Screen Briefing · Australia

Official Sam Kerr Kicking Goals title artwork over a football field.

Television / Australia

Sam Kerr’s childhood heads to television as casting begins

Paramount+ has commissioned Kicking Goals, a scripted adaptation of Kerr’s books that will film in Western Australia in early 2027.

Dominic Cooper as Hamish in Who The Hell Is Hamish?

Television / Australia

Paramount+ puts Australian crime and star-led drama at the heart of its slate

Melanie Lynskey, Dominic Cooper and Nicole Kidman feature in the platform’s programming pitch, alongside returning local dramas.

Melanie Lynskey in an archive Yellowjackets scene used in Mushroom Murders casting publicity.

Television / Australia

Melanie Lynskey to play convicted murderer Erin Patterson in Mushroom Murders

The Yellowjackets star will lead and executive produce Paramount+’s six-part Australian drama, with Daina Reid directing.

Rärriwuy Hick as May in Language of Birds.

Film / Australia

Rärriwuy Hick leads Language of Birds first look

Erica Glynn’s debut feature brings a mother and daughter back together after 30 years, against the landscapes of North East Arnhem Land.

Robert Pattinson with Primetime colleagues at the Venice Film Festival.

Film / Australia / New Zealand

Robert Pattinson takes Primetime beyond impersonation

Lance Oppenheim built his Chris Hansen thriller around a heightened performance and the uneasy spectacle of reality television.

Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott in Pressure.

Film / Australia

Anthony Maras finds a different kind of terror in Pressure

The Australian director discusses Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser and the uncertainty behind D-Day in a new interview.

Sarah Snook at the Broadway opening of The Picture of Dorian Gray in March 2025. Archive actor portrait, not a The Birds production still.

Television / Australia / US

Sarah Snook’s The Birds finds a home at HBO

HBO has taken the Succession star’s proposed limited series into development, with a missing friend and deadly bird attacks at the heart of the adaptation.

Katrina Milosevic as Boomer outside the prison gate, holding a green bag, with Jacquie Brennan as Smiles behind her.

Television / Australia

Boomer walks free in Wentworth: Halfway Home first look

Nadine Garner, Elaine Crombie and Daniel Henshall join the spin-off as BINGE reveals its next chapter.

Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov, wearing tuxedos in a scene from Heated Rivalry season one.

Television / Australia / New Zealand

Heated Rivalry takes the whole season to Australian and NZ cinemas

The hockey romance becomes a shared big-screen event from 5 December, with all six episodes and exclusive cast-and-director content.

Feral cast Michelle Dockery, Jessica Gunning, Genevieve O’Reilly and Philippa Northeast in the officially supplied casting image.

Television / Australia

Michelle Dockery and Jessica Gunning film Feral in Queensland

Emma Freeman directs the jungle survival story, adapted from Shirley Conran’s Savages.

Jessica Chastain at the Tony Awards, 12 June 2022. Archive portrait, not a production still.

Film / US / Canada / UK / Ireland / Australia

Jessica Chastain’s Other Mommy tops the weekend box office

The horror film opens to an estimated US$27.5 million in the US and Canada.

Keeley Hawes as Julie in The Assassin, season two.

Television / Australia / United Kingdom / Germany

The Assassin turns a honeymoon into a family emergency

Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore return as all six episodes land on Stan on 6 November.