Leah Purcell's 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' and Thomas M Wright's 'The Stranger' lead the nominees for the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, to be announced later this month.
Anthony Hayes' 'Gold' will screen in select cinemas via Madman Entertainment from January 13, before heading onto Stan on Australia Day.
Anthony Hayes' Zac Efron-starrer 'Gold' has been snapped up by Screen Media, who has taken all North American rights.
Two feature films, three television dramas, one children’s series, and one online project will share in $5.9 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Zac Efron will headline the cast of Anthony Hayes' 'Gold', due to kick off in South Australia this month.
Anthony Hayes has been acting since he was nine. While there is no danger of him giving up that stellar career, for the present he is concentrating more on his other passions: writing and directing.
Anthony Hayes will direct and co-star with Sam Worthington in 'Gold', a thriller about two guys who discover the world's biggest gold nugget in the Australian desert.
Hayes wrote the script and will produce with John and Michael Schwarz. He will also appear in the film alongside American actor Jon Bernthal (The Wolf of Wall Street, Sicario).