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MEDIA RELEASE – Chris Lilley and Netflix project to film on the Gold Coast


March 5, 2018

Some very exciting news just announced by the Queensland Premier and Minister for Trade, The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk.

Chris Lilley and Netflix are coming to Queensland! All details in the below media release.

MEDIA RELEASE
Premier and Minister for Trade
The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk
Chris Lilley and Netflix project to film on the Gold Coast

Award winning Australian actor, producer and writer Chris Lilley will film his next television series in Queensland for Netflix.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the 10 episode comedy project would film between March and June 2018, and generate a $6.35 million boost for the local economy.

“I am delighted to have enticed Chris Lilley and producer Laura Waters to Queensland,” the Premier said.

“The series will employ up to 250 Queensland cast and extras, plus around 100 Queensland crew.

“The project will also support two local screen practitioners, who will have the opportunity to work on the series to further develop their professional skills.”

The series comes to Queensland as part of the Queensland Government’s $50 million Production attraction strategy, which has already attracted major film and television productions including Thor: Ragnarok, Aquaman, Tidelands and Harrow.

“Queensland’s continued ability to attract high-quality film and television production is a testament to our local screen industry,” the Premier said.

Chris Lilley and Laura Waters have won several awards during their partnership, producing five nationally and internationally successful television series – We Can Be Heroes, Summer Heights High, Angry Boys, Ja’mie: Private School Girl and Jonah From Tonga.

The upcoming Chris Lilley project is among numerous other Netflix investments in Australian content, including its first Australian original supernatural crime drama Tidelands, which also starts production in Queensland in 2018. Additional series include co-productions Pine Gap, The New Legends of Monkey, Glitch, Beat Bugs, Bottersnikes & Gumbles, Kazoops, Mako Mermaids: An H20 Adventure and White Rabbit Project, among others.

Media Contact: Geoff Breusch 0417 272 875

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