Warner Bros/Village Roadshow’s female-driven caper 'Ocean’s 8' smashed opening records for the franchise in Australia and the US last weekend while horror/thriller fans flocked to the Toni Collette starrer 'Hereditary'.
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The bad news for commercial free-to-air broadcasters and Foxtel is that consumer spending on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Stan and other streaming services will continue to soar over the next five years.
The filmed entertainment sector faces five years of zero growth as a modest increase in BO grosses is offset by the continuing slump in DVD/Blu-ray sales and rentals.
Screen Producers Australia has unveiled the 20 emerging producers who will participate in its Ones to Watch mentoring program for this year.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has made a $12 million funding commitment towards establishing a new production studio in Brisbane.
As free-to-air broadcasters continue to fret about the migration of viewers to streaming services and other platforms, the Nine Network may have found one solution.
Entries are now open for the 18th annual Screen Producers Australia Awards, which celebrate screen productions and businesses.
Robert Connolly’s international spy thriller 'Deep State' and Catriona McKenzie’s Indigenous web series 'Wrong Kind of Black' are on the line-up at this year's Series Mania Melbourne.