'Thirteen Lives' director Ron Howard has returned to Queensland for another feature, starting production next week on survival thriller 'Eden', starring Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Brühl, and Sydney Sweeney.
The Queensland Government will move to consolidate the state's booming screen industry, putting an extra $71 million on the table to grow production.
The NSW production sector has received a welcome boost amid the ongoing Greater Sydney lockdown, with the news that HBO Films' 'Days of Abandonment', starring Natalie Portman, will commence filming in the state this month.
The AACTA Audience Award for Best Film will this year be a duke between local titles and Hollywood blockbusters that recently called Australia home: 'Thirteen Lives', 'Thor: Love and Thunder', 'Ticket to Paradise', 'Elvis', 'The Drover's Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson' and 'Wog Boys Forever'.
Director, actor, and producer Ron Howard is set to take part in next month's Screen Forever alongside long-time producing partner Bill Connor.
Ron Howard's 'Thirteen Lives', based on the Thai caves rescue, is the latest in a string of international projects headed to Australia, due to shoot in the Gold Coast from March.
Ron Howard's 'Thirteen Lives' recounts the true story of the global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team who become trapped in the Tham Luang cave during an unexpected rainstorm in 2018.
Young gun Leroy Button's career so far is an example of using every opportunity to its fullest. Here, the camera operator, drone technician and co-ordinator - manager of XM2 PURSUIT's Gold Coast office - explains how he got his start.