25 TV season, “is an action-packed drama that follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu — the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world,” the official description. “Each episode will feature these dedicated,...
- 4/12/2024
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Fox is doubling down on its commitment to Rescue: Hi-Surf, picking up seven additional episodes of the Hawaii-set lifeguard drama from Warner Bros. Television, Fox Entertainment and John Wells Productions. The back order brings Rescue Hi-Surf‘s first season, which will air in 2024-25, to 19 episodes.
The network has been high on the project — which marks ER and The West Wing alum Wells’ broadcast return — from the get-go, giving it a straight-to-series order last April and envisioning it as a potential franchise.
Earlier this year, as the series, delayed by the strikes, started production on O’ahu, Fox ordered seven back-up scripts, I hear.
The first two episodes, written by series showrunner Matt Kester and directed by Wells, were delivered last week and were received very well by the network for the authenticity of its portrayal of first responders on Hawaii’s North Shore while also testing high. Based on that,...
The network has been high on the project — which marks ER and The West Wing alum Wells’ broadcast return — from the get-go, giving it a straight-to-series order last April and envisioning it as a potential franchise.
Earlier this year, as the series, delayed by the strikes, started production on O’ahu, Fox ordered seven back-up scripts, I hear.
The first two episodes, written by series showrunner Matt Kester and directed by Wells, were delivered last week and were received very well by the network for the authenticity of its portrayal of first responders on Hawaii’s North Shore while also testing high. Based on that,...
- 4/12/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Rescue: Hi-Surf has its cast. Fox has announced the actors set to star in the new lifeguard series set on the North Shore of Hawaii. The action drama, from executive producers John Wells (Shameless) and Matt Kester (Animal Kingdom), was ordered to series April 2023 but saw its premiere pushed to Fall 2024 due to production delays caused by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Robbie Magasiva, Arielle Kebbel, Adam Demos, Kekoa Kekumano, Alex Aiono, and Zoe Cipres are set to star in the Rescue: Hi-Surf series, following the lifeguards and surfers who live in Oahu. Sea Shimooka has a recurring role.
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Robbie Magasiva, Arielle Kebbel, Adam Demos, Kekoa Kekumano, Alex Aiono, and Zoe Cipres are set to star in the Rescue: Hi-Surf series, following the lifeguards and surfers who live in Oahu. Sea Shimooka has a recurring role.
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- 1/20/2024
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Fox has unveiled its main cast for the upcoming drama Rescue: Hi Surf, which follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu in Hawaii. As reported by Variety, the show will star Robbie Magasiva (Wentworth), Arielle Kebbel (The Vampire Diaries), Adam Demos (UnReal), Kekoa Kekumano (The White Lotus), Alex Aiono (Doogie Kameāloha M.D), and Zoe Cipres. Arrow alum Sea Shimooka will also appear in a recurring role. The series, which has inevitably drawn comparisons with Baywatch, follows these characters as they protect the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world. According to the official description, “Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first-responders saving lives in the difficult and often life-threatening conditions of Hawaii’s Seven Mile Miracle.” Magasiva will play Harlan “Sonny” Jennings, a North Shore lifeguard captain with deep ties...
- 1/19/2024
- TV Insider
Arielle Kebbel’s experience playing 9-1-1 daredevil Lucy Donato will definitely come in handy with her next TV gig. The actress has been tapped to star in Fox’s Hawaii-set lifeguard drama series Rescue: Hi–Surf, along with several other familiar faces.
Per Fox’s official description, the sun-kissed procedural follows the “personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu—the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world. Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first-responders saving lives in the difficult and often life-threatening conditions...
Per Fox’s official description, the sun-kissed procedural follows the “personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu—the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world. Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first-responders saving lives in the difficult and often life-threatening conditions...
- 1/18/2024
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Fox has found its main cast for the upcoming drama series “Rescue: Hi Surf,” Variety has learned.
The show was originally greenlit at Fox in April 2023. The series regulars will include: Robbie Magasiva, Arielle Kebbel, Adam Demos, Kekoa Kekumano, Alex Aiono, and Zoe Cipres. In addition, Sea Shimooka will appear in a recurring role.
Full character descriptions can be found below.
The official description of the series states that it will follow “the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu—the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world. Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first-responders saving lives in the difficult and often life-threatening conditions of Hawaii’s Seven Mile Miracle.”
Matt Kester wrote the pilot and serves as executive producer and showrunner. John Wells executive produces via John Wells Productions and will direct the first two episodes.
The show was originally greenlit at Fox in April 2023. The series regulars will include: Robbie Magasiva, Arielle Kebbel, Adam Demos, Kekoa Kekumano, Alex Aiono, and Zoe Cipres. In addition, Sea Shimooka will appear in a recurring role.
Full character descriptions can be found below.
The official description of the series states that it will follow “the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu—the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world. Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first-responders saving lives in the difficult and often life-threatening conditions of Hawaii’s Seven Mile Miracle.”
Matt Kester wrote the pilot and serves as executive producer and showrunner. John Wells executive produces via John Wells Productions and will direct the first two episodes.
