Margot Robbie is well positioned to add an AACTA Audience Choice Award to her Trailblazer prize at this Saturday's ceremony, getting a nod for Favourite Actress, while two of the films she produced — 'Barbie' and 'Saltburn' — are up for Favourite Film.
Australians in Film has announced this year's award winners including the Heath Ledger Scholarship
Joel Edgerton, Chris Hemsworth, Margot Robbie, Rebel Wilson, Garth Davis, Cate Shortland, Jocelyn Moorhouse and Eva Orner are among the Australians who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
After graduating from WAAPA in 2011, Ben O’Toole played policeman Pete for three seasons of 'Love Child', had supporting roles in 'The Water Diviner' and 'Hacksaw Ridge' and co-starred in the US movies 'Detroit' and '12 Strong'.
'Thor: Love and Thunder' has come out swinging, posting the second best opening weekend since the pandemic began.
Chris Hemsworth is a proven crowd-magnet in the 'Thor' and 'Avengers' movies but his latest effort, '12 Strong', launched in Australia last weekend with less than heroic numbers.
Sony Pictures and Amblin’s decision to reboot the 'Men in Black' franchise without director Barry Sonnenfeld or stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, whose onscreen chemistry was crucial to the success of the first three editions, now seems questionable.
If there was an element of risk when Disney/Marvel Studios hired Kiwi director Taika Waititi to helm the 'Thor' reboot – a massive jump in scale and ambition after his 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' – that now seems a very smart bet.