2013 – Production companies of the year
1. Essential Media
Essential tops the production company list for 2013 on account of the Oscar buzz that’s growing around feature film Saving Mr Banks. While Aussie audiences won’t get to see the Disney pic until 2014, talk suggests the film will be a serious contender for the upcoming international awards season. Next year will also see the US remake of Rake premiere and another series of the Aussie version air on the ABC. Essential has had a big year with the next 12 months looking even bigger.
2. Matchbox Pictures
Matchbox has its fingers in so many different pies from the upcoming Real Housewives of Melbourne scheduled for 2014 on Foxtel to the much hyped and superbly cast Devil’s Playground and the teen adventure series Nowhere Boys which had its premiere at the Melbourne international Film Festival before a run on ABC3. With some of the countries best creative talent working across scripted and non-scripted genres, Matchbox are one of Australia’s leading production houses.
