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.
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights excluding the first window in Australia to 'Dive Club', a 12-episode teen mystery drama from the Steve Jaggi Company.
Exhibitors despaired as none of the new releases last weekend could catch the fourth frame of Warner Bros' 'Tenet' and no title cracked $1 million.
American actress Peyton List, who starred in the Disney Channel series 'Jessie' and the spin-off 'Bunk’d', is playing the protagonist in young adult feature film 'Swimming for Gold'.