- 1/18/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Fox’s upcoming Hawaii lifeguard drama Rescue: Hi-Surf has assembled its main cast. Arielle Kebbel (9-1-1), Adam Demos (Sex/Life), Robbie Magasiva (Wentworth), Kekoa Kekumano (The White Lotus), Alex Aiono (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin ) and Zoe Cipres are set as series regulars and Sea Shimooka (3 Body Problem) will recur in the series from John Wells and Matt Kester.
The action drama follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu—the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world. Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first-responders saving lives in the difficult and often life-threatening conditions of Hawaii’s Seven Mile Miracle.
Magasiva will play Harlan “Sonny” Jennings, a surfer, waterman, and North Shore lifeguard captain with deep ties to his community and an iron clad commitment to his...
The action drama follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu—the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world. Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first-responders saving lives in the difficult and often life-threatening conditions of Hawaii’s Seven Mile Miracle.
Magasiva will play Harlan “Sonny” Jennings, a surfer, waterman, and North Shore lifeguard captain with deep ties to his community and an iron clad commitment to his...
- 1/18/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Six Feet Under’ Star Rachel Griffiths to Lead Escort Agency Comedy-Drama Series ‘Madam’ (Exclusive)
Rachel Griffiths has been cast as the lead in “Madam,” a new dramedy series about an escort agency.
Griffiths, best known for her roles in “Six Feet Under” and “Brothers & Sisters,” stars as McKenzie ‘Mack’ Leigh, who sets up an ethical brothel in New Zealand after her philandering husband and mountain of debt leave her struggling to provide for her family.
Joining Griffiths on the show are Rima Te Wiata (“The Wheel of Time”), Danielle Cormack (“Wentworth”), Robbie Magasiva (“Bad Behaviour”), Martin Henderson (“Virgin River”) and newcomer Ariāna Osborne.
The series, which started shooting on location this week, is based on Antonia Murphy’s unpublished memoir about an American woman who opened an ethical escort agency in New Zealand after the country decriminalized sex work. Murphy’s company aimed to protect women’s rights, well-being and financial independence.
Showrunners are Shoshana McCallum (“Inside”) and Harry McNaughton (“The Pact”) while...
Griffiths, best known for her roles in “Six Feet Under” and “Brothers & Sisters,” stars as McKenzie ‘Mack’ Leigh, who sets up an ethical brothel in New Zealand after her philandering husband and mountain of debt leave her struggling to provide for her family.
Joining Griffiths on the show are Rima Te Wiata (“The Wheel of Time”), Danielle Cormack (“Wentworth”), Robbie Magasiva (“Bad Behaviour”), Martin Henderson (“Virgin River”) and newcomer Ariāna Osborne.
The series, which started shooting on location this week, is based on Antonia Murphy’s unpublished memoir about an American woman who opened an ethical escort agency in New Zealand after the country decriminalized sex work. Murphy’s company aimed to protect women’s rights, well-being and financial independence.
Showrunners are Shoshana McCallum (“Inside”) and Harry McNaughton (“The Pact”) while...
- 9/28/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO Max has set the full cast for its lifeguard drama pilot Ke Nui Road. Robbie Magasiva, Andrew Creer, Tessa de Josselin, Kekoa Scott Kekumano, Koa Tom, Rachel Ogechi Kanu (My Best Friend’s Exorcism), Z’aree Pu’ukani Loganbill, Ethan Rich, and George Mason (The Power of the Dog) are set as series regulars in the Max Original pilot from John Wells, Animal Kingdom writer Matt Kester, and Warner Bros. Television.
Written by Kester and directed by Wells, Ke Nui Road is a contemporary drama set on the North Shore of Oahu, focusing on the relationships between an elite crew of heavy-water lifeguards and the teens and young adults they mentor and train in the junior lifeguard program. The junior guards program embodies the beauty, the danger, the struggle, and...
Written by Kester and directed by Wells, Ke Nui Road is a contemporary drama set on the North Shore of Oahu, focusing on the relationships between an elite crew of heavy-water lifeguards and the teens and young adults they mentor and train in the junior lifeguard program. The junior guards program embodies the beauty, the danger, the struggle, and...
- 11/9/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
When Foxtel first began to craft with Fremantle Wentworth back in 2011, the hope was it would sit comfortably alongside the service’s premium HBO and BBC dramas.
While based on Reg Watson’s long-running ’80s drama Prisoner, and suitably honouring its legacy, it was not designed to a be remake. The desire was to see a modern reimagining of the characters; one that was ambitious and bold.
“We wanted to make something great for Foxtel and set the bar high. It was all part of our hopes for what we could do in the future,” executive producer and former Foxtel head of drama Penny Win recalls to If.
Originally created by Lara Radulovich and David Hannam, Fremantle Australia CEO Ian Hogg pitched Foxtel director of television Brian Walsh the series over a meal in Cannes.
By December that year, early plotting was underway, with journalist and critics Michael Idato and...
While based on Reg Watson’s long-running ’80s drama Prisoner, and suitably honouring its legacy, it was not designed to a be remake. The desire was to see a modern reimagining of the characters; one that was ambitious and bold.
“We wanted to make something great for Foxtel and set the bar high. It was all part of our hopes for what we could do in the future,” executive producer and former Foxtel head of drama Penny Win recalls to If.
