{"id":124389,"date":"2024-03-19T09:24:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T09:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/sophia-zachariou-to-depart-australias-bunya-entertainment\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T09:24:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T09:24:15","slug":"sophia-zachariou-to-depart-australias-bunya-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/sophia-zachariou-to-depart-australias-bunya-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophia Zachariou to Depart Australia’s Bunya Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\tBYE-BYE BUNYA
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\n\tAustralian TV producer Bunya Entertainment<\/strong> says that Sophia Zachariou<\/strong> will step down as co-managing director, after a five-year stint. Bunya Entertainment is one half the Bunya Group of firms and was established by Zachariou, David Jowsey<\/strong> and Greer Simpkin<\/strong> in 2019.\u00a0
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Zachariou is at the moment in post-production on\u00a0\u201cThe Office\u201d\u00a0(Amazon) <\/a>and\u00a0\u201cLadies in Black\u201d\u00a0(ABC) and can ship these collection earlier than she departs the corporate. Other productions from Bunya Entertainment embody the six x half-hour sketch comedy collection\u00a0\u201cThe Moth Effect\u201d\u00a0(Amazon) and the comedy collection\u00a0\u201cNice Shorts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2020 Zachariou additionally created the\u00a0Bunya Talent Indigenous Hub<\/strong>,\u00a0in partnership with Netflix and Screen Australia, which funded and developed 10 First Nations writers and administrators to additional develop their TV tasks. The Hub was later prolonged to incorporate a partnership with SAFC, Screen NT and Screen NSW.
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Jowsey and Simpkin will proceed as co-MDs of Bunya Entertainment. The separate Bunya Group entities, Bunya Productions<\/strong> (\u201cMystery Road,\u201d \u201cSweet Country,\u201d \u201cLimbo\u201d) and the distribution firm Dark Matter<\/strong>, will stay below their stewardship.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe have loved [Zachariou\u2019s] vibrant contribution over the past five years. She leaves the company in great shape, with a strong production and development slate.\u00a0 We wish Sophia every success with her future endeavors,\u201d stated Jowsey and Simpkin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\tLOVING LIMBO
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\n\t\u201cLimbo\u201d<\/strong> was the large winner on Monday on the Film Critics Circle of Australia<\/strong>, which handed out its annual\u00a0FCCA Awards for Australian Films of 2023 at a ceremony in Sydney. \u201cLimbo\u201d\u00a0claimed six out of 9 complete awards, together with greatest movie and greatest director for Ivan Sen<\/a><\/strong>. Simon Bake<\/strong>r\u00a0received the most effective actor prize for his function within the movie. Best supporting actor and greatest supporting actress have been awarded to\u00a0Rob Collins<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Natasha Wanganeen<\/strong>, respectively,\u00a0for his or her performances in\u00a0\u201cLimbo.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tZar Amir Ebrahimi\u00a0<\/strong>received the most effective actress prize for\u00a0\u201cShayda,\u201d with the movie additionally successful greatest screenplay for\u00a0Noora Niasari.\u00a0 Rachel Ward<\/strong>\u00a0took residence greatest documentary characteristic for\u00a0\u201cRachel\u2019s Farm,\u201d which she directed and starred in.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tHIGHER ORBIT
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\n\tChinese\u00a0director Lu Chuan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cKekexili: Mountain Patrol,\u201d \u201cCity of Life and Death,\u201d \u201cChronicles of the Ghostly Tribe\u201d) has joined the Stars Collective<\/strong> mentor committee, a part of the Stars Collective movie funding operation in Hollywood that’s operated by China\u2019s Starlight Media<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Stars-Hana Investment fund is partnering with \u201cleading game companies including Tencent <\/strong>and Tencent-owned DreamSky Technology<\/strong>, as well as HYJZ, Forevernine, and other globally renowned gaming companies with hundreds of millions of users,\u201d to concurrently develop a collection of video video games.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt stories that, as producer, it’s creating diversifications of upcoming movies and IP that embody: \u201cEvery House is Haunted\u201d from Sam Raimi and Roy Lee; \u201cThe Burden\u201d from James Wan and Sam Raimi; \u201cHunting Season\u201d from James Wan and Don Murphy; James Wan\u2019s \u201cThe Call of Cthulhu,\u201d \u201cMass Extinction\u201d and \u201cGMO\u201d; \u201cThe Goxfather\u201d with Jon Chu; and \u201cMemory Lost in Space,\u201d primarily based on the bestsellers by Tong Hua.<\/p>\n

\n\tStars Collective holds a 25-year unique picture-related merchandising license within the Greater China area for the upcoming \u201cThe Garfield Movie\u201d<\/strong> encompassing all classes, besides theme park and stage rights.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tENTERTAINING TOKYO
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\n\tMitsubishi Estate<\/strong> and Tokyo Broadcasting System<\/strong> have damaged floor on an leisure trade hub in central Tokyo that can span 205,800 m2 (2.2 million sq. toes) together with workplace, theatre, retail and resort area, property publication Mingtiandi stories.\u201d We goal to develop into a base that delivers the most effective content material to the world, together with establishing services the place entertainment-related firms, startup firms, and creators can collect,\u201d the businesses stated in a press release. The companions are reported to be committing JPY 200 billion ($1.34 billion) to the venture.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLocated in a traditional entertainment area, Akasaka Entertainment City<\/strong> also includes an 18-storey, 38,150 m2 block which will include 12 floors of hotel space and six levels for theatres. The developers plan to incorporate a 4,900 m2 plaza connected directly to Akasaka station on Tokyo Metro\u2019s Chiyoda Line,\u201d Mingtiandi stated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[ad_1] BYE-BYE BUNYA Australian TV producer Bunya Entertainment says that Sophia Zachariou will step down as co-managing director, after a five-year stint. Bunya Entertainment is one half the Bunya Group of firms and was established by Zachariou, David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin in 2019.\u00a0\u00a0Zachariou is at the moment in post-production on\u00a0\u201cThe Office\u201d\u00a0(Amazon) and\u00a0\u201cLadies in Black\u201d\u00a0(ABC) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-124389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}