Mark and Carl Fennessy.
Endemol Shine Australia co-CEOs Mark and Carl Fennessy are departing after leading the company for 10 years, with chief content officer Peter Newman taking over as CEO.
This follows the $US2.2 billion global takeover of Endemol Shine Group by the European production and distribution giant Banijay Group.
Meanwhile, Rory Callaghan continues as CEO of Banijay-owned Screentime, which is yet to be integrated with Endemol Shine. Its slate includes Sas: Who Dares Wins, Rbt and Anh’s Brush with Fame.
Business partners for 26 years after founding indie producer Crackerjack, the Fennessys say they are looking forward to taking a long break. No date has yet been revealed for the handover to Newman, who joined Shine in 2012 as creative director and was upped to chief content officer in 2018.
Newman has overseen one of the world’s biggest unscripted production slates including MasterChef Australia, Big Brother, Gogglebox Australia, Australian Survivor,...
Endemol Shine Australia co-CEOs Mark and Carl Fennessy are departing after leading the company for 10 years, with chief content officer Peter Newman taking over as CEO.
This follows the $US2.2 billion global takeover of Endemol Shine Group by the European production and distribution giant Banijay Group.
Meanwhile, Rory Callaghan continues as CEO of Banijay-owned Screentime, which is yet to be integrated with Endemol Shine. Its slate includes Sas: Who Dares Wins, Rbt and Anh’s Brush with Fame.
Business partners for 26 years after founding indie producer Crackerjack, the Fennessys say they are looking forward to taking a long break. No date has yet been revealed for the handover to Newman, who joined Shine in 2012 as creative director and was upped to chief content officer in 2018.
Newman has overseen one of the world’s biggest unscripted production slates including MasterChef Australia, Big Brother, Gogglebox Australia, Australian Survivor,...
- 9/22/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Cathy Payne.
Cathy Payne surprised the international TV business when she announced last October she would step down as CEO of Endemol Shine International in early 2020.
That was two weeks before the French-based entertainment giant Banijay launched a $US2.2 billion takeover of the Endemol Shine Group.
Now she’s set to take the role of head of distribution at Banijay Group and CEO of Banijay Rights. According to Deadline, she will take over from Tim Mutimer. It’s understood Mutimer will move to a new role in the group.
A Banijay spokesperson declined to comment. The takeover is expected to be completed in the next few months after The Walt Disney Company and Apollo Global Management agreed to sell their stakes in Esg.
In Australia it’s unclear what the deal will mean for the management led by Screentime’s CEO Rory Callaghan and Endemol Shine Australia co-ceo’s Mark and Carl Fennessy.
Cathy Payne surprised the international TV business when she announced last October she would step down as CEO of Endemol Shine International in early 2020.
That was two weeks before the French-based entertainment giant Banijay launched a $US2.2 billion takeover of the Endemol Shine Group.
Now she’s set to take the role of head of distribution at Banijay Group and CEO of Banijay Rights. According to Deadline, she will take over from Tim Mutimer. It’s understood Mutimer will move to a new role in the group.
A Banijay spokesperson declined to comment. The takeover is expected to be completed in the next few months after The Walt Disney Company and Apollo Global Management agreed to sell their stakes in Esg.
In Australia it’s unclear what the deal will mean for the management led by Screentime’s CEO Rory Callaghan and Endemol Shine Australia co-ceo’s Mark and Carl Fennessy.
- 3/9/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Noel Mpofu and Anthony Ellis.
Seasoned writer and script executive Anthony Ellis has joined Screentime in the newly created role of head of scripted.
Ellis will work alongside head of production (scripted) Kerrie Mainwaring at the Banijay-owned production company headed by CEO Rory Callaghan.
Also at Screentime, chief financial officer Noel Mpofu has been promoted to chief operating officer. Earlier Screentime executive producer Johnny Lowry was upped to head of non-scripted.
These moves follow the retirement late last year of executive chairman Bob Campbell.
A former head of scripted content at Fremantle and Wentworth script executive, Ellis’ most recent credit was writing an episode of Breathless, Fremantle’s four-part thriller created by Neighbours executive producer Jason Herbison for Network 10 and the UK’s Channel 5.
Ellis said: “I am delighted to join Screentime and look forward to helping secure and build on its legacy of innovative, compelling and hugely popular drama.
Seasoned writer and script executive Anthony Ellis has joined Screentime in the newly created role of head of scripted.
Ellis will work alongside head of production (scripted) Kerrie Mainwaring at the Banijay-owned production company headed by CEO Rory Callaghan.
Also at Screentime, chief financial officer Noel Mpofu has been promoted to chief operating officer. Earlier Screentime executive producer Johnny Lowry was upped to head of non-scripted.
These moves follow the retirement late last year of executive chairman Bob Campbell.
A former head of scripted content at Fremantle and Wentworth script executive, Ellis’ most recent credit was writing an episode of Breathless, Fremantle’s four-part thriller created by Neighbours executive producer Jason Herbison for Network 10 and the UK’s Channel 5.
Ellis said: “I am delighted to join Screentime and look forward to helping secure and build on its legacy of innovative, compelling and hugely popular drama.
- 3/5/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Bob Campbell.
Screentime executive chairman Bob Campbell has retired from the production company he co-founded with Des Monaghan 23 years ago.
That marks the end of an era at the company best known for the Underbelly franchise, Pine Gap, Wolf Creek, Cloudstreet, Janet King and Anzac Girls as well as light entertainment fare such as Anh’s Brush with Fame, Rbt, Hughesy, We Have a Problem and The Secret Life of Four Year Olds.
The co-founders sold a controlling stake to French-based entertainment giant Banijay in 2012 and Monaghan stepped down as executive chairman in 2014.
Campbell departed before the completion of Banijay’s takeover of the Endemol Shine Group (Esg), which will create one of the world’s biggest independent production and distribution banners with a catalogue of 85,000 hours.
