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Jackman winds down SEED in Sydney
Hugh Jackman appears to be winding down operations at his Sydney production company SEED Productions with partner Deborah-Lee Furness and producer John Palermo.
While focusing mostly on film, SEED had close affiliations with Foxtel, producing An Aussie Goes Barmy, An Aussie Goes Bolly and An Aussie Goes Calypso for FOX8. Both were hosted by close friend Gus Worland.
SEED launched three years ago planning to shoot up to 5 films a year, plus television and and to establish a theatre company in Sydney.
Workers at FOX Studios in Sydney noticed the curtains drawn on …
Foxtel rocks into 2009
Foxtel has joined the procession of new programme announcements, with a raft of Australian-produced and international shows, some of which launch as early as December.
The channels owned & operated by Foxtel include FOX8, FOX Classics, Arena, Comedy, Crime & Investigation, History, Biography and the W Channel.
The titles include 15 local productions, starting with An Aussie Goes Calypso in December and reality competition The Phone in January. Both will air on FOX8.
To be presented by Justin Melvey, The Phone sees two hidden mobile phones ringing somewhere in a city. When a stranger …
An Aussie goes Calypso
Following on from the success of An Aussie goes Barmy and An Aussie goes Bolly, next up it’s An Aussie Goes Calypso.
The first two series featured cricketing fan Gus Worland infiltrating the English cricketing team’s “Barmy Army” and following the Aussie team through India.
Both series were produced and narrated by Worland’s best mate, Hugh Jackman, and a big hit for the FOX8 channel.
The Calypso version, is filmed in Grenada, will air on FOX8 in December….