AUSTRALIAN SUNDAY: SAM REID, ANNA TORV LEAD NEW TV SERIES NEWSREADER COVERING THE BIGGEST NEWS OF THE 80S! HUGO WEAVING, BOJANA NOVAKOVIC TO LEAD LOVE ME TV SERIES FOR BINGE STREAMER
HUGO WEAVING TO
LEAD LOVE ME TV SERIES
We're Down Under today where a new romantic drama series is already shooting: six episode series LOVE ME explores modern love as
Hugh Weaving will lead the new series
experienced by different family members at different stages of life and is directed by woman who brought us two biggest of recent Australian dramas Stateless and Newsreader, celebrated Australian director Emma Freeman! Starring Hugo Weaving and Serbian actress Bojana Novakovic, as well as Bob Morley, HeatherMitchell, Sarah Peirse, Celia Pacquola, William Lodder, Shalom Brune Franklin and Mitzi Ruhlmann, the series is being done for Fotxtel's streamer Binge which was launched last year but already has almost one million subscribers.
NEWSREADER TV SERIES
WITH OUTSTANDING SAM REID
The series mentioned above has already started airing down in Australia. Six episode series NEWSREADER aired its first episode last Sunday
The Newsreader started last Sunday
on their national broadcaster ABC created by Michael Lucas. Staring our dearest Australian boo Sam Reid (whom you will watch next year at ACM as vampire Lestat in the new adaptation of Interview with a Vampire) and Anna Torv, the series depicts an unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star news reader and an ambitious reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that will change their lives. The series sees them covering some of the greatest events that have changed the world back in the 80s and we see them report on them while they were happening: Halley's Comet, AIDS outbreak, explosion of Challenger etc. Amongst it all, newsreader Helen Norville (Anna
The Newsreader has six hourlong episodes!
Torv) is determined to build her credibility, while her colleague Dale Jennings (Sam Reid) is desperate to become a newsreader. From messy beginnings, they will form an unlikely bond that will transform the very fabric
Anna Torv and Sam Reid lead the cast of The Newsreader
of the nightly news bulletin. The series also stars Robert Taylor, William McInnes, Michelle Lim Davidson, Stephen Peacocke, Chai Hansen, Chum Ehelepola and Marg Downey.
Oh, your boo is a cutie!! I have mixed feelings on Love Me. Not sure if it's going to make me anxious at the thought of getting older or if it will be fun.
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I can't recognize Hugh Weaving here..and since I am not a fan of anything with vampire, I look forward to watch Sam Reid in The Newsreader.
ReplyDeleteHe is no longer young, but I think both he and Sam Neill look better now than they did before when they were younger.
DeleteBoth of those sound like they might be interesting.
ReplyDeleteThey sure do!
DeleteOh, your boo is a cutie!! I have mixed feelings on Love Me. Not sure if it's going to make me anxious at the thought of getting older or if it will be fun.
ReplyDeleteWe shall see! Australian shows are rarely bad.
DeleteMore Aussie entertainment to look forward to! Yippee!
ReplyDeleteWe do love their shows and films.
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