Keshet International has sold Seven Studios mini-series Secret Bridesmaids Business to a slew of territories in Europe, including Channel 4 in the UK, as well as to New Zealand and Indonesia.
Among those to pick up the series are Sbs in Belgium, Hrt in Croatia, Mola TV in Indonesia, Rte in Ireland and Talpa TV in the Netherlands, Tvnz in New Zealand, and TV4 in Sweden for its AVOD service TV4 Play.
Toplined by Abbie Cornish, Katie McGrath and Georgina Haig, the six-part drama, which aired on Seven in 2019, is a re-imagining of Elizabeth Coleman’s stage play.
The executive producer was MaryAnne Carroll with Amanda Crittenden as series producer.
The script producers/writers were Andrew Anastasios and David Hannam, working with writers Alli Parker, Trent Roberts, Chelsea Cassio and Shanti Gudgeon, and directors Tori Garrett and Jennifer Perrott.
As announced earlier this year, NBC is developing a US version...
Among those to pick up the series are Sbs in Belgium, Hrt in Croatia, Mola TV in Indonesia, Rte in Ireland and Talpa TV in the Netherlands, Tvnz in New Zealand, and TV4 in Sweden for its AVOD service TV4 Play.
Toplined by Abbie Cornish, Katie McGrath and Georgina Haig, the six-part drama, which aired on Seven in 2019, is a re-imagining of Elizabeth Coleman’s stage play.
The executive producer was MaryAnne Carroll with Amanda Crittenden as series producer.
The script producers/writers were Andrew Anastasios and David Hannam, working with writers Alli Parker, Trent Roberts, Chelsea Cassio and Shanti Gudgeon, and directors Tori Garrett and Jennifer Perrott.
As announced earlier this year, NBC is developing a US version...
- 5/28/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
NBC is developing “Ties That Bind,” a drama based on Seven Studios’ Australian miniseries “Secret Bridesmaids’ Business,” from writer Deirdre Shaw (“Jane The Virgin”), Keshet Studios and Universal Television.
Starring Abbie Cornish (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri”), Katie McGrath (“Supergirl”) and Georgina Haig (“Once Upon A Time”) alongside Alexander England (“Covenant”), “Secret Bridesmaids’ Business” (pictured) is itself based on Elizabeth Coleman’s stage play inspired by her eponymous book that premiered on Australia’s Seven Network. Keshet International distributes both the format and tape of the series.
“Ties That Bind” is set to be a thriller in which three women make a promise to one another that leads them to embark on dangerous secrets that threaten to implode their lives. Facing dire consequences, they must rely on the power of their friendship to survive.
Peter Traugott, president of Keshet Studios, said: “With its well-crafted relationships and cliff-hanger plot, Seven Studios...
Starring Abbie Cornish (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri”), Katie McGrath (“Supergirl”) and Georgina Haig (“Once Upon A Time”) alongside Alexander England (“Covenant”), “Secret Bridesmaids’ Business” (pictured) is itself based on Elizabeth Coleman’s stage play inspired by her eponymous book that premiered on Australia’s Seven Network. Keshet International distributes both the format and tape of the series.
“Ties That Bind” is set to be a thriller in which three women make a promise to one another that leads them to embark on dangerous secrets that threaten to implode their lives. Facing dire consequences, they must rely on the power of their friendship to survive.
Peter Traugott, president of Keshet Studios, said: “With its well-crafted relationships and cliff-hanger plot, Seven Studios...
- 1/7/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: NBC has put in development Ties That Bind, a drama based on Elizabeth Coleman’s Secret Bridesmaids’ Business stage play and book, from writer Deirdre Shaw (Bluff City Law), Keshet Studios and Universal Television.
Written by Shaw, Ties That Bind is based on Coleman’s stage play Secret Bridesmaids’ Business inspired by her book, and Seven Studios-produced Australian miniseries of the same name which aired on Seven Network and was distributed by Keshet International. Ties That Bind is described as an elevated soapy thriller in which three women make a promise to one another that leads them to embark on dangerous secrets that threaten to implode their lives. Facing dire consequences, they must rely on the power of their friendship to survive.
Shaw executive produces with Peter Traugott (Keshet Studios), Avi Nir (Keshet Media Group), Alon Shtruzman (Keshet International), Julie McGauran, Maryanne Carroll and Amanda Crittenden. Universal Television is the studio.
Written by Shaw, Ties That Bind is based on Coleman’s stage play Secret Bridesmaids’ Business inspired by her book, and Seven Studios-produced Australian miniseries of the same name which aired on Seven Network and was distributed by Keshet International. Ties That Bind is described as an elevated soapy thriller in which three women make a promise to one another that leads them to embark on dangerous secrets that threaten to implode their lives. Facing dire consequences, they must rely on the power of their friendship to survive.
Shaw executive produces with Peter Traugott (Keshet Studios), Avi Nir (Keshet Media Group), Alon Shtruzman (Keshet International), Julie McGauran, Maryanne Carroll and Amanda Crittenden. Universal Television is the studio.
