Below Deck is a remarkably ambitious novel. Its chapters span an arc of emotions, people, landscapes and lands. And Oli, who tells her own story, tells it in language which is often poetic, imaginative and allusive.
Discovery has acquired North American rights to a US educational adventure series that takes kids and families around the world to discover what it’s like to live in another culture.
Escapade Media has sold its newest family-friendly TV series, Crash Test World, to Discovery for the U.S. and Canada.
Distributor Escapade Media has sold the first TV series from the educational web video company ProjectExplorer, to Discovery in the U.S and Canada.
If you’re not already excited about the new books coming in 2020, you should be. Today I’m going to tell you why. Below, you’ll find my thoughts on five books that will be hitting shelves between now and March that I thought were just spectacular, from the debut of a vital new Australian talent to a novel with the glowing recommendation of Ann Patchett herself.
Sophie Hardcastle’s Below Deck is the kind of book that cracks open your heart, then knits it back together, leaving you scarred. It sears a place in your memory, not only because of its characters and the legacy of trauma experienced by its protagonist, but because of Hardcastle’s luminous prose and quite brilliant implementation of colour.
Pearce will play Alan Pepper, the group’s leader who is convinced he is Jesus in the series created and written by Marie Patane.
Escapade Media has secured all rights for a new black comedy series called Alantown, 6 x 30’ 4K, starring Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce, Jack Irish) and Jacqueline McKenzie (Pine Gap & Romper Stomper). Alantown was created by Marie Patane and will be produced by Marie Patane of Planet Mars Productions, Rodrigo Vidal Dawson of Blackfisch and Alex Alexander of 412 Entertainment.
Guy Pearce and Jacqueline McKenzie are set to co-star in a new comedy series, Alantown, about a man who believes he is the reincarnation of Jesus and who then sets out to recruit followers. Pearce will play Alan Pepper; McKenzie will play Colleen, his partner, who believes she is the reincarnation of Mary Magdalene. The series, created by Marie Patane, is produced by Planet Mars Productions, Blackfisch, 412 Entertainment and Escapade Media; talks are under way with broadcasters in Australia with a view to locking down a deal. Six half-hour episodes are being developed. Production is expected to begin next year in Adelaide.