The BBC has bought both series of Nowhere Boys, ABC3's teen action-adventure created by Matchbox Pictures' Tony Ayres.
As a result of the Director's Attachment Scheme, emerging directors now have the opportunity to work alongside Tony Ayres on his new film Cut Snake.
EOne will test the potential for a limited theatrical launch followed quickly by home entertainment release with Kriv Stenders’ Kill Me Three Times.
Principal photography began yesterday on Matchbox Pictures' new Australian feature film Cut Snake - a tense, psychologically-driven crime thriller in which one man discovers his biggest enemy to putting the past behind him is himself.
Sullivan Stapleton and Alex Russell will play ex-cons in Cut Snake, Matchbox Pictures' crime thriller directed by Tony Ayres, which shoots in Melbourne in late October.
Sullivan Stapleton is disappointed Kill Me Three Times had a multi-platform release in Australia and only limited theatrical exposure in the US, but relieved that Cut Snake will finally open in cinemas this Thursday.
AACTA-award winner Blake Ayshford believes writers in the UK are more valued than they are in Australia.