Filmmaker and producer Paul Clarke has joined independent production company Beyond as a writer, director, and executive producer.
Beyond will once again be an Australian-owned production business, with CEO and managing director Mikael Borgland buying back the production division of the company and its subsidiaries from French entertainment giant Banijay.
Production has wrapped in Queensland on the second season of the ABC's 'Troppo', with Thomas Jane and Nicole Chamoun reprising their roles as private investigators Ted Conkaffey and Amanda Pharrell.
Sony released documentary 'John Farnham: Finding the Voice' yesterday on 275 screens, making it the widest Australian theatrical release of the year so far. Director Poppy Stockell talks to IF about how she found Farnham's career followed the monomyth.
Russell Crowe's 'Poker Face' will join Stan's stable of original films following its premiere in Rome this month, with the high-stakes thriller to be available on the streamer from November 22.
French-based entertainment giant Banijay has moved to acquire production and distribution company Beyond International in a deal that would absorb more than 8,000 hours of IP, including 'Halifax: Retribution', 'MythBusters' and 'Deadly Women'.
Germany's Leonine Studios has picked up worldwide distribution rights to crime drama 'Troppo', following its premiere on the ABC in February.
David Smyth has been appointed the CEO of Beyond Rights, with Kate Llewellyn-Jones having decided to step down.