Sphere Abacus (SA) has sold Stan Original drama series Scrublands: Silver, an Easy Tiger production in association with Third Act Stories, to a raft of international broadcasters.
Sales have been brokered with the BBC (UK), RTE (Ireland), Sky Free (New Zealand), COSMOTE TV (Greece), ROCK Networks (Hong Kong and Taiwan), AMC Networks (Spain and Portugal), Pickbox (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia), Media4Fun (Poland), Proximus (Belgium) and (previously announced) Sundance Now (USA and Canada).
Based on the best-selling novel ‘Silver’ by Chris Hammer, Scrublands: Silver (4 x 1 hour) picks up a year after the life changing events of prequal Scrublands. Award-winning investigative journalist Martin Scarsden (Luke Arnold – Black Sails) has returned to his coastal hometown, Port Silver, WA, to set up a new life with partner Mandy Bond (Bella Heathcote – Pieces of Her) but shockingly finds his childhood friend Jasper brutally murdered and Mandy the prime suspect. Struggling with doubts about Mandy and about his own ability to recognise the truth, he pushes forward to absolve Mandy and find the real murderer. But in doing so, Martin must confront secrets about Port Silver and his long-buried past.
Jonathan Ford, Managing Director, SA comments, “The first series of Scrublands, produced by the award winning creatives at Easy Tiger, has captivated audiences in all parts of the world. We are delighted that his second season, filmed in stunning locations in Western Australia, continues to have wide international appeal.”
Shot in Augusta, Western Australia with the support of ScreenWest, 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). It is executively produced by Andy Ryan, Michael Healy, Cailah Scobie and Alicia Brown and produced by Martha Coleman, Ian Collie, Rob Gibson and Felicity Packard.
