Cate Blanchett is about to meet a child who will change her life forever.
Blanchett stars as a nun in Warwick Thornton’s “The New Boy” who takes in a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy (Aswan Reid). IndieWire debuts a new clip from the film, featuring Reid and Blanchett in a lyrical moment.
“The New Boy” premiered at Cannes and will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, September 14. It’s set in 1940s Australia, and follows the Aboriginal orphan boy (Aswan Reid) who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery, run by a renegade nun (Blanchett). His presence disturbs the delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival. Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair, and Kenneth Radley also star, with Nick Cave covering the score.
Oscar winner Blanchett produced the film through her Dirty Films banner, with Roadshow Films distributing for Australia and New Zealand,...
Blanchett stars as a nun in Warwick Thornton’s “The New Boy” who takes in a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy (Aswan Reid). IndieWire debuts a new clip from the film, featuring Reid and Blanchett in a lyrical moment.
“The New Boy” premiered at Cannes and will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, September 14. It’s set in 1940s Australia, and follows the Aboriginal orphan boy (Aswan Reid) who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery, run by a renegade nun (Blanchett). His presence disturbs the delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival. Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair, and Kenneth Radley also star, with Nick Cave covering the score.
Oscar winner Blanchett produced the film through her Dirty Films banner, with Roadshow Films distributing for Australia and New Zealand,...
- 9/14/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Cate Blanchett is donning a habit in her next role post-“TÁR.”
The Academy Award-winning actress leads Warwick Thornton’s latest film “The New Boy,” which is set to debut at 2023 Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section.
Per the official synopsis, set in 1940s Australia, “The New Boy” is the story of a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy (Aswan Reid) who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery, run by a renegade nun (Blanchett), where his presence disturbs the delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.
Mezi Atwood, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair, and Kenneth Radley also star.
Blanchett’s Dirty Films and Scarlett Pictures partnered to co-produce “The New Boy,” with Roadshow Films distributing for Australia and New Zealand, and CAA Media Finance and UTA handling sales for North America. The Veterans on board to manage the rest of international sales.
The Academy Award-winning actress leads Warwick Thornton’s latest film “The New Boy,” which is set to debut at 2023 Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section.
Per the official synopsis, set in 1940s Australia, “The New Boy” is the story of a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy (Aswan Reid) who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery, run by a renegade nun (Blanchett), where his presence disturbs the delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.
Mezi Atwood, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair, and Kenneth Radley also star.
Blanchett’s Dirty Films and Scarlett Pictures partnered to co-produce “The New Boy,” with Roadshow Films distributing for Australia and New Zealand, and CAA Media Finance and UTA handling sales for North America. The Veterans on board to manage the rest of international sales.
- 4/14/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Here’s your first look at Cate Blanchett in The New Boy, the latest film from Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton.
The pic will debut in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, which will be Thornton’s second appearance at the fest, following 2009’s Samson & Delilah, for which he won the Caméra d’Or Award for first-time directors.
Set in 1940s Australia, The New Boy is the story of a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy (Reid) who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery, run by a renegade nun (Blanchett), where his presence disturbs the delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.
Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films and Scarlett Pictures partnered to co-produce, with Roadshow Films distributing for Australia and New Zealand, CAA Media Finance and UTA handling sales for North America, and The Veterans on board to manage sales...
The pic will debut in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, which will be Thornton’s second appearance at the fest, following 2009’s Samson & Delilah, for which he won the Caméra d’Or Award for first-time directors.
Set in 1940s Australia, The New Boy is the story of a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy (Reid) who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery, run by a renegade nun (Blanchett), where his presence disturbs the delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.
Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films and Scarlett Pictures partnered to co-produce, with Roadshow Films distributing for Australia and New Zealand, CAA Media Finance and UTA handling sales for North America, and The Veterans on board to manage sales...
- 4/14/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
WME Independent licences crime thriller in Australia, UK, Italy.
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to The Dry follow-up and Australian crime thriller Force Of Nature, which WME Independent is continuing to sell at TIFF.
Roadshow Films has acquired the thriller for Australia and New Zealand, Leonine Studios for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Notorious Pictures for Italy and Spain, Sky for the UK, Three Lines for Benelux, M2 for Eastern Europe and Selmer for Scandinavia.
Bana reprises his role as federal agent Aaron Falk and reunites with The Dry director Robert Connolly on the story of agents who venture...
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to The Dry follow-up and Australian crime thriller Force Of Nature, which WME Independent is continuing to sell at TIFF.
Roadshow Films has acquired the thriller for Australia and New Zealand, Leonine Studios for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Notorious Pictures for Italy and Spain, Sky for the UK, Three Lines for Benelux, M2 for Eastern Europe and Selmer for Scandinavia.
Bana reprises his role as federal agent Aaron Falk and reunites with The Dry director Robert Connolly on the story of agents who venture...
- 9/9/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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IFC Films has picked up the North American rights to the Australian crime thriller Force of Nature from director Robert Connolly.
The follow-up to Connolly’s box office The Dry reteams the director with Eric Bana, who reprises his role as Aaron Falk. Force of Nature is based on the book series by Jane Harper and captures five women taking part in a corporate hiking retreat where only four come out on the other side.
Federal Agents Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate and hopefully find their whistle-blowing informant, Alice Russell, alive.
“Eric Bana brought the character of Aaron Falk to life last year, intriguing audiences across the globe. Returning to this beautifully written true-crime universe with Eric, Robert, and the amazing team at Made Up Stories ensures all the ingredients that made The Dry a...
IFC Films has picked up the North American rights to the Australian crime thriller Force of Nature from director Robert Connolly.
The follow-up to Connolly’s box office The Dry reteams the director with Eric Bana, who reprises his role as Aaron Falk. Force of Nature is based on the book series by Jane Harper and captures five women taking part in a corporate hiking retreat where only four come out on the other side.
Federal Agents Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate and hopefully find their whistle-blowing informant, Alice Russell, alive.
“Eric Bana brought the character of Aaron Falk to life last year, intriguing audiences across the globe. Returning to this beautifully written true-crime universe with Eric, Robert, and the amazing team at Made Up Stories ensures all the ingredients that made The Dry a...
- 9/9/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Eric Bana and Robert Connolly Reunite for ‘Force of Nature,’ Following Australian Hit Film ‘The Dry’
Director Robert Connolly and star Eric Bana are reuniting for a detective film based on the novel “Force of Nature,” set in the Australian wilderness.
Connolly and Bana were previously teamed on Australian smash hit movie “The Dry,” which like “Force of Nature” was adapted from a novel by Jane Harper. They also worked together on “Blueback,” a family-friendly, ecologically activist celebration of the natural world, adapted from a Tim Winton novella.
“Force of Nature” sees five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat, with only four coming out on the other side. Federal agents Aaron Falk (Jeremy Lindsay-Taylor) and Carmen Cooper (Jacqueline McKenzie) head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate, in hopes of finding their whistle-blowing informant still alive.
Production is now underway and will take place entirely within Victoria state, primarily in the Dandenong Ranges, Yarra Valley and the Otways.
The film is a Made Up Stories...
Connolly and Bana were previously teamed on Australian smash hit movie “The Dry,” which like “Force of Nature” was adapted from a novel by Jane Harper. They also worked together on “Blueback,” a family-friendly, ecologically activist celebration of the natural world, adapted from a Tim Winton novella.
“Force of Nature” sees five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat, with only four coming out on the other side. Federal agents Aaron Falk (Jeremy Lindsay-Taylor) and Carmen Cooper (Jacqueline McKenzie) head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate, in hopes of finding their whistle-blowing informant still alive.
Production is now underway and will take place entirely within Victoria state, primarily in the Dandenong Ranges, Yarra Valley and the Otways.
The film is a Made Up Stories...
- 5/17/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Robbie Williams biopic Better Man is due to begin filming in Melbourne, Australia, in early 2022.
Directed and co-written by Australian filmmaker Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman), the film will look into the experiences that shaped UK pop star Williams, both on and off stage. As we first reported earlier this year, Williams will be portrayed by a CGI monkey in the film.
The large-scale feature will film at Docklands Studios Melbourne, Victoria, and will include an estimated 14 local Heads of Departments, 80 visual effects practitioners, 220 crew and 2,700 extras and casuals.
Williams said: “I’m so excited I am making this movie in Victoria with my friend Michael Gracey.”
Pic will be distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Roadshow Films in a deal inked with Rocket Science which pre-sold the film widely earlier this year.
Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Films CEO said: “Better Man is shaping up to be become a major...
Directed and co-written by Australian filmmaker Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman), the film will look into the experiences that shaped UK pop star Williams, both on and off stage. As we first reported earlier this year, Williams will be portrayed by a CGI monkey in the film.
The large-scale feature will film at Docklands Studios Melbourne, Victoria, and will include an estimated 14 local Heads of Departments, 80 visual effects practitioners, 220 crew and 2,700 extras and casuals.
Williams said: “I’m so excited I am making this movie in Victoria with my friend Michael Gracey.”
