Pieces of Her is proving to be one of the biggest productions of the year so far. The production has an amazing cast including English actress Jessica Barden, who has praised the Aussie crew and shared a sneak peek of some FBI officers and co-star Joseph Dempsie via Instagram. She is also intrigued by the Sydney weather…she’s not alone there!
Submissions & jobs still happening for this one, keep up the good work everyone!
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The Digital Originals Initiative by Screen Australia, SBS and NITV provides funding for short, web series format productions as a way of fostering emerging practitioners. The first of these projects to be completed is The Tailings, which premiered on SBS On Demand in April. Submissions are happening now for another project developed under the scheme, “A Beginner’s Guide to Grief”.
Exploring themes of death, grief and identity, this series is written by South Australian Anna Lindner. This 8 x 12 minute drama/comedy about 28-year-old Harriet Wylde, who returns to her home town in remote South Australia to care for two terminally ill parents. When both pass away within weeks of each other, she’s forced to face her ultimate fear: absolute aloneness. But when she reconnects with a dysfunctional childhood friend Daisy, Harriet discovers that grief doesn’t play by any rules and soon, neither will she.
Good luck to everyone who has been submitted!
12 projects were selected this year to be developed under the program, with a chance for up to 4 to continue along the path to production. This is a great initiative to get encourage new talent in the industry and increase the diversity of stories which make it to our screens.
Multi-talented Sydneysider Matt Nable, actor (Underbelly, Mr Inbetween), author and ex-NRL player is adding directing to his list of credits with a new movie ‘Transfusion’, starring Sam Worthington. Matt spoke to Deborah Knight on 2GB earlier this week about the new movie, which he also penned the screenplay for. He has been busy – with the latest series of Mr Inbetween screening now, promoting his new book, ‘Still’ and pre-production on the new movie.
The movie will be centred around a father (Worthington) and son relationship. First round submissions have commenced, good luck to everyone.
Definitely more to come on this….
Picture Credit: David Dare Parker: Sam Worthington in Paper Planes 2014
Submissions are happening for Netflix’s new feature film ‘True Spirit’. The movie is based on the incredible true story of 16 year old Australian, Jessica Watson. In 2010, she became the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world. Jessica accomplished what many thought impossible, navigating some of the world’s most challenging stretches of oceans and surviving seven knockdowns while at sea for 210 days.
The movie will star Aussie actress Teagan Croft (Titans, Home and Away, The Osiris Child), with filming taking place in both Sydney and Queensland. Jessica Watson is a consultant on the movie which will be helmed by Aussie director, Sarah Spillane. You can read more details here.
Good luck to everyone who has been submitted so far!
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After almost 6 months of continuous filming, Thor: Love and Thunder has wrapped in Sydney with Chris Hemsworth and Taika Waititi both posting heartfelt farewells to this phase of the production.
Now the long wait until May 6 2022 to see the results of all the hard work by Director Taika Waititi and his all star cast including Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Matt Damon and a heap of MCTV extras. Congratulations to all the cast and crew.
Don’t worry if you missed out on being a part of the action this time. Reports of a 5 year deal to relocate Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) productions to Sydney could see many more opportunities to work on blockbusters like Thor: Love and Thunder. Read the story here and watch this space.
“Preppers” has commenced production with MCTV currently submitting for roles. The new six part ABC comedy series, which will air later this year tells the story of a young Aboriginal woman, Charlie, played by Nakkiah Lui. Charlie’s world crumbles around her after experiencing a personal, cataclysmic event. Trying to escape the situation, Charlie finds herself at the centre of a quirky community of doomsday preppers.
The diverse all-star cast includes Ursula Yovich, Chum Ehelepola, Meyne Wyatt, Aaron McGrath, Eryn Jean Norvill, Jack Charles, Grant Denyer, Christine Anu, Brooke Satchwell, Luke Carroll, Kate Miller-Heidke and Miranda Tapsell. The show was co-written by Lui and Gabriel Dowrick.
Co- Producers Liz Watts and Sylvia Warmer commented “We can’t imagine a more blackly comic and pertinent series for our time. Preppers will be smart, relatable and very, very funny. It also might make you shed a tear.”
The show has been produced with assistance from Screen Australia’s First Nations Department, the ABC and Screen NSW. Read more here.
Best of luck to everyone who has been submitted so far!
Congratulations to Katie, Faisal and Nihan who are appearing in social media ads, on the website and in posters all over town to promote BUPA Dental. The reason they look so happy? They are getting paid to smile!!
Big thanks to Faisal, who spotted himself at a bus stop and let us know the campaign had started. If you’ve done a job for MCTV and see yourself, don’t be shy – we are always keen to hear about it, let us know!
MCTV gets heaps of calls everyday for all kinds of faces to appear in ads and productions. If you’d like to know more about how it works, check out our FAQs.
Great work guys!
Iconic Aussie movie Moulin Rouge! turns 20 this week! It had its Australian premiere on May 25 2001. Many, many MCTV members worked on this movie, which was one of the first international blockbusters to be filmed at the (then) new Fox Studios. The movie made $179.2 million at the box office off a $50 million budget and won 2 Academy awards, having been nominated for 8. Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor star along with Richard Roxburgh, Jim Broadbent and John Leguizamo in this “jukebox, musical, romantic drama” film directed by Aussie legend Baz Luhrmann.
Movies like Moulin Rouge! really brought Sydney to the world’s attention as a film making mecca and paved the way for all the great movies that have been flimed here over the past 2 decades including all of these. Much has changed in the 20 years since this movie was made, but MCTV remains, we’re still placing more people more often!!
This movie is a must-see. If you have never seen it, check it out here.
More pictures have sneaked out of the Thor: Love and Thunder set this week, with the Daily Mail reporting a secret Asgard main street has appeared in Western Sydney. It’s amazing to see the craft and detail that goes into making these epic movies. While we can’t confirm this story, MCTV is still sending extras to set weekly, lots of roles to fill the incredible scenes with background characters. Check out the full story here.
Previous movies have used Scotland and Georgia in the US to stand in for Norway, for some armchair travel you can compare the set to these locations here.
Meanwhile, Thor (aka Chris Hemsworth) is posting photos from the set showing off his Marvel God physique!
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We’re loving the new suite of ING ads which include MCTV talent…. and a lion!!
Extras had to dress up and attend a night shoot last October to film the party scene. Check out the very clever Wizard of Oz references throughout the ad (above).
MCTV extras also appear in the two ads below, which link the campaign together well. Congratulations to everyone who worked on these, they look great! Well done especially to Laudine H, Antonio S and Lester J who all got upgrades.