Margot Robbie to make Shakespearean series

MARGOT Robbie is teaming up with the ABC to create a new TV series based on a modern version of the works of Shakespeare, told from female perspectives.

The Oscar-nominated actress spoke recently of her desire to work with up-and-coming creators, particularly women, through her production company LuckyChap Entertainment, which she runs with her husband, Tom Ackerley, producer Brett Hedblom and friends Sophia Kerr and Josey McNamara.

"I'm taking a lot of meetings with the lesser-known talent at the moment, the indie film makers, first- and second-time filmmakers, mainly women," Robbie told AAP in Sydney recently.

"I'm in a lovely position where I can actually help get things greenlit so I want to work with people who we haven't seen yet."

Robbie's award-winning film I,Tonya was produced by LuckyChap Entertainment which she founded in 2014 with a view to championing female talent and stories.

Also through LuckyChap, Robbie recently finished filming Dreamland.

Set in the 1930s, the film follows a 17-year-old who is trying to catch a female bank robber and stars Robbie and fellow Aussie Travis Fimmel.

LuckyChap has several more films and TV shows in development, including the movie Marian, starring Robbie as Maid Marian in an alternate take on the classic Robin Hood story.

For the Shakespearean show, the ABC is also partnering with Australian production company Hoodlum, which recently made the series Harrow, and it will be led by a female creative team.

The untitled project will produce 10 stand-alone episodes based on a different work of Shakespeare, updated to comment on modern society, in Australia later this year.

"We are thrilled about this Australian partnership as an opportunity to showcase unique, distinctly female voices in writing, and to demonstrate the high quality of the Australian film and television industry," LuckyChap Entertainment said.

"The project will share diverse points of view, from writers representing the different cultures and areas within Australia, which many would not readily associate with works of Shakespeare."