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Showtime exec honoured at ASTRA Conference
Showtime’s Executive Producer Kim Vecera has been awarded the first ASTRA Pioneer Award at the Women in Television Breakfast earlier today.
The award acknowledges contribution through leadership, innovation and creativity and support for the development of subscription television in Australia.
For Showtime Australia, Vecera has executive produced Season 3 of Love My Way, Satisfaction Seasons 1, 2 and 3, and Tangle Seasons 1 and 2 and is currently executive producing Cloudstreet.
Her other credits include Whatever Happened To That Guy?,:30 Seconds, Australia’s Next Top Model, Love Bytes, Dangerous, and Seasons 1 and 2 of …
Busy schedules are no Tangle to John Edwards
He is one of the busiest producers in the biz.
John Edwards has four drama projects on the go this year: Tangle (Showtime), Offspring, Rush (both TEN) and Spirited (W Channel). How on earth does he juggle such major work when other producers have their work cut out just staying on top of one?
“My work is based on a couple of significant collaborations,” he told TV Tonight.
“Generally speaking things have actually been fitting on the back of each other in a quite complimentary way.
“Although Spirited has been clashing because it’s in Sydney …
Offspring springs into series
The Australian today notes that TEN has commissioned a 13-part family drama series from its telemovie Offspring.
The telemovie produced by John Edwards (Tangle, Rush, Dangerous, The Secret Life of Us) and Imogen Banks (Tangle) for Southern Star features Asher Keddie in a story of the impossible loves of 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman, and her fabulously messy family, as they navigate the chaos of modern life. Offspring has been described as a “buoyant romantic comedy.”
It will also feature Don Hany, John Waters, Kat Stewart and Deb Mailman.
Filming on the series starts in …
Tangle adds new cast members
Tangle begins shooting its second season today and announces new cast members in Kick Gurry (Speed Racer, Looking for Alibrandi), Tim Draxl (Red Canyon, Swimming Upstream), Adam Zwar (Wilfred, Underbelly, Rush), Leah Vandenberg (East of Everything, Stupid Stupid Man) and previously announced Don Hany (East West 101, Underbelly).
Justine Clarke, Catherine McClements, Joel Tobeck, Matt Day and Kat Stewart have all been confirmed to return. Due to the plotline nature of the season cliffhanger, so far there is no confirmation on a return by actor Ben Mendelsohn.
Produced by John Edwards and Imogen …
Second season for Tangle
It’s official.
Showtime has commissioned a second season of Tangle, the acclaimed Australian drama about two generations of families in suburban Melbourne.
Minor Spoiler: Justine Clarke, Catherine McClements, Joel Tobeck, Matt Day and Kat Stewart are all returning. Due to the plotline nature of the season cliffhanger, so far there is no confirmation on a return by actor Ben Mendelsohn.
As revealed by TV Tonight, Don Hany (East West 101, Dirt Game, Underbelly) is also joining the cast.
The second season has been written by original writers Fiona Seres (Love My Way, Dangerous, The …
Asher Keddie for TEN telemovie
One of the busiest producers in the biz, John Edwards, will co-produce a contemporary telemovie for Channel TEN, Offspring.
Asher Keddie (Hawke, Rush, Love My Way, Underbelly) will star in a story of the impossible loves of 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman, and her fabulously messy family, as they navigate the chaos of modern life. Kat Stewart (Tangle, Underbelly, 30 Seconds) will star as her wild sister Billie. Don Hany (Underbelly, East West 101, White Collar Blue) is also confirmed for the project.
Filming of the Southern Star project begins next Monday in Melbourne.
Edwards …
Foxtel shows preserved by National Archives
Australian-made productions from Subscription TV will now be preserved for posterity by the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA).
Foxtel has delivered 260 hours of original content including dramas such as Love My Way, Crash Palace, Dangerous (pictured) and documentaries including Beyond Kokoda and Battle of Long Tan.
The Chair of the NFSA, Professor Chris Puplick, said today that the agreement was a benchmark for what the NFSA is trying to achieve. “This will strengthen enormously our collection of Australian television and will increase the collection’s diversity, ensuring that we have material across …
Rush
Despite the first night blitz for Packed to the Rafters, Underbelly is still the only breakout drama of 2008.
So while Seven is elated by the audience rapture for City Homicide, Nine also launches its local cops in The Strip. So it was logical for the network light on local drama, TEN, to find its own franchise with Rush. The question will be, is there room for all?
Rush was originally conceived in 2004 as Rapid Response, …