Netflix have announced that it will produce the animated feature film, Escape from Hat, from two-time Academy Award nominated director Mark Osborne (Kung Fu Panda, The Little Prince) together with writer Adam Kline (Artemis Fowl, The Clockwork War). Production will commence this month in New York. Escape from Hat joins Netflix’s growing slate of original…
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St Kilda Festival 2019 Entries are Open
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Entries are now open for the 36th St Kilda Film Festival, showcasing the best of Australian short film from 21 to 30 June 2019. The St Kilda Film Festival, proudly presented and produced by the City of Port Phillip, will screen Australia’s top short films with a prize pool totalling over $50,000 worth of cash…
Netflix Orders World War II Series The Liberator
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Netflix has ordered World War II drama series The Liberator, which tells the riveting true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War: the battlefield odyssey of maverick U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe.…
Doctor Who New Year’s Day Special
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With 2018 marking a brand-new era for Doctor Who it is only right that 2019 kicks off in spectacular style. So, to mark the occasion, in this year’s festive episode the TARDIS will travel through the time vortex from its traditional timeslot on Christmas Day and will land in style on New Year’s Day. “We’re…
Netflix Acquires Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Directorial Debut
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Netflix has acquired global rights (excluding Japan, China and UK free TV rights) to The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, the directorial debut of Academy Award® nominee and BAFTA Award winner Chiwetel Ejiofor. The British film is based on the bestselling book of the same name written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. Ejiofor wrote…
Jack Ryder and Amy Lennox to Join Holby City Cast
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Former EastEnders heartthrob Jack Ryder and Olivier Award nominee Amy Lennox are due to join the cast of the long-running medical drama Holby City next year. Amy Lennox will play Chloe Godard, a doctor at neighbouring hospital Capel Cross, who arrives at Holby to help her mother Ange, played by Dawn Steele, with a tricky…
Strange Colours Hits Cinemas November 22
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For Film’s Sake (FFS & formerly WOW Film Festival) provides opportunity and advocacy for female filmmakers. Moving from exhibition to direct film distribution, FFS kicks off with festival favourite, Strange Colours. Directed by Russian born Australian, Alena Lodkina, Strange Colours tells the story of Milena (Kate Cheel) who travels to remote opal mining town, Lightning…
Godzilla Vs Kong Scheduled for 2020
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Following the global success of 2014’s “Godzilla” and 2017’s “Kong: Skull Island,” and in the lead-up to the 2019 release of the highly anticipated “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” comes the next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Entertainment’s cinematic Monsterverse: “Godzilla vs. Kong.” Beginning production today, the epic action adventure will pit two…
Foxtel Signs Deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution
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In a brand-new, multi-year deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, Foxtel have announced it will be the home of an exciting line-up of exclusive Warner Bros. titles, including four new series premiering on FOX8 and FOX SHOWCASE over the next twelve months: “Castle Rock,” “Legacies,” “Roswell, New Mexico” and “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.”…
More than 10 Million Containers for Change
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More than 10 million containers have now been returned through Queensland’s Containers for Change program. In marking National Recycling Week today, Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef Leeanne Enoch said Queenslanders were embracing recycling through the container refund scheme. “Containers for Change started less than a fortnight ago, and we are seeing some…