- 1/6/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Tori Garrett on the set of ‘Secret Bridesmaids’ Business’.
Director Tori Garrett is waiting for the local television sector’s answer to Phoebe Waller-Bridge to emerge and achieve the same mainstream breakthrough for female, protagonist-driven drama.
“She is the breaker of chains. We need to look beyond the usual suspects and start taking risks with new talent,” the director of the Seven Studios’ production, Secret Bridesmaids’ Business tells If.
Garrett returned to Australia from the UK in 2011, with the vision to direct drama. Her early influences were forged over a decade of working in London and Europe across eclectic projects at MTV, Channel 4, Filmfour and E4.
Garrett says she has detected a general fear in Australian networks to go too dark in content programming choices. “Because dark is depressing right? Wrong,” she says.
She points to the breakthrough international successes of The Handmaid’s Tale, Killing Eve, Bodyguard and...
Director Tori Garrett is waiting for the local television sector’s answer to Phoebe Waller-Bridge to emerge and achieve the same mainstream breakthrough for female, protagonist-driven drama.
“She is the breaker of chains. We need to look beyond the usual suspects and start taking risks with new talent,” the director of the Seven Studios’ production, Secret Bridesmaids’ Business tells If.
Garrett returned to Australia from the UK in 2011, with the vision to direct drama. Her early influences were forged over a decade of working in London and Europe across eclectic projects at MTV, Channel 4, Filmfour and E4.
Garrett says she has detected a general fear in Australian networks to go too dark in content programming choices. “Because dark is depressing right? Wrong,” she says.
She points to the breakthrough international successes of The Handmaid’s Tale, Killing Eve, Bodyguard and...
- 10/7/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
(L-r) Katie McGrath, Abbie Cornish and Georgina Haig. (Photo: Ben King)
Abbie Cornish, Katie McGrath and Georgina Haig are playing the leads in Seven Studios’ female-driven romantic thriller Secret Bridesmaids’ Business.
A re-imagining of Elizabeth Coleman’s stage play, the series is now shooting in Melbourne and on locations in Victoria, directed by Tori Garrett and Jennifer Perrott, backed by Film Victoria.
Announced at the Seven Network’s upfronts, the plot revolves around three friends at a wedding which turns deadly after one of the bridesmaids unknowingly invites a malevolent stranger into their lives, triggering a deadly chain reaction that blows open a world of secrets.
According to the synopsis, as the narrative unfolds the power of female friendship could be the difference between life and death.
Cornish plays Melanie, a mother and wife who appears to have an an idyllic life. However when harsh home truths are revealed, her...
Abbie Cornish, Katie McGrath and Georgina Haig are playing the leads in Seven Studios’ female-driven romantic thriller Secret Bridesmaids’ Business.
A re-imagining of Elizabeth Coleman’s stage play, the series is now shooting in Melbourne and on locations in Victoria, directed by Tori Garrett and Jennifer Perrott, backed by Film Victoria.
Announced at the Seven Network’s upfronts, the plot revolves around three friends at a wedding which turns deadly after one of the bridesmaids unknowingly invites a malevolent stranger into their lives, triggering a deadly chain reaction that blows open a world of secrets.
According to the synopsis, as the narrative unfolds the power of female friendship could be the difference between life and death.
Cornish plays Melanie, a mother and wife who appears to have an an idyllic life. However when harsh home truths are revealed, her...
- 5/8/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Variety has exclusively learned that Australia’s Seven Studios has begun principal photography on the series “Secret Bridesmaids’ Business.”
The show stars Abbie Cornish, Katie McGrath (“Supergirl”), and Georgina Haig (“Once Upon A Time”).
In the series, a bride’s perfect wedding turns deadly after one of her bridesmaids unknowingly invites a malevolent stranger into their lives, triggering a destructive chain reaction that blows open a hidden world of secrets. As the show unfolds, the power of female friendship could be the difference between life and death.
Cornish plays Melanie, who appears to have an idyllic life: she’s a mother and wife, with a successful career and a beautiful home. However, when her life choices are put to the test by some harsh home truths, her ideal world starts to spiral out of control. McGrath is Saskia, a fast-rising lawyer and an arresting, high-octane British truth-bomb. She is relentlessly intelligent and fiercely loyal.
The show stars Abbie Cornish, Katie McGrath (“Supergirl”), and Georgina Haig (“Once Upon A Time”).
In the series, a bride’s perfect wedding turns deadly after one of her bridesmaids unknowingly invites a malevolent stranger into their lives, triggering a destructive chain reaction that blows open a hidden world of secrets. As the show unfolds, the power of female friendship could be the difference between life and death.
Cornish plays Melanie, who appears to have an idyllic life: she’s a mother and wife, with a successful career and a beautiful home. However, when her life choices are put to the test by some harsh home truths, her ideal world starts to spiral out of control. McGrath is Saskia, a fast-rising lawyer and an arresting, high-octane British truth-bomb. She is relentlessly intelligent and fiercely loyal.
