When two Australian films open on the same weekend after getting mostly positive reviews at MIFF and generate copious publicity for the stars and filmmakers, the industry might have expected both to post solid opening figures.
The Spierig brothers' sci-fi feature Predestination is set to begin its six-week shoot in April.
The 63rd Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is thrilled to announce that the 2014 Festival will open with the Australian Premiere of the Spierig Brothers' new feature Predestination.
The list of Australian films released in US cinemas so far this year is short and, on the surface, unimpressive.
Screen Australia plans to invest $5.5 million in the Spierig brothers' Predestination, Rolf de Heer's Charlie's Country and Greg McLean's Wolf Creek 2
In the US Jennifer Kent's The Babadook has raked in more than $US950,000 at cinemas and been viewed online, legally, more than 360,000 times.
The American Film Market was hardly a hive of activity for Australian distributors but a reasonable number of deals were signed or are about to close.
Daina Reid’s 'Run Rabbit Run' has undergone a reshuffle, with 'Succession' star Sarah Snook set to take over from Elisabeth Moss in the lead role.