Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track… So we’re going to do the hard work for you.
This week we head down under to Australia, where Paramount+ original Last King of the Cross has been making a serious racket. Telling the true story of gang warfare in the notorious Sydney Kings Cross district, the 10-part crime thriller harks back to classics such as The Godfather. Its journey to screen has been a lengthy but enjoyable one, say producers.
Name: Last King of the Cross
Country: Australia
Network: Paramount+ Australia
Producer: Helium Pictures
International sales: Cineflix Rights
For fans of: Godfather,...
This week we head down under to Australia, where Paramount+ original Last King of the Cross has been making a serious racket. Telling the true story of gang warfare in the notorious Sydney Kings Cross district, the 10-part crime thriller harks back to classics such as The Godfather. Its journey to screen has been a lengthy but enjoyable one, say producers.
Name: Last King of the Cross
Country: Australia
Network: Paramount+ Australia
Producer: Helium Pictures
International sales: Cineflix Rights
For fans of: Godfather,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Tim Roth-starring Australian drama Last King of the Cross has been picked up by Sky in Europe, marking the first major sale of the Paramount+ series as it heads to Mipcom Cannes.
Sky has picked up the show for its UK, Ireland, Italy and Germany service, striking the deal with distributor Cineflix Rights.
Inspired by John Ibrahim’s best-selling autobiography, Helium’s 10-parter stars Academy Award-nominee Roth as Ezra Shipman, a kingpin in Sydney’s Kings Cross nightclub district in the 1980s and 1990s. Roth replaced Ian McShane in one of the lead roles earlier this year.
Lincoln Younes and Claude Jabbour also lead as two Lebanese teenagers who arrive in Australia and quickly enter an underworld, making a name for themselves as the cocaine wave hits Kings Cross.
Paramount+ Australia greenlit the show and Cineflix Rights is exclusive international distributor. Produced by Mark Fennessy and Karl Zwicky, and...
Sky has picked up the show for its UK, Ireland, Italy and Germany service, striking the deal with distributor Cineflix Rights.
Inspired by John Ibrahim’s best-selling autobiography, Helium’s 10-parter stars Academy Award-nominee Roth as Ezra Shipman, a kingpin in Sydney’s Kings Cross nightclub district in the 1980s and 1990s. Roth replaced Ian McShane in one of the lead roles earlier this year.
Lincoln Younes and Claude Jabbour also lead as two Lebanese teenagers who arrive in Australia and quickly enter an underworld, making a name for themselves as the cocaine wave hits Kings Cross.
Paramount+ Australia greenlit the show and Cineflix Rights is exclusive international distributor. Produced by Mark Fennessy and Karl Zwicky, and...
- 10/16/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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Comcast-owned pay-tv group Sky has snatched up rights across its European footprint for the upcoming Australian crime drama Last King of the Cross.
In a deal announced on the eve of international television market MIPCOM Cannes, Sky took exclusive rights across the UK, Ireland, Italy and Germany for the 10-part series starring Tim Roth and inspired by John Ibrahim’s best-selling autobiography about his rise from a poverty-stricken immigrant to Australia’s most infamous nightclub mogul. Set in the 1980s and ’90s in Australia’s mini-Atlantic City — the decadent half-mile strip along Sydney’s Kings Cross where every form of vice is on offer — the series co-stars Lincoln Younes, Claude Jabbour, Callan Mulvey, Tess Haubrich, Maria Tran and Matt Nable.
Helium Pictures produced Last King of the Cross for Paramount+ Australia with Cineflix Rights handling international sales. Mark Fennessy and Karl Zwicky produced,...
Comcast-owned pay-tv group Sky has snatched up rights across its European footprint for the upcoming Australian crime drama Last King of the Cross.
In a deal announced on the eve of international television market MIPCOM Cannes, Sky took exclusive rights across the UK, Ireland, Italy and Germany for the 10-part series starring Tim Roth and inspired by John Ibrahim’s best-selling autobiography about his rise from a poverty-stricken immigrant to Australia’s most infamous nightclub mogul. Set in the 1980s and ’90s in Australia’s mini-Atlantic City — the decadent half-mile strip along Sydney’s Kings Cross where every form of vice is on offer — the series co-stars Lincoln Younes, Claude Jabbour, Callan Mulvey, Tess Haubrich, Maria Tran and Matt Nable.
Helium Pictures produced Last King of the Cross for Paramount+ Australia with Cineflix Rights handling international sales. Mark Fennessy and Karl Zwicky produced,...
- 10/16/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ian McShane has been cast in Paramount+ Australia’s drama Last King Of The Cross and will take on a major role. He will appear opposite star Lincoln Younes.
Last King of The Cross, which will begin filming in Sydney in May, is a Helium Pictures production for Paramount+ Australia with Cineflix Rights as the international distributor. Produced by Mark Fennessy and Karl Zwicky, the drama is by writer/director Kieran Darcy-Smith who will direct.
Inspired by John Ibrahim’s best-selling autobiography, Last King of The Cross is an operatic story of two brothers, Sam and John Ibrahim who organize the street but lose each other in their ascent to power. The drama tracks John Ibrahim’s rise from a poverty-stricken immigrant with no education, no money, and no prospects, to Australia’s most infamous nightclub mogul in Sydney’s Kings Cross – a mini-Atlantic City, barely half a mile long...
Last King of The Cross, which will begin filming in Sydney in May, is a Helium Pictures production for Paramount+ Australia with Cineflix Rights as the international distributor. Produced by Mark Fennessy and Karl Zwicky, the drama is by writer/director Kieran Darcy-Smith who will direct.
Inspired by John Ibrahim’s best-selling autobiography, Last King of The Cross is an operatic story of two brothers, Sam and John Ibrahim who organize the street but lose each other in their ascent to power. The drama tracks John Ibrahim’s rise from a poverty-stricken immigrant with no education, no money, and no prospects, to Australia’s most infamous nightclub mogul in Sydney’s Kings Cross – a mini-Atlantic City, barely half a mile long...
- 3/25/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Rising Australian star Lincoln Younes has been cast as the lead of “Last King of the Cross,” a biographical series about a notorious night club owner and gangster being produced for Paramount Plus.
Told in ten episodes, the series is an operatic story of two brothers, Sam and John Ibrahim who organize the street but lose each other in their ascent to power.
Kieran Darcy-Smith has writing credits and is set as the director. Production in Sydney, New South Wales, is due to begin at the weekend, according to local reports.
Based on John Ibrahim’s autobiography of the same name, the series tracks Ibrahim’s rise from a poverty-stricken Lebanese immigrant with no education, no money, and no prospects, to Australia’s most infamous nightclub mogul in Sydney’s Kings Cross. The district is a mini-Atlantic City, barely half a mile long with every form of criminality on display.
Told in ten episodes, the series is an operatic story of two brothers, Sam and John Ibrahim who organize the street but lose each other in their ascent to power.
Kieran Darcy-Smith has writing credits and is set as the director. Production in Sydney, New South Wales, is due to begin at the weekend, according to local reports.
Based on John Ibrahim’s autobiography of the same name, the series tracks Ibrahim’s rise from a poverty-stricken Lebanese immigrant with no education, no money, and no prospects, to Australia’s most infamous nightclub mogul in Sydney’s Kings Cross. The district is a mini-Atlantic City, barely half a mile long with every form of criminality on display.
- 3/16/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
After handing over the reins at Endemol Shine Australia last year, Mark Fennessy has officially launched his next venture, Helium.
The Sydney-based company will comprise three arms – Helium Studios, Helium Pictures and Helium Records – blending the producer’s passions of film/TV and music.
As an independent production label, Helium will have a primary focus on premium scripted and premium factual. Fennessy, who will act as the company’s chief creative officer, tells If his focus is on the “premium, contemporary, noisy, disruptive”.
“Via a growing stable of artists and creative talent, coupled with a unique network of storytellers, writers, and producers, we’re committed to building sustainable and truly rewarding partnerships,” he says.
On the Helium launch slate is the previously announced Last King of the Cross, in pre-production for Paramount+; feature film 6 Festivals, also for Paramount+, and crime thriller series Sex and Thugs and Rock n Roll, in advanced development.
The Sydney-based company will comprise three arms – Helium Studios, Helium Pictures and Helium Records – blending the producer’s passions of film/TV and music.
As an independent production label, Helium will have a primary focus on premium scripted and premium factual. Fennessy, who will act as the company’s chief creative officer, tells If his focus is on the “premium, contemporary, noisy, disruptive”.
“Via a growing stable of artists and creative talent, coupled with a unique network of storytellers, writers, and producers, we’re committed to building sustainable and truly rewarding partnerships,” he says.
On the Helium launch slate is the previously announced Last King of the Cross, in pre-production for Paramount+; feature film 6 Festivals, also for Paramount+, and crime thriller series Sex and Thugs and Rock n Roll, in advanced development.
- 10/6/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Marvel projects may be drawing a slew of high-profile actors to Australia, but it seems there are also local productions inversely capable of attracting MCU talent.
Christopher James Baker has been back in his native country for the past year following more than a decade in New York, during which he starred in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, and also shot the upcoming DC Universe Series, Stargirl.
He has been able to hit the ground running following his return, with roles in Stan’s eight-part mystery drama Eden, as well as Goalpost’s gold rush drama New Gold Mountain.
Baker will first be seen in the former, which is set to premiere on the streaming platform on June 11.
The Every Cloud Productions/Balloon Entertainment series centres on the disappearance of a young woman and a subsequent chain of events that serves to lay bare dark and hidden secrets within the titular coastal town.
Christopher James Baker has been back in his native country for the past year following more than a decade in New York, during which he starred in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, and also shot the upcoming DC Universe Series, Stargirl.
He has been able to hit the ground running following his return, with roles in Stan’s eight-part mystery drama Eden, as well as Goalpost’s gold rush drama New Gold Mountain.
Baker will first be seen in the former, which is set to premiere on the streaming platform on June 11.
The Every Cloud Productions/Balloon Entertainment series centres on the disappearance of a young woman and a subsequent chain of events that serves to lay bare dark and hidden secrets within the titular coastal town.
- 5/26/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Aquarius Films has acquired development and production rights to dystopian sci-fi thriller novel The Subjugate and is teaming with Anonymous Content to produce a TV adaptation.
Written by award winner Amanda Bridgeman, the Subjugates book series is set in 2040, watching as a series of murders sends shockwaves through the religious community of Bountiful. Heading to the city to investigate the crimes are two homicide detectives, who are met with little other than open hostility. While the obvious suspects are “The Subjugates”—violent offenders who are turned into town servants, known as Serenes—unsettling wrinkles in the case emerge, as the detectives set out on parallel investigations.
Aquarius Films founders Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford will produce the long-format series, along with Luke Rivett and Ryan Cunningham of Anonymous Content.
“The Subjugate explores topical themes of rehabilitation, recidivism and advancing technology in a captivating near-future science fiction thriller and is perfect...
Written by award winner Amanda Bridgeman, the Subjugates book series is set in 2040, watching as a series of murders sends shockwaves through the religious community of Bountiful. Heading to the city to investigate the crimes are two homicide detectives, who are met with little other than open hostility. While the obvious suspects are “The Subjugates”—violent offenders who are turned into town servants, known as Serenes—unsettling wrinkles in the case emerge, as the detectives set out on parallel investigations.
Aquarius Films founders Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford will produce the long-format series, along with Luke Rivett and Ryan Cunningham of Anonymous Content.
“The Subjugate explores topical themes of rehabilitation, recidivism and advancing technology in a captivating near-future science fiction thriller and is perfect...
- 3/31/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
(L-r) Debra Liang, Tine Klint and Lauren Valmadre.
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of her international film sales and distribution company LevelK, Tine Klint offers some advice to Australian filmmakers.
Perhaps the most valuable tip: Don’t target the world, even though the mantra “local for global” is in vogue.
“I recommend staying true to original stories,” Tine tells If. “Don’t adapt and change cultural differences: some projects lose their originality because they are designed for world platforms or global deals.”
A former sales exec at TrustNordisk, Zentropa and Nordisk Film, the Copenhagen-based Klint first connected with Australia when Aquarius Films’ Angie Fielder got in touch in 2009 after announcing plans to produce Wish You Were Here.
Subsequently Klint and Fielder met at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2010 and LevelK handled international sales for the drama directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith.
That led to numerous collaborations with Aussie filmmakers encompassing such films as Celeste,...
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of her international film sales and distribution company LevelK, Tine Klint offers some advice to Australian filmmakers.
Perhaps the most valuable tip: Don’t target the world, even though the mantra “local for global” is in vogue.
“I recommend staying true to original stories,” Tine tells If. “Don’t adapt and change cultural differences: some projects lose their originality because they are designed for world platforms or global deals.”
