The BBC has secured the UK rights to FremantleMedia Australia’s six-part 'reimagining' of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'.
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Director Stephen Chbosky’s 'Wonder' is a sleeper hit in the US and could well emulate that feat in Australia after the feel-good film about a boy who overcomes a craniofacial disorder opened at No. 1 last weekend.
Australian films and feature documentaries have raked in combined theatrical revenues of $49 million through November 29, and with no new releases in December will likely finish the year with a tad more than $50 million.
Research commissioned by the MPDAA and carried out by SARA in June showed patrons who go to the cinema every two weeks or more were just 10 per cent of the moviegoing universe, down from 14 per cent a year earlier.
When 'Daddy’s Home 2' opened strongly in the US several weeks ago one prominent media outlet opined the figures showed not only that Mel Gibson is still bankable, but that there has been a positive change in how he is perceived.
In a measure of just how brutal the economics of producing and releasing Hollywood tentpoles has become, pundits are already sneering at 'Justice' League because the superhero adventure failed to crack $US100 million in its opening weekend in the US and $US200 million internationally.
Kenneth Branagh’s remake of 'Murder on the Orient Express' won the weekend derby at Australian cinemas, edging out the third outing of Taika Waititi’s blockbuster 'Thor: Ragnarok'.
Teresa Palmer will play Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup in 2015.