Nowhere Boys

''Nowhere Boys'' is an Australian teen drama television series created by Tony Ayres. It was first broadcast on ABC3 (which is now officially named ABCME) on 7 November 2013. The first two series follow the adventures of four mismatched teenage boys – goth Felix Ferne (Dougie Baldwin), nerd Andrew "Andy" Lau (Joel Lok), golden child Sam Conte ( Rahart Adams), and alpha jock Jake Riles (Matt Testro). ''Nowhere Boys'' was renewed for a second series which began airing from 23 November 2014. An 80-minute feature-length movie based on the show, titled '' Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows'', premiered in selected Australian movie theatres on 1 January 2016. A third series of ''Nowhere Boys'', titled ''Two Moons Rising'', started airing in 2016 with a new cast and characters, replacing the original cast members. The fourth and final series, titled ''Battle For Negative Space'', started airing on 3 December 2018.

Premise

After returning home from a school excursion, four boys, Felix Ferne, Andy Lau, Sam Conte, and Jake Riles find themselves in an alternate reality where no one recognises them. They battle mystical threats and demons to find their way back home.

One week after the boys return home, they discover they have special elemental powers after returning from the alternate reality but when they thought they were at peace, they discover they weren't the only ones who crossed over from the alternate reality.

When a new student, Luke, attends Bremin High, he encounters Ben, Heath, Nicco and Jesse who become suspicious of Ben who realises they have special powers and they use them to fight a creature known as the "Mega-Demon".

Cast and characters

Production

Development

On 26 October 2011, it was announced that Matchbox Pictures and producers of '' The Slap'' were developing a thirteen-part youth-oriented drama series for the ABC called ''The Lost Boys''. However, due to copyright reasons, the show's name was later changed to ''Nowhere Boys''. The series creator Tony Ayres conceived the idea for ''Nowhere Boys'' after learning that the ABC, which had already enjoyed success with ''Dance Academy'', was looking for a new series that would appeal to boys. Ayres developed ''Nowhere Boys'' with a range of writers, including Roger Monk and Craig Irvin. He became the show's producer and showrunner alongside Beth Frey, while Michael McMahon and Helen Panckhurst served as the executive producers. Panckhurst left her position as executive producer at the end of the first series.

The first series of ''Nowhere Boys'' was financed with the assistance of the Australian Children's Television Foundation, Film Victoria, ABC3 and Screen Australia. Filming took place in Melbourne, Victoria from 18 February 2013 to 23 May 2013. Episode one was filmed at the primary school and Were Street in Montmorency, Victoria, as well as the skate park and high school in Greensborough, Victoria. The first four episodes premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August 2013.

On 4 April 2014, it was announced that ''Nowhere Boys'' had received funding from Film Victoria for a second series to consist of thirteen episodes. It was financed with the assistance of ABC Television, Film Victoria and the BBC
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