Universal Pictures recently announced two new projects from writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan. Following Universal’s highly successful partnership with the filmmaker on films including The Visit, Split and Glass, the studio plans to release the first Untitled M. Night Shyamalan Thriller on Friday, February 26, 2021 and the second on Friday, February 17, 2023. “M. Night…
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Sony Pictures Classics Acquires The Burnt Orange Heresy
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Sony Pictures Classics announced recently that they have acquired all rights in all media, excluding airlines, in North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Latin America, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Thailand to Guiseppe Capotondi’s THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY. Based on the novel by Charles Willeford, the film stars Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Mick Jagger…
KISS Teams up with Penrite Racing
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Rock’n’roll legends KISS will run their legendary logo and colours on the Penrite Racing Supercars of David Reynolds and Anton De Pasquale in a world-first partnership to promote their Newcastle show and the band’s ‘End of the Road’ Australian Tour in November. KISS has endorsed a landmark agreement for their globally celebrated KISS logo and…
Netflix Announces Series Based on Equinox 1985 Podcast
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Netflix has announced the new Danish Netflix Original series, Equinox – based on the well-known podcast, Equinox 1985. The six-part series will be created by Tea Lindeburg and executive produced by Piv Bernth (The Killing, The Bridge and Follow The Money) and her company Apple Tree Productions, which is backed by ITV Studios. Production is…
Life-sized statue of Johnathan Thurston for New North Queensland Stadium
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Townsville artist Jane Hawkins has been commissioned to sculpt a life-sized statue of NRL star Johnathan Thurston to stand in the northern entry plaza of the new North Queensland Stadium. Jane will team with Dean Rusling, owner and operator of Chalkos Fine Arts Foundry, the same company that fabricated the bronze statues of the football…
Netflix Enters into Overall Deal with Kuku Studios
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Netflix has entered into a multi-year overall agreement with Kuku Studios, under which its key members – Alex Woo, Stanley Moore, Tim Hahn, and Erik Benson – will exclusively produce animated films and series for Netflix members worldwide. Their credits include Ratatouille, Wall-e, Toy Story 3, Monster’s University, and Finding Dory, among others. Kuku Studios’…
Young Wallander Series Coming to Netflix in 2020
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The filming of Young Wallander has just begun the new Netflix original series based on Henning Mankell’s best-selling Kurt Wallander novels. The cast includes Adam Pålsson (Kurt Wallander), Richard Dillane (Superintendent Hemberg), Leanne Best (Frida Rask), Ellise Chappell (Mona) and Yasen Atour (Reza). The series is created by Yellow Bird UK, a Banijay Group company,…
Japanese TV Stars Taking Road trip to Promote Western Australia
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Japanese television star and musician Takeshi Tsuruno has embarked on an iconic road trip from Perth to Monkey Mia for a Japanese travel show to be broadcast on BS Fuji TV. The two-hour program, called Tsuruno Tabi, follows Mr Tsuruno and his friends Rui Tsubota and Shinya Ueda as they explore Western Australia’s beautiful Coral…
800 Million Containers Returned Through Queensland Refund Scheme
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Queensland’s Container Refund Scheme, Containers for Change, continues to exceed all expectations and is celebrating another major milestone this week, with 800 million containers returned in just 10 months. Minister for Environment Leeanne Enoch said this milestone was reached while Parliament was sitting in Townsville this week. “We know Townsville residents care about recycling because…
New Rory Ellis Single ‘The Letter’
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A letter written during a time of chaos and war, could this Light Horseman who fought in the Battle of the Somme, Colin Ellis, have known that his very personal and incredibly powerful message would wind up in the hands of his only Grandson, Rory Ellis, nearly a century on. in February 1940, Colin Ellis,…