4 days after in-demand Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem carried out an outstanding, emotional tribute bundle on the Olivia Newton-John memorial in Melbourne, she revealed her subsequent gig.
And it is means up north this time.
“So excited to share that I’ve been dwelling on a MOVIE set! within the wonderful Whitsundays working away on a lovely story known as Love is within the Air.“
Delta’s not the one one feeling some east coast love.
English actor Jodie Whittaker has landed in Sydney and is filming One Night timeher first large drama sequence function since her departure from Physician Who final yr.
There is a drama, Audreythat includes actor and incapacity activist Hannah Diviney (Latecomers), which began manufacturing final week.
And former mannequin and teenage star Emma Sales space can be within the harbor metropolis filming Paper Dollsa drama a couple of fictitious woman group.
“It’s such an thrilling time in tv for female-driven storytelling,” she stated.
Fairly proper.
Display screen Australia’s Grainne Brunsdon says “these distinct native tales, whether or not it is uniquely Australian comedy, suspenseful thrillers or thrilling household adventures, spotlight how a lot high-quality drama is being created in our sector in the intervening time”.
Love is within the Air
It has been a very long time between appearing roles for Delta (aside from a 2018 portrayal of Newton-John in a biopic).
Admittedly, she has been busy making music and touring; whereas she surprised the MCG performing with Robbie Williams finally yr’s AFL grand closing.
She has additionally sat in on the judging on singing competitors, The Voiceand is about to grace the quilt of the Australian Girls’s Weekly.
She isn’t far out of the general public eye.
And now she has scored the lead function of Dana Randall, a seaplane pilot flying within the tropics who finds herself falling for the person despatched to sink her enterprise (performed by Joshua Sasse).
“I really feel extremely lucky to be taking pictures right here within the Whitsundays. We have been made to really feel so welcome by the local people,” stated Goodrem, who has been primarily based at Airlie Seaside.
“I am having fun with being again on set, portraying a go-getter like Dana and I am wanting ahead to sharing the movie with audiences.”
One Night time
Filming has began in Sydney and the Illawarra area for this Paramount+ authentic six-part drama.
Starring Whittaker, Nicole da Silva (Physician Physician, Wentworth) and Yael Stone (Orange is the New Black), they lead an ensemble forged together with George Mason (The Energy of the Canine).
One Night time is the story of three ladies – childhood finest associates – whose bond was destroyed by the traumatic occasions of 1 night time, 20 years in the past.
Described as a character-driven thriller about feminine friendships below unimaginable emotional and existential pressure, it is being filmed towards the dramatic backdrop of the New South Wales shoreline.
“One Night time is bound to interact audiences with its advanced intertwining storyline, relatable characters and, after all, the beautiful Wollongong shoreline as its backdrop,” Ms Brunsdon stated.
Audrey
Display screen Australia not too long ago introduced it has funded 5 characteristic movies, two tv dramas and two kids’s initiatives that can share in additional than $7.four million of manufacturing funding.
Amongst these is Audrey.
And among the many forged is author and actor Hannah Diviney, who shared the fun of filmmaking and appearing on Instagram.
“So I have been maintaining a little bit of a secret… I am in a film supported by @screenaustralia – the type that you can go and see a yr or so from now in a cinema,” she wrote on February 20.
“We’re filming on the Gold Coast, which is why I have been somewhat quieter than ordinary. I can not inform you something about who’s right here with me however I can inform you the movie’s known as Audrey.
“As somebody who nonetheless struggles with seeing themselves as an actor or as somebody who could have any work aside from @latecomers_tv on this house, getting the chance to be concerned in a characteristic is…
“Blazing a path, let’s examine the place it leads.”
Paper Dolls
Emma Sales space (Glitch), Thomas Cocquerel (The Gilded Age) and Ditch Davey (Spartacus) be a part of the forged of Paper Dollsan eight-part scripted drama for the Ten Community a couple of woman band known as Harlow.
“The scripts are gripping, and I believe audiences are going to be actually captivated by this story… it is also a pleasure to be filming at dwelling once more,” Cocquerel stated.
“I have not shot in Sydney since I began working practically 10 years in the past and it is so good to be again.”
Provides Davey: “It is a story that friends behind the scenes and shines a highlight onto the darker and largely unseen corners of the trade.
“Tales like this are very important for safeguarding the longer term lives and careers of the artists which might be the faces of our leisure industries.”
