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Entertainment Partners Offers Top-Tier Global Payroll Solutions to Australia and New Zealand Productions
If you touch the financial side of filmmaking–whether it’s budgeting, tax incentives, accounting, or paying the crew–you know ...
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Back to Black: Lucas Taylor and Rosemary Blight craft new world with familiar concerns for ‘Black Snow’ S2
Towards the end of Black Snow‘s second season, one of the more affluent characters discusses solutions to the housing crisis while at a ritzy function. Senator Julie Cosgrove, played by Kat Stewart, ...
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BBC Studios, Disney to release ‘Bluey’ feature film in 2027
Ludo Studio juggernaut Bluey is set to grace the big screen with BBC Studios and the Walt Disney Company announcing an animated feature centred on the Blue Heeler dog, Mum Chilli, Dad Bandit, and ...
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Paul Clarke boards Beyond as writer, director and executive producer
Filmmaker and producer Paul Clarke has joined independent production company Beyond as a writer, director, and executive producer. Clarke has previously collaborated with Beyond on titles such as ...
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Robert Connolly: how the AFL can inspire a box office boost for local films
Veteran Australian filmmaker Robert Connolly says the local industry can learn important marketing lessons from Australian rules football. He recalled how the St Kilda team turned up to his daughter’s ...
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‘Better Man’ on song with six AACTA International Award nominations
Michael Gracey’s Better Man has carried over its success from AACTA nominations into the AACTA International categories, leading the field with six nods. The film, to be released on Boxing Day, is up ...
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‘Rob is a great storyteller, whether it’s in lyrics or just in person’: Michael Gracey on crafting a pop primate for ‘Better Man’
With music biopics, the subject’s blessing is never guaranteed. In the case of Michael Gracey’s Robbie Williams-inspired Better Man, however, not only was the real-life inspiration on board but ...
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Stars as salespeople: why getting actors to promote films is harder than ever
Iconic actor Michael Caton played a crucial role in the box office success of 2015 comedy-drama Last Cab to Darwin. The film’s distributor Icon negotiated a box office bump in his contract to ensure ...
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PJ Pictures set to adapt ‘Five Bush Weddings’ for the big screen
PJ Pictures has acquired the rights to adapt Clare Fletcher’s romantic-comedy novel Five Bush Weddings into a feature film. The movie, set in rural Australia, explores the essence of love, family and ...
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Cameras roll on Natalie Erika James’ ‘Saccharine’ in Melbourne with Midori Francis leading the cast
Victorian filmmaker Natalie Erika James will wrap production on her third feature in Melbourne this week, directing a cast toplined by Midori Francis, Danielle Macdonald, and Madeleine Madden.
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SA animated comedy ‘Lesbian Space Princess’ selected for Berlin International Film Festival
South Australia animated comedy feature film Lesbian Space Princess has been selected to premiere at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). The film, directed and written by Emma ...
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Stephanie Pringle examines hospitality culture with ‘Locked In’, launches production company with Alison Fowler, Charlotte Chimes
About three months ago, casting director Stephanie Pringle was with her Chicken and Chips Casting co-founder Alison Fowler and actress Charlotte Chimes at Bondi’s Coogee Pavilion. At the time, ...