NEWS
QUEENSLAND-MADE NETFLIX SERIES DIVE CLUB TO FILM IN FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND
A 12-episode teen mystery drama by Brisbane-based production house The Steve Jaggi Company will start filming in Port Douglas late October, with support from the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland.. Directed by Rhiannon Bannenberg, Hayley Macfarlane, and Christine Luby, Dive Club will be released in 2021 on an Australian commercial broadcaster, and outside Australia to a global audience of over 190 countries on Netflix.
HEART-STOPPING THRILLER KIDNAPPED SHOOTING IN FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND
Production is underway on the thriller KIDNAPPED, a feature film currently shooting in Port Douglas and surrounds. KIDNAPPED is the latest project from The Steve Jaggi Company, and is a co-production with Canadian production company Sepia Films. The film is written by Australian writer Shanrah Wakefield and directed by Canadian director Vic Sarin.
THE DOG DAYS OF CHRISTMAS COMMENCES SHOOTING ON THE GOLD COAST
Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast has been transformed into Christmas in Vermont, with The Dog Days of Christmas filming at the park and surrounding hinterland region. The latest feature from The Steve Jaggi Company, The Dog Days of Christmas is a feel-good romance written by Holly Hester, directed by Tori Garrett (Don’t Tell), and starring Australian actors Georgia Flood (American Princess) and Ezekiel Simat (Lambs of God). The film will be released in cinemas 2021.
CAMERAS ROLL ON THIS LITTLE LOVE OF MINE IN FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND
Production on romantic feature film This Little Love of Mine has kicked off this week in Cairns, Far North Queensland. The film sees Australian actors Saskia Hampele (The Heights) and Liam McIntyre (Spartacus: Vengeance) stepping in to the lead roles, starring as two childhood friends who reconnect in unexpected circumstances on the tropical island of Sapphire Cove, where they grew up.
ROMANTIC COMEDY ROMANCE ON THE MENU COMMENCES SHOOTING IN BRISBANE
ROMANCE ON THE MENU, the new romantic comedy from The Steve Jaggi Company has commenced shooting this week in Brisbane and surrounds. This feel-good, culinary rom-com is directed by Rosie Lourde (Deadhouse Dark, Breach, Starting from Now) and written by Casie Tabanou and Alison Spuck (Back of the Net).
SWIM CHAMPS TO JOIN DISNEY STAR IN BRISBANE MOVIE
Some of Australia’s favourite swimming champions will make cameo appearances in a new movie, starring an American Disney star, that’s being shot in Brisbane.
PEYTON LIST SHOOTS FAMILY FILM IN AUSTRALIA
The popular young actor best known for Disney's Jessie and Bunk'd, and YouTube's Cobra Kai, to headline new film from the makers of Rip Tide and Back of the Net.
PRODUCTION COMMENCES IN BRISBANE ON YOUNG ADULT FEATURE FILM SWIMMING FOR GOLD
Shooting has commenced in Brisbane this week on the Young Adult feature film Swimming for Gold, starring U.S. actor Peyton List (Jessie, Bunk’d) in the lead role. List plays Claire Carpenter, a 17-year-old elite swimmer who is reluctantly sent to Australia to coach a boys’ swim team, following a jet ski accident that left her with a fear of the water.
DISNEY CHANNEL LANDS AUSSIE DRAMA 'BACK OF THE NET'
The Disney Channel has acquired the US rights to Louise Alston’s young adult drama Back of the Net, which stars Sofia Wylie.
BACK OF THE NET: FILMMAKER STEVE JAGGI ON KICKING INTERNATIONAL GOALS
Brisbane producer Steve Jaggi is kicking major international goals with his brand of aspiring and entertaining local films.
SOFIA WYLIE SPILLS THE TEA ON HER NEW AUSSIE FILM 'BACK OF THE NET'
Sofia Wylie is a teen dream. The Andi Mack star really is a triple threat: she’s a great actor, dancer (she danced with Justin Bieber on his Purpose World Tour) and singer and she released her debut single ‘Side to Side’ in January. The 15-year-old has also starred in her first film, an Aussie movie called Back of the Net.