Exclusive: Season 3 Renewal Confirmed for ‘The Newsreader’

Exclusive: ‘The Newsreader‘ has been renewed for season 3.

According to reports, ‘The Newsreader’ Season 3 is a six-part installment that continues to explore the transformative 1980s era. It features the returning team from Season 2, including director/executive producer Emma Freeman, writer/producer Michael Lucas, writers Niki Aken and Adrian Russell Wills, producer/executive producer Joanna Werner, and executive producer Stuart Menzies.

Season 3 is also written by Christine Bartlett (Five Bedrooms). The show has received significant production support from ABC in partnership with VicScreen, and international sales are managed by eOne.

‘The Newsreader’ has been renewed for Season 3 as part of Screen Australia’s $10 million funding announcement, which supports several projects, including six feature films, two television dramas, and one children’s project.

Funded Feature Films:

1. An Ideal Wife
2. The Fox
3. He Ain’t Heavy
4. Inside
5. My Melbourne
6. Runt

Funded Television Dramas:

1. Ladies in Black
2. The Newsreader Season 3

Funded Children’s Project:

1. Ginger and the Vegesaurs Season 3

According Screen Australia: The Newsreader season 3: A six-part third installment of the ABC series that digs behind the indelible images of the 1980s for a compelling, intimate, vital look at an era of great change. From The Newsreader season 2 is returning team, director/executive producer Emma Freeman, writer/producer Michael Lucas, writers Niki Aken and Adrian Russell Wills, producer/executive producer Joanna Werner and executive producer Stuart Menzies. Season 3 is also written by Christine Bartlett (Five Bedrooms). It has received major production investment from the ABC in association with VicScreen. International sales are managed by eOne.