Scarlett Pictures' Kath Shelper may have made a decision a few years ago to retire from producing, yet she's helped to bring to screen two of the most anticipated Australian films of late: Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy', which lands in cinemas on Thursday after a Cannes berth, and Kitty Green's upcoming 'The Royal Hotel'.
The Screen Queensland board has announced Jacqui Feeney will be the agency's next chief executive officer.
The fifth and final instalment in the 'Indiana Jones' franchise reached no. 1 at the box office last weekend, albeit not at the heights exhibitors were hoping for.
The Reset Collective is leveraging its unique partnerships with UK production company Genesius Pictures and international sales outfit Cornerstone Films across both distribution and production.
In order to have a more formalised approach to knowledge sharing, and to promote the creative and logistical contributions of the location department, a group of location managers have officially launched the Australian Location Managers Guild.
Our ‘Location, location, location’ series canvasses leading location managers from across the country to find out their favourite places to shoot. The Canberra-based Justene Taylor-Cannon recently worked on Singaporean drama series 'Shero', alongside the largest international crew to ever film in the capital.
BO Report: ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’, ‘No Hard Feelings’ boost cinemas as ‘The Flash’ dives
'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' easily rolled to no. 1 at the box office last weekend, as the previous top title, 'The Flash', had a dramatic tumble down to fourth position behind 'Spider-Man: Across The Universe' and the debut of adult comedy 'No Hard Feelings'.
With the overseas success of series such as 'Colin From Accounts', 'The Twelve' and 'Love Me', Foxtel chief commercial and content officer Amanda Laing - fresh from LA Screenings - reports that it is increasingly being looked at as an international co-production partner of choice.