Big screen adaptations of popular novels by Irishman Michael Scott and Englishman Tom Holt are to be produced in Australia.
Guy Pearce, Christoph Waltz and Patrick Gibson are set to star in 'The Portable Door', a fantasy adventure comedy to be directed by Jeffrey Walker.
The suspension and postponement of numerous screen productions has disrupted directors as much as any industry cohort - but many continue to develop film and TV projects.
Sam Neill, Miranda Otto and Chris Pang have been added to the cast of Jeffrey Walker's 'The Portable Door', which is shooting on the Gold Coast at Pinnacle Film Studios.
The Queensland Government will move to consolidate the state's booming screen industry, putting an extra $71 million on the table to grow production.
With Greater Sydney facing another two weeks in lockdown, the growing COVID-19 threat has led to mixed reactions regarding productions in the state as movements become more constricted.
The production of Jeffrey Walker's 'The Portable Door' reached an Australian eco-milestone, becoming the first local film to operate under the UK Albert-BAFTA sustainability system.
Adapted from Tom Holt’s eponymous seven-book fantasy series, Jeffrey Walker's 'The Portable Door' follows Paul Carpenter (Patrick Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Sophie Wilde), two lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co. and become steadily aware that their employers are anything but conventional.