Pic will be distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Roadshow Films in a deal inked with Rocket Science which pre-sold the film widely earlier this year.
Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Films CEO said: “Better Man is shaping up to be become a major...
- 12/3/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man” will begin filming in Melbourne, Australia in early 2022 under the direction of Michael Gracey (“The Greatest Showman”).
Williams is one of the U.K.’s most prominent entertainers and one of the best-selling artists of all time. He first found fame with the group Take That, from 1989 to 1995, and then segued into a successful solo career. The film will offer an introspective look into the experiences that shaped Williams, both on and off stage.
Singer-actor, Williams is expected to appear as himself, with some of his songs re-interpreted and recontextualized in the film.
“Better Man” will be distributed in Australia and New Zealand by leading film distributor, Roadshow Films. International sales are handled by U.K.-based Rocket Science, which previously handled “Schumacher” and “The Trial of The Chicago 7.”
The project was confirmed Friday by Australia’s federal government and the Victoria state authorities.
Williams is one of the U.K.’s most prominent entertainers and one of the best-selling artists of all time. He first found fame with the group Take That, from 1989 to 1995, and then segued into a successful solo career. The film will offer an introspective look into the experiences that shaped Williams, both on and off stage.
Singer-actor, Williams is expected to appear as himself, with some of his songs re-interpreted and recontextualized in the film.
“Better Man” will be distributed in Australia and New Zealand by leading film distributor, Roadshow Films. International sales are handled by U.K.-based Rocket Science, which previously handled “Schumacher” and “The Trial of The Chicago 7.”
The project was confirmed Friday by Australia’s federal government and the Victoria state authorities.
- 12/3/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The inaugural Australian Feature Film Summit has unveiled the line-up of sessions and speakers for its ‘stage one’ virtual event, taking place next month.
Convened by a working group across production, distribution and exhibition, the summit aims to break down industry silos to grow the success of the Australian feature film sector.
The first stage virtual event is designed to ‘set the stage’ for an in-person summit in February 2022, to coincide with the Australian International Movie Convention.
Speakers will include Roadshow Films CEO Joel Pearlman; Event Cinemas general manager content Claire Gandy; Sony Pictures Entertainment EVP Stephen Basil-Jones; Made Up Stories producer Jodi Matterson; Comscore MD Frank Perikleous; Cinema Nova CEO Kristian Connelly, and Compton School executive director David Court.
“The focus for stage one is to really drill down into what success looks like for Australian feature films and what we can learn from this,” says summit convenor Gino Munari.
Convened by a working group across production, distribution and exhibition, the summit aims to break down industry silos to grow the success of the Australian feature film sector.
The first stage virtual event is designed to ‘set the stage’ for an in-person summit in February 2022, to coincide with the Australian International Movie Convention.
Speakers will include Roadshow Films CEO Joel Pearlman; Event Cinemas general manager content Claire Gandy; Sony Pictures Entertainment EVP Stephen Basil-Jones; Made Up Stories producer Jodi Matterson; Comscore MD Frank Perikleous; Cinema Nova CEO Kristian Connelly, and Compton School executive director David Court.
“The focus for stage one is to really drill down into what success looks like for Australian feature films and what we can learn from this,” says summit convenor Gino Munari.
- 9/28/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
We’re not even halfway through the year, but 2021 is shaping up to be a record-breaker for Australian films at the box office.
So far, the 25 local films and documentaries to screen theatrically have grossed $67.5 million, according to Numero.
That number means this is already the second highest year for Australian film on record, having overtaken 2001’s annual result of $63.1 million (not adjusting for inflation).
Our best year at the box office was 2015, when ticket sales tallied $88 million, spurred on Mad Max: Fury Road, The Dressmaker, Oddball, The Water Diviner, Paper Planes and Last Cab To Darwin.
With more than half the year to go, that record could be surpassed come December. By way of comparison, in the first six months of 2015, receipts stood at $34 million.
This is an incredible result at the best of times, but is made more so by the fact exhibition is still disrupted by the...
So far, the 25 local films and documentaries to screen theatrically have grossed $67.5 million, according to Numero.
That number means this is already the second highest year for Australian film on record, having overtaken 2001’s annual result of $63.1 million (not adjusting for inflation).
Our best year at the box office was 2015, when ticket sales tallied $88 million, spurred on Mad Max: Fury Road, The Dressmaker, Oddball, The Water Diviner, Paper Planes and Last Cab To Darwin.
With more than half the year to go, that record could be surpassed come December. By way of comparison, in the first six months of 2015, receipts stood at $34 million.
This is an incredible result at the best of times, but is made more so by the fact exhibition is still disrupted by the...
- 6/4/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
As predicted, Roadshow’s The Dry has crossed the $20 million mark.
This means the Robert Connolly film, based on Jane Harper’s best selling novel, is now the 14th highest grossing Australian film of all time, surpassing titles such as The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Muriel’s Wedding and The Dish (not adjusting for inflation).
And the mystery drama is likely to still have life in it, with star and producer Eric Bana doing a set of Q&As screenings this week.
“The astounding success of The Dry confirms what Roadshow has always known, that there will always be an appetite for quality Australian productions which can without a doubt rival their Hollywood counterparts at the box office,” said Roadshow Films CEO Joel Pearlman.
“We will continue working with local industry and our partners in exhibition to deliver these crowd favourites to the big screen.”
Now 12 weeks in release,...
This means the Robert Connolly film, based on Jane Harper’s best selling novel, is now the 14th highest grossing Australian film of all time, surpassing titles such as The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Muriel’s Wedding and The Dish (not adjusting for inflation).
And the mystery drama is likely to still have life in it, with star and producer Eric Bana doing a set of Q&As screenings this week.
“The astounding success of The Dry confirms what Roadshow has always known, that there will always be an appetite for quality Australian productions which can without a doubt rival their Hollywood counterparts at the box office,” said Roadshow Films CEO Joel Pearlman.
“We will continue working with local industry and our partners in exhibition to deliver these crowd favourites to the big screen.”
Now 12 weeks in release,...
- 3/22/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: In a lucrative play, ErosSTX International has closed a new output pact with Italian major Leone Film Group, the distributor behind box office hits including Knives Out and 1917, marking their first output in the territory in a few years.
The company has also renewed significant multi-year output deals with Roadshow Films in Australia and New Zealand, The Searchers in Belgium and the Netherlands, Sf Studios in Scandinavia and Vertical Distribution in Eastern Europe.
The Roadshow, Searchers, Sf Studios and Vertical output deals were first struck in 2015 and together with the Leone output deal, are exclusive agreements covering all STX productions and acquisitions. This is good news for the theatrical business.
The STX international pipeline includes the untitled spy thriller from Guy Ritchie starring Jason Statham, Hugh Grant, Aubrey Plaza and Josh Hartnett; Neil Burger’s The Marsh King’s Daughter set to star Daisy Ridley (pictured); Liam Neeson action-thriller...
The company has also renewed significant multi-year output deals with Roadshow Films in Australia and New Zealand, The Searchers in Belgium and the Netherlands, Sf Studios in Scandinavia and Vertical Distribution in Eastern Europe.
The Roadshow, Searchers, Sf Studios and Vertical output deals were first struck in 2015 and together with the Leone output deal, are exclusive agreements covering all STX productions and acquisitions. This is good news for the theatrical business.
The STX international pipeline includes the untitled spy thriller from Guy Ritchie starring Jason Statham, Hugh Grant, Aubrey Plaza and Josh Hartnett; Neil Burger’s The Marsh King’s Daughter set to star Daisy Ridley (pictured); Liam Neeson action-thriller...
- 2/25/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Australian feature films are currently dominating the box office, with exhibitors reporting a “revitalised” audience appetite for local stories.
Since the start of this year, the 11 Aussie features released in cinemas have taken a whopping 54 per cent of the national box office, or $26 million. Last weekend, in an unprecedented result, four out of the top five films at the Bo were Australian.
Roadshow Films’ The Dry, the no. 1 film in the country for weeks now, is approaching $20 million, seeing it rank among the highest grossing Australian films of all time.
That local films are performing so well is in part by virtue of Covid, with a lack of new releases from the US allowing films more screens and more time to build word-of-mouth and momentum. However, both distributors and exhibitors have also thrown their weight behind all of the local releases.
Australia isn’t alone in this revival; other territories...
Since the start of this year, the 11 Aussie features released in cinemas have taken a whopping 54 per cent of the national box office, or $26 million. Last weekend, in an unprecedented result, four out of the top five films at the Bo were Australian.
Roadshow Films’ The Dry, the no. 1 film in the country for weeks now, is approaching $20 million, seeing it rank among the highest grossing Australian films of all time.
That local films are performing so well is in part by virtue of Covid, with a lack of new releases from the US allowing films more screens and more time to build word-of-mouth and momentum. However, both distributors and exhibitors have also thrown their weight behind all of the local releases.
Australia isn’t alone in this revival; other territories...
- 2/19/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
It’s a rare feat for an Australian film to break through to the top of the box office, let alone for two local titles to lead the weekend’s rankings. But Penguin Bloom and The Dry have done just that.
Roadshow Films’ Penguin Bloom, directed by Glendyn Ivin and starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver, opened on $1.5 million from 398 screens, or $1.7 million with previews, to come out on top.
Stablemate The Dry was close behind, netting $1.4 million over its fourth weekend to cross $12 million overall. Each film was produced by production company Made Up Stories, led by Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Jodi Matterson.
For Roadshow Films CEO Joel Pearlman, both titles’ results are testament to audiences’ desire to support home-grown filmmaking. He argues “now is the time for Australia to champion its bold stories and beautiful locations with the world.”
“It’s remarkable that the two...
Roadshow Films’ Penguin Bloom, directed by Glendyn Ivin and starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver, opened on $1.5 million from 398 screens, or $1.7 million with previews, to come out on top.
Stablemate The Dry was close behind, netting $1.4 million over its fourth weekend to cross $12 million overall. Each film was produced by production company Made Up Stories, led by Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Jodi Matterson.
For Roadshow Films CEO Joel Pearlman, both titles’ results are testament to audiences’ desire to support home-grown filmmaking. He argues “now is the time for Australia to champion its bold stories and beautiful locations with the world.”
“It’s remarkable that the two...
- 1/25/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Roadshow’s The Dry has enjoyed a stellar run since its release on New Year’s Day, taking in nearly $7 million to date.
Robert Connolly’s adaption of Jane Harper’s best-selling novel returned to the top of the box office last weekend with takings of more than $2 million, bringing its overall total to $6.9 million.
It comes after the film grossed $3.5 million on its opening weekend, joining Happy Feet and Mad Max as one of the biggest box office debuts for an Australian film.
Roadshow Films CEO Joel Pearlman said the results “absolutely confirm” Australian films can deliver blockbuster results alongside their Hollywood counterparts.
“This result is an incredible example of just how willing Australian audiences are to support their own cinema and stories and how important it is for the local filmmaking community to continue to be provided with opportunities to create great works of cinema for Australians to delight in,...
Robert Connolly’s adaption of Jane Harper’s best-selling novel returned to the top of the box office last weekend with takings of more than $2 million, bringing its overall total to $6.9 million.
It comes after the film grossed $3.5 million on its opening weekend, joining Happy Feet and Mad Max as one of the biggest box office debuts for an Australian film.
Roadshow Films CEO Joel Pearlman said the results “absolutely confirm” Australian films can deliver blockbuster results alongside their Hollywood counterparts.
“This result is an incredible example of just how willing Australian audiences are to support their own cinema and stories and how important it is for the local filmmaking community to continue to be provided with opportunities to create great works of cinema for Australians to delight in,...
- 1/13/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
While the domestic box office was hammered over the holidays, over in Australia, it’s been quite alive.
A leading example of this last weekend was Roadshow Films’ Eric Bana thriller The Dry, based on Jane Harper’s bestselling and award-winning debut novel, which has minted $3.5M since its New Year’s Day release.
I’m told that’s the best debut for an Australian-made feature at the country’s B.O. from an independent studio, and the 5th best debut for an Australian filmmaker down under after Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby ($6.5M U.S.), George Miller’s Happy Feet ($6.1M), Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road ($5M), and Luhrmann’s Australia ($4.1M). The Dry was directed and co-adapted by Aacta Award winner Robert Connolly.
Australia, by and large, is operating at 75% capacity theatrical auditorium restrictions during the pandemic, while some areas are capped 50%. There...
A leading example of this last weekend was Roadshow Films’ Eric Bana thriller The Dry, based on Jane Harper’s bestselling and award-winning debut novel, which has minted $3.5M since its New Year’s Day release.
I’m told that’s the best debut for an Australian-made feature at the country’s B.O. from an independent studio, and the 5th best debut for an Australian filmmaker down under after Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby ($6.5M U.S.), George Miller’s Happy Feet ($6.1M), Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road ($5M), and Luhrmann’s Australia ($4.1M). The Dry was directed and co-adapted by Aacta Award winner Robert Connolly.
Australia, by and large, is operating at 75% capacity theatrical auditorium restrictions during the pandemic, while some areas are capped 50%. There...
- 1/5/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has acquired the North American rights to “Penguin Bloom,” a drama based on a true story and starring Naomi Watts that premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
Netflix also snagged rights in the UK, France and select countries in Asia, though not worldwide, and the film will debut on the platform on Jan. 27.
Glendyn Ivin directs the film that also stars Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver and Rachel House. Watts stars in “Penguin Bloom” as Samantha Bloom, who in real life was an active outdoors-woman of a mom of three who became paralyzed from the chest down after a fall and found solace in a wild magpie that her kids named Penguin. The film looks at her road to recovery and acceptance of her new self.
Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps wrote the screenplay based on the book by Sam Bloom’s husband Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive.
Netflix also snagged rights in the UK, France and select countries in Asia, though not worldwide, and the film will debut on the platform on Jan. 27.
Glendyn Ivin directs the film that also stars Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver and Rachel House. Watts stars in “Penguin Bloom” as Samantha Bloom, who in real life was an active outdoors-woman of a mom of three who became paralyzed from the chest down after a fall and found solace in a wild magpie that her kids named Penguin. The film looks at her road to recovery and acceptance of her new self.
Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps wrote the screenplay based on the book by Sam Bloom’s husband Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive.
- 11/30/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
“Penguin Bloom,” the Toronto International Film Festival player led by Naomi Watts, has been acquired by Netflix in key territories.
The streamer will roll out the film in North America, the U.K., France and select countries in Asia on Jan. 27.
Oscar nominee Watts stars in the real-life survival story of Samantha Bloom, an active and vibrant Australian mom who is paralyzed from the chest down on holiday with her family. Her struggle to forge ahead is helped along by a wounded baby magpie her kids take in, named Penguin.
Glendyn Ivin directs from a script by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps, based on the book by Bloom’s husband Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive.
Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Rachel House, Leeanna Walsman, Lisa Hensley, Griffin Murray-Johnston, Felix Cameron and Abe Clifford-Barr co-star.
Ivin directed the short film “Cracker Bag,” which was awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes,...
The streamer will roll out the film in North America, the U.K., France and select countries in Asia on Jan. 27.
Oscar nominee Watts stars in the real-life survival story of Samantha Bloom, an active and vibrant Australian mom who is paralyzed from the chest down on holiday with her family. Her struggle to forge ahead is helped along by a wounded baby magpie her kids take in, named Penguin.
Glendyn Ivin directs from a script by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps, based on the book by Bloom’s husband Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive.
Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Rachel House, Leeanna Walsman, Lisa Hensley, Griffin Murray-Johnston, Felix Cameron and Abe Clifford-Barr co-star.
Ivin directed the short film “Cracker Bag,” which was awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes,...
- 11/30/2020
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
In a boost to cinemas, Roadshow’s local comedy-drama Rams has posted the third highest opening weekend post-covid, behind only Tenet and After We Collided.
Opening on 298 screens and earning $809,177 ($1.27 million with previews), Roadshow CEO Joel Pearlman has touted the result, arguing it proves Australian audiences are enthusiastic to return to cinemas.
A reimagining of 2015 Icelandic drama Hrútar, Jeremy Sims’ directs the Michael Caton and Sam Neill-starrer which follows two estranged brothers as they raise separate flocks of sheep descended from their family’s prized bloodline. When a rare disease threatens their stock, they have to work together to save their sheep, their small town and their family’s legacy.
Over the weekend, Neill was nominated for the Aacta Award Best Lead Actor for his performance. The supporting cast includes Miranda Richardson, Wayne Blair, Leon Ford, Travis McMahon, Asher Keddie, Hayley McElhinney, Kipan Rothbury and newcomers Asher Yasbincek and Will McNeill.
Opening on 298 screens and earning $809,177 ($1.27 million with previews), Roadshow CEO Joel Pearlman has touted the result, arguing it proves Australian audiences are enthusiastic to return to cinemas.
A reimagining of 2015 Icelandic drama Hrútar, Jeremy Sims’ directs the Michael Caton and Sam Neill-starrer which follows two estranged brothers as they raise separate flocks of sheep descended from their family’s prized bloodline. When a rare disease threatens their stock, they have to work together to save their sheep, their small town and their family’s legacy.
Over the weekend, Neill was nominated for the Aacta Award Best Lead Actor for his performance. The supporting cast includes Miranda Richardson, Wayne Blair, Leon Ford, Travis McMahon, Asher Keddie, Hayley McElhinney, Kipan Rothbury and newcomers Asher Yasbincek and Will McNeill.
- 11/2/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Eric Bana in ‘The Dry.’
Roadshow will launch Robert Connolly’s The Dry on January 1 and Glendyn Ivin’s Penguin Bloom on January 21, raising exhibitors’ hopes of a strong start to the year on the proviso that a raft of Hollywood titles are not postponed.
Seeing gaps in the market, Roadshow moved up Connolly’s crime thriller adapted from the Jane Harper novel, starring Eric Bana, Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell and John Polson, from April.
