The expected flood of applications from overseas producers for the Federal Government's seven-year, $400 million extension of the Location Incentive Program (LIP) could prove to be a challenging exercise for the authorities.
Screen production in Queensland is set to restart with the second season of Jonathan M. Shiff Productions’ 'The Bureau of Magical Things' and a rom-com feature from the Steve Jaggi Company.
A new feature film from Baz Luhrmann, set in a small Australian country town, is among the 18 recent projects to receive story development funding from Screen Australia.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the suspension or postponement of 119 screen productions, resulting in a loss to the production sector of $471 million.
While production shutdowns are causing mass unemployment among all sectors of the screen sector, some practitioners see an upside.
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the cancellation of four screen industry events, halted production on Netflix's Clickbait and two major movies, and postponed shooting of two big TV reality shows.
Tom Hanks has tested positive for coronavirus while on the Gold Coast for pre-production of director Baz Luhrmann's untitled Elvis Presley biopic.
Baz Luhrmann has cast Olivia DeJonge, who starred in the Netflix series 'The Society' and M. Night Shyamalan's horror movie 'The Visit', as Priscilla Presley in the Elvis Presley biopic which will shoot in Queensland early next year.