Madman Entertainment, the UK's Curzon and Benelux distributor Curzon have launched a film development fund.
Universal/Working Title's The Beatles-inspired musical romantic fantasy 'Yesterday' charmed audiences in Australia last weekend, outperforming the US and UK debuts.
In a lousy weekend at Australian cinemas the combination of Harrison Ford and a bionic dog in 'The Call of the Wild' proved unappealing while a long-delayed thriller which Mel Gibson had virtually disowned had a similar fate.
Margot Robbie's performance as Kayla Pospisil, an associate producer at Fox News, in 'Bombshell' has been nominated for the Academy Award for best supporting actress - her second nod after 'I,Tonya' last year.
Sam Mendes’ WW1 epic '1917', which ranks fourth in the betting for the best picture Oscar, opened in top spot in Australia last weekend and was No. 1 in the US.
Jennifer Kent's 'The Nightingale' dominated the Australian Film Critics Association's annual awards, winning all eight prizes for local narrative features, while 'The Australian Dream' was named best documentary.
Roland Emmerich’s last highly profitable blockbuster – '2012' in 2009 – must seem like a distant memory for the German-born director as his latest effort, Midway, had an inglorious debut in Australian cinemas last weekend.
If the consensus views of the 200 members of AACTA's International chapter are a bellwether of the Academy Awards, it could be a memorable night for Korean director Bong Joon-ho's black comedy/thriller Parasite, Quentin Tarantino, Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie.