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.
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'.
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.
Beyond International has acquired the UK scripted arm of Seven West Media's Seven Studios and SWM's 51 per cent stake in Los Angeles-based 7Beyond.
Beyond International has made a deal to acquire the UK-based distributor TCB Media Rights from the receivers of the failed Kew Media Group.
The assets will form a new digital division within Beyond, which will be headed by Q's current chief executive
Beyond International is merging its two London-based distribution outfits, Beyond Distribution and the recently acquired TCB Media Rights.