Producers Helen Leake and Gena Ashwell and director Bruce Beresford aim to start shooting 'Monash', a biopic of Sir John Monash, hailed by many as the foremost Allied military commander in World War 1, in Europe in the northern spring.
Bruce Beresford’s 'Ladies in Black' has grossed $11.4 million in seven weeks, encouraging Sony Pictures, which acquired worldwide rights, to start devising plans to release the comedy-drama in offshore markets.
Alison McGirr plays a discontented Sydney department store worker whose marriage has gone stale.
As momentum builds for the September 20 launch of Bruce Beresford’s 'Ladies in Black', the distributor and exhibitors are increasingly confident of a sizable opening weekend and a long run sustained run by word-of-mouth and repeat business.
It’s taken more than 20 years to bring to the screen but Bruce Beresford’s 'Ladies in Black', his first Australian movie since 'Mao’s Last Dancer', is shaping as one of the most commercial films of his storied career.
'Ladies in Black', Bruce Beresford’s first Australian film since 'Mao’s Last Dancer', is set to begin production in Sydney and the Blue Mountains later this month.
Bruce Beresford has worked on US movies and TV shows for decades, so he was ill-prepared when US authorities cancelled his visa waiver.
Set in Sydney in the summer of 1959, 'Ladies in Black' is the story of suburban schoolgirl Lisa, who takes a summer job at a large department store where she works alongside a group of saleswomen who open her eyes to a world beyond her sheltered existence