Crafting Compelling stories
Third Act Stories was established in 2023 in Western Australia by Martha Coleman to produce and executive produce television and film.
As well as developing its own IP, Third Act Stories is ideally positioned to collaborate with non-Western Australian Producers wishing to access the significant funding available in WA, as well as WA’s stunning locations and world class crew.
Recent
Projects
In 2024 Third Act Stories produced SCRUBLANDS: Silver, a 4x1 hour crime drama series in a co-production with Easy Tiger, for Stan/9Networks. Based on the best selling book franchise by Chris Hammer, SILVER follows the success of season one SCRUBLANDS, Stans highest rating series for
2023. Filmed in stunningly beautiful Augusta in southwest WA, directed by Ben Young and starring Luke Arnold and Bella Heathcote, SILVER will launch on Stan in the first half of 2025.
Third Act Stories has a number of projects in development as Producer, Executive Producer and as Co-Production partner.
FEatured in
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Scrublands Silver hits the MIPCOM Hot List
MIPCOM Hot List: The Best Scripted Series Heading to Cannes in 2024
Buyer budgets are tight but there is a ample supply of buzzy series heading to the global TV market, from high-end period drama to street-smart comedies and back-to-the-basics proceedurals.
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Scrublands: Silver sells to international markets
Upcoming Stan drama Scrublands: Silver, a sequel to Scrublands, has been solt to Sundance Now for the US and Canada.
It has also sold to BBC (UK), Warner Bros. Discovery (New Zealand), RTL (Germany), RTE (Ireland), Media4Fun (Poland) and Cosmote TV (Greece).
Martha Coleman
FOUNDER, PRODUCER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Martha Coleman is a Producer, Executive Producer and experienced agency executive.
She was the producer of the seminal and acclaimed Australian feature film PRAISE (New York Times “Top 5 Films for 2000”). Martha spent 8 years in London as Head of Creative/Executive Producer at Icon then Material Entertainment, developing and EPing the UK #1 box office feature film RUN FAT BOY RUN, starring Simon Pegg and Thandiwe Newton, directed by David Schwimmer.