The casting search has begun in Australia for the supporting roles in The Light Between Oceans, a Hollywood adaptation of Australian author M.L. Stedman’s debut novel set on an island off the coast of WA in 1918.
At least 17 Australian films look set to be released theatrically in the US this year following the latest batch of deals announced in Cannes.
Barring a break-out hit or at least several strong performers, the B.O. total of Australian films this calendar year is highly unlikely to match 2013's $38.5 million.
Richard Harris' first priority as the incoming head of Screen Australia's newly formed business and audience department will be to rejuvenate if not reinvent the tainted Australian cinema brand.
Margaret Pomeranz thoroughly enjoyed Son of a Gun while David Stratton reckoned it was competent and mostly well shot but highly improbable, peopled with uniformly unlikable characters.
Crime-thriller Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, begins production in Perth this week.
Australian films seem to be inhabiting parallel universes. At home only three films have grossed more than $1 million this year while a broad slate of Oz titles has been sold to distributors around the world.
The high profile WA feature film is calling for people to play prisoners, hired muscle, a tactical response group, and Chinese people