Rachel Okine flies to Los Angeles today to plot the next chapter of her career after amicably departing Hopscotch Features/Entertainment One last Friday.
Barring a break-out hit or at least several strong performers, the B.O. total of Australian films this calendar year is highly unlikely to match 2013's $38.5 million.
Seven West Media and Seven Group Holdings have joined Brett Ratner and James Packer's RatPac Entertainment as investors in Russell Crowe's The Water Diviner.
The technicians' union and the producers of the Australian mystery drama Strangerland have signed an industrial agreement which the union hopes will set a precedent for Australian films.
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.
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 casting search continues for key characters in Angelina Jolie's Unbroken and Russell Crowe's The Water Diviner.
Nikki Barrett has begun the casting search for the supporting roles in Blackbird, a Hitchcockian thriller starring Cate Blanchett which is due to shoot in Sydney in January.