A former sales exec at TrustNordisk, Zentropa and Nordisk Film, the Copenhagen-based Klint first connected with Australia when Aquarius Films’ Angie Fielder got in touch in 2009 after announcing plans to produce Wish You Were Here.
Subsequently Klint and Fielder met at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2010 and LevelK handled international sales for the drama directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith.
That led to numerous collaborations with Aussie filmmakers encompassing such films as Celeste,...
- 12/5/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Mirrah Foulkes.
Mirrah Foulkes’ prospects of cracking the Us market as an actor and director after the world premiere of Judy & Punch at Sundance just got better after she signed with UTA.
Home to a vast roster of talent including Roma director Alfonso Cuarón, Joel and Ethan Coen, Wes Anderson, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angelina Jolie and Daniel Radcliffe, the agency will represent Mirrah in all areas.
Deadline.com broke the story, noting she is the only female member of the filmmaking collective Blue-Tongue Films, which includes her husband David Michôd, Nash Edgerton, Joel Edgerton and Kieran Darcy-Smith.
Nash Edgerton, Michele Bennett and Vice Media’s Danny Gabai produced Judy & Punch, Foulkes’ feature directorial debut which got glowing reviews in Sundance after its premiere in the World Dramatic Competition.
The darkly comic revenge story follows Mia Wasikowska’s Judy as she joins forces with a band of outcast heretics to...
Mirrah Foulkes’ prospects of cracking the Us market as an actor and director after the world premiere of Judy & Punch at Sundance just got better after she signed with UTA.
Home to a vast roster of talent including Roma director Alfonso Cuarón, Joel and Ethan Coen, Wes Anderson, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angelina Jolie and Daniel Radcliffe, the agency will represent Mirrah in all areas.
Deadline.com broke the story, noting she is the only female member of the filmmaking collective Blue-Tongue Films, which includes her husband David Michôd, Nash Edgerton, Joel Edgerton and Kieran Darcy-Smith.
Nash Edgerton, Michele Bennett and Vice Media’s Danny Gabai produced Judy & Punch, Foulkes’ feature directorial debut which got glowing reviews in Sundance after its premiere in the World Dramatic Competition.
The darkly comic revenge story follows Mia Wasikowska’s Judy as she joins forces with a band of outcast heretics to...
- 2/24/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Poppy Montgomery (Photo credit: Omar Cruz).
The producers of the Disney crime drama Reef Break, now shooting on the Gold Coast, have hired six Australian directors.
American Alex Zakrzewski, whose credits include Blue Bloods, Bosch, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and CSI: NY, was the set-up director on the series commissioned by Disney’s ABC network, which stars Sydney-born Poppy Montgomery.
Shawn Seet, Kieran Darcy-Smith and Sian Davies are each directing one episode while Peter Andrikidis, Grant Brown and Fiona Banks will each do two.
All are benefiting from a ground-breaking deal which the Australian Directors Guild signed with the producers, ABC Studios and ABC Studios International.
The first agreement between the Adg and an offshore production company, it gives directors much improved basic pay and conditions while still enabling them to negotiate individual agreements.
Adg CEO Kingston Anderson hopes it will serve as a template for all foreign TV shows shooting in Australia,...
The producers of the Disney crime drama Reef Break, now shooting on the Gold Coast, have hired six Australian directors.
American Alex Zakrzewski, whose credits include Blue Bloods, Bosch, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and CSI: NY, was the set-up director on the series commissioned by Disney’s ABC network, which stars Sydney-born Poppy Montgomery.
Shawn Seet, Kieran Darcy-Smith and Sian Davies are each directing one episode while Peter Andrikidis, Grant Brown and Fiona Banks will each do two.
All are benefiting from a ground-breaking deal which the Australian Directors Guild signed with the producers, ABC Studios and ABC Studios International.
The first agreement between the Adg and an offshore production company, it gives directors much improved basic pay and conditions while still enabling them to negotiate individual agreements.
Adg CEO Kingston Anderson hopes it will serve as a template for all foreign TV shows shooting in Australia,...
- 2/21/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
'Wolf Creek' season one..
Production has begun in South Australia on the second season of Stan's Wolf Creek, with showrunner Greg McLean once again in the director's chair.
John Jarratt reprises the role of Mick Taylor, and will be joined by Tess Haubrich (Alien: Covenant), Matt Day (Rake, Paper Giants, Underbelly, Kiss or Kill), Ben Oxenbould (Comedy Inc., The Kettering Incident, The Code), Laura Wheelwright (Animal Kingdom), Stephen Hunter (The Hobbit, The Leftovers) and Chris Haywood (Shine, Muriel's Wedding, Dogs in Space).
Of the second season McLean said: "We.ll join an amazing cast on a road trip of a lifetime, as they must draw on their inner strength to outwit the terrifying Mick Taylor. John Jarratt returns to take Mick.s dark arts to a whole new level, showcasing the beautiful and dangerous landscapes of the remote outback..
Joining McLean in directing will be Kieran Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here,...
Production has begun in South Australia on the second season of Stan's Wolf Creek, with showrunner Greg McLean once again in the director's chair.
John Jarratt reprises the role of Mick Taylor, and will be joined by Tess Haubrich (Alien: Covenant), Matt Day (Rake, Paper Giants, Underbelly, Kiss or Kill), Ben Oxenbould (Comedy Inc., The Kettering Incident, The Code), Laura Wheelwright (Animal Kingdom), Stephen Hunter (The Hobbit, The Leftovers) and Chris Haywood (Shine, Muriel's Wedding, Dogs in Space).
Of the second season McLean said: "We.ll join an amazing cast on a road trip of a lifetime, as they must draw on their inner strength to outwit the terrifying Mick Taylor. John Jarratt returns to take Mick.s dark arts to a whole new level, showcasing the beautiful and dangerous landscapes of the remote outback..
Joining McLean in directing will be Kieran Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here,...
- 7/4/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Australian director Kieran Darcy-Smith moved to L.A. off the back of his first feature, 2012's 'Wish You Were Here', co-written by his wife, Felicity Price.
This year saw the release of his first film since, 'The Duel', a western starring Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson. He talks to If about living in L.A., the film's development process and a fraught production in Mississippi.
You.ve been living in La since Wish You Were Here, is that right?
We came over for Sundance for Wish You Were Here and the whole experience was a real trip for us. We had the opening night film and there was a massive party afterwards catered by some sort of celebrity chef who had been flown in. And all the top agents had flown up from L.A. specifically for that screening, and we were just being courted. At...
