The American Film Market was hardly a hive of activity for Australian distributors but a reasonable number of deals were signed or are about to close.
The follow-up to the shark-in-a-flooded -supermarket saga previously known as Bait 2 has been retitled Deep Water.
The sale comes four months after the film released in Australia.
Li Bingbing will play the lead in Nest, writer-director Kimble Rendall’s 3D sci-fi thriller which starts production in Queensland next month.
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.
Brian De Palma is set to direct the first film from Aurora Alliance Films, a joint venture between Arclight Films and Chinese distributor Huace Media Group.
Chinese entertainment conglomerate Huace Group and Arclight Films have signed a strategic alliance for a multi-faceted $300 million feature film collaboration.
Filmmakers John Polson and Gary Hamilton will join forces to produce the feature film Sydney, I Love You in early-2012