L-R – Russel Howcroft, Kate Marks (CEO Ausfilm), Caroline Pitcher (CEO Film Victoria), David Appelbaum (Creator and Showrunner), Minister Pearson, Minister Fletcher, Matt Vitins (COO Matchbox), Richard Ross (SVP Production – NBCUniversal). Photo via Film Victoria
Jobs, jobs, jobs for the locals. That’s the dominant message around the latest announcement from Film Victoria, the Victorian State Government and the Federal Minister for Communication and the Arts, as principal photography commences on La Brea in Melbourne’s crowded Docklands studios and surrounds.
This is the biggest international TV production to visit the state since Spielberg’s HBO series The Pacific wrapped in 2009.
Rochelle Siemienowicz is Screen Content Lead at Screenhub. She is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema and was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates'. Rochelle has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, is out with Midnight Sun on October 1, 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk
