Comedian and producer John Cornell has died aged 80 following a battle with Parkinson's disease.
'The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee', one of the local films to have its cinema release impacted by the pandemic, will now premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in Australia and New Zealand on July 17.
Starring as himself, Paul Hogan just wants a quiet life, and is happy with retirement in Brentwood, California, but can’t seem to stay out of the headlines. When his granddaughter Lucy finds out he’s been offered a knighthood for services to comedy and tells all her friends, he reluctantly accepts the offer and has six weeks to stay out of trouble before the ceremony. But where Paul goes, trouble follows, and we see Paul’s reputation hilariously destroyed the closer we get to his important meeting with his biggest Royal fan.
In a sign of the times for independent distributors, Transmission Films expects to release approximately nine films in cinemas this year, down from 13 in 2019.
Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' will open in Australian cinemas on January 24.
Thirty-two years since Paul Hogan made his fame and fortune in 'Crocodile Dundee' and 17 years since 'Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles' was released, Hoges has not lost his marquee appeal for distributors around the world.
It turns out that Tourism Australia’s clever campaign in February promoting a faux 'Crocodile Dundee' movie reboot wasn’t a pure invention.
Paul Hogan will receive this year’s AACTA Longford Lyell Award, the Australian Academy’s highest honour.