Rory Callaghan will continue to run Screentime as CEO. In an unrelated move, Screentime executive producer Johnny Lowry has been promoted to head of non-scripted,...
Screentime executive chairman Bob Campbell has retired from the production company he co-founded with Des Monaghan 23 years ago.
That marks the end of an era at the company best known for the Underbelly franchise, Pine Gap, Wolf Creek, Cloudstreet, Janet King and Anzac Girls as well as light entertainment fare such as Anh’s Brush with Fame, Rbt, Hughesy, We Have a Problem and The Secret Life of Four Year Olds.
The co-founders sold a controlling stake to French-based entertainment giant Banijay in 2012 and Monaghan stepped down as executive chairman in 2014.
Campbell departed before the completion of Banijay’s takeover of the Endemol Shine Group (Esg), which will create one of the world’s biggest independent production and distribution banners with a catalogue of 85,000 hours.
Rory Callaghan will continue to run Screentime as CEO. In an unrelated move, Screentime executive producer Johnny Lowry has been promoted to head of non-scripted,...
- 1/31/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Informer 3838.’
French-based entertainment giant Banijay’s takeover of the Endemol Shine Group (Esg) will create the world’s biggest independent production and distribution company with a catalogue of nearly 100,000 hours.
Esg’s owners The Walt Disney Company, which picked up its stake as part of its buy-out of 21st Century Fox assets last year, and Apollo Global Management have agreed to sell the firm for a reported $US2.2 billion.
Esg consists of 120 production companies with an estimated 66,000 hours of scripted and non-scripted programming and more than 4,300 registered formats including Black Mirror, Versailles, The Millennium Trilogy, Peaky Blinders, Temptation Island and The Island.
In Australia, the deal unites Banijay’s Screentime, the maker of the Nine Network’s upcoming crime drama Informer 3838 , Seven’s Sas: Who Dares Wins and 10’s Playing for Keeps, Trial By Kyle and Hughesy We Have a Problem, with Endemol Shine Australia, home to MasterChef Australia,...
French-based entertainment giant Banijay’s takeover of the Endemol Shine Group (Esg) will create the world’s biggest independent production and distribution company with a catalogue of nearly 100,000 hours.
Esg’s owners The Walt Disney Company, which picked up its stake as part of its buy-out of 21st Century Fox assets last year, and Apollo Global Management have agreed to sell the firm for a reported $US2.2 billion.
Esg consists of 120 production companies with an estimated 66,000 hours of scripted and non-scripted programming and more than 4,300 registered formats including Black Mirror, Versailles, The Millennium Trilogy, Peaky Blinders, Temptation Island and The Island.
In Australia, the deal unites Banijay’s Screentime, the maker of the Nine Network’s upcoming crime drama Informer 3838 , Seven’s Sas: Who Dares Wins and 10’s Playing for Keeps, Trial By Kyle and Hughesy We Have a Problem, with Endemol Shine Australia, home to MasterChef Australia,...
- 10/27/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Blue Murder: Killer Cop..
The Seven Network has revealed its programming slate for the coming 18 months. Among it are a number of new Australia dramas, including: Olivia Newton-John, Warnie, Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story and the anticipated Blue Murder: Killer Cop, which sees Richard Roxburgh reprise his role as Roger Rogerson.
The network has also confirmed that The Secret Daughter, Wanted and 800 Words will return in 2017.
Also new for Seven are Million Dollar Cold Case, Yummy Mummies, The Aussie Property Flippers and Murder Uncovered. The network has also touted a controversial new show.—..now being filmed under a veil of secrecy..—.which it claims will be the most talked about program of 2017.
Seven has confirmed reality mainstays.My Kitchen Rules, House Rules, First Dates and Seven Year Switch for new seasons.
New international titles secured by the network include Trial and Error and Training Day.
Seven.s...
The Seven Network has revealed its programming slate for the coming 18 months. Among it are a number of new Australia dramas, including: Olivia Newton-John, Warnie, Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story and the anticipated Blue Murder: Killer Cop, which sees Richard Roxburgh reprise his role as Roger Rogerson.
The network has also confirmed that The Secret Daughter, Wanted and 800 Words will return in 2017.
Also new for Seven are Million Dollar Cold Case, Yummy Mummies, The Aussie Property Flippers and Murder Uncovered. The network has also touted a controversial new show.—..now being filmed under a veil of secrecy..—.which it claims will be the most talked about program of 2017.
Seven has confirmed reality mainstays.My Kitchen Rules, House Rules, First Dates and Seven Year Switch for new seasons.
New international titles secured by the network include Trial and Error and Training Day.
Seven.s...
- 10/27/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Jessica Mauboy.
Channel Seven's The Secret Daughter, starring Jessica Mauboy, has begun filming in Sydney and country Nsw.
Mauboy leads the cast as Billie Carter, a part-time country pub singer whose life changes forever after a chance meeting with wealthy city hotelier Jack Norton, played by Colin Friels.
The drama will also star Bonnie Sveen (Home and Away), Matthew Levett (A Place To Call Home, Devil.s Playground), David Field (Catching Milat, No Activity), Rachel Gordon (Winter, The Moodys, Blue Heelers), Salvatore Coco (The Principal, Catching Milat) and Jared Turner (The Almighty Johnsons, The Shannara Chronicles).
Supporting cast members include former Miss World Australia Erin Holland, Jr Reyne (Neighbours), Libby Asciak (Here Come The Habibs), Johnny Boxer (Fat Pizza vs Housos), Terry Serio (Janet King), Waapa graduate Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Jeremy Ambrum (Cleverman, Mabo) and Amanda Muggleton (City Homicide, Prisoner).
.Seven is the home of Australian drama and we.re immensely...
Channel Seven's The Secret Daughter, starring Jessica Mauboy, has begun filming in Sydney and country Nsw.
Mauboy leads the cast as Billie Carter, a part-time country pub singer whose life changes forever after a chance meeting with wealthy city hotelier Jack Norton, played by Colin Friels.
