Female Filmmaker Team Drives Helium’s ‘Paper Dolls’ Scripted Series Riding Premium Australian Content Wave at MipCom (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLiza Foreman Set in a pre-#metoo era, Oz girl-band drama “Paper Dolls” has been realized by an all female filmmaker team shedding light on this darker era for women in the music industry.
Former MTV Australia chief Mark Fennessy executive produced the 8-part scripted drama for Paramount + through his two-year-old banner Helium.
eOne is launching international sales at MipCom this week. As well as empowering women filmmakers in Australia, the production shows what Fennessy is currently dedicated to – creating premium Australian content and finding the resources to take it to the next level to compete internationally with its rival Anglo markets. “The feedback from buyers I’ve spoken to pre-Mipcom has been really strong,” said the veteran Australian television executive who is readying several other projects for the streamers in Australia, as well as Season 2 of the hit “Last King of the Cross” for Paramount +.
Set in 2000, “Paper Dolls” follows the meteoric rise and fall of a fictional girl-group, Harlow, born from the music reality television show “Pop Rush.” The band’s members, five young women, must navigate the dark side of the music industry.
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