Lantern Court is an independent production company developing character-driven prestige television — stories about ambition, institutions, and the price of admission to closed worlds.
Lantern Court develops and produces serialised television built on a simple belief: the most commercial stories and the most honest ones are the same stories. We make shows that are funny where the world is absurd, frank where it is sordid, and serious where it counts.
Founded in 2026, the company works from script to screen — originating ideas in-house, attaching writers and directors, and partnering with broadcasters and streamers to bring them to audiences. Our slate favours closed, high-pressure worlds: the law, finance, medicine, politics — institutions with their own appetites, and the people caught inside them.
A young company with a deliberate slate. Our focus right now is a single flagship series — developed in-house, scripted, and built to be the show we’re known for.
A cohort of ambitious law graduates claws its way through the brutal hierarchy of the profession — surviving humiliating clerkships, predatory partners and their own worst impulses — toward the most coveted appointment of all. Humour, scandal and genuine stakes, anchored to a single competitive throughline.
View full details →A tight Australian police-interview thriller. Two detectives interrogate Mike Wagner over a murder he committed—but forensics don't match. The reveal: Mike has an identical twin, and they swapped places to create a perfect alibi. Completed June 2026. Festival circuit: Flickerfest and BIFF.
See on Previous Works →A six-part limited drama based on the Forensic Science Queensland scandal. An innocent man sits fourteen years into a wrongful conviction for his identical twin's crime. When a junior scientist finds a buried footnote in the original DNA report, the case unravels. Tonal references: Mare of Easttown, The Wire, Unbelievable. Onus Probandi serves as proof of concept.
Inquire →Originating ideas in-house and with writers we believe in — from logline to series bible to a deck that gets meetings.
Hands-on physical production — scheduling, budgeting, crewing and post — with a producer’s eye on every frame and every dollar.
Packaging projects for broadcasters, streamers and co-producers — and shepherding them through to delivery and audience.
“We don’t chase the unmissable premise. We chase the unmissable character — and let the premise come find them.”
Adrian founded Lantern Court to make character-driven drama with cinematic ambition. A Queensland-based filmmaker with over two decades of experience in digital production across film, broadcast and digital platforms, he has built a wide portfolio of short- and long-form work — from commercial productions to award-winning short films.
His craft spans editing, cinematography, post-production workflows and production management, with a particular strength in low-budget, high-impact filmmaking: delivering polished, professional results within tight budgets and schedules. As Founder and Producer, Adrian sets the company’s slate and standard, leads development across every project, and keeps Lantern Court pointed at character first — while championing local talent and crews.
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Lantern Court
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Monday–Friday
Australian Eastern Time (GMT+10)
We’re happy to hear about projects in development. Please get in touch by phone or the form — a one-page logline and synopsis is the best place to start, not a full script.
