Michael Petroni's supernatural thriller Backtrack will have its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival.
Madman Entertainment is for sale. Toy, clothing and confectionery company Funtastic, which bought the distributor for $34.5 million in 2006, told the ASX it expects to finalise the sale before it announces its first half results.
Michael Petroni is understandably chuffed by the B.O. results of The Book Thief, his adaptation of the Marcus Zusak novel- particularly in Australia.
'Backtrack' cleaned up at Sunday's Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards, picking up the Soundtrack of the Year, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Design and the Members’ Choice Award.
Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Bruce Spence, Robin McLeavy and Anna Lise Phillips are shooting Backtrack, a psychological thriller from writer-director Michael Petroni.
Billed by the producers as an "intelligent comedy about sex and secrets," The Little Death starts shooting in Sydney on July 29.
Screen Australia has found investment funding to back a new feature film: Backtrack.
A new distributor owned by one of America’s richest men has bought US rights to writer-director Michael Petroni’s Backtrack after its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.