Originally created by Lara Radulovich and David Hannam, Fremantle Australia CEO Ian Hogg pitched Foxtel director of television Brian Walsh the series over a meal in Cannes.
By December that year, early plotting was underway, with journalist and critics Michael Idato and...
- 10/26/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Meet Lauren. She’s freshly divorced, a mother-of-two, and is looking for sex without commitment.
With the help of her best friend, Alex, Lauren creates the “Spreadsheet” – a database of male options, customised to ensure her sushi train of sex rolls around with variety and order amidst the chaos of her life.
Starring Katherine Parkinson, Robbie Magasiva, Stephen Curry, Katrina Milosevic, Ryan Shelton and Kerry Armstrong, Spreadsheet is set to premiere on Paramount+ October 27.
Created and written by Kala Ellis, Spreadsheet is a Northern Pictures production.
Joining Ellis in the writers room were Romina Accurso, Rhys Nicholson and Darren Ashton, who was also the set-up director with Sian Davies.
Spreadsheet has received major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Film Victoria. ITV Studios is handling international distribution.
The post ‘Spreadsheet’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
With the help of her best friend, Alex, Lauren creates the “Spreadsheet” – a database of male options, customised to ensure her sushi train of sex rolls around with variety and order amidst the chaos of her life.
Starring Katherine Parkinson, Robbie Magasiva, Stephen Curry, Katrina Milosevic, Ryan Shelton and Kerry Armstrong, Spreadsheet is set to premiere on Paramount+ October 27.
Created and written by Kala Ellis, Spreadsheet is a Northern Pictures production.
Joining Ellis in the writers room were Romina Accurso, Rhys Nicholson and Darren Ashton, who was also the set-up director with Sian Davies.
Spreadsheet has received major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Film Victoria. ITV Studios is handling international distribution.
The post ‘Spreadsheet’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
- 10/7/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The Freak is having urges she can’t control, and Lou Kelly warns “A lot of people we know will end up dead.”
After almost a decade on the small screen one of Australia’s most successful dramas is coming to an end.
Fremantle’s Wentworth: The Final Sentence stars Leah Purcell as Rita Connors, Pamela Rabe as Joan Ferguson, Kate Atkinson as Vera Bennett, Katrina Milosevic as Boomer, Robbie Magasiva as Will Jackson, Kate Jenkinson as Allie Novak, Bernard Curry as Jake Stewart, Rarriwuy Hick as Ruby Mitchell, Susie Porter as Marie Winter, Kate Box as Lou Kelly, Jane Hall as Ann Reynolds, Zoe Terakes as Reb Keane and Vivienne Awosoga as Judy Bryant.
Supporting cast includes David de Lautour as Dr Greg Miller and Jacquie Brennan as Linda Miles, with guest cast Marta Dusseldorp as Sheila Bausch.
To premiere Tuesday August 24 at 8.30pm on Fox Showcase.
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After almost a decade on the small screen one of Australia’s most successful dramas is coming to an end.
Fremantle’s Wentworth: The Final Sentence stars Leah Purcell as Rita Connors, Pamela Rabe as Joan Ferguson, Kate Atkinson as Vera Bennett, Katrina Milosevic as Boomer, Robbie Magasiva as Will Jackson, Kate Jenkinson as Allie Novak, Bernard Curry as Jake Stewart, Rarriwuy Hick as Ruby Mitchell, Susie Porter as Marie Winter, Kate Box as Lou Kelly, Jane Hall as Ann Reynolds, Zoe Terakes as Reb Keane and Vivienne Awosoga as Judy Bryant.
Supporting cast includes David de Lautour as Dr Greg Miller and Jacquie Brennan as Linda Miles, with guest cast Marta Dusseldorp as Sheila Bausch.
To premiere Tuesday August 24 at 8.30pm on Fox Showcase.
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- 7/29/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
An ensemble cast that includes Stephen Curry, Robbie Magasiva, Rowan Witt, Katrina Milosevic, Ryan Shelton, Zahra Newman, Tina Bursill and Richard Piper will join English actress Katherine Parkinson in comedy series Spreadsheet, now shooting in Melbourne for Paramount+.
The Northern Pictures production, first announced in May, marks one of the ViacomCBS platform’s first locally commissioned originals.
Created and written by Kala Ellis, it follows Lauren (Parkinson), a divorced mother of two looking for sex without commitment. With the help of best friend Alex (Witt), she develops “Spreadsheet”: a database of sex options, customised to ensure her sushi train of sex rolls around with variety and order amidst the chaos of her life. What Lauren didn’t expect was a slew of needy men, which apparently even a well-managed excel tracker can’t control.
ViacomCBS Anz head of drama and production Rick Maier said: “When you read an idea...
The Northern Pictures production, first announced in May, marks one of the ViacomCBS platform’s first locally commissioned originals.
Created and written by Kala Ellis, it follows Lauren (Parkinson), a divorced mother of two looking for sex without commitment. With the help of best friend Alex (Witt), she develops “Spreadsheet”: a database of sex options, customised to ensure her sushi train of sex rolls around with variety and order amidst the chaos of her life. What Lauren didn’t expect was a slew of needy men, which apparently even a well-managed excel tracker can’t control.
