Netflix has revealed a slate of upcoming films and shows from Australia that showcase diverse people and landscapes from all corners of the country and across all genres. The new content revealed will be released on Netflix or commence production this year.
Love Is In The Air (Film)
A seaplane pilot flying in the tropics finds herself falling for the man sent to sink her business.
Love Is In The Air – Netflix
Director: Adrian Powers
Writer: Adrian Powers, Caera Bradshaw, Katharine E. McPhee
Produced by: Steve Jaggi and Kelly Son Hing for Jaggi Entertainment and Kylie Pascoe
Cast: Delta Goodrem, Joshua Sasse, Steph Tisdell, Roy Billing
Jaggi Entertainment’s Steve Jaggi says: “It was a thrill to work with Netflix again, and return to Far North Queensland to film Love Is In the Air earlier this year. We were welcomed by the Airlie Beach community, and our cast and crew worked incredibly hard to bring this story to the screen. Shot entirely on location, we pushed the boundaries by shooting in glorious 8K Vista Vision and it is my hope that audiences experience tropical Queensland as they enjoy the film!”
‘Love is in the Air’ will premiere on Netflix on September 28, 2023.
ONEFOUR: Against All Odds (Documentary Film)
A group of Sydney-based, Pacific Islander kids start recording drill raps to avoid a life of crime. Two years into their meteoric rise, a police task force shuts down their sold-out national tour due to concerns that the group’s music will incite violence.
ONEFOUR AGAINST ALL ODDS – Netflix
Director: Gabriel Gasparinatos
Producers: Sarah Noonan, Erin Moy, Jennifer Peedom and Gabriel Gasparinatos
Produced by: Entropico, Stranger Than Fiction
Writer and director Gabriel Gasparinatos says: “The story of ONEFOUR is one of the most significant cultural moments in recent Australian history. It’s about the changing face of this country and who gets to have a voice in it. Australia markets this sunkissed image of itself and it’s so important to show it’s not all like that, and that there is another side to this country the world is only just starting to see. I’m so grateful to ONEFOUR for trusting us with their story and to Netflix for bringing it to the global audience it deserves.”
‘ONEFOUR: Against All Odds’ will premiere on Netflix later this year.
Desert King (Series)
When the world’s largest cattle station is left without a clear successor, generational clashes threaten to tear the Lawson family apart. Sensing this once great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions – rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders and billionaire miners – move in for the kill. Desert King is an explosive drama about power, family, land and legacy.
Executive Producers: Ben Davies, Ian Collie, Rob Gibson
Producer: Paul Ranford
Created by: Tim Lee and Ben Davies
Director: Greg McLean
The series is a co-production between: Easy Tiger and Ronde
Ben Davies and Rob Gibson say: “We’re beyond excited to be heading into the remote outback to make this epic and distinctively Australian drama for audiences worldwide on Netflix. And we’re thrilled to have assembled an incredible creative team, on and off screen, to do justice to the rarely-seen world, characters and stories of the Top End—a place where timeless meets modern, and where landscape is life and livelihood, but also mortal danger. More soon!”
The Survivors (Series)
Fifteen years ago, a terrible storm hit the seaside tourist town of Evelyn Bay and three young people died. Kieran lost his older brother, Finn. Mia lost her best friend, Gabby. Finn’s best friend, Toby, also died. The respective families, the community of friends, and the very town itself, became haunted and defined by these immeasurable losses. Kieran and Mia coped with their feelings of guilt and culpability by running away. But now, they are back and a new tragedy—the murder of a young woman—forces them to confront the past again with all of its murky secrets. Based on the novel by Jane Harper.
Produced by: Tony Ayres Productions (TAP), which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Tony Ayers says: “Jane Harper’s brilliant novel is a gift to adapt, because its clever murder mystery plot is actually a Trojan horse for a deeper examination of how we live with the wounds that life inflicts on us. It’s about the cost of survival and how that impacts differently on men and women. I’m thrilled that we are working with Netflix on this show, as its themes hit the sweet spot of being both distinctly Australian, yet resonant and meaningful to a global audience.”
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