In a reversal of the traditional production process, the creative team behind supernatural thriller/horror 'Encircled' have started creating the VFX.
Australia ranks second in the world for the production of thrillers and eighth for horror movies.
Hollywood studios rarely release theatrical documentaries so Mark Hartley is chuffed to be invited to Los Angeles next month for the premiere of his profile of the 1980s filmmaking machine run by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
The Australian Writer’s Guild of NSW Committee next week presents the first “Write Night†event for 2015, Maverick Masters of Mayhem, an evening with Michael Robertson and Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner, creators of Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
The John Hinde Award for Science Fiction presented by the Australian Writers' Guild is broadening its scope this year, including inviting entries from unproduced scripts.
Wolf Creek's Greg Mclean will make his US directing debut on 6 Miranda Drive, a supernatural thriller which will star Kevin Bacon and Radha Mitchell.
Shane Krause has a refreshingly candid view of the commercial prospects of The Contents, a self-funded supernatural thriller which marks his directing debut.