Amid very few new releases, school holidays are thankfully providing welcome foot traffic for exhibitors, with almost every title getting a boost at the box office last weekend.
Screen Producers Australia has unveiled the first finalists for its 2022 awards, which will cover an extended, two-year period due to COVID-19.
It was déjà vu at the box office last weekend, with the same three titles leading receipts:
'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings', 'Free Guy' and 'Paw Patrol: The Movie'.
As a self-professed "comic book person" and "genre head", Ryan Griffen is blown away to have the voice of Batman - Kevin Conroy - attached for his upcoming project, 'Lustration VR'.
Orange Entertainment Co. has optioned Asphyxia's YA novel 'Future Girl', which explores what it means to come of age as a Deaf teenager against the backdrop of a near-future Melbourne facing environmental catastrophe.
While family audiences finally have a little more variety at cinemas by way of 'Paw Patrol: The Movie' and 'Ainbo: Amazon Princess', neither new release were a match for 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' and 'Free Guy' at the box office last weekend.
Director Madeleine Martiniello had passed Franco Cozzo's Footscray furniture showroom countless times. One day, she had a lightbulb moment: Why had nobody ever told his story?
With little by way of competition, Disney's 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' easily held the no. 1 position at the box office last weekend.