Sphere Abacus (SA) has sold Stan Original drama series Scrublands: Silver, an Easy Tiger production in association with Third Act Stories, to popular streamer Sundance Now for the US and Canada to air in 2025.
Scrublands: Silver (4 x 1 hour), the sequel to Scrublands and based on the best-selling novel ‘Silver’ by Chris Hammer, sees the return of award-winning investigative journalist Martin Scarsden (Luke Arnold – Black Sails) and his partner Mandy Bond (Bella Heathcote – Pieces of Her).
Scrublands Season 1 (4 x 1 hour) has sold to Sundance Now (US and Canada), BBC (UK), Warner Bros. Discovery (New Zealand), RTL (Germany), RTE (Ireland), Media4Fun (Poland) and Cosmote TV (Greece).
Jonathan Ford, Managing Director at Sphere Abacus comments, “We’re thrilled that Sundance Now has acquired this riveting sequel to Scrublands which had previously received strong ratings for the channel. It’s great that North American audiences will have the opportunity to continue to follow the intriguing story of Martin and Mandy set against a stunning waterside backdrop in Australia.”
When he returns to his coastal hometown, Port Silver, WA, Martin finds his childhood friend Jasper brutally murdered and Mandy the prime suspect. He struggles with doubts – about Mandy and about his own ability to recognise the truth. As he pushes forward to find the real murderer and absolve Mandy, Martin confronts secrets about Port Silver and his long-buried past.
Scrublands: Silver also stars Luke Carroll (The Artful Dodger), Debra Lawrance (Please Like Me), David Roberts (Please Like Me), Tasma Walton (The Twelve), Luke Pegler (Hacksaw Ridge), Caroline Brazier (Stan Original Series Year Of), Joel Jackson (Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door), Toby Truslove (La Brea), Sarah Roberts (Home and Away), Hamish Michael (The Twelve), Radek Jonak (Stan Original Film The Surfer) and Damian De Montemas (Hounds of Love).
Shot in Augusta, Western Australia with the support of ScreenWest, Scrublands: Silver is executive produced by Andy Ryan, Michael Healy, Cailah Scobie and Alicia Brown and produced by Martha Coleman, Ian Collie, Rob Gibson and Felicity Packard.