The distributor shifted Ivin’s drama starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver, adapted from Bradley Trevor Greive and Cameron Bloom’s novel, which had been scheduled for New Year’s Day, to the Australia Day long weekend.
“The Dry is a great addition for Roadshow,” says Wallis Cinema’s Bob Parr, adding that it would be a disaster for cinemas if more Hollywood tentpoles such as Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984 and Universal’s...
Roadshow will launch Robert Connolly’s The Dry on January 1 and Glendyn Ivin’s Penguin Bloom on January 21, raising exhibitors’ hopes of a strong start to the year on the proviso that a raft of Hollywood titles are not postponed.
Seeing gaps in the market, Roadshow moved up Connolly’s crime thriller adapted from the Jane Harper novel, starring Eric Bana, Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell and John Polson, from April.
The distributor shifted Ivin’s drama starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver, adapted from Bradley Trevor Greive and Cameron Bloom’s novel, which had been scheduled for New Year’s Day, to the Australia Day long weekend.
“The Dry is a great addition for Roadshow,” says Wallis Cinema’s Bob Parr, adding that it would be a disaster for cinemas if more Hollywood tentpoles such as Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984 and Universal’s...
- 10/25/2020
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
‘The Furnace.’
Most independent Australian distributors are doing it tough, forced to postpone releases while the exhibition business languishes with Victorian cinemas closed and seating capacity restricted in the rest of the country.
They fear the Federal Government’s media reforms, which will lower the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent and double the minimum qualifying Australian production expenditure (Qape) threshold for features to $1 million, will lead to fewer narrative features and feature documentaries.
Another concern is that removing the obligation to release films in cinemas will further deplete the number of titles available to distributors next year.
However most are confident the cinema business will rebound from Boxing Day onwards with the launches of Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age and Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2, and that 2021 will be a strong year.
“Business is not what it used to be...
Most independent Australian distributors are doing it tough, forced to postpone releases while the exhibition business languishes with Victorian cinemas closed and seating capacity restricted in the rest of the country.
They fear the Federal Government’s media reforms, which will lower the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent and double the minimum qualifying Australian production expenditure (Qape) threshold for features to $1 million, will lead to fewer narrative features and feature documentaries.
Another concern is that removing the obligation to release films in cinemas will further deplete the number of titles available to distributors next year.
However most are confident the cinema business will rebound from Boxing Day onwards with the launches of Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age and Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2, and that 2021 will be a strong year.
“Business is not what it used to be...
- 10/14/2020
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
‘The Furnace.’
Most independent Australian distributors are doing it tough, forced to postpone releases while the exhibition business languishes with Victorian cinemas closed and seating capacity restricted in the rest of the country.
They fear the Federal Government’s media reforms, which will lower the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent and double the minimum qualifying Australian production expenditure (Qape) threshold for features to $1 million, will lead to fewer narrative features and feature documentaries.
Another concern is that removing the obligation to release films in cinemas will further deplete the number of titles available to distributors next year.
However most are confident the cinema business will rebound from Boxing Day onwards with the launches of Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age and Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2, and that 2021 will be a strong year.
“Business is not what it used to be...
Most independent Australian distributors are doing it tough, forced to postpone releases while the exhibition business languishes with Victorian cinemas closed and seating capacity restricted in the rest of the country.
They fear the Federal Government’s media reforms, which will lower the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent and double the minimum qualifying Australian production expenditure (Qape) threshold for features to $1 million, will lead to fewer narrative features and feature documentaries.
Another concern is that removing the obligation to release films in cinemas will further deplete the number of titles available to distributors next year.
However most are confident the cinema business will rebound from Boxing Day onwards with the launches of Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age and Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2, and that 2021 will be a strong year.
“Business is not what it used to be...
- 10/14/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Timothée Chalamet in ‘Dune.’
WarnerMedia is preparing to sever its four decades long distribution alliance with Roadshow Films, moving its theatrical releases to Universal Pictures in Australia.
The arrangement with Roadshow will terminate at the end of this year, Village Roadshow told the Asx today.
A break-up seemed unthinkable during previous regimes at the US studio, given the close business and personal relationships between Warner’s top brass and Village Roadshow’s Robert Kirby and Graham Burke.
However it’s been clear that WarnerMedia has been under new management, with no allegiances to long-serving executives or staff, or corporate memory, since parent company AT&T installed Jason Kilar as CEO.
In August there was a brutal cull at the senior level, including Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, president, Warner Bros. worldwide television distribution; Ron Sanders, president, worldwide theatrical distribution and home entertainment; Bob Greenblatt, chairman, WarnerMedia entertainment and direct-to-consumer; and Kevin Reilly, chief content officer,...
WarnerMedia is preparing to sever its four decades long distribution alliance with Roadshow Films, moving its theatrical releases to Universal Pictures in Australia.
The arrangement with Roadshow will terminate at the end of this year, Village Roadshow told the Asx today.
A break-up seemed unthinkable during previous regimes at the US studio, given the close business and personal relationships between Warner’s top brass and Village Roadshow’s Robert Kirby and Graham Burke.
However it’s been clear that WarnerMedia has been under new management, with no allegiances to long-serving executives or staff, or corporate memory, since parent company AT&T installed Jason Kilar as CEO.
In August there was a brutal cull at the senior level, including Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, president, Warner Bros. worldwide television distribution; Ron Sanders, president, worldwide theatrical distribution and home entertainment; Bob Greenblatt, chairman, WarnerMedia entertainment and direct-to-consumer; and Kevin Reilly, chief content officer,...
- 9/21/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Essie Davis and Nathan Page.
From today Australia’s Phryne Fisher fans can download copies of Every Cloud Productions’ Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears on iTunes, Google Play and other digital platforms for $24.99.
The Tony Tilse-directed murder mystery/romance is among a bunch of Roadshow and Warner Bros. titles that are getting expedited sell-through releases.
The usual 90-day window is being relaxed temporarily in exceptional circumstances: The Covid-19 pandemic and closure of cinemas.
Owen Trevor’s Go! (which has been screening on Netflix outside Australia and China under the original title Go Karts since February 27) and Warner Bros. titles Midway, Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn and Just Mercy were released digitally in the past few days.
This week The Gentlemen, Richard Jewell and Motherless Brooklyn will go out, followed on April 15 by The Way Back.
“These are some of our most...
From today Australia’s Phryne Fisher fans can download copies of Every Cloud Productions’ Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears on iTunes, Google Play and other digital platforms for $24.99.
The Tony Tilse-directed murder mystery/romance is among a bunch of Roadshow and Warner Bros. titles that are getting expedited sell-through releases.
The usual 90-day window is being relaxed temporarily in exceptional circumstances: The Covid-19 pandemic and closure of cinemas.
Owen Trevor’s Go! (which has been screening on Netflix outside Australia and China under the original title Go Karts since February 27) and Warner Bros. titles Midway, Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn and Just Mercy were released digitally in the past few days.
This week The Gentlemen, Richard Jewell and Motherless Brooklyn will go out, followed on April 15 by The Way Back.
“These are some of our most...
- 3/29/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Netflix has taken global rights, excluding China, Australia and New Zealand, to Aussie family feature Go Karts.
Pic comes from director Owen Trevor, most noted for helming multiple episodes of UK series Top Gear, and production outfit See Pictures, which has credits including the Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue comedy Swinging Safari and Simon Baker’s Breath.
Go Karts follows 15-year-old Jack who, after his mother moves them to a new town, discovers go kart racing and dedicates himself to the sport. With the support of an old race-car driver with a secret past, Jack must learn to control his recklessness to win the national title.
William Lodder leads the cast with Richard Roxburgh, Anastasia Bampos, Darius Amarfio-Jefferson, Frances O’Connor, Dan Wyllie, Cooper van Grootel, and Damian de Montemas.
Roadshow Films is releasing the film theatrically in non-Netflix territories on January 16 under the title Go!; the streaming release has...
Pic comes from director Owen Trevor, most noted for helming multiple episodes of UK series Top Gear, and production outfit See Pictures, which has credits including the Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue comedy Swinging Safari and Simon Baker’s Breath.
Go Karts follows 15-year-old Jack who, after his mother moves them to a new town, discovers go kart racing and dedicates himself to the sport. With the support of an old race-car driver with a secret past, Jack must learn to control his recklessness to win the national title.
William Lodder leads the cast with Richard Roxburgh, Anastasia Bampos, Darius Amarfio-Jefferson, Frances O’Connor, Dan Wyllie, Cooper van Grootel, and Damian de Montemas.
Roadshow Films is releasing the film theatrically in non-Netflix territories on January 16 under the title Go!; the streaming release has...
- 1/13/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
David Seargeant.
The chairman of the National Association of Cinema Operators (Naco) has warned that Netflix and other streaming companies are endangering medium-sized films that can gross $5 million-$8 million in Australia.
In his opening address at the Australian International Movie Convention on Monday David Seargeant reiterated his criticism of a handful of Australian cinemas that have booked Netflix productions The King, The Irishman, Marriage Story and The Two Popes despite a three-week theatrical window.
