The English actress Florence Hunt by BridgertonBritish singer and actor Jim Sturgess and Australian actress Teresa Palmer join the cast of the television series Mix Tape. The American magazine reports it exclusively Variety.
Mix Tape is a musical drama series, an Australian-Irish co-production that began filming in Sydney last May. Production is currently underway in Dublin.
Teresa Palmer is the Australian actress who starred in The Clearing And The Fall Guy, among others.
Mix Tape was adapted by Irish writer Jo Spain, author of Taken Down And Sanditon, based on the popular and acclaimed novel of the same name by Jane Sanderson. The show is directed by Australian director Lucy Gaffy (Totally, Completely Fine).
“Mixtape will take viewers back in time to that intoxicating feeling of first love and will be a classic all-encompassing love story set to a rousing nostalgic soundtrack,” said the producers of the television series, as reported Variety exclusive.
A show produced by Subotica and Aquarius Films
The TV series is produced by Subotica and Aquarius Films, with Boat Rocker overseeing international distribution. In Australia it will be broadcast on Binge, a streaming service operated by local pay-TV market leader Foxtel.
Australian actress Palmer will play Alison, while Englishman Sturgess (Cloud Atlas) will take on the role of Daniel. The two will play two friends who have moved and now live on opposite sides of the planet. They will reconnect through a song from their shared past. They will explore their curiosity to discover if this is the love and life they were destined to have when they first met in the 1980s.
Florence Hunt by Bridgerton and newcomer Rory Walton-Smith play younger versions of Alison and Daniel.
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Also joining the cast are Irish actors Mark O’Happelloran (Mary & George, The Virtues), Helen Behan (Malpractice, The Virtues), Conor Sánchez (Hope Street, Ellis), Jonathan Harden (Time, Blue Lights) and Siobhan O’Kelly (The Tourist, The Hardacres), together with the British actor Alexis Rodney (The Gentleman, Guardians of the Galaxy) and the Finnish actress Sara Soulié (Conflict, The Man Who Died).
The television series is produced by Aoife O’Sullivan and Tristan Orpen Lynch for Subotica and by Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford for Aquarius Films. Alison Hurbert-Burns, Lana Greenhalgh and Clare Mirabello serve as executive producers alongside David Fortier, Ivan Schneeberg, Nick Nantell and Erik Pack for Boat Rocker.
“Mix Tape is sure to delight audiences around the world”
Variety reports that the main investment in the production comes from the Foxtel Group in association with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and Screen Australia. It was also funded with support from the Finnish Impact Film Fund and Screen NSW’s Made in NSW Fund, which also supports post-production, digital and visual effects.
“Mix Tape is sure to delight audiences around the world and hit all the right notes by bringing together romance, nostalgia and music with artistic storytelling for an unforgettable series,” said Pack, SVP global sales and co-production of Boat Rocker Studios.
Hurbert-Burns, executive producer of the show, said: “Mix Tape takes the Foxtel Group in a bold new direction of international storytelling and brings together a stellar cast from around the world.”
