Arclight Films plans to aggressively acquire Australian projects at an early stage, according to Michelle Krumm.
KISS bassist Gene Simmons will swap wanting to party every day for producing with Arclight Films chairman Gary Hamilton, as the pair launch new company Simmons/Hamilton Productions.
Arclight Films has officially launched Chinalight, a new development division focused on Australian-Chinese co-productions.
When Screen Australia funded the development of the thriller Jungle in 2011, the Spierig brothers were attached to direct and co-write the screenplay with Justin Monjo.
The follow-up to the shark-in-a-flooded -supermarket saga previously known as Bait 2 has been retitled Deep Water.
Mark Lazarus is departing as a drama investment manager at Screen Australia to join Arclight Films as head of creative and acquisitions in Australia.
The NSW screen sector has been dealt a double blow as a result of COVID, with production on Russell Crowe's thriller 'Poker Face' shut down as a result of a confirmed case, while a Netflix project starring Chris Hemsworth that planned to shoot in the state has relocated to Europe.
While Tiberius Film signs on for all German rights to the Spierig Brothers' film.