Rachel
Griffiths stars in the new series of Paper Giants. Picture: AP Source:
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Oscar-nominee and Golden Globe winner Rachel Griffiths will front the highly-anticipated sequel to ABC mini-series, Paper Giants.
Griffiths will be joined by Mandy McElhinney, who viewers will know as "Rhonda" from AAMI's Safe Driver rewards commercials as well as Rob Carlton who will reprise his role as the media mogul Kerry Packer in the latest installment, Magazine Wars.
Set in 1987, the follow-up series tells the story of Nene King and Dulcie Boling, who started a circulation war that totally rewrote the rules of journalism in Australia.
Their rivalry transformed publishing and "created a monster" - paving the way for a potent magazine mix of celebrities, gossip, clairvoyants, paparazzi which gave rise to chequebook journalism in Australia.
Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters, Six Feet Under) plays Boling, the regal New Idea editor who broke the glass ceiling in Rupert Murdoch's corporate empire, while McElhinney (Howzat: Kerry Packer’s War, At Home With Julia) plays Nene King, the fiery former deputy who fought her own personal demons to take Woman's Day to the top.
Griffiths returned home with her husband and three young children after Brothers & Sisters was canned in the US.
Producer, Mimi Butler of Southern Star said, “We're very excited to have Rachel and Mandy playing these formidable women, Dulcie Boling and Nene King. It's been a dream story to work on, the drama's all there - it's quite Shakespearian. Set in the kingdoms of Packer and Murdoch; there's rivalry and rebellion, love and tragedy, and great victories along the way - all taking place amid the decadence and rock and roll of the 80s and 90s.”
The series goes into production on goes into production in Melbourne on Monday August 13.
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