Warner Bros' 'Magic Mike's Last Dance' has finally ended an eight week run at the top of the box office for 'Avatar: The Way of Water'.
Production in Australia is booming. In the last four years, the Producer Offset, PDV Offset and the combined Location Offset and Incentive have resulted in a whopping $16.5 billion of economic output, and in the last financial year alone, created 20,600 jobs. However, a new report from Olsberg SPI suggests uncertainty about the future of the Location Incentive risks continued growth and infrastructure investment.
Employing an intimacy coordinator to guide scenes that contain sex or nudity has quickly become standard practice in Australia. However, given ICs are still relatively new, there are misconceptions about the role. ICs are not “white knights” or policemen, and their role is often creative. Read our in-depth explainer.
Greater scrutiny of feature film projects and more emphasis on stories that can travel are among the focuses for two of the country's leading production companies in the year ahead amid ongoing challenges in the theatrical landscape.
The six finalists for this year's AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes initiative have been revealed, with the winner to be announced at the upcoming Screenworks Regional to Global Screen Forum.
Tim Phillips has taken over as CEO of Fulcrum Media Finance after founding managing director Sharon Menzies announced she would be stepping down to pursue new opportunities.
SXSW Sydney unveiled a first look at its conference and music festival line-up at a press conference yesterday, and announced the event will have a "walkable footprint" around the CBD and Tech Central district of Haymarket, Darling Harbour, Ultimo and Chippendale.
The creatives behind 'Marvel’s 'Luke Cage', 'Crazy Rich Asians 2', and 'Only Murders in the Building' will deliver masterclasses as part of this year's Untapped initiative, which commences next month.