This year saw the release of his first film since, 'The Duel', a western starring Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson. He talks to If about living in L.A., the film's development process and a fraught production in Mississippi.
You.ve been living in La since Wish You Were Here, is that right?
We came over for Sundance for Wish You Were Here and the whole experience was a real trip for us. We had the opening night film and there was a massive party afterwards catered by some sort of celebrity chef who had been flown in. And all the top agents had flown up from L.A. specifically for that screening, and we were just being courted. At...
- 12/21/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
International Sales Agent LevelK is looking for a paid intern to start in January 2017..
A digital distributor as well as sales agent, LevelK is headquartered in Copenhagen and has offices in Hong Kong and, as of 2016, in Sydney.
The company has worked with Aussie titles since its inception in 2009, including Kieran Darcy-Smith's Wish You Were Here — LevelK's first acquisition.—.as well as The Little Death, The Rocket and The Turning.
"We are really excited about working on the ground here in Australia with our partners, and [having] the chance to provide the successful applicant with an opportunity to gain experience in this field," LevelK Australia director Alexandra Burke told If.
The internship is open to women only and is supported by Screen Australia's Gender Matters — Brilliant Careers program..
It will involve close work with the LevelK sales team — Tine Klint in Copenhagen and Derek Lui in Hong Kong.
Tasks will...
A digital distributor as well as sales agent, LevelK is headquartered in Copenhagen and has offices in Hong Kong and, as of 2016, in Sydney.
The company has worked with Aussie titles since its inception in 2009, including Kieran Darcy-Smith's Wish You Were Here — LevelK's first acquisition.—.as well as The Little Death, The Rocket and The Turning.
"We are really excited about working on the ground here in Australia with our partners, and [having] the chance to provide the successful applicant with an opportunity to gain experience in this field," LevelK Australia director Alexandra Burke told If.
The internship is open to women only and is supported by Screen Australia's Gender Matters — Brilliant Careers program..
It will involve close work with the LevelK sales team — Tine Klint in Copenhagen and Derek Lui in Hong Kong.
Tasks will...
- 9/27/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Matilda Brown with her dad, Bryan Brown, in Lessons From The Grave.
Matilda Brown will be an ambassador for AFI | Aacta.s annual online short film competition, #SocialShorts. Brown joins the Blue-Tongue Films group — comprising Joel and Nash Edgerton, David Michôd, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Luke Doolan, Mirrah Foulkes and Spencer Susser — in the role..
Now in its third year, #SocialShorts allows viewers to watch and vote for short films from emerging Aussie filmmakers as they vie against each other in three categories: comedy, drama and open.
The online competition runs over three weeks; one category a week..
The winner in each category will receive a cash prize and a mentorship with #SocialShorts Ambassadors, as well as tickets to attend the 6th Aacta Awards Industry Luncheon presented by Blue Post at Sydney's Star, where they will have the opportunity to "make new connections and discuss new collaborations with industry leaders".
Brown said...
Matilda Brown will be an ambassador for AFI | Aacta.s annual online short film competition, #SocialShorts. Brown joins the Blue-Tongue Films group — comprising Joel and Nash Edgerton, David Michôd, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Luke Doolan, Mirrah Foulkes and Spencer Susser — in the role..
Now in its third year, #SocialShorts allows viewers to watch and vote for short films from emerging Aussie filmmakers as they vie against each other in three categories: comedy, drama and open.
The online competition runs over three weeks; one category a week..
The winner in each category will receive a cash prize and a mentorship with #SocialShorts Ambassadors, as well as tickets to attend the 6th Aacta Awards Industry Luncheon presented by Blue Post at Sydney's Star, where they will have the opportunity to "make new connections and discuss new collaborations with industry leaders".
Brown said...
- 7/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
A cinematically flat, sluggish western that feels altogether bloodless despite offering up several splatterings of runny red stuff, The Duel is a messy misfire, shooting itself in the foot with disjointed storytelling and a lack of artistic vision. It’s a forgettable, muddled affair that’s elevated to a certain extent by two leads whose contrasting styles go together unexpectedly well – just about the only positive note that’s worth pointing out.
Bringing a brooding, poker-faced presence to the rivalry at the center of the film is Liam Hemsworth, who plays Texas Ranger David Kingston. It’s 1866, a time when the Rio Grande acted as the border between Mexico and the United States; when a procession of Mexican corpses start floating down the river, David is sent on an undercover mission by his Ranger superiors to investigate the prime suspect, a religious leader named Abraham Brant (a crackling, witty Woody Harrelson...
Bringing a brooding, poker-faced presence to the rivalry at the center of the film is Liam Hemsworth, who plays Texas Ranger David Kingston. It’s 1866, a time when the Rio Grande acted as the border between Mexico and the United States; when a procession of Mexican corpses start floating down the river, David is sent on an undercover mission by his Ranger superiors to investigate the prime suspect, a religious leader named Abraham Brant (a crackling, witty Woody Harrelson...
- 6/26/2016
- by Bernard Boo
- We Got This Covered
To help sift through the increasing number of new releases (independent or otherwise), the Weekly Film Guide is here! Below you’ll find basic plot, personnel and cinema information for all of this week’s fresh offerings.
Starting this month, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list here, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for June 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, June 24. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
Free State of Jones
Director: Gary Ross
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Keri Russell, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Jacob Lofland
Synopsis: “In Jones County, Miss., Newt Knight joins forces with other farmers and a group of slaves to lead a rebellion against the Confederacy.”
Independence Day: Resurgence...
Starting this month, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list here, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for June 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, June 24. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
Free State of Jones
Director: Gary Ross
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Keri Russell, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Jacob Lofland
Synopsis: “In Jones County, Miss., Newt Knight joins forces with other farmers and a group of slaves to lead a rebellion against the Confederacy.”
Independence Day: Resurgence...
- 6/24/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Not even Woody Harrelson hamming it up on a horse can inject excitement into this torpid western turned xenophobic parable with Liam Hemsworth
You may be expecting a pistol or a rifle, but Kieran Darcy-Smith’s The Duel uses a more unusual weapon. All who step to it will quake beneath the power of its tedium. A truly remarkable cinematic soporific, one might want buy a DVD copy to keep round the house, just in case the local pharmacist runs out of sleep aids.
