Victoria's screen industry has reeled in a sizeable catch, with a new shark thriller from Sony Pictures set to commence filming at Docklands and on location around the state next month.
Bea (Sydney Sweeney) and Ben (Glen Powell) look like the perfect couple, but after an amazing first date something happens that turns their attraction cold — until they find themselves unexpectedly thrust together at a destination wedding in Australia.
Robert McCall may have claimed his biggest scalp yet on the weekend, with 'The Equalizer 3' shooting past 'Barbie' to reach top spot at the Australian box office.
Tickets are on sale for the Australian International Movie Convention, where the five major studios, Roadshow and indie distributors will present their slates. Google will deliver a session on marketing strategies to maximise box office, and there will be keynotes from IMAX and The Vista Group.
The records smashed by doco 'John Farnham: Finding the Voice' have proven that Australians will still come out in numbers to see local stories on the big screen, and there is significant optimism among exhibitors about the commercial potential of 'Force of Nature: The Dry 2'. However, broadly the year so far has been a very slow one for Australian films at the box office.
Poppy Stockell's 'John Farnham: Finding the Voice' is already on a path to becoming one of the highest grossing Australian documentaries of all time.
Sony released documentary 'John Farnham: Finding the Voice' yesterday on 275 screens, making it the widest Australian theatrical release of the year so far. Director Poppy Stockell talks to IF about how she found Farnham's career followed the monomyth.
Poppy Stockell's 'John Farnham: Finding the Voice' is an authorised biopic that follows music icon's life from the quiet suburbs of Melbourne to ‘60s pop fame, through the highs and lows, and ultimately to record-breaking success as ‘Australia’s Voice’.