The drama will also star Bonnie Sveen (Home and Away), Matthew Levett (A Place To Call Home, Devil.s Playground), David Field (Catching Milat, No Activity), Rachel Gordon (Winter, The Moodys, Blue Heelers), Salvatore Coco (The Principal, Catching Milat) and Jared Turner (The Almighty Johnsons, The Shannara Chronicles).
Supporting cast members include former Miss World Australia Erin Holland, Jr Reyne (Neighbours), Libby Asciak (Here Come The Habibs), Johnny Boxer (Fat Pizza vs Housos), Terry Serio (Janet King), Waapa graduate Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Jeremy Ambrum (Cleverman, Mabo) and Amanda Muggleton (City Homicide, Prisoner).
.Seven is the home of Australian drama and we.re immensely...
- 4/18/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Kerrie Mainwaring.
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Screentime, a Banijay Group company, has appointed producer Kerrie Mainwaring as head of production - scripted.
Mainwaring has produced projects including Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, Catching Milat, Inxs: Never Tear Us Apart as well as new production.Brock..
Previously head of production - drama for Southern Star, Mainwaring's other credits include Paper Giants: Magazine Wars, Howzat: Kerry Packer.s War, Puberty Blues and Wild Boys - as well as having line produced Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo and Rescue Special Ops. .Her earlier credits include East West 101, Spirited and the first series of Rake.
.Working alongside head of drama, Greg Haddrick, and reporting to chief executive, Rory Callaghan, Mainwaring will be responsible for the management of the company.s drama slate including budgeting and reporting.
..I am delighted to be joining the team at Screentime, and to be continuing the collaboration with Rory Callaghan,...
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Screentime, a Banijay Group company, has appointed producer Kerrie Mainwaring as head of production - scripted.
Mainwaring has produced projects including Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, Catching Milat, Inxs: Never Tear Us Apart as well as new production.Brock..
Previously head of production - drama for Southern Star, Mainwaring's other credits include Paper Giants: Magazine Wars, Howzat: Kerry Packer.s War, Puberty Blues and Wild Boys - as well as having line produced Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo and Rescue Special Ops. .Her earlier credits include East West 101, Spirited and the first series of Rake.
.Working alongside head of drama, Greg Haddrick, and reporting to chief executive, Rory Callaghan, Mainwaring will be responsible for the management of the company.s drama slate including budgeting and reporting.
..I am delighted to be joining the team at Screentime, and to be continuing the collaboration with Rory Callaghan,...
- 4/8/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
George Miller’s action-epic scoops eight awards including best film and best director.Scroll down for the full list
Mad Max: Fury Road has scooped the pool at Australia’s top film awards, the AACTAs, with George Miller’s high-action epic scoring wins in eight of its 11 nominated categories, including best film and best director.
Jocelyn Moorhouse’s retro western The Dressmaker won the Aacta People’s Choice Award at the Sydney event, and Kate Winslet won the Best Actress award for her lead performance (and convincing accent) as a spiteful Aussie seamstress in outback 1950s Australia. Winslet accepted her award via smartphone video selfie.
Her onscreen mum, Judy Davis, was the odds-on favourite to win Best Supporting Actress, which she did. In another acting gong for The Dressmaker, Hugo Weaving seemed as surprised as everyone else when his name was called to the stage of Sydney’s The Star casino complex.
In other awards...
Mad Max: Fury Road has scooped the pool at Australia’s top film awards, the AACTAs, with George Miller’s high-action epic scoring wins in eight of its 11 nominated categories, including best film and best director.
Jocelyn Moorhouse’s retro western The Dressmaker won the Aacta People’s Choice Award at the Sydney event, and Kate Winslet won the Best Actress award for her lead performance (and convincing accent) as a spiteful Aussie seamstress in outback 1950s Australia. Winslet accepted her award via smartphone video selfie.
Her onscreen mum, Judy Davis, was the odds-on favourite to win Best Supporting Actress, which she did. In another acting gong for The Dressmaker, Hugo Weaving seemed as surprised as everyone else when his name was called to the stage of Sydney’s The Star casino complex.
In other awards...
- 12/9/2015
- ScreenDaily
George Miller’s action-epic scoops eight awards including best film and best director.Scroll down for the full list
Mad Max: Fury Road has scooped the pool at Australia’s top film awards, the AACTAs, with George Miller’s high-action epic scoring wins in eight of its 11 nominated categories, including best film and best director.
Jocelyn Moorhouse’s retro western The Dressmaker won the Aacta People’s Choice Award at the Sydney event, and Kate Winslet won the Best Actress award for her lead performance (and convincing accent) as a spiteful Aussie seamstress in outback 1950s Australia. Winslet accepted her award via smartphone video selfie.
Her onscreen mum, Judy Davis, was the odds-on favourite to win Best Supporting Actress, which she did. In another acting gong for The Dressmaker, Hugo Weaving seemed as surprised as everyone else when his name was called to the stage of Sydney’s The Star casino complex.
In other awards...
Mad Max: Fury Road has scooped the pool at Australia’s top film awards, the AACTAs, with George Miller’s high-action epic scoring wins in eight of its 11 nominated categories, including best film and best director.
Jocelyn Moorhouse’s retro western The Dressmaker won the Aacta People’s Choice Award at the Sydney event, and Kate Winslet won the Best Actress award for her lead performance (and convincing accent) as a spiteful Aussie seamstress in outback 1950s Australia. Winslet accepted her award via smartphone video selfie.
Her onscreen mum, Judy Davis, was the odds-on favourite to win Best Supporting Actress, which she did. In another acting gong for The Dressmaker, Hugo Weaving seemed as surprised as everyone else when his name was called to the stage of Sydney’s The Star casino complex.
In other awards...
- 12/9/2015
- ScreenDaily
Simon Baker will make his feature directing debut, Matchbox Pictures will adapt another Christos Tsiolkas. novel for the ABC and Endemol Australia will produce a female-driven drama for the Nine Network in projects funded by Screen Australia.
