Crafting Compelling stories

Third Act Stories was established by Martha Coleman in Western Australia to produce and executive produce television and film.

As well as developing its own IP, Third Act Stories is ideally positioned to collaborate with non-Western Australian Producers wishing to access the significant funding available in WA, as well as WA’s stunning locations and world class crew.

Recent
Projects

Third Act Stories produced SCRUBLANDS: Silver, a 4 x 1 hour crime drama series in a co-production with Easy Tiger, for Stan and the 9Network. Based on the best selling book franchise by Chris Hammer, SILVER follows the success of season one SCRUBLANDS, Stan’s highest rating series for 2023.

Filmed in stunningly beautiful Augusta in southwest WA, directed by Ben Young and starring Luke Arnold and Bella Heathcote, SILVER premiered on Stan in April 2025.

Third Act Stories has a number of projects in development as Producer, Executive Producer and as Co-Production partner.

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  • Scrublands: Silver, filmed in Augusta, set to premiere on Stan on 17 April

    Based on Chris Hammer’s best-selling novel Silver, and filmed entirely in Augusta in Western Australia's South West, Luke Arnold and Bella Heathcote return to star in the second gripping mystery in Hammer’s Scrublands trilogy.

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  • Scrublands: Silver sells to international markets

    Upcoming Stan drama Scrublands: Silver, a sequel to Scrublands, has been solt to Sundance Now for the US and Canada.

    It has also sold to BBC (UK), Warner Bros. Discovery (New Zealand), RTL (Germany), RTE (Ireland), Media4Fun (Poland) and Cosmote TV (Greece).

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Martha Coleman

FOUNDER, PRODUCER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Martha Coleman is a Producer, Executive Producer and experienced agency executive.

She was the producer of the seminal Australian feature film PRAISE (FIPRESCI, TIFF). Martha spent eight years in London as Head of Creative at Icon then Material Entertainment, developing and EP-ing the UK #1 box office feature RUN FAT BOY RUN, starring Simon Pegg and Thandiwe Newton, directed by David Schwimmer.