- 5/8/2019
- by Rachel Yang
- Variety Film + TV
Geraldine Hakewill as Ms Fisher. (Photo: Ben King).
After proclaiming yesterday it had won the 2018 ratings for the 12th consecutive year, the Seven Network today unveiled an ambitious line-up for 2019 including four new local dramas and a slew of fresh reality shows.
At its AllFronts the broadcaster revealed the cast of Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, the spin-off of the popular ABC series from Every Cloud Productions’ Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox. Set in 1960s Melbourne, the show stars Wanted’s Geraldine Hakewill as Peregrine Fisher, who inherits a windfall when the famous aunt she never knew, Phryne Fisher, goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea.
Joel Jackson is Detective James Steed, a smart, ambitious cop who is instantly attracted to Peregrine and drawn into her mad plans. Catherine McClements is Birdie, an ex-member of WW2 Special Forces who is the president and mastermind of The Adventuresses’ club.
After proclaiming yesterday it had won the 2018 ratings for the 12th consecutive year, the Seven Network today unveiled an ambitious line-up for 2019 including four new local dramas and a slew of fresh reality shows.
At its AllFronts the broadcaster revealed the cast of Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, the spin-off of the popular ABC series from Every Cloud Productions’ Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox. Set in 1960s Melbourne, the show stars Wanted’s Geraldine Hakewill as Peregrine Fisher, who inherits a windfall when the famous aunt she never knew, Phryne Fisher, goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea.
Joel Jackson is Detective James Steed, a smart, ambitious cop who is instantly attracted to Peregrine and drawn into her mad plans. Catherine McClements is Birdie, an ex-member of WW2 Special Forces who is the president and mastermind of The Adventuresses’ club.
- 10/25/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Reps from YouTube, the ABC, the Seven Network, Matchbox Pictures, Princess Pictures and FremantleMedia Australia will address the opportunities for financing and producing online content at a conference in Melbourne next month. Now in its fourth year, the Generation Next: Online Video conference will be staged in tandem with the inaugural Australian Online Video Awards (OVAs) on October 14-15 at the Docklands Studios.
The conference is run by the Open Channel, the not-for-profit, membership based organisation which assists the professional development of emerging and early career filmmakers. The conference producer, Redman Entertainment.s David Redman said, .With the YouTube generation increasingly consuming online content and advertisers starting to following them, never before has there been more opportunity for creators to develop an audience online and build a career.
"This conference will bring together experts from both traditional and online media with creators who are already working between the two to...
The conference is run by the Open Channel, the not-for-profit, membership based organisation which assists the professional development of emerging and early career filmmakers. The conference producer, Redman Entertainment.s David Redman said, .With the YouTube generation increasingly consuming online content and advertisers starting to following them, never before has there been more opportunity for creators to develop an audience online and build a career.
"This conference will bring together experts from both traditional and online media with creators who are already working between the two to...
- 9/29/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Seven has announced a new, locally produced comedy sketch series will soon be coming to our screens, starring young Aussie comedian Troy Kinne.
Kinne has been on the Australian comedy scene for over a decade as well as having performed internationally. He has also appeared on The Bounce, Have You Been Paying Attention?, Comedy Gold, Stand Up Australia and has performed in stand-up, radio and TV.
In a statement released to the media, Kinne is described as .a feisty mix of sketches, rapid fire one-liners and man-on-the-street pearls of wisdom rom stand-up comedian, internet favourite and occasional landscape gardener, Troy Kinne..
Popular characters of the comedian include the Impromptu Lifeguard and the Actual Bachelor as well as scenes such as Dating Deal Breakers, Things Never Said by The Boss, Lies We Just Accept and What We.d Really Like to Say to Your Babies.
Seven.s Director of Production, Brad Lyons,...
Kinne has been on the Australian comedy scene for over a decade as well as having performed internationally. He has also appeared on The Bounce, Have You Been Paying Attention?, Comedy Gold, Stand Up Australia and has performed in stand-up, radio and TV.
In a statement released to the media, Kinne is described as .a feisty mix of sketches, rapid fire one-liners and man-on-the-street pearls of wisdom rom stand-up comedian, internet favourite and occasional landscape gardener, Troy Kinne..
Popular characters of the comedian include the Impromptu Lifeguard and the Actual Bachelor as well as scenes such as Dating Deal Breakers, Things Never Said by The Boss, Lies We Just Accept and What We.d Really Like to Say to Your Babies.
Seven.s Director of Production, Brad Lyons,...
- 6/12/2014
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The producer of Winners and Losers has praised the cast of the show. MaryAnne Carroll, whose new drama about a group of girls going to a school reunion debuted on the Seven Network earlier this week, said that main cast members Melanie Vallejo, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Melissa Bergland and Virginia Gay bonded very quickly on set. Carroll told The Age: "'The heart of the show is the idea of friendship and the relationship you have with friends that you've known for a really long time. "'There is a different comfort level there than there is with friends you've made more recently in your life. There's the idea that you can be yourself with those people because they truly know you.'" (more)...
- 3/23/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
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