Former HarperCollins executive Shona Martyn is headed to Lingo Pictures, as the production company looks to respond to the booming business of book adaptation.
Robertson's film career began with 'Crocodile Dundee' in 1985 and she worked on over 40 feature films, including 'The Matrix', 'The Thin Red Line', 'Paradise Road' and 'Dead Calm'.
Strauss, who received Gender Matters: Brilliant Stories funding last year, is adapting Robert Wainwright's biography of Sheila Chisholm, the daughter of a wealthy grazier from NSW who arrived in London society in 1914.
'Choir Girl' is a drama set in the 90s about a lonely photographer, Eugene, who becomes obsessed with a fifteen year-old girl who is trapped in the illegal sex trade.
'Kong: Skull Island' has maintained its hold on the Aussie box office, earning $3.2 million over its second weekend.
The film is produced by Ivan Malekin of Nexus Production Group and Lucinda Bruce. Daniela Ercoli is the associate producer.
Following AIDC 2017, director and CEO Andrew Wiseman has announced that he will not seek to renew his position.
The Federal Government has made three new appointments to the Screen Australia board, including PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Megan Brownlow as deputy chair.