Seargeant expressed his disappointment at these exhibitors’ decision “to take a film on the basis of a technical release for short term gain and not giving the film the benefit of a theatrical season.”
He did not name the cinemas, which If has identified as Dendy Cinemas, Eddie Tamir’s Classic, Lido and Cameo Cinemas in Victoria and Randwick Ritz, the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace, New Farm Cinemas and The Elizabeth Picture Theatre in Brisbane and The Backlot in Perth.
The chairman of the National Association of Cinema Operators (Naco) has warned that Netflix and other streaming companies are endangering medium-sized films that can gross $5 million-$8 million in Australia.
In his opening address at the Australian International Movie Convention on Monday David Seargeant reiterated his criticism of a handful of Australian cinemas that have booked Netflix productions The King, The Irishman, Marriage Story and The Two Popes despite a three-week theatrical window.
Seargeant expressed his disappointment at these exhibitors’ decision “to take a film on the basis of a technical release for short term gain and not giving the film the benefit of a theatrical season.”
He did not name the cinemas, which If has identified as Dendy Cinemas, Eddie Tamir’s Classic, Lido and Cameo Cinemas in Victoria and Randwick Ritz, the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace, New Farm Cinemas and The Elizabeth Picture Theatre in Brisbane and The Backlot in Perth.
- 10/21/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Michael Caton and Sam Neill (Photo: Merlyn Moon).
Production is underway in Western Australia on Wbmc’s Rams, directed by Jeremy Sims – an adaptation of Icelandic film Hrútar.
Leading the cast are Sam Neill and Michael Caton, who play two estranged brothers who live on adjourning sheep farms yet haven’t spoken in 40 years. When a rare disease threatens their flock, they have to work together to save their flock, their small town and their family’s legacy.
Also set to star are Wayne Blair, Leon Ford, Travis McMahon, Asher Keddie, Hayley McElhinney, Kipan Rothbury and newcomers Asher Yasbincek and Will McNeill.
Hrútar, from writer-director Grímur Hákonarson, won the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. However Rams – adapted by Wa screenwriter Jules Duncan – is promised to be “far from a ‘remake’” and a fresh interpretation of the film from an Australian perspective. It is shooting in Wa...
Production is underway in Western Australia on Wbmc’s Rams, directed by Jeremy Sims – an adaptation of Icelandic film Hrútar.
Leading the cast are Sam Neill and Michael Caton, who play two estranged brothers who live on adjourning sheep farms yet haven’t spoken in 40 years. When a rare disease threatens their flock, they have to work together to save their flock, their small town and their family’s legacy.
Also set to star are Wayne Blair, Leon Ford, Travis McMahon, Asher Keddie, Hayley McElhinney, Kipan Rothbury and newcomers Asher Yasbincek and Will McNeill.
Hrútar, from writer-director Grímur Hákonarson, won the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. However Rams – adapted by Wa screenwriter Jules Duncan – is promised to be “far from a ‘remake’” and a fresh interpretation of the film from an Australian perspective. It is shooting in Wa...
- 10/2/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
See Pictures has cast newcomer William Lodder in the lead role of its upcoming “Go Karts,” which begins filming this week in Busselton, Western Australia. He is joined by Frances O’Connor, Richard Roxburgh, Dan Wyllie, Darius Amarfio-Jefferson, Cooper van Grootel and another newcomer Anastasia Bampos.
The high-octane family film sees Lodder as a Jack-the-lad who discovers that he is good at something, karting. He is encouraged in his career choice by a supportive mother. But he has to face up to challenges of his own making, as well as from other racers.
The film is directed by Owen Trevor (TV’s “Top Gear”) from a script by Steve Worland (“Paper Planes”). Production is by Jamie Hilton “(Breath”) and Sonia Borella for See Pictures.
Distribution in Australia and new Zealand is to be through Roadshow Films, which co-developed the script. It will be represented internationally by Aqute Media.
Sydney- and...
The high-octane family film sees Lodder as a Jack-the-lad who discovers that he is good at something, karting. He is encouraged in his career choice by a supportive mother. But he has to face up to challenges of his own making, as well as from other racers.
The film is directed by Owen Trevor (TV’s “Top Gear”) from a script by Steve Worland (“Paper Planes”). Production is by Jamie Hilton “(Breath”) and Sonia Borella for See Pictures.
Distribution in Australia and new Zealand is to be through Roadshow Films, which co-developed the script. It will be represented internationally by Aqute Media.
Sydney- and...
- 4/19/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Roadshow Films has continued it push into television production, acquiring a 50 per cent stake in Blink TV.
Headed by Paul Clarke.and based out of Sydney, Blink TV is focused on unscripted production.
Clarke (Spicks and Specks, Whitlam: the Power and the Passion).has been the key creative executive for Sbs' coverage of the.Eurovision Song Contest.since 2009, and led the negotiations for Australia.s involvement and entries into the song comp. The producer has also been behind the talks to establish a Eurovision concept in the Asia Pacific region for Sbs.
In a statement, Roadshow Films Co-ceo Chris Chard said the investment into Blink TV was consistent with Roadshow.s strategy to expand its production interests beyond scripted drama. He said it would position the company to capitalise on the .increasing importance that unscripted formats and entertainment series have with broadcasters, subscription platforms and on multi-channel networks...
.We've enjoyed...
Headed by Paul Clarke.and based out of Sydney, Blink TV is focused on unscripted production.
Clarke (Spicks and Specks, Whitlam: the Power and the Passion).has been the key creative executive for Sbs' coverage of the.Eurovision Song Contest.since 2009, and led the negotiations for Australia.s involvement and entries into the song comp. The producer has also been behind the talks to establish a Eurovision concept in the Asia Pacific region for Sbs.
In a statement, Roadshow Films Co-ceo Chris Chard said the investment into Blink TV was consistent with Roadshow.s strategy to expand its production interests beyond scripted drama. He said it would position the company to capitalise on the .increasing importance that unscripted formats and entertainment series have with broadcasters, subscription platforms and on multi-channel networks...
.We've enjoyed...
- 5/29/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
StudioCanal.s Elizabeth Trotman.
In If's most recent issue, we touched base with three of the nation.s distribution heads — Madman.s Paul Wiegard, StudioCanal.s Elizabeth Trotman and Village Roadshow.s Joel Pearlman — to get the lowdown on the year.s hits, the misses, and what they.ve got coming up.
How.s the year been for you?
Trotman: It.s been a positive year. Obviously I started in my role in March, so [I.m] still relatively new to the Australian landscape. We.re pleased with our results on Our Kind of Traitor. We.ve had a number of successes with our French films playing at the French Film Festival this year. We released Mother.s Day the week before Mother.s Day back in April, and it took $5.7 million in Australia. It took 17 percent of the Us result; usually Australia is tracking at ten percent of the Us, so 17 percent was strong.
In If's most recent issue, we touched base with three of the nation.s distribution heads — Madman.s Paul Wiegard, StudioCanal.s Elizabeth Trotman and Village Roadshow.s Joel Pearlman — to get the lowdown on the year.s hits, the misses, and what they.ve got coming up.
How.s the year been for you?
Trotman: It.s been a positive year. Obviously I started in my role in March, so [I.m] still relatively new to the Australian landscape. We.re pleased with our results on Our Kind of Traitor. We.ve had a number of successes with our French films playing at the French Film Festival this year. We released Mother.s Day the week before Mother.s Day back in April, and it took $5.7 million in Australia. It took 17 percent of the Us result; usually Australia is tracking at ten percent of the Us, so 17 percent was strong.
- 11/14/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
StudioCanal.s Elizabeth Trotman.
In If's most recent issue, we touched base with three of the nation.s distribution heads — Madman.s Paul Wiegard, StudioCanal.s Elizabeth Trotman and Village Roadshow.s Joel Pearlman — to get the lowdown on the year.s hits, the misses, and what they.ve got coming up.
How.s the year been for you?
Trotman: It.s been a positive year. Obviously I started in my role in March, so [I.m] still relatively new to the Australian landscape. We.re pleased with our results on Our Kind of Traitor. We.ve had a number of successes with our French films playing at the French Film Festival this year. We released Mother.s Day the week before Mother.s Day back in April, and it took $5.7 million in Australia. It took 17 percent of the Us result; usually Australia is tracking at ten percent of the Us, so 17 percent was strong.
In If's most recent issue, we touched base with three of the nation.s distribution heads — Madman.s Paul Wiegard, StudioCanal.s Elizabeth Trotman and Village Roadshow.s Joel Pearlman — to get the lowdown on the year.s hits, the misses, and what they.ve got coming up.
How.s the year been for you?
Trotman: It.s been a positive year. Obviously I started in my role in March, so [I.m] still relatively new to the Australian landscape. We.re pleased with our results on Our Kind of Traitor. We.ve had a number of successes with our French films playing at the French Film Festival this year. We released Mother.s Day the week before Mother.s Day back in April, and it took $5.7 million in Australia. It took 17 percent of the Us result; usually Australia is tracking at ten percent of the Us, so 17 percent was strong.
