Shaun Grant, Jason Smilovic, Kai Wu, Stuart Beattie and Sarah Heyward are mentoring 14 emerging creators in Impact Australia, the offshoot of US Imagine Impact foundedby Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell.
A slow weekend at the UK box office saw low figures for Tomorrow, When The War Began
Feature films from directors Tony Ayres and Gracie Otto, as well Aunty Donna’s production company Haven’t You Done Well Productions, are among the 33 projects to share in $1 million of story development funding from Screen Australia.
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.
The second Tomorrow movie could be delayed due to Stuart Beattie accepting duties on a Frankenstein movie
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.
Director Stuart Beattie has cast English actress Rachel Hurd-Wood in his debut feature Tomorrow: When the War Began
A sequel to Tomorrow, When The War Began has been announced