What’s most unfortunate about this traditional good v evil tale from the old west is that its story had potential, but as if fulfilling the requirements of a twisted dare, Darcy-Smith stitches the story together in the most defiantly boring style imaginable. Not even the sight of Woody Harrelson atop a horse in a bright white leather duster and top hat make this worth checking out.
You may be expecting a pistol or a rifle, but Kieran Darcy-Smith’s The Duel uses a more unusual weapon. All who step to it will quake beneath the power of its tedium. A truly remarkable cinematic soporific, one might want buy a DVD copy to keep round the house, just in case the local pharmacist runs out of sleep aids.
What’s most unfortunate about this traditional good v evil tale from the old west is that its story had potential, but as if fulfilling the requirements of a twisted dare, Darcy-Smith stitches the story together in the most defiantly boring style imaginable. Not even the sight of Woody Harrelson atop a horse in a bright white leather duster and top hat make this worth checking out.
- 6/21/2016
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Guardian - Film News
Over the past few years the Western genre has been enjoying a small resurgence; sure, many of those films seem to fly under the radar when compared to the booming superhero genre, but I'm glad to have them. Movies like Slow West, Bone Tomahawk, and The Homesman have supplied me with quality Western entertainment, and the first trailer for Kieran Darcy-Smith's The Duel looks like it could have... Read More...
- 4/29/2016
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
After gaining attention for the Joel Edgerton-led drama Wish You Were Here a few years back, director Kieran Darcy-Smith fairly quickly followed it up with By Way of Helena, which shot in the fall of 2014. With it’s been mostly radio silence since then, it’s now emerged as The Duel and we’ll see it in just a few months.
Led by Woody Harrelson, Liam Hemsworth, Alice Braga, and Emory Cohen, the first trailer has arrived, which reveals the story of a Texas Ranger uncovering a series of murders in a town featuring Harrelson’s preacher character. Scripted by Triple 9‘s Matt Cook, it doesn’t look to have that same level of grit within John Hillcoat’s film, but perhaps that’s a good thing. Check out the trailer and poster below.
The Duel stars Liam Hemsworth as a Texas Ranger who investigates a series of...
Led by Woody Harrelson, Liam Hemsworth, Alice Braga, and Emory Cohen, the first trailer has arrived, which reveals the story of a Texas Ranger uncovering a series of murders in a town featuring Harrelson’s preacher character. Scripted by Triple 9‘s Matt Cook, it doesn’t look to have that same level of grit within John Hillcoat’s film, but perhaps that’s a good thing. Check out the trailer and poster below.
The Duel stars Liam Hemsworth as a Texas Ranger who investigates a series of...
- 4/28/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
"You have no idea what's going on here!" Lionsgate Premiere has debuted a trailer for a film called The Duel, formerly known as By Way of Helena, a western about a Texas Ranger who takes on an oppressive, violent preacher watching over a town. Liam Hemsworth plays the Ranger, and Woody Harrelson plays the evil pastor, and the two end up in a kind of standoff in this small town. The full cast includes Emory Cohen, William Hurt, Alice Braga, William Sadler, Benedict Samuel & Raphael Sbarge. This looks solid, but they do give away a big plot point in the trailer. Western fans might want to take a look. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Kieran Darcy-Smith's The Duel, originally from EW.com: In the Great Plains during 1880s, Texas Ranger David Kingston is sent to an Old West frontier town Helena to investigate a series of murders and disappearances of local people.
- 4/28/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After occasionally acting alongside each other in the Hunger Games series, Woody Harrelson and Liam Hemsworth are following up that franchise together with a supernatural Western The Duel, formerly titled By Way of Helena. Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here), the two actors star as a preacher (Harrelson) and a Texas Ranger (Hemsworth) that go head-to-head in this revenge story. Watch The Duel trailer below. Kieran Darcy-Smith is one […]
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- 4/28/2016
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Bleeker Street has released the trailer for the Viggo Mortensen-led family drama "Captain Fantastic". Set deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, a devoted father (Viggo Mortensen) dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults. The film opens July 8th.
That isn't the only preview release today with the trailer also out for Kieran Darcy-Smith's western drama "The Duel". Woody Harrelson, Liam Hemsworth, Alice Braga, and Emory Cohen star in the film about a Texas Ranger (Hemsworth) who investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher (Harrelson).
Next up, the U.S. trailer has been released for Taika Waititi's new comedy "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" which is slated to open June 24th. The New Zealand film follows the story of the unlikely adventure that unfolds for the orphan Ricky and his Uncle Hec.
That isn't the only preview release today with the trailer also out for Kieran Darcy-Smith's western drama "The Duel". Woody Harrelson, Liam Hemsworth, Alice Braga, and Emory Cohen star in the film about a Texas Ranger (Hemsworth) who investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher (Harrelson).
Next up, the U.S. trailer has been released for Taika Waititi's new comedy "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" which is slated to open June 24th. The New Zealand film follows the story of the unlikely adventure that unfolds for the orphan Ricky and his Uncle Hec.
- 4/28/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Ramping things up for some pre-release hype, Mandeville Films just released a promotional poster and preview trailer for “The Duel.”
The Matt Cook-written, Kieran Darcy-Smith-directed western features handsome hunks like Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson along with Alice Braga.
“The Duel” will go live on demand and in theaters on June 24th. Per the synopsis, “A Texas Ranger investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher.”...
The Matt Cook-written, Kieran Darcy-Smith-directed western features handsome hunks like Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson along with Alice Braga.
“The Duel” will go live on demand and in theaters on June 24th. Per the synopsis, “A Texas Ranger investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher.”...
- 4/27/2016
- GossipCenter
Woody Harrelson and Liam Hemsworth saddle up in today’s first trailer for The Duel, an all-new Western primed to ride into theaters in little under two months’ time.
And so, to herald the arrival of Kieran Darcy-Smith’s (Wish You Were Here) genre piece, Entertainment Weekly has premiered the first trailer and poster, introducing Liam Hemsworth’s Texas Ranger as a man on the case.
While investigating a string of unspeakable murders in a local town, Hemsworth’s grizzled lead crosses paths with “a charismatic preacher (Harrelson) who raises more questions and answers with his mysterious ways. Here’s the film’s all-too-brief synopsis.
The Duel stars Liam Hemsworth as a Texas Ranger who investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher played by Woody Harrelson. However, the routine undercover investigation soon turns personal for the ranger who must solve the case before...