ViacomCBS Anz head of drama and production Rick Maier said: “When you read an idea...
- 7/11/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: AMC Networks streamer Acorn TV has teamed with New Zealand broadcaster Tvnz to commission its latest original — a romantic comedy set on a Kiwi vineyard, led by The Crown star Charles Edwards and Wanted actress Rebecca Gibney.
Libertine Pictures and Eq Media Group will produce six-part series Under The Vines, which follows Edwards and Gibney as two unlikely city slickers who inherit a failing vineyard in rural New Zealand.
Australian TV star Gibney features as Sydney socialite Daisy Munroe, who heads to New Zealand for a vacation at her recently deceased stepfather’s winery, which she intends to sell.
Little does she know that the vineyard has a co-owner: Grumpy UK-born lawyer, Louis Oakley (Edwards), who also travels to New Zealand to escape a spiraling series of unfortunate events in his life.
Despite neither having done a hard days’ work in their lives and both despising each other, Munroe...
Libertine Pictures and Eq Media Group will produce six-part series Under The Vines, which follows Edwards and Gibney as two unlikely city slickers who inherit a failing vineyard in rural New Zealand.
Australian TV star Gibney features as Sydney socialite Daisy Munroe, who heads to New Zealand for a vacation at her recently deceased stepfather’s winery, which she intends to sell.
Little does she know that the vineyard has a co-owner: Grumpy UK-born lawyer, Louis Oakley (Edwards), who also travels to New Zealand to escape a spiraling series of unfortunate events in his life.
Despite neither having done a hard days’ work in their lives and both despising each other, Munroe...
- 12/8/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
"You guys shot the wrong man, didn't you?!" Dark Star Films has debuted a new official US trailer for the New Zealand dark comedy called Lowdown Dirty Criminals, made by filmmaker Paul Murphy (Second Hand Wedding and Love Birds). This already opened in New Zealand & Australia a few months ago, and should make its way to America sooner than later. Two wannabe gangsters find themselves in a hilariously off-kilter predicament when a botched job leaves them the target of the underworld’s finest. It's closest in tone and style to Guy Ritchie's 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, with a Kiwi edge. The film's ensemble cast includes James Rolleston, Samuel Austin, Scott Wills, Min Kim, Cohen Holloway, Robbie Magasiva, and Rebecca Gibney as "uber gangster The Upholsterer". A crime caper that tells the tale of two naïve young men searching for a better life... through crime. Ha ha.
- 10/26/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
‘Tenet.’
Exhibitors are anticipating a blockbuster opening this Thursday, even with caps on seating capacity, for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet after a sizable turnout for paid previews last weekend.
Warner Bros’ international spy thriller starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Michael Caine and Kenneth Branagh played on more than 500 screens.
The distributor imposed a worldwide block on figures for the previews, which will be folded into the opening weekends in about 70 markets, but exhibitors’ feedback was highly positive.
Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Gm Alex Temesvari tells If: “We were extremely happy with the weekend business, which met my high expectations. The Orpheum had its best trading weekend since reopening by a wide margin.”
The audience at his venue, which is operating at about 30 per cent capacity, spanned a wide demographic, from teenagers to seniors.
“We have extremely high hopes for Tenet’s release this Thursday and expect a...
Exhibitors are anticipating a blockbuster opening this Thursday, even with caps on seating capacity, for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet after a sizable turnout for paid previews last weekend.
Warner Bros’ international spy thriller starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Michael Caine and Kenneth Branagh played on more than 500 screens.
The distributor imposed a worldwide block on figures for the previews, which will be folded into the opening weekends in about 70 markets, but exhibitors’ feedback was highly positive.
Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Gm Alex Temesvari tells If: “We were extremely happy with the weekend business, which met my high expectations. The Orpheum had its best trading weekend since reopening by a wide margin.”
The audience at his venue, which is operating at about 30 per cent capacity, spanned a wide demographic, from teenagers to seniors.
“We have extremely high hopes for Tenet’s release this Thursday and expect a...
- 8/24/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Marta Dusseldorp in ‘Wentworth’ (Photo credit: Sarah Enticknap).
In a world away from A Place to Call Home, Marta Dusseldorp has donned the prison track suit with a guest role in Foxtel’s Wentworth, which resumes shooting this week.
Her character Sheila Bausch, a senior figure in the True Path cult, is on remand, charged with the murder of nine people at the cult’s retreat.
Described as highly intelligent, charismatic and manipulative, Sheila worked as the personal secretary for True Path’s founder Dr Mendel (Brian Vriends).
The Fremantle production re-starts after shutting down on March 23, just before a planned hiatus. The show has the advantage of being shot in its own large building in Melbourne, which has the flexibility of moving scenes set in a small cell to a bigger cell.
Executive producer Jo Porter, who is Fremantle’s director of scripted, said: “We have carefully adjusted our...
In a world away from A Place to Call Home, Marta Dusseldorp has donned the prison track suit with a guest role in Foxtel’s Wentworth, which resumes shooting this week.
