Childhood’s End: grown up in Melbourne

To tie off an energetic year for Melbourne's Docklands Studios, SyFy is delivering a chunk of science fiction.
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Image: give a bunch of impish Brits the chance to make an iconic American SF book about boredom, and shoot it in Melbourne.  Nothing could go wrong, surely… [actually, this is cropped from one of the many covers to US editions of the book].

Universal Cable Productions has now announced where it is going to shoot its six hour miniseries version of Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End.  That information has been a dark secret since the announcement of the series on September 2nd.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.