- Western Australian Production Attraction Incentive making WA a top filming destination
- Screenwest partners with BBC Studios ANZ to bring Aussie version of Ghosts to WA
- Ghosts Australia to start production this year in Perth
Western Australia's highly-competitive production attraction incentives have lured BBC Studios ANZ to Perth to film the new local adaptation of the critically-acclaimed British sitcom Ghosts.
Ghosts Australia will be filmed in Perth, directed by Christiaan Van Vuuren (The Office Australia, Top End Bub, A Sunburnt Christmas) and Madeleine Dyer (Colin From Accounts, Austin), produced by Bree-Anne Sykes (Critical Incident, Wellmania) and executive produced by Sophia Zachariou (Ladies in Black, The Office Australia).
Set in a haunted country house, the eight-part series will feature an eclectic group of ghosts who provide endless entertainment throughout the share-house comedy that incorporates Australia's history and culture.
New lovebirds Kate and Sean are moving in together for the first time, faced with the turbulent inner-city rental market until Kate inherits a huge mansion in the country.
Optimistic Kate wants to revamp the manor into a boutique hotel, but loveable city boy Sean isn't so sure. Unbeknown to them, Ramshead Manor is haunted by a collection of needy spirits who died there over the past 200 years.
When a near-death experience gives Kate the power to see the ghosts, all their lives (and afterlives) change forever.
Ghosts Australia will premiere on Paramount+ and Network 10 in 2025.
As stated by Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman:
"Western Australia's competitive production attraction incentives are boosting demand for this State as a sought-after filming destination.
"The number of scripted film and television productions now being produced in WA each year has more than doubled in the past five years.
"This augurs well for the Cook Government's $233.5 million Perth Film Studios, which are currently under construction in Malaga.
"Ghosts has been a smash hit in the UK and US and has also built a strong fanbase in Australia, so it's exciting that our own series with an Aussie twist is being filmed in WA."
