Archive for category: Acting and Extras Work in Sydney

Screen Australia recently announced $12 million of production funding for locally made productions. Series 3 of ‘Total Control’ was one of the titles included in the funding announcement. This is great news as MCTV provided over 60 talented members to Series 1 and 2.

Three movies; ‘Addition’, ‘Little Bird’ and ‘Went up the Hill’ have also been funded. Locations have not been announced as yet.

Two TV series will also receive funding. ‘While the Men are Away’ is an 8 part historical dramedy for SBS set in 1940’s rural Australia. ‘North Shore’ is a six-part crime thriller set around Sydney Harbour, directed by Gregor Jordan (Two Hands) and with additional funding support from Screen NSW.

You can read more about these exciting projects here.

‘The Royal Hotel’ is a new thriller from Aussie director, Kitty Green. It stars Julia Garner (‘Ozarks’, ‘The Assistant’), Hugo Weaving and Jessica Henwick (‘The Matrix Resurections’). Green previously directed Garner in ‘The Assistant’ to critical acclaim.

The movie is largely set in South Australia and tells the story of two backpackers Hanna (Garner) and Liv (Henwick) who are best friends. After they run out of money, Liv convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called ‘The Royal Hotel’ in a remote Outback mining town. Soon Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

The majority of filming has been taking place in SA over the last month or so. Julia Garner left Australia late last week, with a ‘Bye’ on Instagram. Produced by See-Saw films (‘Lion’, ‘Animal Kingdon’ and ‘The Power of the Dog’), US rights to the movie have already been awarded to NEON. It seems this film will be another Aussie success story.

2Day FM has launched phase two of its successful ‘A Better Today’ campaign featuring an all-dancing, sequined 90s fantasy, set in a local Chinese restaurant.

The ad features a not-so regular family dinner, where the Mum is transported by a Mariah Carey song. Upon hearing ‘Fantasy’, she turns into a 90s tabletop dancing diva, complete with dance troupe, sequins and disco light show as she embraces her love of 90s music.

Not even the arrival of bemused 2Day FM Breakfast hosts Dave ‘Hughesy’, Erin Molan and Ed Kavalee can break her stride when they arrive for dinner at the same restaurant.

The ad was filmed at an iconic Western Sydney Chinese restaurant and features the restaurant’s own maitre D’, plus local Sydney dancers ‘The Champ Fam’, a real family who star in the commercial. The campaign will run in cinema, TV, and across a range of digital and social media.

Congratulations to the 9 MCTV members who worked on this one – some great dance moves in the background – well done!!

Filming on Mad Max prequel, ‘Furiosa’, is well underway in Sydney and is delivering on its promise to boost the local economy and be the biggest movie ever filmed in Australia, with hundreds of local cast and crew working hard to create the movie.

While notoriously secretive Director, George Miller, tries to keep the production under wraps, the paparazzi are working hard to sneak a peek. Thank you to all our wonderful MCTV extras who are known in the industry for their diligence and discretion.

Don’t forget the golden rules of being an extra:

1. Read any instructions carefully and double check for last minute changes before heading to set.

2. Be on time and follow orders. Film sets are busy and complex and rely on everyone cooperating.

3. Don’t take photos or share details of costumes, sets or the production.

4. Enjoy the experience and have FUN!!

📷: ‘Fury Road’: Everett Collection. For more behind the scenes details of ‘Furiosa’, click here.

Emily Blunt will join Ryan Gosling in Sydney later this year to film ‘The Fall Guy’, according to Deadline. The movie will be another opportunity for Blunt to flex her action muscles again after working on movies such as ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ and the ‘A Quiet Place’ franchise. Gosling will be switching gears into action mode after filming the new ‘Barbie’ movie.

We are so excited for this one. Plenty more news to come…