Among other funding recipients are a TV spin-off of Tomorrow, When the War Began, a Nowhere Boys telemovie for the ABC and a relationships comedy directed by Tim Ferguson and Marc Gracie.
In total Screen Australia is investing $13.4 million in 12 film and television projects which will trigger production worth $64.3 million.
Baker (The Mentalist) will direct and star in the screen adaptation of Tim Winton.s novel Breath, scripted by Top of the Lake.s Gerard Lee.
The producers are Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, The Notebook), Baker and See Pictures. Jamie Hilton (Backtrack, The Little Death).
Arclight is pitching the 1970s-set project to prospective buyers at the Cannes Film Market. The novel focusses on two teenagers,...
Among other funding recipients are a TV spin-off of Tomorrow, When the War Began, a Nowhere Boys telemovie for the ABC and a relationships comedy directed by Tim Ferguson and Marc Gracie.
In total Screen Australia is investing $13.4 million in 12 film and television projects which will trigger production worth $64.3 million.
Baker (The Mentalist) will direct and star in the screen adaptation of Tim Winton.s novel Breath, scripted by Top of the Lake.s Gerard Lee.
The producers are Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, The Notebook), Baker and See Pictures. Jamie Hilton (Backtrack, The Little Death).
Arclight is pitching the 1970s-set project to prospective buyers at the Cannes Film Market. The novel focusses on two teenagers,...
- 5/13/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Belanglo State Forest, scene of Ivan Milat.s grisly serial murders, is such a forbidding place the producers of the Seven Network.s Catching Milat chose to avoid the area.
Only director Peter Andrikidis and DoP Joe Pickering visited the area south of Berrima but they used a drone camera to film the location.
.It.s such an eerie place I didn.t want to go there when they did the tech survey,. Kerrie Mainwaring, who produced the two-part Shine Australia miniseries with Rory Callaghan, tells If.
Instead, the cast and crew shot the crime drama in Terrey Hills, St Ives, Balmain, Glebe, Wattle Grove and Parramatta.
As the title suggests, the focus is not on Ivan Milat but on the marathon investigation into the 1990s backpacker murders that led to his arrest and conviction.
Callaghan came up with the idea and Shine optioned the book Sins of the...
Only director Peter Andrikidis and DoP Joe Pickering visited the area south of Berrima but they used a drone camera to film the location.
.It.s such an eerie place I didn.t want to go there when they did the tech survey,. Kerrie Mainwaring, who produced the two-part Shine Australia miniseries with Rory Callaghan, tells If.
Instead, the cast and crew shot the crime drama in Terrey Hills, St Ives, Balmain, Glebe, Wattle Grove and Parramatta.
As the title suggests, the focus is not on Ivan Milat but on the marathon investigation into the 1990s backpacker murders that led to his arrest and conviction.
Callaghan came up with the idea and Shine optioned the book Sins of the...
- 5/11/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The question of who will lead the yet-to-merge Endemol Shine Group in Australia remains open following news today that Janeen Faithfull will step down later this year as Endemol Australia CEO.
The highly regarded Faithfull will depart in several months to ensure a smooth transition to the new management structure.
Earlier this month Shine Australia CEOs Mark and Carl Fennessy announced they will leave when their contracts expire later this year after turning down the offer to run the Endemol Shine Group in Oz.
CEO since 2012, Faithfull said, .I.ve made the difficult decision to leave the company and pursue new opportunities. I didn.t feel I was the right fit for the new business. It will be a much bigger business with a new culture.
.I.m incredibly proud of our talented and committed team and all we have achieved together as Endemol Australia. I have no doubt that...
The highly regarded Faithfull will depart in several months to ensure a smooth transition to the new management structure.
Earlier this month Shine Australia CEOs Mark and Carl Fennessy announced they will leave when their contracts expire later this year after turning down the offer to run the Endemol Shine Group in Oz.
CEO since 2012, Faithfull said, .I.ve made the difficult decision to leave the company and pursue new opportunities. I didn.t feel I was the right fit for the new business. It will be a much bigger business with a new culture.
.I.m incredibly proud of our talented and committed team and all we have achieved together as Endemol Australia. I have no doubt that...
- 4/21/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Rory Callaghan is departing Shine Australia to join the Screentime Group as CEO.
Screentime CEO Bob Campbell is being promoted to executive chairman, a post which had been vacant since co-founder Des Monaghan retired last year.
Callaghan will depart as executive director of Shine Australia when his contract expires later this year.
Campbell told If, .This is about bandwidth at Screentime. We want to grow the company and Rory has the skillset to do that..
Banijay Group CEO Marco Bassetti negotiated the deal with Callaghan, with whom he worked closely when the latter was CEO of Southern Star.
Callaghan and Campbell will both report to Bassetti, who said, .As a group we intend to significantly increase our scripted and non-scripted output and Screentime will play a big role in our plans. We are very pleased to have an executive as well-known, well-qualified and prolific as Rory to take Screentime and...
Screentime CEO Bob Campbell is being promoted to executive chairman, a post which had been vacant since co-founder Des Monaghan retired last year.
Callaghan will depart as executive director of Shine Australia when his contract expires later this year.
Campbell told If, .This is about bandwidth at Screentime. We want to grow the company and Rory has the skillset to do that..
Banijay Group CEO Marco Bassetti negotiated the deal with Callaghan, with whom he worked closely when the latter was CEO of Southern Star.
Callaghan and Campbell will both report to Bassetti, who said, .As a group we intend to significantly increase our scripted and non-scripted output and Screentime will play a big role in our plans. We are very pleased to have an executive as well-known, well-qualified and prolific as Rory to take Screentime and...
- 3/18/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Joel Jackson.
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After making his screen debut in Foxtel.s Deadline Gallipoli, Nida graduate Joel Jackson will play the title role in the Seven Network.s Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door.
Sara West has been cast as Liza Minnelli, to whom Allen was married, with Sigrid Thornton as Judy Garland, Rebecca Gibney as Peter.s mother Marion Woolnough and Henri Szeps as New York-based talent agent Dee Anthony.
