Director Jake Hoffman, son of Dustin, has cast Benedict Samuel as the lead in Asthma, a coming-of-age movie set in the live-fast, die-young New York indie rock scene.
Lynette Curran, Susie Porter, Gillian Jones and Lisa Hensley are attached to star in a 30-minute drama which tackles sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Jeffrey Browne's departure as the Nine Network's managing director on August 1 marks the end of a hectic deal-making phase at the company in which he played a key role.
Casino mogul James Packer seems willing to wager hundreds of millions of dollars on movies produced by Warner Bros.
Crawlspace writer-director- producer Justin Dix aims to set up a screening of the action-thriller in each capital city following its premiere last Sunday night at Melbourne's Astor Theatre.
A new terms of trade agreement between ABC-TV and the Screen Producers Association of Australia gives producers a number of concessions relating to the pay-TV holdback for sequels and remakes, on-air promotions and running clips on YouTube.
US critics generally have given a warmer reception to NBC's Australian-shot summer series Camp than Oz broadcasters.
Irish filmmaker Sophie Fiennes' The Perverts Guide To Ideology and Australian writer-director Michael Bond's debut film Passengers have been acquired by Tait Brady's boutique distribution company Label.