Guy Pearce Miranda Otto Teresa Palmer Australia New Zealand stars art Waves Guy Pearce Miranda Otto Teresa Palmer Australia New Zealand

Disney Unveils Largest Slate of Australian Original Productions

Reading now: 379
variety.com

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Walt Disney Company in Australia and New Zealand Tuesday unveiled a slate of nine new Australian original films and series.

These represent the company’s biggest wave of local content commissions and acquisitions for Disney+ and will launch on the platform in 2022-23.The slate includes three scripted drama series: “The Clearing,” “The Artful Dodger,” “Last Days of the Space Age”; four documentary series, “Matildas: The World at Our Feet,” “Shipwreck Hunters Australia,” “Chasing Waves,” “Fearless: The Inside Story of the AFLW”; and two lifestyle and factual general entertainment series “Donna Hay Christmas” and competition format series “What’s Your Toy Story?” “It was important to us to have that scale to share so we could demonstrate to the marketplace that we are truly serious in this space,” Kylie Watson-Wheeler, senior VP and MD of The Walt Disney Company in Australia and New Zealand told Variety.

She confirmed that Disney is working on 15 other titles local titles. “Our second wave is already taking great shape with many more shows including original concepts from New Zealand.

The opportunities are endless particularly in young adult, comedy and rom coms which are audiences love.”Many of the shows in Tuesday’s first wave will further expand Disney+’s adult-focused Star general entertainment offering.

Read more on variety.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA