Top End Bub on Prime Video – Prime Video is excited to share the news that production has commenced on the Amazon Original, Top End Bub.
An 8-part series follow up to the 2019 hit movie, Top End Wedding, filming is currently taking place in the Northern Territory, including Darwin, before moving to Adelaide.
Top End Bub sees Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, The Sapphires, The Artful Dodger) andGwilym Lee (Bohemian Rhapsody, The Great) return tolead the cast as Lauren and Ned. They were captured on set in Darwin this week.
We’re thrilled to reveal the following cast are also reprising their roles: Ursula Yovich and Huw Higginson as Daffy and Trevor, Lauren’s parents; Shari Sebbens as Ronelle, Elaine Crombie as Dana and Tracy Mann as Annie, Ned’s mum. Joining the cast is Rob Collins, Brooke Satchwell, Guy Simon, Clarence Ryan and making her acting debut as Taya aka ‘Bub’ is Gladys-May Kelly.
This is what co-creator and star Miranda Tapsell had to say about returning to the Top End and revisiting the story of Lauren and Ned and their family:
“Being on set with this wonderful team and cast is inspiring. We’ve all been working on this for so long, so ‘finally’ being in production is like a fire in the belly, we are here, we are doing it and I just couldn’t be prouder!”
About Top End Bub
Top End Bub revisits 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 nieceis orphaned, 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 the linchpin of her family.
Top End Bub is created, written and executive produced by Miranda Tapsell and Joshua Tyler and produced by Goalpost Pictures.
Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight is Executive Producer, and the series is directed by Christian Van Vuuren and Shari Sebbens. Top End Bub is supported by Screen Australia, Screen Territory, and South Australian Film Corporation.
The series will launch on Prime Video in Australia and New Zealand in 2025 and will be distributed internationally by ZDF Studios.
Top End Bub on Prime Video – currently in production
Top End Bub on Prime Video
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Top End Bub on Prime Video
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