'Occupation Rainfall' director Luke Sparke will enter the world of Charles Dickens later this year after being attached to direct the literary adventure feature 'Shadow Chasers'.
Henry Boffin's 'Strange Creatures', the first feature film under a new drama venture by Humdrum Comedy, has completed filming in Melbourne.
Beyond Entertainment has struck a slate development deal with the Tokyo-based animation and creative studio Custom Nuts.
Leah Purcell's 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' and Thomas M Wright's 'The Stranger' lead the nominees for the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, to be announced later this month.
Screen Australia has revealed the next round of titles to be supported through its Games: Expansion Pack fund, with 11 games to share in more than $1.5 million.
In the US, M Night Shyamalan's 'Knock at the Cabin' finally dethroned 'Avatar: The Way of Water' after seven weekends at the top. However, here in Australia, audiences continued to prefer adventures in Pandora, with the James Cameron sequel now edging towards $90 million gross.
Looming decisions from the Federal Government about the shape of content obligations for SVOD services have given the country's free-to-air broadcasters plenty of food for thought as they attempt to maintain momentum in an increasingly competitive market.
An animated television series based on the children's books of AFL legend Eddie Betts has commenced production in South Australia.