The two-part drama scripted by Justin Monjo and Michael Miller and directed by Shawn Seet starts production next week. The producers are Rory Callaghan and Kerrie Mainwaring.
As If reported last week, Foxtel executives were so impressed with Jackson.s portrayal of war correspondent Charles Bean in Deadline Gallipoli they made a financial arrangement with the actor.s agent Mark Morrissey of Morrissey Management to ensure that if he took jobs in other shows, none would go to air before...
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After making his screen debut in Foxtel.s Deadline Gallipoli, Nida graduate Joel Jackson will play the title role in the Seven Network.s Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door.
Sara West has been cast as Liza Minnelli, to whom Allen was married, with Sigrid Thornton as Judy Garland, Rebecca Gibney as Peter.s mother Marion Woolnough and Henri Szeps as New York-based talent agent Dee Anthony.
The two-part drama scripted by Justin Monjo and Michael Miller and directed by Shawn Seet starts production next week. The producers are Rory Callaghan and Kerrie Mainwaring.
As If reported last week, Foxtel executives were so impressed with Jackson.s portrayal of war correspondent Charles Bean in Deadline Gallipoli they made a financial arrangement with the actor.s agent Mark Morrissey of Morrissey Management to ensure that if he took jobs in other shows, none would go to air before...
- 1/27/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Russell Crowe-Directed Movie Up for Australian Film Award; Crowe Shortlisted Only in Acting Category
Director Russell Crowe Movie up for Best Film: Australian Academy Awards 2015 nominations (photo: Actor-director Russell Crowe in 'The Water Diviner') Aacta Awards: Feature Film Categories Best Film The Babadook Kristina Ceyton and Kristian Moliere Charlie's Country Nils Erik Nielsen, Peter Djigirr and Rolf de Heer Predestination Paddy McDonald, Tim McGahan, Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Railway Man Chris Brown, Andy Paterson and Bill Curbishley Tracks Emile Sherman and Iain Canning The Water Diviner Andrew Mason, Keith Rodger and Troy Lum Best Director The Babadook Jennifer Kent Charlie's Country Rolf de Heer Predestination Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Rover David Michôd Best Actress Kate Box The Little Death Essie Davis The Babadook Sarah Snook Predestination Mia Wasikowska Tracks Best Actor Russell Crowe The Water Diviner David Gulpilil Charlie's Country Damon Herriman The Little Death Guy Pearce The Rover Best Supporting Actor Patrick Brammall The Little Death Yilmaz Erdogan...
- 12/3/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Screen Australia announced today it will invest nearly $10.7 million in 11 television and film projects which will trigger production worth almost $59 million.
In one of the most hotly contested funding rounds, six features succeeded. They include Wayne Blair.s romantic comedy Ali.s Wedding; Joe Cinque.s Consolation, a thriller about a troubled law student who tries to kill her boyfriend, from director Sotiris Dounoukos, whose A Single Body won best short at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Cameron and Colin Cairnes. horror movie Scare Campaign.
The other three are Taboo, the narrative feature debut of documentary filmmakers Bentley Dean and Martin Butler; Rachel Perkins. murder mystery Jasper Jones, based on the novel and play by Craig Silvey, adapted by Shaun Grant;. and Greg Mclean.s true-life thriller Jungle.
The TV projects are Shine Australia.s Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door for the Seven Network; a Jack...
In one of the most hotly contested funding rounds, six features succeeded. They include Wayne Blair.s romantic comedy Ali.s Wedding; Joe Cinque.s Consolation, a thriller about a troubled law student who tries to kill her boyfriend, from director Sotiris Dounoukos, whose A Single Body won best short at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Cameron and Colin Cairnes. horror movie Scare Campaign.
The other three are Taboo, the narrative feature debut of documentary filmmakers Bentley Dean and Martin Butler; Rachel Perkins. murder mystery Jasper Jones, based on the novel and play by Craig Silvey, adapted by Shaun Grant;. and Greg Mclean.s true-life thriller Jungle.
The TV projects are Shine Australia.s Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door for the Seven Network; a Jack...
- 11/26/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The flamboyant life and premature death of Australian entertainer Peter Allen will be dramatised in a 2-part miniseries.
Shine Australia is developing Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, for the Seven Network, following their successful collaboration on Inxs: Never Tear Us Apart.
To be produced by Rory Callaghan and Kerrie Mainwaring, the Allen mini will be Shine.s third major Australian drama. In the can is Catching Milat, a two-part telemovie recounting the investigation that led to the arrest of serial killer Ivan Milat, which Seven commissioned.
The Allen project has not been announced but word has spread among talent agents and actors.
Shawn Seet (Love Child, The Code, Underbelly) is attached to direct. The plot will follow Allen (born Peter Richard Woolnough) from his teenage years in Tenterfield, Nsw, where he sang and played piano at the local pub.
He and Chris Bell formed the Allen Brothers.
Shine Australia is developing Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, for the Seven Network, following their successful collaboration on Inxs: Never Tear Us Apart.
To be produced by Rory Callaghan and Kerrie Mainwaring, the Allen mini will be Shine.s third major Australian drama. In the can is Catching Milat, a two-part telemovie recounting the investigation that led to the arrest of serial killer Ivan Milat, which Seven commissioned.
The Allen project has not been announced but word has spread among talent agents and actors.
Shawn Seet (Love Child, The Code, Underbelly) is attached to direct. The plot will follow Allen (born Peter Richard Woolnough) from his teenage years in Tenterfield, Nsw, where he sang and played piano at the local pub.
He and Chris Bell formed the Allen Brothers.
- 10/1/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia says it has not mismanaged its finances by spending its annual production funding in just six months - a state of affairs which it says reflects the strength of the local film industry.
