Storm Ashwood’s war thriller 'Escape and Evasion' will be released on Netflix next month after the streamer negotiated a deal with production company Bronte Pictures.
Requirements on global services seem an easy answer — and who doesn’t want more Australian TV? — but this call ignores complex realities of how the TV business and its funding have changed, write Amanda Lotz and Anna Potter in this cross-posting from The Conversation.
"For a screenplay to become a movie, you not only need all the planets to be in alignment but you need to fire a pistol from the surface of Mercury and it's got to go through flaming hoops on each planet."
Sci-fi adventure '2067' has proven to be a standout among local audiences, with Netflix revealing Seth Larney's film has spent the most days as the most popular movie in the country since the streaming platform added ranking lists to the service.
Elsa Pataky and Luke Bracey will lead the cast of Netflix action film 'Interceptor', with shooting to commence in Sydney later this month.
Season two of family television series 'Alien TV' - a Canadian-Australian co-production between eOne and POP Family Entertainment - will premiere on Netflix globally next month.
A sweeping score inspired by Britain's pre-WWII landscape has signalled Stefan Gregory's entry into feature films, with the composer making his debut as part of Simon Stone's 'The Dig'.
Netflix has bolstered its Australian presence with the appointment of Ben Cox as the director of business development.