Mad Max: Fury Road production designer Colin Gibson has been awarded at the Art Directors Guild 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards.
Fury Road's action unit director and stunt coordinator Guy Norris is riding high. His team, tallying over 150 performers, took out the SAG Stunt Awards in Los Angeles yesterday, a result which should have suprised precisely no-one.
Rachel Griffiths and Daniel MacPherson opened the 5th AACTA International Awards, while Abbie Cornish, Miranda Otto, Angus Sampson, Jonathan LaPaglia, Radha Mitchell, Luke Bracey, Anna Torv and Phillip Noyce were among those who presented at the event, he
Australian film buffs will be able to watch this year's AACTA International Awards on Foxtel's dedicated Arts channel on Sunday.
At first glance it may seem Australian cinemagoers are keener to see Entourage than audiences in the US.
Led by Mad Max: Fury Road, Australian films collectively have raked in $34.6 million at cinemas this year, eclipsing the paltry 2014 calendar year total of $26.1 million.
The combined star power of Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jude Law and Jason Statham in Paul Feig's action-comedy Spy wasn't enough to topple Mad Max: Fury Road from the top of the Australian box office over the weekend.
Subject to how strongly Mad Max: Fury Road performs globally, George Miller says the fifth edition of his action franchise will be called Mad Max: The Wasteland.