Toni Collette's directorial debut, an animated series based on 'The Sapphires' and a Shakespeare-inspired anthology are among the 42 projects to recently share in $1.4 million of development funding from Screen Australia.
Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox's Every Cloud Productions is ramping up its development slate after hiring screenwriter/story editor Mike Jones.
Leigh Whannell’s Sydney-shot 'The Invisible Man' easily won the box office derby in Australia last weekend, matching its top-ranked US debut.
Given that they appeal to very different audiences, the first-day ticket sales for The Invisible Man and Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears in Australia yesterday were very healthy.
When Daniel Lapaine and Essie Davis were fellow students at NIDA in the early 1990s, one less arduous element of the course was fencing lessons.
More than 1,200 people including many Phryne Fisher look-alikes flocked to the sold-out premiere of 'Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears' at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace on Thursday night.
Every Cloud Productions' Miss Fisher movie and TV franchise will be spotlighted at the second Make It Monthly, a Melbourne-based program of free screen industry talks and networking next month.
The creators of 'Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears' were always confident the movie would appeal to the legion of Essie Davis' Phryne Fisher fans, but what about those who have never seen the TV series?