Writer-director Alastair Newton Brown’s debut feature 'Here Be Dragons' will premiere on October 18 at Sydney’s Cremorne Orpheum in a Q&A event hosted by journalist Tony Jones.
Roadshow will launch Robert Connolly's 'The Dry' on January 1 and Glendyn Ivin's 'Penguin Bloom' on January 21, raising exhibitors' hopes of a strong start to the year on the proviso that a raft of Hollywood titles are not postponed.
Ticket sales at Australian cinemas plunged to a new low last weekend as coronavirus-wary audiences ignored almost all the new releases.
'Avatar: The Way of Water' has proved the bumper summer hit exhibitors hoped it would be. Some four weekends in, the James Cameron sequel - with a cume of $66.7 million - is already the the sixth highest grossing film to ever be released in Australia.
By their "very different but equally excellent" powers combined, 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer have given Australian cinemas their best weekend since the pandemic began - and for at least one exhibitor, its best weekend ever.
The 'Creed' franchise has shown it can still draw a crowd without Rocky, with the third instalment - the first not to feature Sylvester Stallone - taking the top spot at the Australian box office on the weekend and surpassing $US100 million worldwide.
The launches last weekend of Gregor Jordan's 'Dirt Music' and Alister Grierson's 'Bloody Hell' underlined the challenges facing independent films in a theatrical market that is severely weakened by the Victorian shutdown, limits on seating capacity and the absence of Hollywood tentpoles.
The latest installment in the 'Fast & Furious' franchise has overtaken 'Godzilla vs. Kong' to have the highest opening weekend of any film post-Covid.