And so, to herald the arrival of Kieran Darcy-Smith’s (Wish You Were Here) genre piece, Entertainment Weekly has premiered the first trailer and poster, introducing Liam Hemsworth’s Texas Ranger as a man on the case.
While investigating a string of unspeakable murders in a local town, Hemsworth’s grizzled lead crosses paths with “a charismatic preacher (Harrelson) who raises more questions and answers with his mysterious ways. Here’s the film’s all-too-brief synopsis.
The Duel stars Liam Hemsworth as a Texas Ranger who investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher played by Woody Harrelson. However, the routine undercover investigation soon turns personal for the ranger who must solve the case before...
- 4/27/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
It was less than a week ago that I was writing about how the western genre seems to be experiencing a bit of a resurgence, and now that trend continues as another western film heads our way. Entertainment Weekly has the first trailer and poster for The Duel, which sees Hunger Games stars Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson go from allies to enemies.
The Duel stars Liam Hemsworth as a Texas Ranger who investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher played by Woody Harrelson. However, the routine undercover investigation soon turns personal for the ranger who must solve the case before he loses everything to the mysterious town.
The film hails from Triple 9 writer Matt Cook and director Kieran Darcy-Smith, who's part of the Blue Tongue Films collective along with Joel Edgerton, Nash Edgerton, Spencer Susser (Hesher), David Michod (Animal Kingdom), Mirrah Foulkes,...
The Duel stars Liam Hemsworth as a Texas Ranger who investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher played by Woody Harrelson. However, the routine undercover investigation soon turns personal for the ranger who must solve the case before he loses everything to the mysterious town.
The film hails from Triple 9 writer Matt Cook and director Kieran Darcy-Smith, who's part of the Blue Tongue Films collective along with Joel Edgerton, Nash Edgerton, Spencer Susser (Hesher), David Michod (Animal Kingdom), Mirrah Foulkes,...
- 4/27/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
It would seem we're unexpectedly in the midst of a mini Western revival. In the past few months, films big and small like "Bone Tomahawk," "The Hateful Eight," "Jane Got A Gun," and "Forsaken" have ridden onto the big screen, and later this year is the star-studded remake of "The Magnificent Seven." And if you need an oater to tide you over, "The Duel" should do the trick. Read More: 11 Weird and Wintery Westerns To Watch Before 'The Hateful Eight' Formerly known as "By Way Of Helena," the latest from director Kieran Darcy-Smith ("Wish You Were Here") stars Woody Harrelson, Liam Hemsworth, Alice Braga, and Emory Cohen, with the story following a Texas Ranger who investigates the killings in a small town. Here's the synopsis: The Duel stars Liam Hemsworth as a Texas Ranger who investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher played by Woody Harrelson.
- 4/27/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Heath Ledger.
Applications are now open for the eighth annual Heath Ledger Scholarship run by Australians in Film.
Established in memory of Australian actor Heath Ledger, who served as an ambassador for AiF, the scholarship is open to emerging Australian actors 18-35 years old.
Since the prize was established in 2008, $230,000 in scholarship prizes have been awarded to date.
"The judges will be looking for an extraordinary young Australian actor with raw talent and charisma — someone who has the potential for real career longevity in Hollywood, not just [to be] the .next big thing., said AiF President Simonne Overend.
The recipient will obtain a Usd $10,000 cash fund, a two year scholarship at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles, two flights on Virgin Australia - one to attend the announcement ceremony and a second flight when the winner is ready to transition their career to the United States -...
Applications are now open for the eighth annual Heath Ledger Scholarship run by Australians in Film.
Established in memory of Australian actor Heath Ledger, who served as an ambassador for AiF, the scholarship is open to emerging Australian actors 18-35 years old.
Since the prize was established in 2008, $230,000 in scholarship prizes have been awarded to date.
"The judges will be looking for an extraordinary young Australian actor with raw talent and charisma — someone who has the potential for real career longevity in Hollywood, not just [to be] the .next big thing., said AiF President Simonne Overend.
The recipient will obtain a Usd $10,000 cash fund, a two year scholarship at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles, two flights on Virgin Australia - one to attend the announcement ceremony and a second flight when the winner is ready to transition their career to the United States -...
- 2/18/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Nordic co-production readies spring shoot.
WestEnd Films has acquired worldwide rights to drugs thriller Mules, produced by Everest and Contraband director Baltasar Kormakur [pictured].
Commercials director Börkur Sigthorsson, who collaborated with Kormakur and Johansen on hit Icelandic TV series Trapped, will take the reins on the Icelandic, Danish and Swedish co-production, which is due to shoot in all three countries in the spring.
In Mules, two antagonistic brothers decide to smuggle drugs into their native Iceland using a young Polish girl as their mule. When everything goes off the rails, the brothers’ fate spirals out of control in a life-or-death race against time.
Kormakur will produce the Icelandic-language thriller with fellow Rvk Studios producer Agnes Johansen (Virgin Mountains).
Co-producers are Anni Faurbye Fernandez (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Headhunters) and Stinna Lassen (The Team) for Good Company Films in Denmark and Mimmi Spång (Call Girl) and Rebecka Lefrenz (Call Girl) for Garage Film in Sweden.
The...
WestEnd Films has acquired worldwide rights to drugs thriller Mules, produced by Everest and Contraband director Baltasar Kormakur [pictured].
Commercials director Börkur Sigthorsson, who collaborated with Kormakur and Johansen on hit Icelandic TV series Trapped, will take the reins on the Icelandic, Danish and Swedish co-production, which is due to shoot in all three countries in the spring.
In Mules, two antagonistic brothers decide to smuggle drugs into their native Iceland using a young Polish girl as their mule. When everything goes off the rails, the brothers’ fate spirals out of control in a life-or-death race against time.
Kormakur will produce the Icelandic-language thriller with fellow Rvk Studios producer Agnes Johansen (Virgin Mountains).
Co-producers are Anni Faurbye Fernandez (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Headhunters) and Stinna Lassen (The Team) for Good Company Films in Denmark and Mimmi Spång (Call Girl) and Rebecka Lefrenz (Call Girl) for Garage Film in Sweden.
The...
- 2/11/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Guy Pearce and Roy Billing in Jack Irish.
Asked how he's doing after a whirlwind year, screenwriter Andrew Knight is characteristically understated:.
"I'm alive and trying to construct a breakfast at the moment".
In between film work last year, Knight wrote new seasons of Rake and Jack Irish simultaneously, a process he calls "a blur"..
The new Jack.begins this Thursday - a six-part series instead of the earlier telemovies.