The government screen agency revealed in mid-December 2012 that it had spent its entire annual $42 million drama production allocation due to the unprecedented number of quality feature film and television projects seeking support. The shock announcement was reminiscent of the agency's abrupt decision to cut its investment cap in 2009 while several films were mid-financed. That decision.threw several major Australian productions into dissaray including The Tree and the biggest box office hit of.2010, Tomorrow When the War Began (Omnilab Media had to increase its investment at the last minute to ensure production).
Overspending on such a scale has never occurred before, even going back to the era of Screen Australia.s predecessor funding arm, the Film Finance Corporation.
The government screen agency revealed in mid-December 2012 that it had spent its entire annual $42 million drama production allocation due to the unprecedented number of quality feature film and television projects seeking support. The shock announcement was reminiscent of the agency's abrupt decision to cut its investment cap in 2009 while several films were mid-financed. That decision.threw several major Australian productions into dissaray including The Tree and the biggest box office hit of.2010, Tomorrow When the War Began (Omnilab Media had to increase its investment at the last minute to ensure production).
Overspending on such a scale has never occurred before, even going back to the era of Screen Australia.s predecessor funding arm, the Film Finance Corporation.
- 2/6/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
The Devil’s Playground
A series which picks up the story of classic feature film The Devil’s Playground 35 years on, is among 11 productions to receive Screen Australia funding.
Return to the Devil’s Playground is a six-part series produced by Matchbox Pictures’ Helen Bowden and Blake Ayshford and directed by The Strait’s Rachel Ward and Dead Europe’s Tony Krawitz.
Writers on the production are Ayshford, Cate Shortland, Alice Addison and Tommy Murphy.
The series picks up the story in 1988, 35 years after Fred Schepisi’s The Devil’s Playground, where main character Tom Allen, a psychiatrist and a secular confessor to the Catholic clergy, becomes entangled in political and theological intrigue.
The series is executive produced by Penny Chapman, Simon Burke, who played the original character of Tom Allen and is the current Actor’s Equity president, and Penny Win.
Screen Australia’s overall investment across the 11 productions...
A series which picks up the story of classic feature film The Devil’s Playground 35 years on, is among 11 productions to receive Screen Australia funding.
Return to the Devil’s Playground is a six-part series produced by Matchbox Pictures’ Helen Bowden and Blake Ayshford and directed by The Strait’s Rachel Ward and Dead Europe’s Tony Krawitz.
Writers on the production are Ayshford, Cate Shortland, Alice Addison and Tommy Murphy.
The series picks up the story in 1988, 35 years after Fred Schepisi’s The Devil’s Playground, where main character Tom Allen, a psychiatrist and a secular confessor to the Catholic clergy, becomes entangled in political and theological intrigue.
The series is executive produced by Penny Chapman, Simon Burke, who played the original character of Tom Allen and is the current Actor’s Equity president, and Penny Win.
Screen Australia’s overall investment across the 11 productions...
- 12/17/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia has today announced it will invest over $11.4 million in five feature films and six television series, one of which is for children.
The feature projects include Kill Me Three Times from Red Dog director Kriv Stenders, The Darkside from writer/director Warwick Thornton, debut feature Fell from Kasimir Burgess, crime-thriller Cut Snake from director Tony Ayres (Home Song Stories) and comedy Now Add Honey from successful comedy team Wayne Hope and Robyn Butler (The Librarians).
Screen Australia.s Chief Executive Ruth Harley said, .It.s great to end the year investing in such a dynamic range of feature films from a good mix of experienced practitioners and emerging talent.
.I.m thrilled to announce Warwick Thornton.s highly creative and resonant Indigenous story, The Darkside. The smart and stylish thriller Cut Snake comes from a talented and experienced team and Kill Me Three Times is a well-told tale...
The feature projects include Kill Me Three Times from Red Dog director Kriv Stenders, The Darkside from writer/director Warwick Thornton, debut feature Fell from Kasimir Burgess, crime-thriller Cut Snake from director Tony Ayres (Home Song Stories) and comedy Now Add Honey from successful comedy team Wayne Hope and Robyn Butler (The Librarians).
Screen Australia.s Chief Executive Ruth Harley said, .It.s great to end the year investing in such a dynamic range of feature films from a good mix of experienced practitioners and emerging talent.
.I.m thrilled to announce Warwick Thornton.s highly creative and resonant Indigenous story, The Darkside. The smart and stylish thriller Cut Snake comes from a talented and experienced team and Kill Me Three Times is a well-told tale...
- 12/17/2012
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Production company Shine has confirmed earlier reports that it would expand from reality into drama with the announcement of mini-series Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs.
Commissioned by Seven, the show “promises an authentic, behind the scenes look at what really happened – childhood mates from Sydney who were once the biggest rock and roll band in the world – beyond the music, the lights and the roar of a sell-out crowd,” according to a press release.
The two-part series will be executive produced by Mark Fennessy CEO and president of Shine Australia and Rory Callaghan, the company’s executive director.
While Shine has been one of Australia’s top reality production houses, Never Tear Us Apart will be the company’s first drama production. It follows the March appointment of Rory Callaghan, formerly of Southern Star, one of the premiere TV drama houses in the country.
Fennessy said:...
Commissioned by Seven, the show “promises an authentic, behind the scenes look at what really happened – childhood mates from Sydney who were once the biggest rock and roll band in the world – beyond the music, the lights and the roar of a sell-out crowd,” according to a press release.
The two-part series will be executive produced by Mark Fennessy CEO and president of Shine Australia and Rory Callaghan, the company’s executive director.
While Shine has been one of Australia’s top reality production houses, Never Tear Us Apart will be the company’s first drama production. It follows the March appointment of Rory Callaghan, formerly of Southern Star, one of the premiere TV drama houses in the country.
Fennessy said:...
- 12/16/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Tonight is the final episode of Nine’s first outing of Big Brother. With 300 crew members, 42 cameras and almost 90 hours of television broadcast each series, there is no TV production quite like it. Encore managing editor Brooke Hemphill visits the set of the revived reality show to see how it is put together and finds the training ground for Australia’s television industry.