- 11/14/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
John and Dan Edwards have joined forces with Roadshow Films
Prolific TV producer John Edwards (Gallipoli, Puberty Blues, Offspring, Love My Way) has announced he will join forces with Roadshow Films to launch a new production company, along with son and former ITV Studios and Endemol executive Dan Edwards. . The new production company, known as Roadshow Rough Diamond, aims to create original Australian television and feature films and will have a focus on quality drama. Co-CEOs of the Roadshow Group, Chris Chard and Joel Pearlman, said they had aimed to align with the best for the new venture. Chard said Edwards, who has more than 30 production credits to his name, was .without peer in the Australian television landscape.. .We are thrilled to have his expertise and eye steering our course as Roadshow re-enters the television production arena. We intend to bring the same level of quality and commitment to our...
Prolific TV producer John Edwards (Gallipoli, Puberty Blues, Offspring, Love My Way) has announced he will join forces with Roadshow Films to launch a new production company, along with son and former ITV Studios and Endemol executive Dan Edwards. . The new production company, known as Roadshow Rough Diamond, aims to create original Australian television and feature films and will have a focus on quality drama. Co-CEOs of the Roadshow Group, Chris Chard and Joel Pearlman, said they had aimed to align with the best for the new venture. Chard said Edwards, who has more than 30 production credits to his name, was .without peer in the Australian television landscape.. .We are thrilled to have his expertise and eye steering our course as Roadshow re-enters the television production arena. We intend to bring the same level of quality and commitment to our...
- 6/17/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Rachel Griffiths.
Rachel Griffiths has joined the board of Acmi along with business and technology consultant Karen Corry.
.Acmi is the only place of its kind in Australia and it is leading the way internationally", Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley said..
"These latest board appointments bring high-level expertise, invaluable industry insights and a diversity of experience to Acmi.s leadership mix. I look forward to their contribution to Acmi.s future success and to Victoria.s cultural offering".
Acmi Board President Peter Lewinsky said he was .delighted to welcome our new board members"..
Griffiths and Corry join surgeon and philanthropist Dr Terry Wu, arts leader Esther Anatolitis and Linda White, assistant national secretary of the Australian Services Union, all three of whom joined the board late last year.
"Linda, Terry and Esther have already made outstanding contributions bringing their skills to our discussion and decision making, and we look...
Rachel Griffiths has joined the board of Acmi along with business and technology consultant Karen Corry.
.Acmi is the only place of its kind in Australia and it is leading the way internationally", Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley said..
"These latest board appointments bring high-level expertise, invaluable industry insights and a diversity of experience to Acmi.s leadership mix. I look forward to their contribution to Acmi.s future success and to Victoria.s cultural offering".
Acmi Board President Peter Lewinsky said he was .delighted to welcome our new board members"..
Griffiths and Corry join surgeon and philanthropist Dr Terry Wu, arts leader Esther Anatolitis and Linda White, assistant national secretary of the Australian Services Union, all three of whom joined the board late last year.
"Linda, Terry and Esther have already made outstanding contributions bringing their skills to our discussion and decision making, and we look...
- 3/30/2016
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Luke Ford and Anna Samson play a distinctly odd couple at the centre of What Time Is My Heart?, the debut feature from writer-director Romi Trower.
Produced by Tristram Miall, the privately financed film also features Brooke Satchwell, Wade Briggs, Meyne Wyatt, Eddie Baroo and Kaarin Fairfax. Shooting wrapped in suburban Melbourne at the end of last month.
Ford, whose recent credits include Infini, Catching Milat and Deadline Gallipoli, plays Adrian, an It genius with a penchant for fast cars, leather gloves and soppy 1980s pop music, who also happens to have Ocd.
Samson (The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Winners & Losers) is Grace, a street artist with multiple personalities who can only engage in sexual activity through her promiscuous alter ego named G.
The new neighbours find themselves in therapy with the same psychiatrist and share a walk home one evening, beginning a kind of impossible love story with no touching,...
Produced by Tristram Miall, the privately financed film also features Brooke Satchwell, Wade Briggs, Meyne Wyatt, Eddie Baroo and Kaarin Fairfax. Shooting wrapped in suburban Melbourne at the end of last month.
Ford, whose recent credits include Infini, Catching Milat and Deadline Gallipoli, plays Adrian, an It genius with a penchant for fast cars, leather gloves and soppy 1980s pop music, who also happens to have Ocd.
Samson (The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Winners & Losers) is Grace, a street artist with multiple personalities who can only engage in sexual activity through her promiscuous alter ego named G.
The new neighbours find themselves in therapy with the same psychiatrist and share a walk home one evening, beginning a kind of impossible love story with no touching,...
- 8/20/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Roadshow Films has confirmed it's buying a one-third stake in Us-based producer/international sales agent FilmNation Entertainment for $US18 million.
The alliance will enable FilmNation to significantly grow its development and production slate with the capital going to content creation and/or acquisitions. Existing FilmNation partners will retain ownership positions in the company.
Village Roadshow told the Asx it is funding the purchase from cash reserves. It said the deal, effective January 1, initially will produce small equity-accounted profits before the expected lift in FilmNation's earnings after 2016.
FilmNation handled international sales on David Michod.s The Rover and See-Saw Films' upcoming Life from director Anton Corbijn, the saga of a freelance photographer's unlikely friendship with actor James Dean, starring Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan.
This year Kristina Ceyton, who produced The Babadook with Kristian Moliere, had a six-month attachement with its Los Angeles-based production department, funded by Screen Australia. .
The first...
The alliance will enable FilmNation to significantly grow its development and production slate with the capital going to content creation and/or acquisitions. Existing FilmNation partners will retain ownership positions in the company.
Village Roadshow told the Asx it is funding the purchase from cash reserves. It said the deal, effective January 1, initially will produce small equity-accounted profits before the expected lift in FilmNation's earnings after 2016.
FilmNation handled international sales on David Michod.s The Rover and See-Saw Films' upcoming Life from director Anton Corbijn, the saga of a freelance photographer's unlikely friendship with actor James Dean, starring Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan.
This year Kristina Ceyton, who produced The Babadook with Kristian Moliere, had a six-month attachement with its Los Angeles-based production department, funded by Screen Australia. .
The first...
- 12/18/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
FilmNation Entertainment has sold a roughly one-third stake of the company valued at $18m to Roadshow in a strategic partnership that sees both parties seek to expand their production operations.
For Glen Basner’s New York-based venture the move brings more capital to the development and production pipeline and acquisitions fund, while the wholly owned Village Roadshow subsidiary bids to expand its production hub beyond Australia.
All existing FilmNation partners will retain their ownership positions in the company.
The first two feature films scheduled to begin production under the new structure in 2015 for release in 2016 are John Lee Hancock’s The Founder, about McDonald’s creator Ray Kroc, and The Good House to star Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro.
FilmNation will also commence production on the Cannes market hit Story Of Your Life starring Amy Adams under the direction of Denis Villeneuve in May.
FilmNation and Village Roadshow are partners in a pre-existing non-exclusive output deal covering...
For Glen Basner’s New York-based venture the move brings more capital to the development and production pipeline and acquisitions fund, while the wholly owned Village Roadshow subsidiary bids to expand its production hub beyond Australia.
All existing FilmNation partners will retain their ownership positions in the company.
The first two feature films scheduled to begin production under the new structure in 2015 for release in 2016 are John Lee Hancock’s The Founder, about McDonald’s creator Ray Kroc, and The Good House to star Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro.
FilmNation will also commence production on the Cannes market hit Story Of Your Life starring Amy Adams under the direction of Denis Villeneuve in May.
FilmNation and Village Roadshow are partners in a pre-existing non-exclusive output deal covering...
- 12/17/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
FilmNation Entertainment has sold an unspecified minority stake of the company to Roadshow in a strategic partnership that sees both parties seek to expand their production operations.
For Glen Basner’s New York-based venture the move brings more capital to the development and production pipeline and acquisitions fund, while the wholly owned Village Roadshow subsidiary bids to expand its production hub beyond Australia.
All existing FilmNation partners will retain their ownership positions in the company.
The first two feature films scheduled to begin production under the new structure in 2015 for release in 2016 are John Lee Hancock’s The Founder, about McDonald’s creator Ray Kroc, and The Good House to star Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro.
FilmNation will also commence production on the Cannes market hit Story Of Your Life starring Amy Adams under the direction of Denis Villeneuve in May.
FilmNation and Village Roadshow are partners in a pre-existing non-exclusive output deal.
“Partnering with such...
For Glen Basner’s New York-based venture the move brings more capital to the development and production pipeline and acquisitions fund, while the wholly owned Village Roadshow subsidiary bids to expand its production hub beyond Australia.
All existing FilmNation partners will retain their ownership positions in the company.
The first two feature films scheduled to begin production under the new structure in 2015 for release in 2016 are John Lee Hancock’s The Founder, about McDonald’s creator Ray Kroc, and The Good House to star Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro.
FilmNation will also commence production on the Cannes market hit Story Of Your Life starring Amy Adams under the direction of Denis Villeneuve in May.
