Helen Mirren is set to star as 'The Talented Mr Ripley' author Patricia Highsmith in 'Switzerland', a feature film to be produced by Brouhaha Entertainment and Lunar Pictures.
'Occupation Rainfall' director Luke Sparke will enter the world of Charles Dickens later this year after being attached to direct the literary adventure feature 'Shadow Chasers'.
Henry Boffin's 'Strange Creatures', the first feature film under a new drama venture by Humdrum Comedy, has completed filming in Melbourne.
Leah Purcell's 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' and Thomas M Wright's 'The Stranger' lead the nominees for the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, to be announced later this month.
In the US, M Night Shyamalan's 'Knock at the Cabin' finally dethroned 'Avatar: The Way of Water' after seven weekends at the top. However, here in Australia, audiences continued to prefer adventures in Pandora, with the James Cameron sequel now edging towards $90 million gross.
Rising Sun Pictures has appointed Phil Barrenger as head of operations.
ANZ distributor The Reset Collective has hired Matt Soulos as its head of sales and distribution.
Feature documentary 'Sharko', an intimate portrait of rugby league legend Mark Graham told through the lens of his son Luke, is now filming in Queensland.