Down the dark corridor, lit only by red strip lighting on the floor, thick black curtains cover one-way mirrors. Like a sex peep show, unidentifiable silhouettes peer through gaps in the curtains. “Shhhh. The housemates are over here,” a voice whispers shining a torch in Encore’s direction. We’re in the camera space of the Big Brother house, where up to five camera crew are on shift staffing the 10 fixed cameras rationed between the various rooms. It’s a maze of corridors populated only by the camera team,...
Down the dark corridor, lit only by red strip lighting on the floor, thick black curtains cover one-way mirrors. Like a sex peep show, unidentifiable silhouettes peer through gaps in the curtains. “Shhhh. The housemates are over here,” a voice whispers shining a torch in Encore’s direction. We’re in the camera space of the Big Brother house, where up to five camera crew are on shift staffing the 10 fixed cameras rationed between the various rooms. It’s a maze of corridors populated only by the camera team,...
- 11/6/2012
- by Brooke Hemphill
- Encore Magazine
This article originally appeared in If Magazine #147 (June-July 2011). Puberty Blues will premiere on Network Ten later this month.
When a collection of producers and writers read the 1979 book Puberty Blues with a view to turning it into a television series, even those who had read it years before were struck by how the teenagers at the heart of the story acted without self-reflection.
.As the father of a teenage girl I was shocked and most of us were,. says head writer Tony McNamara of the behaviour depicted in the book. .It is funny, entertaining but also shocking because of the casual brutality of the world. Now people are self-obsessed and analytical. Then they accepted the circumstances of life and threw themselves into it..
The strength of the protagonists in this 30-year-old portrait of youth, sex and surf is also very evident, he adds. .Now we think people aren.t resilient,...
When a collection of producers and writers read the 1979 book Puberty Blues with a view to turning it into a television series, even those who had read it years before were struck by how the teenagers at the heart of the story acted without self-reflection.
.As the father of a teenage girl I was shocked and most of us were,. says head writer Tony McNamara of the behaviour depicted in the book. .It is funny, entertaining but also shocking because of the casual brutality of the world. Now people are self-obsessed and analytical. Then they accepted the circumstances of life and threw themselves into it..
The strength of the protagonists in this 30-year-old portrait of youth, sex and surf is also very evident, he adds. .Now we think people aren.t resilient,...
- 8/6/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Featuring James Hier, chief strategy officer of media agency Mec along with Mumbrella’s Tim Burrowes, Cathie McGinn, and Colin Delaney (44:43). Apologies for some dodgy sound levels, particularly at the beginning.
What’s new at Mec (1:05) How Naked Communications changed the media industry (4:00) The Australian reveals its first subscription stats (7:07) Should the Smh go online only? (18:48) Half a million burger fans seems so wrong (22:06) Elitist thrifty (25:14) Will Bondi Hipsters Dom and Adrian get to the Olympics? (26:02) Bob Katter’s homophobic attack ad on Campbell Newman (33:04) “Go Back” format sees abroad to ‘balance Australia’s cultural terms of trade’ (36:45) Why did Southern Cross CEO Rory Callaghan move to Shine? (40:12) Ten’s ratings rollercoaster (42:00)
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What’s new at Mec (1:05) How Naked Communications changed the media industry (4:00) The Australian reveals its first subscription stats (7:07) Should the Smh go online only? (18:48) Half a million burger fans seems so wrong (22:06) Elitist thrifty (25:14) Will Bondi Hipsters Dom and Adrian get to the Olympics? (26:02) Bob Katter’s homophobic attack ad on Campbell Newman (33:04) “Go Back” format sees abroad to ‘balance Australia’s cultural terms of trade’ (36:45) Why did Southern Cross CEO Rory Callaghan move to Shine? (40:12) Ten’s ratings rollercoaster (42:00)
You can also subscribe to The Mumbrellacast on iTunes and other podcatchers.
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Sponsored by Southern Cross...
- 3/16/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Rory Callaghan, who quit as boss of Southern Star at the start of the year, has joined Shine Australia.
Callaghan takes on the role of executive director, reporting to Shine Australia’s president Mark Fennessy and MD Matt Campbell.
His brief is to grow the company’s catalogue of group formats in Australia and New Zealand, and those of Zodiak and Talpa where Shine is the local partner. He’ll also focus on the roll out of new content streams including scripted content.
On leaving Southern Star, Callaghan had said he had been “privileged to have worked at Australia’s number one TV producer.” In a press release issued today, Callaghan said: “In its short history Shine has changed the Australian television landscape and I am thrilled to be joining the most dynamic production company in the country.”
At Southern Star, Callaghan is credited with overseeing growth in its drama...
Callaghan takes on the role of executive director, reporting to Shine Australia’s president Mark Fennessy and MD Matt Campbell.
His brief is to grow the company’s catalogue of group formats in Australia and New Zealand, and those of Zodiak and Talpa where Shine is the local partner. He’ll also focus on the roll out of new content streams including scripted content.
On leaving Southern Star, Callaghan had said he had been “privileged to have worked at Australia’s number one TV producer.” In a press release issued today, Callaghan said: “In its short history Shine has changed the Australian television landscape and I am thrilled to be joining the most dynamic production company in the country.”
At Southern Star, Callaghan is credited with overseeing growth in its drama...
- 3/12/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Endemol-owned television production company Southern Star has appointed a new CEO after current CEO Rory Callaghan announced his resignation in January.
Current head of content & rights management at Seven, Janeen Faithfull, will take Callaghan’s place bringing with her 28 years international experience in the TV industry and 15 years at Seven.
At Seven, Faithfull is responsible for the exploitation of IP across all platforms, domestically and internationally. She has been in her role at Seven since 2009.
Prior to her arrival at Seven, Faithfull was vice president of business affairs at Columbia Tristar Television in the Us.
Faithfull will directly report to Martha Brass, managing director of international operations at Endemol Group.