Knight calls the change "liberating"..
"We had more time to tell a story. The hard part was working out where everything would fall. We had an overall story, but assigning things episodically was a constant trade-off and shifting game"..
"I worked closely with the other two writers, Matt Cameron and Andrew Anastasios. The three of us would go away and write our bits, then we'd come back and say - that needs to move, this needs to shift"..
"If you're just writing a tele-movie,...
Asked how he's doing after a whirlwind year, screenwriter Andrew Knight is characteristically understated:.
"I'm alive and trying to construct a breakfast at the moment".
In between film work last year, Knight wrote new seasons of Rake and Jack Irish simultaneously, a process he calls "a blur"..
The new Jack.begins this Thursday - a six-part series instead of the earlier telemovies.
Knight calls the change "liberating"..
"We had more time to tell a story. The hard part was working out where everything would fall. We had an overall story, but assigning things episodically was a constant trade-off and shifting game"..
"I worked closely with the other two writers, Matt Cameron and Andrew Anastasios. The three of us would go away and write our bits, then we'd come back and say - that needs to move, this needs to shift"..
"If you're just writing a tele-movie,...
- 2/8/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Flickerfest Director Bronwyn Kidd
The 25th Flickerfest kicks off tomorrow night at a precarious time for the short-form filmmaker.
Sydney's Metro Screen has closed, and just a couple of days ago Australia's screen guilds roundly condemned the latest cuts to Screen Australia.
Long-time Flickerfest director Bronwyn Kidd agrees: "[the cuts] should be condemned"..
Echoing Malcolm Turnbull's worthy but now rather disingenous-looking line that "culture is at the very essence of who we are", Kidd told If that the "screen industry is a an incredibly valuable part of our national storytelling.
"It's very difficult for a country like Australia to continue to produce quality cinema when there's such enormous pressure from Hollywood. When I look at the incredible talent that comes out of the short film industry, I'm astounded every year."
"I've been doing Flickerfest for nineteen years now. If the films got worse every year I wouldn't be continuing to do what I do!
The 25th Flickerfest kicks off tomorrow night at a precarious time for the short-form filmmaker.
Sydney's Metro Screen has closed, and just a couple of days ago Australia's screen guilds roundly condemned the latest cuts to Screen Australia.
Long-time Flickerfest director Bronwyn Kidd agrees: "[the cuts] should be condemned"..
Echoing Malcolm Turnbull's worthy but now rather disingenous-looking line that "culture is at the very essence of who we are", Kidd told If that the "screen industry is a an incredibly valuable part of our national storytelling.
"It's very difficult for a country like Australia to continue to produce quality cinema when there's such enormous pressure from Hollywood. When I look at the incredible talent that comes out of the short film industry, I'm astounded every year."
"I've been doing Flickerfest for nineteen years now. If the films got worse every year I wouldn't be continuing to do what I do!
- 1/6/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Whether you are a filmmaker, or one of the Sundance programmers whose task it is to identify the films that make up a line-up, it is indeed the most wonderful time of the year. The 32nd edition of the Sundance Film Festival kicks off on January 21st with Park City and Salt Lake City. Two decades back, Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan’s Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern was the Grand Jury Prize winner in the Documentary section while Todd Solondz’s Welcome to the Dollhouse beat out the likes of Nicole Holofcener’s Walking and Talking, Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott’s Big Night, Mary Harron’s I Shot Andy Warhol and Alexander Payne’s Citizen Ruth for the Grand Jury Prize dramatic.
As per our tradition here on the site and as we all get ready for the festival, we like to propose an overview of the films we...
As per our tradition here on the site and as we all get ready for the festival, we like to propose an overview of the films we...
- 11/23/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Anzac Girls. Sara West and Mystery Road.s Samara Weaving head the cast of Bad Girl, writer-director Fin Edquist.s psychological thriller which starts shooting in Perth on August 31.
West plays 16-year-old Amy, the title character who has to fight for her adoptive parents when her new best friend Chloe (Weaving) tries to supplant her.
Playing the parents are Felicity Price, who stars in Joel Edgerton.s Us thriller The Gift and her partner Kieran Darcy-Smith.s upcoming Western By Way of Helena, and Benjamin Winspear (House of Hancock, Rake, The Babadook).
The film marks a departure in tone for Edquist, who scripted the animated family pics Maya the Bee and Blinky Bill: The Movie, which opens in cinemas on September 10.
The producers are Steve Kearney (Oddball, My Mistress), Bruno Charlesworth (Good Vibrations, The Extra) and Tenille Kennedy. This is the feature producing debut for Kennedy, who co-produced three...
West plays 16-year-old Amy, the title character who has to fight for her adoptive parents when her new best friend Chloe (Weaving) tries to supplant her.
Playing the parents are Felicity Price, who stars in Joel Edgerton.s Us thriller The Gift and her partner Kieran Darcy-Smith.s upcoming Western By Way of Helena, and Benjamin Winspear (House of Hancock, Rake, The Babadook).
The film marks a departure in tone for Edquist, who scripted the animated family pics Maya the Bee and Blinky Bill: The Movie, which opens in cinemas on September 10.
The producers are Steve Kearney (Oddball, My Mistress), Bruno Charlesworth (Good Vibrations, The Extra) and Tenille Kennedy. This is the feature producing debut for Kennedy, who co-produced three...
- 8/16/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Based in the Us for the past three years, Kieran Darcy-Smith had not seen the Jack Irish telepics when he was offered the gig as set-up director of the spin-off series starring Guy Pearce as a former criminal lawyer turned private investigator and debt collector.
After watching the telepics and reading the scripts for the 6-part ABC series by Andrew Knight, Matt Cameron and Andrew Anastasios, Darcy-Smith readily agreed.
In his first TV drama assignment, the director whose breakthrough was Wish You Were Here is directing two episodes and Mark Joffe and Daniel Nettheim are each helming two. Essential Media and Entertainment.s Ian Collie is the series producer.
.The scripts are sensational; this is as good as TV drama gets,. Kieran tells If as shooting is underway in Melbourne to be followed by a week in the Philippines. .I am working with the A-team..
The plot is under wraps so Darcy-Smith is circumspect,...
After watching the telepics and reading the scripts for the 6-part ABC series by Andrew Knight, Matt Cameron and Andrew Anastasios, Darcy-Smith readily agreed.
