The LEGO Movie will be the second major movie to be released this year on home entertainment platforms 90 days after its theatrical launch, instead of the traditional 120-day gap.
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Well Go USA Entertainment will distribute in the US Zak Hilditch's debut feature These Final Hours, which screened in Directors Fortnight in Cannes.
Greg Mclean's Wolf Creek 2 opened in 10 cinemas in the US last Friday, one month after being released on Video-on-Demand platforms.
The Weinstein Co. has nabbed worldwide rights excluding Australasia to an upcoming drama based on the true story of Saroo Brierley, an Indian-born Australian who found his birth mother 25 years after they were separated.
At least 17 Australian films look set to be released theatrically in the US this year following the latest batch of deals announced in Cannes.
Main Street Films has committed to release Aussie writer-director Murali Thalluri''s post-Apocalyptic action adventure One on at least 600 screens in the US.
The US debut of John Curran's Tracks has been postponed- for four months.
The top-selling 10% of films and DVDs dominated the box-office and home entertainment revenues in Australia in the early 21st Century but a significant "long tail"Â emerged for DVDs.