Right here’s the most recent Australia-UK co-production hitting the market.
Solly McLeod (Home of the Dragon), Robyn Malcolm (After The Get together), Katie Leung (Bridgerton) and Richard Roxburgh (Rake) are fronting Careless, a thriller collection for Australian streamer Stan and UK internet Channel 4.
The Stan collection has gone into manufacturing in Sydney and Glasgow, and is being made by Colin From Accounts maker Simple Tiger Productions and The Tattoo of Auschwitz producer Synchronicity Movies in affiliation with Channel 4, 9 Community, All3Media Worldwide and Display Scotland, supported by Display NSW. Helen Fitzgerald (The Cry) and Louise Fox (Broadchurch) are the creators.
Mabel Li (The Testaments), Thomas Weatherall (The Slim Highway To The Deep North) and Alison Peebles (Dept. Q) additionally star within the present, which is being billed as a “seductive” thriller.
Right here’s the plot: “When Scottish backpacker Robbie (McLeod) finds himself in Sydney, he’s decided to develop into a live-in carer for a infamous rock’n’roll legend, Mike (Roxburgh), who has been identified with a number of sclerosis. To his delight, he nails the interview and will get the gig.
“However, as he grows nearer to Mike, he additionally grows nearer to Mike’s spouse Angela (Malcolm), and turns into a confidante to each Mike and Angela. As Robbie integrates himself additional of their relationship, it turns into clear there’s one thing in Robbie’s previous which can put Mike and Angela in critical hazard.”
Fox has written episodes 1, 2 and 4, with Christian White writing episode 3. Stevie Cruz-Martin (Protected Residence) is the director. Angela Littlejohn is producing with Ian Collie and Rob Gibson as govt Producers for Simple Tiger, alongside Claire Mundell and Deanne Cunningham who’re EPs for Synchronicity. Fox and Adrian Burns are additionally EPs, alongside Stan’s Michael Healy and Andy Ryan, and Kieran Hannigan for Display Scotland. Polly Scates pre-bought the collection for Channel 4.
All3Media’s gross sales arm, All3Media Worldwide, will store the present. Listed here are two extra pictures.
Robyn Malcolm and Richard Roxburgh
Katie Leung
