Matthew Newton’s decision to step down as the director of Eve has been widely welcomed on social media - but many have questioned why Jessica Chastain has not quit as the star and producer
Shelly Lauman’s Birdie and Charles Williams’ All These Creatures will have their international and North American premieres respectively in the Short Cuts competition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner’s sci-fi action-comedy Nekrotronic (formerly Nekromancer) will have its world premiere in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival.
EMO The Musical writer-director Neil Triffett and editor/writer//director Adrian Chiarella have joined Tony Ayres new production venture.
The first project to receive development funding via Studiocanal’s Australia and New Zealand-focused Cultivator Fund is Helena, a biopic about the Polish-Australian-American cosmetics businesswoman, art collector and philanthropist Helena Rubinstein.
The Handmaid’s Tale writer/producer Yahlin Chang, Silicon Valley director Jamie Babbit, Grey’s Anatomy executive producer Betsy Beers and comedy writer and EP Peter Saji will serve as the US mentors in the second Mentor LA program.
Launched today, She Shoots, She Scores will provide a career-progression opportunity for an emerging South Australian resident female composer to be attached to musician, performer and screen composer Amanda Brown on an upcoming project.
Australia’s post and VFX houses will be major beneficiaries of the federal government’s $140 million Location Incentive Program.