Screen Australia has announced $4 million worth of production investment for one film, two television series and three online projects. They include a film adaptation of book 'Penguin Bloom', starring Naomi Watts and produced by Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories; a second season of ABC series 'Mystery Road'; Nine's 'Seachange' reboot; and 'Roborovski', a VR project from Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Dev Patel.
Adelaide Film Festival will hold pop up screenings of 'Top End Wedding' and 'Animals' in early April, marking each film's official Australian premiere.
Jules Duncan’s 'The Big Yarn' and Nir Shelter’s 'Home' won the Monte Miller Awards for the best unproduced scripts presented by the Australian Writers Guild in Melbourne on Tuesday night.
Off the back of last year's Raising Films Australia survey, which surveyed parents and carers about their experiences working in the screen industry, Create NSW has introduced a series of new initiatives - similar to those recently implemented by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC).
Martine Druelle-Ireland has joined global distributor Entertainment One (eOne) as vice president of sales, Australia, New Zealand and India, international distribution.
Actor and emerging director Kipan Rothbury has signed with high-powered US talent management firm Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
British audiences embraced 'Stan & Ollie', not least because the charming biopic of comic duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy is set in the UK, while US moviegoers were far less enthused.
"There's always going to be death, taxes and film reviews.”