Her character Sheila Bausch, a senior figure in the True Path cult, is on remand, charged with the murder of nine people at the cult’s retreat.
Described as highly intelligent, charismatic and manipulative, Sheila worked as the personal secretary for True Path’s founder Dr Mendel (Brian Vriends).
The Fremantle production re-starts after shutting down on March 23, just before a planned hiatus. The show has the advantage of being shot in its own large building in Melbourne, which has the flexibility of moving scenes set in a small cell to a bigger cell.
Executive producer Jo Porter, who is Fremantle’s director of scripted, said: “We have carefully adjusted our...
- 6/15/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Screen reveals first-look picture from comedy caper.
Production has wrapped on the New Zealand Film Commission’s Lowdown Dirty Criminals starring Boy lead James Rolleston and Samuel Austin as Mpi Media Group prepares to launch talks with Cannes buyers this week.
The comedy caper (see first-look image) shot in Wellington and features some of New Zealand’s hottest talent, among them Robbie Magasiva, Rebecca Gibney (Packed To The Rafters) and Cohen Holloway (Hunt For The Wilderpeople).
Paul Murphy directs Lowdown Dirty Criminals, which tells the tale of two naïve young men who believe a life of crime will the keys to a better life.
Production has wrapped on the New Zealand Film Commission’s Lowdown Dirty Criminals starring Boy lead James Rolleston and Samuel Austin as Mpi Media Group prepares to launch talks with Cannes buyers this week.
The comedy caper (see first-look image) shot in Wellington and features some of New Zealand’s hottest talent, among them Robbie Magasiva, Rebecca Gibney (Packed To The Rafters) and Cohen Holloway (Hunt For The Wilderpeople).
Paul Murphy directs Lowdown Dirty Criminals, which tells the tale of two naïve young men who believe a life of crime will the keys to a better life.
- 5/12/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Pua Magasiva, who played the Red Ranger on “Power Rangers Ninja Storm,” was found dead Saturday in New Zealand.
Police arriving at a Wellington, New Zealand residence early on Saturday founder Magasive unresponsive, according to a New Zealand Herald report. He was 38-years-old and police said preliminarily there were “no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.”
Magasiva portrayed Red Wind Ranger Shane Clarke in the Power Rangers show, a spin-off of the original that aired in 2003. He also was known In New Zealandas nurse Vinnie on the medical drama “Shortland Street.”
Magasiva departed from Flava radio last April after a DUI arrest. He was born in Samoa and raised in New Zealand.
Survivors include his wife, Lizz Sadler, a 7-year-old daughter, Jasmine; and his brother, Robbie Magasiva, who is also an actor.
Police arriving at a Wellington, New Zealand residence early on Saturday founder Magasive unresponsive, according to a New Zealand Herald report. He was 38-years-old and police said preliminarily there were “no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.”
Magasiva portrayed Red Wind Ranger Shane Clarke in the Power Rangers show, a spin-off of the original that aired in 2003. He also was known In New Zealandas nurse Vinnie on the medical drama “Shortland Street.”
Magasiva departed from Flava radio last April after a DUI arrest. He was born in Samoa and raised in New Zealand.
Survivors include his wife, Lizz Sadler, a 7-year-old daughter, Jasmine; and his brother, Robbie Magasiva, who is also an actor.
- 5/11/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
(L-r) Scott Wills, Cohen Holloway, Robbie Magasiva, Rebecca Gibney, James Rolleston, Min Kim and Samuel Austin (Photo credit: Sam Norman)
Director Paul Murphy’s Lowdown Dirty Criminals, a comedy crime caper about two naïve young men searching for a better life, is shooting in Wellington.
Scripted by David Brechin-Smith, the plot follows James Rolleston as Freddy and Toi Whakaari graduate Samuel Austin as Marvin, who believe a life of crime will provide them with the future they are seeking, or in their own words, setting them up with “monies and honeys.”
The ensemble cast includes Robbie Magasiva, Rebecca Gibney and Cohen Holloway (Hunt for the Wilderpeople.)
Robin Murphy and Sadie Wilson are producing for Lowdown Productions, with investment from the New Zealand Film Commission, Avalon Studios, Global Film Solutions and Hells Pizza. Catherine Fitzgerald is the Ep.
Monster Pictures will distribute in Australia and New Zealand. Mpi Media Group is handling international sales.
Director Paul Murphy’s Lowdown Dirty Criminals, a comedy crime caper about two naïve young men searching for a better life, is shooting in Wellington.
Scripted by David Brechin-Smith, the plot follows James Rolleston as Freddy and Toi Whakaari graduate Samuel Austin as Marvin, who believe a life of crime will provide them with the future they are seeking, or in their own words, setting them up with “monies and honeys.”
The ensemble cast includes Robbie Magasiva, Rebecca Gibney and Cohen Holloway (Hunt for the Wilderpeople.)
Robin Murphy and Sadie Wilson are producing for Lowdown Productions, with investment from the New Zealand Film Commission, Avalon Studios, Global Film Solutions and Hells Pizza. Catherine Fitzgerald is the Ep.
Monster Pictures will distribute in Australia and New Zealand. Mpi Media Group is handling international sales.
