Amid growing speculation that Schapelle Corby will be released from Bali's Kerobokan prison as early as next week, Nine has taken the unusual step of shifting its heavily promoted telemovie about the convicted drug smuggler from Monday to Sunday night.
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The likely-to-be-controversial TV feature was original slated to air on Monday, February 10, at 8.30pm and has been covered extensively by weekly TV guides.
The decision to bring it forward has fuelled speculation that Nine has secured interviews with members of the Corby family, which will be "packaged" with the telemovie.
According to Nine, the schedule change is "due to the current events unfolding in Bali", but the spokesperson did not elaborate.
Schapelle was filmed in secrecy last year and is partly based on journalist Eamonn Duff's book, The Sins of The Father.
Krew Boylan plays the one-time beauty school student who was sentenced to 20 years' jail after more than four kilograms of marijuana were found in her boogie board bag while she was entering Bali in 2004.
The show does not purport to state whether Corby is guilty or innocent of the offence.
An announcement on Corby's parole decision is expected to be made in Indonesia later today.
