Junior screenwriters will have the chance to work on the mega TV franchise NCIS as part of a new initiative announced by Screen Australia.

It comes as the show makes it’s way to Australian shores with the launch of NCIS: SYDNEY.

As part of the initiative, five junior screenwriters will embedded in the script department of NCIS for ten weeks.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for Australian story-tellers,” Louise Gough, head of development at Screen Australia, told Joe Hildebrand on 2GB Afternoons.

“And Screen Australia spoke with Paramount+, Endemol Shine Australia, and CBS very early on when it was announced in February.

“(It’s an) amazing opportunity with the cast, the crew, the story-tellers … to learn from one of the biggest franchises in the world!”

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