- 3/12/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Wentworth season 4.
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Wentworth season 4 is set to make its Australian premiere on May 10.
The show, adapted from Prisoner, which ran on Network Ten from 1979 to 1986, is a FremantleMedia Australia production for Foxtel and has been sold to more than 90 countries.
The story resumes four months after the events seen in the fiery season three finale..
The women of H block are returning to Wentworth Correctional Centre to find a new dynamic is in play which will have immediate ramifications for Bea as Kaz Proctor has established a power base..
On the outside, Franky is trying hard to be a productive member of society..
As always, no-one should underestimate .the Freak..
Notions of love and obsession will underpin the 12 episode season.
Wentworth season 4 stars Danielle Cormack as Bea Smith, Nicole da Silva as Franky Doyle, Pamela Rabe as Joan Ferguson, Kate Atkinson as Vera Bennett, Celia Ireland as Liz Birdsworth, Shareena Clanton as Doreen Anderson,...
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Wentworth season 4 is set to make its Australian premiere on May 10.
The show, adapted from Prisoner, which ran on Network Ten from 1979 to 1986, is a FremantleMedia Australia production for Foxtel and has been sold to more than 90 countries.
The story resumes four months after the events seen in the fiery season three finale..
The women of H block are returning to Wentworth Correctional Centre to find a new dynamic is in play which will have immediate ramifications for Bea as Kaz Proctor has established a power base..
On the outside, Franky is trying hard to be a productive member of society..
As always, no-one should underestimate .the Freak..
Notions of love and obsession will underpin the 12 episode season.
Wentworth season 4 stars Danielle Cormack as Bea Smith, Nicole da Silva as Franky Doyle, Pamela Rabe as Joan Ferguson, Kate Atkinson as Vera Bennett, Celia Ireland as Liz Birdsworth, Shareena Clanton as Doreen Anderson,...
- 3/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sigrid Thornton has joined the cast of Wentworth Season 4, which will premiere on Foxtel in 2016.
Thornton is the first actress to have starred in the original Prisoner series to join the cast of Wentworth..
However, rather than reprising her previous character Ros Coulson, she enters the prison as Sonia Stevens - a new character partially inspired by one originally played by Tina Bursill.
Thornton plays a wealthy but self-made dynamo behind a cosmetics empire. .
She comes into the prison on remand, suspected of the murder of a missing woman.
Foxtel head of drama Penny Win said the fourth season continued the series. finely-honed evolution as a world class contemporary drama which proudly forges its own path.
.Having Sigrid Thornton sign on to return behind the walls of Wentworth is a casting dream and a wonderful acknowledgement of the work the writing team has put into the creation of Sonia Stevens...
Thornton is the first actress to have starred in the original Prisoner series to join the cast of Wentworth..
However, rather than reprising her previous character Ros Coulson, she enters the prison as Sonia Stevens - a new character partially inspired by one originally played by Tina Bursill.
Thornton plays a wealthy but self-made dynamo behind a cosmetics empire. .
She comes into the prison on remand, suspected of the murder of a missing woman.
Foxtel head of drama Penny Win said the fourth season continued the series. finely-honed evolution as a world class contemporary drama which proudly forges its own path.
.Having Sigrid Thornton sign on to return behind the walls of Wentworth is a casting dream and a wonderful acknowledgement of the work the writing team has put into the creation of Sonia Stevens...
- 11/5/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Production started this week on season four of Foxtel and FremantleMedia Australia.s drama Wentworth.
The cast and crew are settling in to a new location and studio in Melbourne.s western suburbs to shoot the 12 episode season.
Wentworth.s S4 cast includes Danielle Cormack (Bea Smith), Pamela Rabe (Joan Ferguson), Kate Atkinson (Vera Bennett), Nicole da Silva (Franky Doyle), Celia Ireland (Liz Birdsworth), Shareena Clanton (Doreen Anderson), Katrina Milosevic (Sue .Boomer. Jenkins), Robbie Magasiva (Will Jackson), Socratis Otto (Maxine Conway), Tammy MacIntosh (Kaz Proctor), and Libby Tanner (Bridget Westfall).
.As the story resumes, Bea and her cell-block mates are returning to Wentworth after the fire and rebuilding of H Block to find a new dynamic in play with a new contender for Top Dog. On the outside, Franky is trying hard to be a productive member of society. As always, no-one should underestimate .the Freak...
.Wentworth is a FremantleMedia Australia...
The cast and crew are settling in to a new location and studio in Melbourne.s western suburbs to shoot the 12 episode season.
Wentworth.s S4 cast includes Danielle Cormack (Bea Smith), Pamela Rabe (Joan Ferguson), Kate Atkinson (Vera Bennett), Nicole da Silva (Franky Doyle), Celia Ireland (Liz Birdsworth), Shareena Clanton (Doreen Anderson), Katrina Milosevic (Sue .Boomer. Jenkins), Robbie Magasiva (Will Jackson), Socratis Otto (Maxine Conway), Tammy MacIntosh (Kaz Proctor), and Libby Tanner (Bridget Westfall).
