Christopher Nolan's time-travel thriller 'Tenet' and Niki Caro's live-action adventure-drama 'Mulan' will be the first two major Hollywood releases in July, if Australian cinemas are allowed to open that month - along with cinemas in most other territories.
Australian actors, producers, writers, directors and crew members have slammed the Federal Government's decision to deny access to the JobKeeper wage subsidy to freelancers and other casual workers.
The Federal Government's decision to rule out extending the $1,500 a fortnight JobKeeper wage subsidy to casual workers who had been employed for less than a year will penalise many thousands of cinema industry employees and screen sector freelancers.
The closure of Australian cinemas and entertainment venues as well as licensed clubs, hotels and pubs, casinos and nightclubs is a body blow to Village Roadshow Ltd (VRL) and the exhibition and distribution sector.
Major and independent film distributors and exhibitors are urging the federal government to adopt a new PG13 classification which they say would benefit family friendly Australian and international films that get M ratings.
The January 19 bushfire relief and recovery fundraiser, which saw distributors and exhibitors donate $2 from every ticket sold that day, raised $654,838.
Two dollars from every ticket sold at the vast majority of Australian cinemas on Sunday January 19 will be donated to three charities that are supporting bushfire relief efforts.
The chairman of the National Association of Cinema Operators (NACO) has warned that Netflix and other streaming companies are endangering medium-sized films that can gross $5 million-$8 million in Australia.