Exclusive: Season three of The Newsreader has been renewed.
The Newsreader Season 3 is reportedly a six-part series that carries on with its exploration of the revolutionary 1980s. Director/executive producer Emma Freeman, writer/producer Michael Lucas, writers Niki Aken and Adrian Russell Wills, producer/executive producer Joanna Werner, and executive producer Stuart Menzies are among the returning members of the Season 2 cast.
Moreover, Christine Bartlett (Five Bedrooms) wrote the script for Season 3. ABC, in collaboration with VicScreen, has provided substantial production support for the show; eOne is in charge of managing foreign sales.
As part of Screen Australia‘s $10 million funding announcement, which supports many projects including six feature films, two television dramas, and one children’s project, The Newsreader has been renewed for a third season.
Sponsored Motion Pictures:
- An Ideal Wife
- The Fox
- He Ain t Heavy
- Inside
- My Melbourne
- Runt
Television Dramas with Funding:
- Ladies in Black
- The Newsreader Season 3
Children’s Project Funded:
- Ginger and the Vegesaurs Season 3
According Screen Australia: The Newsreader season 3: A six-part third installment of the ABC series that digs behind the indelible images of the 1980s for a compelling, intimate, vital look at an era of great change. From The Newsreader season 2 is returning team, director/executive producer Emma Freeman, writer/producer Michael Lucas, writers Niki Aken and Adrian Russell Wills, producer/executive producer Joanna Werner and executive producer Stuart Menzies. Season 3 is also written by Christine Bartlett (Five Bedrooms). It has received major production investment from the ABC in association with VicScreen. International sales are managed by eOne.