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Northern Pictures Announces Start of Production on Kids Live Action series, Hardball for ABC ME

19 July 2018

The cameras are rolling on Hardball. L-R Logan Reberger as Jerry, Reannah Hamdan as Salwa, Semisi Cheekham as Mikey and Erin Choy as Tiffany.

(Sydney, Australia – Thursday, July 19, 2018) – Filming has started on Northern Pictures’ first foray into live action drama, with the cameras rolling on the kids’ comedy series Hardball.

Set in Western Sydney, the 13 x half hour series started shooting on Monday, 9 July, 2018. The brainchild of writing duo Guy Edmonds and Matt Zeremes, the series was developed together with Head of Kids, Northern Pictures and Executive Producer, Catherine Nebauer and has been fully funded in Australia with the support of the ABC, Screen Australia, Create NSW, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) and Northern Pictures. The series will air on ABC ME. The ACTF is the international distributor and its Head of Development and Production, Bernadette O’Mahony also serves as Executive Producer on the series.

Catherine Nebauer, Head of Kids, Northern Pictures & Executive Producer said “Hardball came together very quickly, with everyone immediately responding to the fun and engaging scripts, and the endearing and quirky characters.”

Hardball centres around fish-out-of-water Mikey and his misfit mates Salwa and Jerry. Their goal is to make Mikey the sweetest-bestest-acest handball champ that Western Sydney’s ever seen.

“Since setting up our Kids division three years ago, Northern Pictures has produced more than 215 hours of pre-school and factual content. Hardball is our first venture into the live action drama space, which is now a key focus for the company,” Nebauer said. “As well as bringing new writers to the Australian production scene, the series has identified some great new talent from diverse and multicultural backgrounds. We can’t wait to see how Mikey and his mates are received by kids.”

Northern Pictures is a leading producer of original content for both the Australian and international market. Its factual division delivers large-scale factual television and feature documentaries with a focus on wildlife and social issues. Northern Pictures Kids has produced more than 215 hours of nature-inspired content for children and is expanding into scripted content, focusing on comedy and adventure. Based in Sydney, Northern Pictures is a Blue Ant Media company. www.northernpictures.com.au

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