The final chapter of The Hobbits franchise predictably won the New Year B.O. crown at Australian cinemas but a British drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch surprised some pundits by taking second spot.
Charlie's Country was named best film and Rolf de Heer best director at the 2014 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards presented on Tuesday night.
Former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko will star opposite Russell Crowe in historical drama The Water Diviner, which will mark Crowe's feature directing debut.
The Hollywood roles keep coming for Jai Courtney. After playing the son of Bruce Willis' John McClane in Die Another Day and a sniper in Jack Reacher, the Aussie actor has been cast in movies directed by Angelina Jolie and Russell Crowe.
The casting search continues for key characters in Angelina Jolie's Unbroken and Russell Crowe's The Water Diviner.
Fast & Furious 7 cinematographer Stephen Windon will make his directorial debut on DragonSlate's motorcycle action-thriller Full Throttle, produced by Andrew Mason and set to shoot in the first quarter of 2016.
The critics may scoff but audiences have no trouble accepting 62-year-old Liam Neeson as an action star.
Rachel Okine flies to Los Angeles today to plot the next chapter of her career after amicably departing Hopscotch Features/Entertainment One last Friday.