McLeod’s Daughters was one of the most popular Australian television dramas in the early 2000s, and because it’s 2020 (AKA the year of the reboot), it’s set to make a return.
The series ended in 2009 after eight seasons, and followed the trials and tribulations of the women who worked on Drover’s Run.
The show’s writer and producer Posie Graeme Evans has announced its long-awaited return, with an “exciting feature drama spin-off” film — courtesy of a government grant announced by Minister for the Arts Elise Archer.
In a report by The Mercury, Graeme Evans and her team have been given $20,000 as part of an arts stimulus package to create the spin-off movie.
Sharing the news on her Instagram, the 68-year-old said: “THE STORY CONTINUES. Yes – it really does. And I’m letting you know first. We’re developing a feature film,” she wrote.
The film will be called The McLeods of Drovers Run and Graeme Evans “started writing the story a couple of months ago.”
“TODAY [Wednesday, June 17], we heard that we’ve got backing from Screen Tasmania and the Tasmanian Government to write the very first stage of the movie. This is such a vote of confidence in McLeods,” she added.
Graeme Evans will develop the story with screenwriter Emma Jensen (I Am Woman – The Helen Reddy Story), and they promise to keep fans up-to-date every step of the way.
“We’re just at the beginning, the very beginning, but we’re on our way. No promises but I have such a good feeling about this. Hope I’m right,” she concluded the post.