The Australian Directors Guild has blasted the proposed watering down of copyright laws as a threat to content creators.
The follow-up to the shark-in-a-flooded -supermarket saga previously known as Bait 2 has been retitled Deep Water.
Emerging Video-on-Demand and download-to-own service EzyFlix.tv has sealed licensing deals with all the Hollywood studios and Roadshow ahead of its official launch in August.
Australian publicist Peter Ritchie has joined 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, based in Los Angeles.
Main Street Films has bought North American rights to John Doe, an Australian thriller about an anti-hero who attempts to rid the community of criminals while taking out those he knows are about to commit crimes.
After executive producing Jane Campion's Top of the Lake, Emile Sherman and Iain Canning have boarded another New Zealand-based project, the feature Slow West.
The sixth installment of the X-Men franchise, The Wolverine powered the Australian box-office last weekend, raking in $6.1 million.
The producers of horror/thriller feature Patrick and documentary In Bob We Trust are finalising Australian release plans after their well-received world premieres last Saturday at the Melbourne International Film Festival.