Filming underway on upcoming Stan drama, Black Snow.

Filming is underway in North Queensland on the upcoming Stan drama Black Snow, with star Travis Fimmel (Vikings).

The 6-part murder thriller by Goalpost Photos is set in a little city in North Queensland with deep ties to the Australian South Sea Islander neighborhood.

The cast also features newcomers Talijah Blackman-Corowa, Jemmason Ability and Molly Fatnowna, together with Brooke Satchwell (Mr Inbetween, The Twelve), Alexander England (Alien: Covenant, Key Bridesmaid’s Small business), Erik Thomson (Aftertaste, Packed to the Rafters), Kym Gyngell (Wakefield, Very Tiny Business enterprise) and Rob Carlton (Complete Regulate). It will also feature the screen debut of mounting new music star, Ziggy Ramo.

Stan Main Written content Officer Cailah Scobie reported: “Featuring a phenomenal cast led by Vikings star Travis Fimmel, Black Snow guarantees to be a landmark addition to our rising slate of homegrown Stan Originals. Our many thanks to the extraordinary workforce at Goalpost Television and our partners at Screen Australia, Display Queensland and Display NSW, along with the Australian South Sea Islander local community of North Queensland, with out whom this exceptional series would not be possible.”

Goalpost Television’s Rosemary Blight reported: “It’s a privilege to be building this extremely crafted drama together with the Australian South Sea Islander group of North Queensland. We have an unbelievably gifted imaginative team lead by creator Lucas Taylor and directors Sian Davies and Matthew Saville and a fantastic cast that combines the encounter and stature of actors this kind of as Travis Fimmel with thrilling new discoveries these types of as Talijah Blackman-Corowa and Jemmason Electric power.”

An airdate is nonetheless to be announcd.

The series, generated by Goalpost Television, is made by Lucas Taylor (Harrow), writing together with Boyd Quakawoot (Black Comedy) and Beatrix Christian (Jindabyne). Directed by Sian Davies (Stan Original Collection The Gloaming) and Matthew Saville (Be sure to Like Me) and shot by Murray Lui (Top rated Conclude Marriage ceremony), the collection is generated by Goalpost’s Rosemary Blight (The Invisible Person), together with Lois Randall and Kaylene Butler.

The Stan Initial Series Black Snow combines the character-pushed storytelling of a coming-of-age drama with the gripping mystery of a vintage whodunit to create a one of a kind collection that is deeply rooted in its North Queensland placing. In 1995, seventeen-calendar year-previous Isabel Baker was murdered. The criminal offense stunned the small town of Ashford and devastated Isabel’s Australian South Sea Islander community. The scenario was hardly ever solved, the killer by no means observed. But in 2020, the opening of a time capsule reveals a key that places cold-scenario Detective James Cormack (Travis Fimmel) on the trail of the killer.

Sundance Now VP of Programming Shannon Cooper explained: “Travis was meant to participate in Detective Cormack and lead this extremely strong forged as they assistance tell this gripping story. We’re thrilled to function along with our long-time partners at Stan as effectively as Goalpost Tv and All3Media Worldwide as filming will get underway, and we’re grateful for everyone’s diligence in cultivating a trusting and fruitful relationship with the community communities as their assist is invaluable.”

Display screen Queensland CEO Kylie Munnich explained: “We’re happy to help Black Snow through Monitor Queensland’s Display screen Finance Application, and formerly through its enhancement through our Thoughts Application in 2020. Display screen Queensland is deeply fully commited to empowering and uplifting assorted voices, and we search forward to seeing this highly effective series occur to lifetime, presently filming in North Queensland.”

The Stan Authentic Series Black Snow has been given significant manufacturing financial commitment from Display screen Australia in affiliation with Stan, and is financed with assistance from Monitor Queensland, Display screen NSW and AMC Networks’ Sundance Now. Financed and generated in association with All3Media Intercontinental. A Goalpost Television Manufacturing.

Black Snow acknowledges the standard custodians of the lands on which the sequence is becoming produced, like the Ngaro Gia and Juru folks of the Birra Gubba Nation, and the Australian South Sea Islander group and their substantial location in Queensland’s heritage.