Leigh Whannell has two reasons to celebrate today: 'The Invisible Man' is the No. 1 title in the US, Australia and several other markets - and the Aussie writer-director has signed a two year, first-look deal with Blumhouse Productions.
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.
Distributor All3Media International, New Zealand's South Pacific Pictures and Norway’s Maipo Film have boarded Dark Victory, Goalpost Pictures' political drama to be directed by Matthew Saville.
Madeleine Gottlieb is co-developing a seven-part online series which will give female and non-binary perspectives on contemporary masculinity as well as writing a feature for Revlover Films' Martha Coleman and Lauren Edwards.
The first two episodes of Matchbox Pictures' 'Stateless' and the second series of Bunya Productions' 'Mystery Road' will have their world premieres at the sixth edition of the Berlin International Film Festival’s Berlinale Series.
Americans will have the chance to see Wayne Blair's 'Top End Wedding' early next year, but only on VOD and other digital platforms.
'I Am Woman' is the story of Helen Reddy, who in 1966 landed in New York with her three-year-old daughter, a suitcase and $230 in her pocket. Within weeks she was broke. Within months she was in love. Within five years she was one of the biggest superstars of her time, and an icon of the 1970s feminist movement, who wrote a song which galvanised a generation of women to fight for change.
SBS has commissioned a four-part drama set during the 1850s gold rush from the perspective of desperate Chinese miners from Goalpost Television, to be directed by Ana Kokkinos.