.As the story resumes, Bea and her cell-block mates are returning to Wentworth after the fire and rebuilding of H Block to find a new dynamic in play with a new contender for Top Dog. On the outside, Franky is trying hard to be a productive member of society. As always, no-one should underestimate .the Freak...
.Wentworth is a FremantleMedia Australia...
- 8/14/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Wentworth and Devil.s Playground have dominated in the 2015 Astra nominations, between them securing all nominations in the acting and Australian drama categories.
More than 30 Australian subscription channels have been shortlisted as finalists across the 17 Astra categories (finalists for Channel of the Year are announced separately).
This year, for the first time, a number of professionals from wider creative industries joined subscription television executives in the judging process. The result is a diverse range of nominations (for instance, in the Most Outstanding Reality Program category, Aussie productions The Real Housewives of Melbourne is nominated up against Outback Coroner and Afl football show The Recruit, as well as Us programs Deadliest Catch and Gold Rush) while, for the first time, community channel Aurora has earned its first Astra in its 20-year history.
.The finalists announced today represent the best content on Australian television,. Astra CEO Andrew Maiden said in a statement released to media.
More than 30 Australian subscription channels have been shortlisted as finalists across the 17 Astra categories (finalists for Channel of the Year are announced separately).
This year, for the first time, a number of professionals from wider creative industries joined subscription television executives in the judging process. The result is a diverse range of nominations (for instance, in the Most Outstanding Reality Program category, Aussie productions The Real Housewives of Melbourne is nominated up against Outback Coroner and Afl football show The Recruit, as well as Us programs Deadliest Catch and Gold Rush) while, for the first time, community channel Aurora has earned its first Astra in its 20-year history.
.The finalists announced today represent the best content on Australian television,. Astra CEO Andrew Maiden said in a statement released to media.
- 2/10/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
If TV executives giving you the silent treatment about your favourite shows is getting you all hot under the collar, all you need to do is get in touch with the Q&A, and we'll sort 'em ahhhht (...when we can).
Read on to discover what we found out this week...
Any further news on a second season of Dates on Channel 4?
Ooh, you guys are plucky! Dates, you may remember, was the Channel 4 drama series that saw the likes of Sheridan Smith, Andrew Scott, Will Mellor and Katie McGrath go out on a number of overlapping first dates.
The show very much had a 'one-off' feel about it, coming as part of the channel's special 'Mating Season' in June 2013. However, its fans are refusing to let go, and the renewal of its stablemate, reality series First Dates, continues to give them hope. However, a Channel 4 spokesperson...
Read on to discover what we found out this week...
Any further news on a second season of Dates on Channel 4?
Ooh, you guys are plucky! Dates, you may remember, was the Channel 4 drama series that saw the likes of Sheridan Smith, Andrew Scott, Will Mellor and Katie McGrath go out on a number of overlapping first dates.
The show very much had a 'one-off' feel about it, coming as part of the channel's special 'Mating Season' in June 2013. However, its fans are refusing to let go, and the renewal of its stablemate, reality series First Dates, continues to give them hope. However, a Channel 4 spokesperson...
- 7/24/2014
- Digital Spy
The stars of Wentworth have spoken to Digital Spy about reinventing Prisoner: Cell Block H for audiences in 2014.
Known as Wentworth Prison in the UK, the popular prison drama is inspired by Australian soap Prisoner - which ran for 692 episodes between 1979 and 1986.
Speaking to Digital Spy at the 2014 Monte Carlo Television Festival, stars Danielle Cormack (Bea Smith), Robbie Magasiva (Will Jackson) and exec producer Jo Porter explain how Wentworth established its own identity away from the cult classic.
The trio also reveal why Bea is the "MacGyver of murder" and how the arrival of iconic figure The Freak - now played by Pamela Rabe - will shake things up at Wentworth Prison.
Known as Wentworth Prison in the UK, the popular prison drama is inspired by Australian soap Prisoner - which ran for 692 episodes between 1979 and 1986.
Speaking to Digital Spy at the 2014 Monte Carlo Television Festival, stars Danielle Cormack (Bea Smith), Robbie Magasiva (Will Jackson) and exec producer Jo Porter explain how Wentworth established its own identity away from the cult classic.
The trio also reveal why Bea is the "MacGyver of murder" and how the arrival of iconic figure The Freak - now played by Pamela Rabe - will shake things up at Wentworth Prison.
- 6/23/2014
- Digital Spy
There.s a lot going on for Sacha Horler right now.
Currently in Monte Carlo, the Aussie actress is waiting to find out if she will take home a Golden Nymph after being nominated for outstanding actress in the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo for her work on The Moody.s.
.I.m only up against people like Julie Bowen from Modern Family,. she tells If. .Patrick [Brammall] is up against Ian McKellan. It.s not very stiff competition..
Both herself and Brammall have been tipped with an acting nomination while the show itself has also received a nod for best TV comedy series.
Fremantlemedia production Wentworth also received accolades in the drama TV series category, with Robbie Magasiva and Danielle Cormack also nominated.
.Our show is up against Episodes, Mrs Brown.s Boys, a Norwegian show [Lilyhammer] and a couple of other high rating international comedy shows,. Horler says. .I think...