FilmNation and Village Roadshow are partners in a pre-existing non-exclusive output deal.
“Partnering with such...
- 12/17/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sequel to local box office hit Red Dog wins Screen Australia backing alongside a thriller starring Kerry Fox.
Government agency Screen Australia is to back Blue Dog, the second in a planned trilogy that began with Red Dog, which grossed $21m on its 2011 release to become the country’s fourth biggest independently-financed local film in the territory.
Termed an “origin film”, rather than a prequel, Blue Dog will see director Kriv Stenders return for the sequel, which will be written by Saniel Taplitz and produced by Nelson Woss. Cast have yet to be attached.
It will follow the early events leading up to Red Dog’s discovery on the road to Dampier and his ultimate rise from ordinary dog to Australian legend.
Produced by Woss Group Film Productions, domestic and international sales will be handled by both Roadshow Films and new player Good Dog Enterprises. Executive producers are Su Armstrong, Joel Pearlman and [link...
Government agency Screen Australia is to back Blue Dog, the second in a planned trilogy that began with Red Dog, which grossed $21m on its 2011 release to become the country’s fourth biggest independently-financed local film in the territory.
Termed an “origin film”, rather than a prequel, Blue Dog will see director Kriv Stenders return for the sequel, which will be written by Saniel Taplitz and produced by Nelson Woss. Cast have yet to be attached.
It will follow the early events leading up to Red Dog’s discovery on the road to Dampier and his ultimate rise from ordinary dog to Australian legend.
Produced by Woss Group Film Productions, domestic and international sales will be handled by both Roadshow Films and new player Good Dog Enterprises. Executive producers are Su Armstrong, Joel Pearlman and [link...
- 5/30/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
The creative team behind Red Dog is reuniting for Blue Dog, an origin story which will serve as a stand-alone film and form part of the franchise that will continue with Yellow Dog.
The canine caper was one of two features, TV drama Glitch and nine multi-platform projects that secured the final round of funding from Screen Australia in the current financial year.
The other film is Downriver, a mystery inspired by real events that will mark the feature directing debut of writer- director Grant Scicluna.
Screen Australia is investing more than $4.5 million in these 12 projects, triggering production worth more than $25 million. CEO Graeme Mason noted the value of Australian stories was reaffirmed at Cannes with Australian film sales to international territories more than doubling the volume of sales made there last year.
Nelson Woss, producer of the Dog franchise, has formed Good Dog Enterprises, a distribution company that will...
The canine caper was one of two features, TV drama Glitch and nine multi-platform projects that secured the final round of funding from Screen Australia in the current financial year.
The other film is Downriver, a mystery inspired by real events that will mark the feature directing debut of writer- director Grant Scicluna.
Screen Australia is investing more than $4.5 million in these 12 projects, triggering production worth more than $25 million. CEO Graeme Mason noted the value of Australian stories was reaffirmed at Cannes with Australian film sales to international territories more than doubling the volume of sales made there last year.
Nelson Woss, producer of the Dog franchise, has formed Good Dog Enterprises, a distribution company that will...
- 5/29/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Matt Saville.s thriller Felony, which stars Joel Edgerton, Tom Wilkinson, Jai Courtney and Melissa George, will get a cinema release in the Us via a new distributor.
Gravitas Theatrical, which plans to release a dozen films a year, has been launched by Gravitas Ventures, founded by Nolan Gallagher in 2006 to distribute independent films across multiple platforms, focusing on VOD.
The release date hasn.t been revealed but it will be in the late northern summer. Roadshow has dated the film for August 28.
Dustin Smith has been hired as VP of Theatrical Distribution after nearly a decade at Roadside Attractions where he oversaw the acquisition and release of Winter.s Bone and worked on such releases as All Is Lost, Stories We Tell, Mud and The Cove.
.We are absolutely delighted that Gravitas Ventures has chosen Felony for a theatrical release,. said producer Rosemary Blight of Goalpost Pictures.
.When looking...
Gravitas Theatrical, which plans to release a dozen films a year, has been launched by Gravitas Ventures, founded by Nolan Gallagher in 2006 to distribute independent films across multiple platforms, focusing on VOD.
The release date hasn.t been revealed but it will be in the late northern summer. Roadshow has dated the film for August 28.
Dustin Smith has been hired as VP of Theatrical Distribution after nearly a decade at Roadside Attractions where he oversaw the acquisition and release of Winter.s Bone and worked on such releases as All Is Lost, Stories We Tell, Mud and The Cove.
.We are absolutely delighted that Gravitas Ventures has chosen Felony for a theatrical release,. said producer Rosemary Blight of Goalpost Pictures.
.When looking...
- 1/14/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Roadshow Films adds rights to apocalyptic thriller by Zak Hilditch.
Roadshow Films has picked up Us and UK rights to apocalyptic thriller These Final Hours from Celluloid Nightmares.
Roadshow, which already had Australian rights, will sell the film on to third party distributors in each territory.
Joel Pearlman, managing director of Village Roadshow division Roadshow Films, did the deal with Celluloid’s Hengameh Panahi, who has also inked a separate Swiss deal with Praesens.
Zak Hilditch’s feature debut explores the question “What would you do on the last day on Earth?” through the eyes of a self-obsessed young man, played by Nathan Phillips, on his way to the party-to-end-all-parties.
The well-received thriller earned Hilditch the Critics’ Award for Best Australian feature at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Roadshow Films has picked up Us and UK rights to apocalyptic thriller These Final Hours from Celluloid Nightmares.
Roadshow, which already had Australian rights, will sell the film on to third party distributors in each territory.
Joel Pearlman, managing director of Village Roadshow division Roadshow Films, did the deal with Celluloid’s Hengameh Panahi, who has also inked a separate Swiss deal with Praesens.
Zak Hilditch’s feature debut explores the question “What would you do on the last day on Earth?” through the eyes of a self-obsessed young man, played by Nathan Phillips, on his way to the party-to-end-all-parties.
The well-received thriller earned Hilditch the Critics’ Award for Best Australian feature at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
- 11/9/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Roadshow Films adds rights to apocalyptic thriller by Zak Hilditch.
Roadshow Films has picked up Us and UK rights to apocalyptic thriller These Final Hours from Celluloid Nightmares.
Roadshow, which already had Australian rights, will sell the film on to third party distributors in each territory.
Joel Pearlman, managing director of Village Roadshow division Roadshow Films, did the deal with Celluloid’s Hengameh Panahi, who has also inked a separate Swiss deal with Praesens.
Zak Hilditch’s feature debut explores the question “What would you do on the last day on Earth?” through the eyes of a self-obsessed young man, played by Nathan Phillips, on his way to the party-to-end-all-parties.
The well-received thriller earned Hilditch the Critics’ Award for Best Australian feature at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Roadshow Films has picked up Us and UK rights to apocalyptic thriller These Final Hours from Celluloid Nightmares.
Roadshow, which already had Australian rights, will sell the film on to third party distributors in each territory.
Joel Pearlman, managing director of Village Roadshow division Roadshow Films, did the deal with Celluloid’s Hengameh Panahi, who has also inked a separate Swiss deal with Praesens.
Zak Hilditch’s feature debut explores the question “What would you do on the last day on Earth?” through the eyes of a self-obsessed young man, played by Nathan Phillips, on his way to the party-to-end-all-parties.
The well-received thriller earned Hilditch the Critics’ Award for Best Australian feature at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
- 11/9/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The winners of the News Corp Australia Box Office Awards were announced at a luncheon held at the Australian International Movie Convention today..
Unsurprisingly, The Great Gatsby took home the Rentrak Award for Highest Grossing Australian Film, with Roadshow Films' Joel Pearlman accepting the award. In addition, director Baz Luhrmann sent a taped thank-you speech.
Skyfall took out the Coca-Cola Gold Award for Highest Grossing Film, with a box office total of $49,009,485.
Te Arepa Kahi's Mt Zion won the Award for Highest Grossing New Zealand Film, while The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was awarded the Real D Award for Highest Grossing Film in New Zealand.
A full list of winners can be found below..
The 68th Australian International Movie Convention 2013 will run from the 14-17 October, at Jupiter.s Casino & Hotel, Gold Coast.
Winners:
The Award for Highest Grossing New Zealand Film Presented by Mathew Preen, General Manager Online,...
Unsurprisingly, The Great Gatsby took home the Rentrak Award for Highest Grossing Australian Film, with Roadshow Films' Joel Pearlman accepting the award. In addition, director Baz Luhrmann sent a taped thank-you speech.
Skyfall took out the Coca-Cola Gold Award for Highest Grossing Film, with a box office total of $49,009,485.
Te Arepa Kahi's Mt Zion won the Award for Highest Grossing New Zealand Film, while The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was awarded the Real D Award for Highest Grossing Film in New Zealand.
A full list of winners can be found below..
The 68th Australian International Movie Convention 2013 will run from the 14-17 October, at Jupiter.s Casino & Hotel, Gold Coast.
