The Malinauskas Labor Government is delighted to support new TV series Top End Bub, the first Prime Video scripted series to be filmed in South Australia.
The new eight-part series, created, written and executive produced by South Australian creative Joshua Tyler and Miranda Tapsell, will be filmed in Adelaide, including at the South Australian Film Corporation’s Adelaide Studios production facilities, and in Darwin, with production beginning next month.
Starring Miranda Tapsell (The Dry, The Sapphires) and Gwilym Lee (Bohemian Rhapsody, The Great), the series is a TV spin-off of popular film Top End Wedding, also created and written by Tyler and Tapsell, which was the highest grossing Australian film of 2019 bringing in more than $5.2 million at the box office.
Top End Bub picks up with Lauren, a dynamic Indigenous lawyer ticking off life goals in Adelaide. She’s married to Ned, a handsome husband who makes fresh croissants…What else could a person need?
After Lauren’s eight-year-old niece becomes an orphan, the show follows the couple reluctantly abandoning their big city goals and moving to the top end (where the outback meets the tropics) to raise the child.
While Lauren and Ned juggle the responsibility of becoming unexpected parents and try to keep their marriage together, Lauren must come to terms with her responsibilities within her culture as she transforms from an individualist to a linchpin of her family.
Top End Bub is produced by Goalpost Pictures, with Rosemary Blight serving as Executive Producer alongside Joshua Tyler and Miranda Tapsell and will be directed by Christiaan Van Vuuren and Shari Sebbens.
The Malinauskas Government continues to support a pipeline of major productions taking place in our state, with recent titles including Netflix’s Desert King, Stan Original series Thou Shalt Not Steal and ABC series Ladies in Black.
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Attributable to Andrea Michaels
It’s very exciting to have new TV series Top End Bub being made here in South Australia as the first Prime Video scripted series to be made in the state.
It speaks to the extraordinary talent of our screen sector that we continue to see a pipeline of major productions taking place in our state, driven by local creatives telling uniquely Australian stories such as this.
The Malinauskas Government will continue to invest in and support our world-class screen industry to showcase South Australian talent, stories and landscapes to the world.
Attributable to Kate Croser, South Australian Film Corporation CEO
We are thrilled to welcome Miranda Tapsell, producer Rosemary Blight and Goalpost back to Adelaide to once again team with SA writer and producer Joshua Tyler on the television spin-off of their SAFC supported smash hit film Top End Wedding.
We are also delighted to welcome Prime Video to South Australia with their first scripted series to be produced in the state, and which marks the latest exciting project to come from the valuable screen production alliance between South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Attributable to co-creator, co-writer and star Miranda Tapsell
Words can’t describe how excited I am to bring Lauren, Ned and the Top End back to your screens! We all love a happy ending but what happens after happily ever after? We can’t wait for you to find out!
Attributable to SA co-creator and co-writer Joshua Tyler
It has been fun to dive back into the world of Top End Wedding, a world that means so much to us and to our audience. A romantic setting full of funny characters who face heartbreaking challenges in heart-warming ways. I am thrilled to be collaborating with such an incredible team.
