New Zealand creatives Mike Minogue, Naomi Ferry, and Tim Foley have come together to form Frank Management, a new creative talent agency aiming to fill gaps across the industry by offering representation across a variety of disciplines.
After playing characters who were in chains or oppressed earlier in her career, Natasha Wanganeen is relishing the chance to portray a wide diversity of roles.
A raft of Aussies have been nominated for Emmy Awards this year, including Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Sarah Snook, Hannah Gadsby, writer Tony McNamara and cinematographer Greig Fraser.
So far in his career, 14-year-old Kaan Guldur has worked alongside Jackie Chan, Jason Momoa, and Chris Hemsworth, while also coming under the guidance of Taika Waititi and George Miller.
'Our Flag Means Death' is a new comedy based (very) loosely on the true adventures of 18th century would-be pirate, Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby).
In the second season of 'Our Flag Means Death', Rhys Darby returns as 18th-century would-be pirate Stede Bonnet, who after struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew on the ship Rvenge, finds his fortunes changing after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard (Taika Waititi).
If there was an element of risk when Disney/Marvel Studios hired Kiwi director Taika Waititi to helm the 'Thor' reboot – a massive jump in scale and ambition after his 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' – that now seems a very smart bet.
The launches of the Liam Neeson action drama 'Honest Thief' and Australian 'geezer' comedy 'Never Too Late' helped reverse a three-week slide at cinemas last weekend.