Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefProduction in and around Sydney, Australia has started on “Preppers,” a comedy series about the end of the world.Directed by Steven McGregor (“Black Comedy”), “Preppers” follows a young Aboriginal woman whose world crumbles around her after experiencing a personal, cataclysmic event.
Escaping the fallout, she finds herself at the center of a mismatched community of doomsday preppers.“Preppers” stars Nakkiah Lui (“Black Comedy,” “Kiki & Kitty”) who also co-wrote the series with Gabriel Dowrick.Penny Smallacombe, head of the First Nations Department at Screen Australia said: “Nakkiah Lui has a track record of creating boundary-pushing comedy and we’re proud to support her and the rest of the talented creative.
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