Baz Luhrmann’s 'Faraway Downs', a six-part series cut from his 2008 film 'Australia', expands the story of English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), who travels halfway across the world to confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: Faraway Downs, a million-acre
cattle ranch in the Australian outback.
Netflix action film Interceptor follows tough and reality-bruised Captain JJ Collins (Elsa Pataky) as she finds herself in charge of a lone nuclear missile interceptor base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after being wrongfully drummed out of her dream job at the Pentagon.
"For a screenplay to become a movie, you not only need all the planets to be in alignment but you need to fire a pistol from the surface of Mercury and it's got to go through flaming hoops on each planet."
Impact Australia is inviting applications for the second iteration of its screenwriter accelerator program, which will take place in-person in Melbourne after being held virtually last year.
Stuart Beattie's directorial debut, Tomorrow: When the War Began, will be filmed later this year in NSW
Stuart Beattie's feature film debut, Tomorrow: When The War Began, will be released in September
Bra Boys director Sunny Abberton has confirmed the feature adaptation of the successful documentary is set to begin production in July.
The Handmaid’s Tale writer/producer Yahlin Chang, Silicon Valley director Jamie Babbit, Grey’s Anatomy executive producer Betsy Beers and comedy writer and EP Peter Saji will serve as the US mentors in the second Mentor LA program.