Currently in Monte Carlo, the Aussie actress is waiting to find out if she will take home a Golden Nymph after being nominated for outstanding actress in the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo for her work on The Moody.s.
.I.m only up against people like Julie Bowen from Modern Family,. she tells If. .Patrick [Brammall] is up against Ian McKellan. It.s not very stiff competition..
Both herself and Brammall have been tipped with an acting nomination while the show itself has also received a nod for best TV comedy series.
Fremantlemedia production Wentworth also received accolades in the drama TV series category, with Robbie Magasiva and Danielle Cormack also nominated.
.Our show is up against Episodes, Mrs Brown.s Boys, a Norwegian show [Lilyhammer] and a couple of other high rating international comedy shows,. Horler says. .I think...
- 6/11/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Australian actress Shareena Clanton and New Zealander Robbie Magasiva star in the popular Australian prison drama series, Wentworth, which is set to premiere this month on the UK's Channel 5. The ten-part series, from Aussie network Foxtel, is a modern re-telling of the old 80's series, Prisoner; also an Australian production. That show aired in the UK under the title, Prisoner: Cell Block H. Wentworth focuses on protagonist Bea Smith's (Danielle Cormack) story, detailing how she ended up in prison, and how she came to subsequently rule the yard. Clanton (Stone Bros, Redfern Now) plays the role of prisoner Doreen Anderson aka #335-571, while Magasiva (Lord of The Rings,...
- 8/22/2013
- by Emmanuel Akitobi
- ShadowAndAct
Wentworth, the new drama based on iconic Australian TV series Prisoner, starts production in Melbourne next week.
The 10-part series will be filmed on a purpose-built women.s prison, the Wentworth Detention Centre, where inmates and corrections staff will be forced to forge unlikely friendships to survive on the inside.
The cast includes Danielle Cormack (Underbelly Razor, Rake) as Wentworth.s latest arrival, suburban wife and mum Bea Smith; Nicole Da Silva (Rush, East West 101) as Gen Y lesbian Franky Doyle; Celia Ireland (Laid, All Saints) as earthy Liz Birdsworth; and Shareena Clanton as young Aboriginal woman Doreen Anderson.
Catherine McClements (Rush, Water Rats) and Kate Atkinson (Offspring, Rush) play Governor Meg Jackson and her deputy Vera Bennett. Aaron Jeffery (Underbelly Badness, McLeod.s Daughters) and Robbie Magasiva (Shortland Street) are corrections officers Matthew .Fletch. Fletcher and Will Jackson. Leeanna Walsman (Underbelly Badness) plays progressive and crusading lawyer Erica Davidson.
The 10-part series will be filmed on a purpose-built women.s prison, the Wentworth Detention Centre, where inmates and corrections staff will be forced to forge unlikely friendships to survive on the inside.
The cast includes Danielle Cormack (Underbelly Razor, Rake) as Wentworth.s latest arrival, suburban wife and mum Bea Smith; Nicole Da Silva (Rush, East West 101) as Gen Y lesbian Franky Doyle; Celia Ireland (Laid, All Saints) as earthy Liz Birdsworth; and Shareena Clanton as young Aboriginal woman Doreen Anderson.
Catherine McClements (Rush, Water Rats) and Kate Atkinson (Offspring, Rush) play Governor Meg Jackson and her deputy Vera Bennett. Aaron Jeffery (Underbelly Badness, McLeod.s Daughters) and Robbie Magasiva (Shortland Street) are corrections officers Matthew .Fletch. Fletcher and Will Jackson. Leeanna Walsman (Underbelly Badness) plays progressive and crusading lawyer Erica Davidson.
- 10/3/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
A gutsy and star-studded celebrity team is set to take on the Wheel Blacks, New Zealand’s national wheelchair rugby squad, in a charity exhibition match at the Auckland Spinal Unit this Sunday.
Actor Robbie Magasiva and All Blacks Keven Mealamu, Tana Umaga, Benson Stanley and Buck Shelford are just a few of the famous faces that have taken up the wheelchair rugby match challenge to fundraise for the New Zealand Rugby Foundation (Nzrf) and raise awareness of its rugby supporters’ website, www.no8.co.nz. Funds raised from the match will help the Nzrf continue its support of the Wheel Blacks, along with providing care and resources to seriously injured rugby players and their families.
The not-for-profit organisation launched www.no8.co.nz in order to create an online community for passionate rugby supporters that would celebrate New Zealand’s national game, as well as serve to benefit injured players.
Actor Robbie Magasiva and All Blacks Keven Mealamu, Tana Umaga, Benson Stanley and Buck Shelford are just a few of the famous faces that have taken up the wheelchair rugby match challenge to fundraise for the New Zealand Rugby Foundation (Nzrf) and raise awareness of its rugby supporters’ website, www.no8.co.nz. Funds raised from the match will help the Nzrf continue its support of the Wheel Blacks, along with providing care and resources to seriously injured rugby players and their families.
The not-for-profit organisation launched www.no8.co.nz in order to create an online community for passionate rugby supporters that would celebrate New Zealand’s national game, as well as serve to benefit injured players.
- 10/8/2010
- Look to the Stars
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- 6/28/2008
- by Dominick
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