Prime Video, Goalpost Pictures, ZDF Studios, Screen Australia, Screen Territory, and South Australian Film Corporation have announced a new romantic comedy series, Top End Bub.
Going into production in May 2024, Top End Bub sees Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, The Sapphires, The Artful Dodger) and Gwilym Lee (Bohemian Rhapsody, The Great) return to lead the cast.
Following the 2019 box office hit Top End Wedding, this eight-part series will be filmed in the Northern Territory and Adelaide and will launch on Prime Video in Australia and New Zealand.
Top End Bub revisits Lauren, a dynamic Indigenous lawyer ticking off life goals in Adelaide, married to Ned. After Lauren’s eight-year-old niece is orphaned, the show follows the couple reluctantly abandoning their big-city goals and moving to the Top End to raise the child.
While Lauren and Ned juggle the responsibility of becoming unexpected parents and trying to keep their marriage together, Lauren must also come to terms with her responsibilities within her culture.
“Miranda Tapsell and Joshua Tyler have created a series that speaks straight to the heart and celebrates the messiness and beauty of family, love, and community,” said Sarah Christie, senior development executive at Amazon MGM Studios.
“Top End Bub is going to be a truly special show, full of wit, warmth, resilience and above all love,” said Grainne Brunsdon, Chief Operating Officer, Screen Australia.
We all love a happy ending, but what happens after happily ever after? Top End is a romantic setting full of funny characters who face heartbreaking challenges in heartwarming ways.