Winners:
The Award for Highest Grossing New Zealand Film Presented by Mathew Preen, General Manager Online,...
- 10/16/2013
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Directing his first feature film, Now Add Honey, Wayne Hope staged a scene in Melbourne on Tuesday in which a character played by his wife Robyn Butler gets so angry she smashes a windscreen.
100 Bloody Acres actor Angus Sampson was on the other side of the windscreen. The glass duly shattered, nobody got hurt and Hope got the shots he wanted.
Asked if anyone was concerned about how his wife would handle the scene, Hope told If, .I wasn.t worried, but other people were.. That.s the kind of easy rapport you would expect between the husband and wife who collaborated on the ABC-tv series The Librarians and Very Small Business.
Butler wrote the screenplay for Now Add Honey, which stars Lucy Fry (who.ll be seen in the upcoming Hollywood film Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters), Portia de Rossi, Hamish Blake, Sampson, Ben Lawson and Lucy Durack.
Fry plays Honey Halloway,...
100 Bloody Acres actor Angus Sampson was on the other side of the windscreen. The glass duly shattered, nobody got hurt and Hope got the shots he wanted.
Asked if anyone was concerned about how his wife would handle the scene, Hope told If, .I wasn.t worried, but other people were.. That.s the kind of easy rapport you would expect between the husband and wife who collaborated on the ABC-tv series The Librarians and Very Small Business.
Butler wrote the screenplay for Now Add Honey, which stars Lucy Fry (who.ll be seen in the upcoming Hollywood film Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters), Portia de Rossi, Hamish Blake, Sampson, Ben Lawson and Lucy Durack.
Fry plays Honey Halloway,...
- 8/13/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Wolf Creek 2, sequel to the Australian horror film that achieved local box office success before going on to become something of an international phenomenon, will be released in Australian cinemas on February 20, 2014. The film's director Greg Mclean made the announcement in front of excited fans at Melbourne's Oz Comic-Con. The original hit was released in 2005 and became the number one Australian film in that year and the highest grossing Australian R18+ film of all time. "Our goal is to create an even more suspenseful, chilling and unforgettable experience for audiences and we feel very confident they will not be disappointed," said Mclean. Roadshow Films Managing Director Joel Pearlman said, "Wolf Creek wowed audiences when it released in Australia in 2005. It is exciting...
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- 7/11/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Talk about a really long road. News has arrived hot off the wire that Wolf Creek 2 has begun shooting and all the necessary pieces are in place to recapture the bloody magic of the sensational original film! Finally!
From the Press Release
John Jarratt once again steps out as the hauntingly sadistic Mick Taylor in Wolf Creek 2, which began principal photography last week. Shooting in South Australia, the film also stars Ryan Corr (Packed to the Rafters), Shannon Ashlyn (Puberty Blues, Devil's Dust), and Philipe Klaus (Devil's Dust, Rake).
Directed by Greg Mclean, written by Mclean and Aaron Sterns, and produced by Helen Leake (Swerve, Black and White, Heavens Burning), Greg Mclean, and Steve Topic (Crawlspace), the sequel starts production seven years after the original Wolf Creek hit screens internationally.
“It’s really exciting to work with John Jarratt once more to delve deeper into the fascinating character of Mick Taylor.
From the Press Release
John Jarratt once again steps out as the hauntingly sadistic Mick Taylor in Wolf Creek 2, which began principal photography last week. Shooting in South Australia, the film also stars Ryan Corr (Packed to the Rafters), Shannon Ashlyn (Puberty Blues, Devil's Dust), and Philipe Klaus (Devil's Dust, Rake).
Directed by Greg Mclean, written by Mclean and Aaron Sterns, and produced by Helen Leake (Swerve, Black and White, Heavens Burning), Greg Mclean, and Steve Topic (Crawlspace), the sequel starts production seven years after the original Wolf Creek hit screens internationally.
“It’s really exciting to work with John Jarratt once more to delve deeper into the fascinating character of Mick Taylor.
- 1/31/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The sequel to Australia’s highest grossing R-rated film ever has started production in South Australia after long delays.
Wolf Creek 2 has begun principal photography, again helmed by writer-director-producer Greg Mclean.
It will be a welcome relief to Mclean after the film struggled to get off the ground due to financing issues. In 2011 private investor Geoffrey Edelsten agreed to $5m investment but was later accused of failing to honour his commitment.
In a counter-suit, Edelsten claimed he was misled into being the major private investor.
The film was back on track by September but Edelsten has not returned as an investor in the project.
However the film does see the return of notorious pig hunter Mick Taylor played by John Jarrett, currently seen in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained.
Mclean said: “It’s really exciting to work with John Jarratt once more to delve deeper into the fascinating character of Mick Taylor.
Wolf Creek 2 has begun principal photography, again helmed by writer-director-producer Greg Mclean.
It will be a welcome relief to Mclean after the film struggled to get off the ground due to financing issues. In 2011 private investor Geoffrey Edelsten agreed to $5m investment but was later accused of failing to honour his commitment.
In a counter-suit, Edelsten claimed he was misled into being the major private investor.
The film was back on track by September but Edelsten has not returned as an investor in the project.
However the film does see the return of notorious pig hunter Mick Taylor played by John Jarrett, currently seen in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained.
Mclean said: “It’s really exciting to work with John Jarratt once more to delve deeper into the fascinating character of Mick Taylor.
- 1/30/2013
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Wolf Creek 2 has started principal photography in South Australia, with John Jarratt once again stepping into the role of sadistic serial killer Mick Taylor. The sequel comes seven years after the original horror feature hit screens internationally and enjoyed great commercial success, despite mixed reviews. Directed by Greg Mclean, written by Mclean and Aaron Sterns, and produced by Helen Leake (Swerve, Black and White, Heavens Burning), Greg Mclean and Steve Topic (Crawlspace), the sequel, with the exception of Jarratt, features a brand new cast of exciting Australian talent. .It.s really exciting to work with John Jarratt once more to delve deeper into the fascinating character of Mick Taylor. We.ve assembled a phenomenal cast and crew who are all working incredibly hard to deliver an even more thrilling ride than the first movie. It.s bigger, badder and should be a wild experience for audiences all over the world., said Mclean.
- 1/29/2013
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Australian director Baz Luhrmann’s much anticipated adaptation of The Great Gatsby will be released in Australian cinemas on 30 May, 2013.
The 3D film was originally due in theatres on 10 January but was postponed. The release will follow the Us date.
Joel Pearlman MD of Roadshow Films said: “By opening the film after the Us it will provide an opportunity for the stars of the film to attend an Australian Premiere befitting a film like ‘Gatsby’”.
The announcement:
Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ much anticipated “The Great Gatsby” will hit Australian theaters on May 30, 2013, it was announced today by Joel Pearlman, Managing Director of Roadshow Films.
“We’re delighted to welcome Baz home in style come May,” Pearlman stated, “By opening the film after the U.S it will provide an opportunity for the stars of the film to attend an Australian Premiere befitting a film like ‘Gatsby’”.
From...
The 3D film was originally due in theatres on 10 January but was postponed. The release will follow the Us date.
Joel Pearlman MD of Roadshow Films said: “By opening the film after the Us it will provide an opportunity for the stars of the film to attend an Australian Premiere befitting a film like ‘Gatsby’”.
The announcement:
Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ much anticipated “The Great Gatsby” will hit Australian theaters on May 30, 2013, it was announced today by Joel Pearlman, Managing Director of Roadshow Films.
“We’re delighted to welcome Baz home in style come May,” Pearlman stated, “By opening the film after the U.S it will provide an opportunity for the stars of the film to attend an Australian Premiere befitting a film like ‘Gatsby’”.
From...
- 11/21/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby will be released in Australia on May 30, 2013, almost three weeks after the Us premiere.
Roadshow Films managing director Joel Pearlman said: .By opening the film after the Us it will provide an opportunity for the stars of the film to attend an Australian premiere befitting a film like Gatsby..
Nonetheless, the delay (the Us release is set for May 10) is likely to spark some disappointment among fans who are increasingly demanding day-and-date releases for blockbusters. In 2011, Roadshow's seven-week delay before the Australian release of Green Lantern sparked a number of fans to complain and threaten to obtain illegal copies.
Gatsby, an Australian adaptation of the classic American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was originally scheduled for December 2012 before a delay was announced in August. The film's production has dragged on with one Nsw government source saying the production spent far more in the state than originally expected.
Roadshow Films managing director Joel Pearlman said: .By opening the film after the Us it will provide an opportunity for the stars of the film to attend an Australian premiere befitting a film like Gatsby..
Nonetheless, the delay (the Us release is set for May 10) is likely to spark some disappointment among fans who are increasingly demanding day-and-date releases for blockbusters. In 2011, Roadshow's seven-week delay before the Australian release of Green Lantern sparked a number of fans to complain and threaten to obtain illegal copies.
Gatsby, an Australian adaptation of the classic American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was originally scheduled for December 2012 before a delay was announced in August. The film's production has dragged on with one Nsw government source saying the production spent far more in the state than originally expected.
- 11/20/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
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