After making their Hollywood debuts Olivia DeJonge and Levi Miller will star in Safe Neighborhood, a US-set thriller which will shoot in Sydney in January.
Shane Abbess' sci-fi thriller Infini will be released on digital platforms in Australia and in US cinemas and online on the same day, May 8.
Luke Ford and emerging talents Vanessa Moltzen, Emily Gruhl, Tim Grimes and Charlotte Hazzard have been cast in The Body in the Yard, a drama which starts shooting in Sydney next month
In another piracy-busting move, the creative team behind Super Awesome! plan to launch the musical comedy on iTunes and other VOD platforms on May 29, the same day as the world premiere in Toronto.
Twelve Australian films have been released in US cinemas this year led by Mad Max: Fury Road, which has raked in $147.5 million but is fast running out of gas and may finish with a bit more than $150 million.
The director and his cast participated in Q&As at Sydney and Melbourne screenings last month ahead of the film’s national release in Event and Village Cinemas on May 18.
While the producers of the planned documentary on George Miller’s aborted superhero adventure Justice League Mortal await approval from Warner Bros., director Ryan Unicomb is pressing ahead with his first narrative feature.
Daniel MacPherson and director Shane Abbess are mates and close creative collaborators, but that didn’t stop the pair having some robust discussions before the actor signed on for futuristic thriller SFv1.