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More Details on The Twelve

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Lead cast members for Foxtel’s 10 part courtroom drama ‘The Twelve’ have been revealed. Sam Neill, Marta Dusseldorp, Kate Mulvany, Brooke Satchwell, and Hazem Shammas will star in the 10-part series, which begins production this week.

‘The Twelve’ tells the story of 12 jurors – ordinary Australians with struggles of their own – who are tasked with deciding the case of a woman (Mulvany) accused of killing a child.

Neill will play a Colby SC, a lawyer involved in the case, while Satchwell and Hazem Shammas form part of the jury.

Production will take place in various locations around Sydney across the next five months.

Submissions have been happening for this one. Congratulations to everyone who was successful. More details about the series can be found here.

First Look at Bump 2

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Stan Originals has dropped the new trailer for Series 2 of ‘Bump’. The smash hit series is set to return on Boxing Day starring Claudia Karvan, Nathalie Morris, Carlos Sanson Jr and 103 MCTV extras.

Season 1 of ‘Bump’ quickly became Stan’s biggest ever premiere, breaking the all-time viewing record for a new series on the platform. It’s so loved that production for Season 3 of the series will commence production in early 2022.

If you missed it, catch up on Season 1 (which includes 154 MCTV extras) here.

Heartbreak High Rolling

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We are very happy to announce that school is officially back in session at Hartley High. MCTV members have been submitted and are working on set for the Netflix reboot of the much-loved Australian young adult series, ‘Heartbreak High’. The eight-episode series, inspired by the original from the 1990s (which also featured MCTV talent) will make its global debut on Netflix in 2022.   

Netflix has promised the new series will be as groundbreaking as the first, navigating teen themes in a raw and contemporary way. A discovery makes Amerie (Ayesha Madon) an instant pariah at Hartley High, and causes a mysterious and very public rift with her ride-or-die Harper (Asher Yasbincek). With her new friends – outsiders Quinni (Chloe Hayden)and Darren (James Majoos) – Amerie must repair her reputation, while navigating love, sex, and heartbreak.

You can find out more about the creative team, cast details and plot outlines here.

Congratulations to everyone who has already been on set. More to come…

Shang-Chi Streaming

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Sydney-filmed Marvel blockbuster ‘Shang-Chi’ is now available digitally and on Disney+. The digital release includes bonus features, including a gag reel, an audio commentary with Director, Daniel Cretton and Screenwriter David Callaham, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and 11 deleted scenes.

So, if you were one of the 110 MCTV people who worked as an extra on this movie and you didn’t spot yourself in the cinema, now is your chance to pause and rewind. If you still can’t see yourself and you want to check if your scene ended up on the cutting room floor, you can find the list of deleted scenes here… and of course get to watch it anyway with the new bonus features on digital release!

Well done again to everyone who worked on this amazing, trailblazing movie!

Class of ’07

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Submissions are underway for ‘Class of ’07’, an eight-part Australian original comedy series commissioned by Amazon Prime Video. Class of ‘07 is created by writer and director Kacie Anning (Upload, The Other Guy, Hardball) and produced by Matchbox Pictures.

When an apocalyptic tidal wave hits during the ten-year reunion of an all-girls high school, a group of women must find a way to survive on the island peak of their high school campus. Like Lord of the Flies (in cocktail dresses), the series follows a group of former classmates, now freshly entangled in decade-old drama, as they attempt to survive not just the apocalypse but each other.

More details to come on this one. Best of luck to everyone who has been submitted so far.

📷: Writer/Director & Executive Producer Kacie Anning

What happens Next? After the Verdict…

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To catch a killer, four everyday people go beyond the call of jury duty in Nine’s gripping new drama series ‘After The Verdict’, with major production investment from Screen Australia. The series stars Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom, Strike Back, Blindspot), Magda Szubanski (Kath & Kim, Babe, Happy Feet) and Lincoln Younes (Doctor Doctor, Grand Hotel, Tangle).

‘After The Verdict’ tells the story of four very different Australians who have just finished jury duty on a high-profile murder trial. As they return to normal life, they begin to question their verdict and take matters into their own hands, investigating the murder themselves as they juggle the pressures and impacts on their personal lives.

Submissions for ‘After the Verdict’ have started, good luck to everyone who has been submitted!

📷: L-R Lincoln Younes, Magda Szubanski and Sullivan Stapleton

Can’t Get Enough of the Baddies!

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Seems Sydney can’t get enough of true crime stories, with submissions underway for the latest in the Underbelly franchise – ‘Underbelly: Vanishing Act‘.

The series will follow the recent real life Sydney story of Melissa Caddick, the high-roller who allegedly embezzled over $40 million before disappearing from the Eastern suburbs in 2020.

A fantastic cast has been announced for the series including Kate Atkinson (Wentworth, Jack Irish, SeaChange) as Melissa Caddick, Colin Friels (Water Rats, BlackJack, Mystery Road), Tai Hara (Madam Secretary, Home and Away, Hyde & Seek), Maya Stange (Love Child, A Place to Call Home, Rake), Ursula Mills (Out of the Blue), and Sophie Bloom (Love Child, Amazing Grace).

Best of luck to all those submitted.

Latest TVC Submissions

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Plenty of submissions happening for new advertising campaigns. Recently we have been submitting for the following organisations; McDonald’s, NSW Government, Choosi, Specsavers, Clubs NSW, A-League.

Work can be for TVCs, online campaigns, print campaigns or a combination of all three. Big or small advertising jobs pay well and usually have a short shoot and production time so they can fit in easily around other commitments and you get to see the results more quickly than with film and TV.

Good Luck to everyone who has been submitted so far!

Jury Duty you will Like!

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‘The Twelve’ is a 10 x one-hour crime drama, based on the Belgian series of the same name, commissioned by Foxtel Originals. The show is a gripping courtroom drama that tells the story of 12 ordinary Australians who are selected for jury duty in a murder trial as traumatising as it is controversial, in which a woman stands accused of killing a child.  The writing team for The Twelve features a stellar line-up including Leah Purcell.  

The show will be produced in partnership with Warner Bros. International Television Australia and Spirit Pictures. As reported by Mediaweek when the show was first announced,  Brian Walsh, executive director of television, said: “Foxtel is proud to continue its long-standing commitment to local content with the announcement of this new drama series, The Twelve. 

“In one of the most challenging of times for our industry there has never been a more important moment to consolidate our energies, talent and passion, and reaffirm our commitment to local drama. We have been looking for the ideal vehicle to replace our popular series, Wentworth, and we have every confidence that ‘The Twelve’ will continue the tradition of bringing gripping Australian drama to the screen.

We have been submitting for this exciting new production. Best of luck to everyone who has been submitted so far!

📷: An image from the original Belgium version of The Twelve which will now be redeveloped for Australia by Foxtel (image – Decider)

Can you keep a Secret?

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The Clooneys and Julia have flown North for the Summer…but we have been too busy submitting for Sydney productions to notice!! We can’t tell you too much yet, as film and TV productions and advertising shoots are subject to strict confidentiality clauses, but exciting things are happening.

When we book you for a job it is expected that you don’t tell anyone about what you see or do to avoid ‘spoiling’. Likewise, you will more than likely be asked not to film or take photographs of the production. Once the production is released, then you are free to brag away!

So while we can’t always say what we’re working on, we can say that big projects are coming to Sydney over Summer. If you’d like to be a part of them, you can find out how here.