K9 Series Funding

Australia's Film Finance Corporation has approved funding for the spin-off series featuring K9.A news release says financial backing was agreed at the organisation's July board meeting, although the exact amount of money involved is unknown.It says: "When we meet him in the new 26-part Australian kids' show K9, this highly intelligent creature is guarding an abandoned prison transportation craft."The series, previously understood to have been called K9 Adventures and K9 - The Series, has been created and is being written by Doctor Who classic era writer Bob Baker, says the FFC.TV distribution agent Park Entertainment says the half-hour episodes will be live action and CGI.The FFC is the Australian government's main agency for funding film and TV production in Australia.UPDATE: C21 is reporting that Australia's Network Ten has come on board the series. The show was understood to be already in pre-production but C21 quotes Park Entertainment chief executive Jim Howell as saying it was hoped the show would be in pre-production by October.