Brass said: Janeen is an outstanding executive with over two decades of senior management experience in commercial television. Her expertise spans broadcasting, development, production, distribution and exploitation, working both in Australia and the Us and across both scripted and non-scripted genres.
Current head of content & rights management at Seven, Janeen Faithfull, will take Callaghan’s place bringing with her 28 years international experience in the TV industry and 15 years at Seven.
At Seven, Faithfull is responsible for the exploitation of IP across all platforms, domestically and internationally. She has been in her role at Seven since 2009.
Prior to her arrival at Seven, Faithfull was vice president of business affairs at Columbia Tristar Television in the Us.
Faithfull will directly report to Martha Brass, managing director of international operations at Endemol Group.
Brass said: Janeen is an outstanding executive with over two decades of senior management experience in commercial television. Her expertise spans broadcasting, development, production, distribution and exploitation, working both in Australia and the Us and across both scripted and non-scripted genres.
- 2/22/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
In a surprise move, Rory Callaghan has resigned from his position of CEO at production company Southern Star, it has been announced today.
John Edwards, producer for Southern Star told Encore: “It’s a great legacy. He’ll be greatly missed. He’s a good guy.”
“Drama has flourished under his time here,” said Edwards. “I think there has been about six Southern Star shows on air per year for the last three years.”
The reasons behind the departure, Edwards said: “I’m sure one of the reasons is so that Rory can do a little bit more of what I do.”
Of his resignation, Callaghan said: “I feel incredibly privileged to have worked at Australia’s number one TV producer surrounded by so many talented people. I will be leaving behind a company with a phenomenal line up for 2012 including the return of Big Brother, the 11th season of Deal or No Deal,...
John Edwards, producer for Southern Star told Encore: “It’s a great legacy. He’ll be greatly missed. He’s a good guy.”
“Drama has flourished under his time here,” said Edwards. “I think there has been about six Southern Star shows on air per year for the last three years.”
The reasons behind the departure, Edwards said: “I’m sure one of the reasons is so that Rory can do a little bit more of what I do.”
Of his resignation, Callaghan said: “I feel incredibly privileged to have worked at Australia’s number one TV producer surrounded by so many talented people. I will be leaving behind a company with a phenomenal line up for 2012 including the return of Big Brother, the 11th season of Deal or No Deal,...
- 1/11/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
It’s been four years since Encore published its Top 20 Directors and Producers list, and we felt it was time to compile a new, more comprehensive list that included professionals working across all areas – film, television and Tvc production – as well as the leaders and decision-makers that determine the direction of the industry.
Instead of having a limited list of panellists, we consulted with the main agencies and organisations, and also asked our readers to nominate their candidates. We ended up with a list of more than 200 screen industry professionals, and deciding the final 50 was indeed a difficult task. Of course, some other very influential and successful people didn’t make the final cut, but there were only 50 spots and too many talented men and women!
We hope you’ll enjoy – or not, and if so, debate it passionately – the selection of what will become our annual Power 50 list.
1. Christopher Mapp...
Instead of having a limited list of panellists, we consulted with the main agencies and organisations, and also asked our readers to nominate their candidates. We ended up with a list of more than 200 screen industry professionals, and deciding the final 50 was indeed a difficult task. Of course, some other very influential and successful people didn’t make the final cut, but there were only 50 spots and too many talented men and women!
We hope you’ll enjoy – or not, and if so, debate it passionately – the selection of what will become our annual Power 50 list.
1. Christopher Mapp...
- 6/22/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
SYDNEY -- Australian format firm Endemol Southern Star has promoted Rory Callaghan to managing director following the resignation of Kris Noble, the company said Thursday.
Formerly managing director of Granada Productions Australia, Callaghan has been with Southern Star for 18 months.
ESS, a joint venture of Endemol and Australian independent production and distribution company the Southern Star Group, produced "Big Brother", 'Deal or No Deal," "1 v 100" and, as of next year, a revival of the "Gladiators" franchise here.
Callaghan is assuming overall responsibility for all of the production activities of Endemol Southern Star as well as retaining his production role at Southern Star's factual and drama division, Southern Star Entertainment.
Noble, a 37-year veteran of the Australian TV industry and the executive producer of "Big Brother" for four years, said his stepping aside was a "lifestyle decision" but that he will remain with Southern Star as a consultant working on the company's drama development and production.
Callaghan's appointment comes as ESS and "Big Brother" broadcaster Network Ten negotiate terms for an eighth season of the reality show next year.
Formerly managing director of Granada Productions Australia, Callaghan has been with Southern Star for 18 months.
ESS, a joint venture of Endemol and Australian independent production and distribution company the Southern Star Group, produced "Big Brother", 'Deal or No Deal," "1 v 100" and, as of next year, a revival of the "Gladiators" franchise here.
Callaghan is assuming overall responsibility for all of the production activities of Endemol Southern Star as well as retaining his production role at Southern Star's factual and drama division, Southern Star Entertainment.
Noble, a 37-year veteran of the Australian TV industry and the executive producer of "Big Brother" for four years, said his stepping aside was a "lifestyle decision" but that he will remain with Southern Star as a consultant working on the company's drama development and production.
Callaghan's appointment comes as ESS and "Big Brother" broadcaster Network Ten negotiate terms for an eighth season of the reality show next year.
- 9/21/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- Two key appointments were announced Monday for Granada's Australian businesses. Granada Entertainment USA CEO David Gyngell said Leonie Lowe has been appointed to the position of managing director, Granada Prods. (Australia), while Granada International managing director Nadine Nohr announced the appointment of Augustus Dulgaro as new vp of sales for the Australia and New Zealand region. Lowe, who has been with Granada Prods. since 2001, replaces Rory Callaghan, who left to join Southern Star Entertainment earlier this year. She will drive production for Granada's slate, which includes Dancing with the Stars for the Seven Network, Australia's Next Top Model series 3 for Foxtel and Australian Princess for Network Ten. Granada also is currently in pre-production on the drama Joanne Lees -- To Catch a Killer.
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