In his first TV drama assignment, the director whose breakthrough was Wish You Were Here is directing two episodes and Mark Joffe and Daniel Nettheim are each helming two. Essential Media and Entertainment.s Ian Collie is the series producer.
.The scripts are sensational; this is as good as TV drama gets,. Kieran tells If as shooting is underway in Melbourne to be followed by a week in the Philippines. .I am working with the A-team..
The plot is under wraps so Darcy-Smith is circumspect,...
- 8/9/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia has provided $170,000 funding for eight filmmakers to work as .attachments. on a range of screen projects..
The investment will help develop the skills, contacts and expertise of some of Australia.s gifted screen practitioners, and connect them into the local and international film industry.
Screen Australia senior development executive, Nerida Moore, said talent development was one of the most important aspects Screen Australia's work.
"It.s wonderful to be able to support it in a tangible and meaningful way," she said..
"This funding is very specific . it will enable particular people to work on projects that suit their unique talents and pathways..
"Film is a global industry and it.s important that we help Australian filmmakers find opportunities here and internationally. We look forward to seeing where these opportunities take them!.
Producer Michael Cody (Ruin, Hail) will work across the development, financing, production and distribution slate of Plan B Entertainment (The Departed,...
The investment will help develop the skills, contacts and expertise of some of Australia.s gifted screen practitioners, and connect them into the local and international film industry.
Screen Australia senior development executive, Nerida Moore, said talent development was one of the most important aspects Screen Australia's work.
"It.s wonderful to be able to support it in a tangible and meaningful way," she said..
"This funding is very specific . it will enable particular people to work on projects that suit their unique talents and pathways..
"Film is a global industry and it.s important that we help Australian filmmakers find opportunities here and internationally. We look forward to seeing where these opportunities take them!.
Producer Michael Cody (Ruin, Hail) will work across the development, financing, production and distribution slate of Plan B Entertainment (The Departed,...
- 7/30/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
When Matt Levett was nominated for this year.s Heath Ledger Scholarship along with 17 other rising talents, the actor didn.t fancy his chances amongst what he described as a .an intimidating. line-up.
So he was both stunned and stoked to win the award presented on Monday night Us time in Los Angeles.
The 2009 Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts (Waapa) graduate says the $US10,000 cash prize will enable him to further his ambitions in Hollywood.
.It will give me the ability to stay longer and give me a foot in the door,. says Levett, who first went to the Us last September/October, when he signed with the Gersh Agency. The runners-up are fellow Waapa graduate Emilie Cocquerel and Lily Sullivan, who each get a round-trip ticket to Los Angeles and a scholarship to attend Masterclasses at Screenwise Film & TV School for actors in Sydney.
On behalf of the judges,...
So he was both stunned and stoked to win the award presented on Monday night Us time in Los Angeles.
The 2009 Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts (Waapa) graduate says the $US10,000 cash prize will enable him to further his ambitions in Hollywood.
.It will give me the ability to stay longer and give me a foot in the door,. says Levett, who first went to the Us last September/October, when he signed with the Gersh Agency. The runners-up are fellow Waapa graduate Emilie Cocquerel and Lily Sullivan, who each get a round-trip ticket to Los Angeles and a scholarship to attend Masterclasses at Screenwise Film & TV School for actors in Sydney.
On behalf of the judges,...
- 6/2/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Lionsgate is closing a deal to acquire Woody Harrelson-Liam Hemsworth Western By Way Of Helena for north of $3 million for North America, Deadline has confirmed. CAA and Wme are handling the domestic sale with WestEnd selling international. Kieran Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here) directed from a Matt Cook script about a Texas Ranger investigating a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena. Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman produced the film along with Maureen…...
- 5/15/2015
- Deadline
Australians in Film has announced the 2015 finalists for the Heath Ledger Scholarship, which fosters the education and career development of emerging Australian actors within the U.S. The recipients of the seventh annual scholarship, including a main prize winner and two runners up, will be announced on Monday, June 1 at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood, California. Rose Byrne, Ben Mendelsohn and Vince Vaughn are among the judges of this year’s scholarship, along with executive producer Adam Schroeder (“Zoolander,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Clueless”), directors Kieran Darcy-Smith (“Wish You Were Here,” “By Way of Helena”) and Gregor Jordan (“Ned Kelly,...
- 5/7/2015
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Rising young actors who.ve appeared in Unbroken, The Water Diviner, Deadline Gallipoli, Anzac Girls and The Code are among the finalists for the 7th annual Heath Ledger Scholarship.
In all 20 are in contention for the prize which includes two round-trip flights to L.A., a two-year scholarship at the Stella Adler Academy, $5,000 worth of visa and immigration services and $10,000 cash.
Presented by Australians in Film, the winner will be announced in Los Angeles on June 1. Two runners up will each receive a round-trip ticket to La and a scholarship to attend masterclasses at Screenwise Film & TV School for actors in Sydney.
Previous recipients were Cody Fern (The Last Time I Saw Richard), James Mackay (The Dressmaker, The Tomorrow People), Anna McGahan (Anzac Girls, House Husbands), Ryan Corr (The Water Diviner, Wolf Creek 2), Bella Heathcote (Dark Shadows, The Rewrite) and Oliver Ackland (Party Tricks, Blinder).
The finalists were selected...
In all 20 are in contention for the prize which includes two round-trip flights to L.A., a two-year scholarship at the Stella Adler Academy, $5,000 worth of visa and immigration services and $10,000 cash.
Presented by Australians in Film, the winner will be announced in Los Angeles on June 1. Two runners up will each receive a round-trip ticket to La and a scholarship to attend masterclasses at Screenwise Film & TV School for actors in Sydney.
Previous recipients were Cody Fern (The Last Time I Saw Richard), James Mackay (The Dressmaker, The Tomorrow People), Anna McGahan (Anzac Girls, House Husbands), Ryan Corr (The Water Diviner, Wolf Creek 2), Bella Heathcote (Dark Shadows, The Rewrite) and Oliver Ackland (Party Tricks, Blinder).
The finalists were selected...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Sarah Snook, Benedict Samuel and Rodger Corser head the cast in The Beautiful Lie, a contemporary re-imagining of Leo Tolstoy.s classic novel Anna Karenina. Directed by Glendyn Ivin and Peter Salmon and produced by Endemol Australia.s John Edwards and Imogen Banks, the 6-part ABC drama starts shooting in Melbourne next week. Scripted by Alice Bell (Puberty Blues, The Slap, Rush) and Jonathan Gavin (Party Tricks, Offspring, Mr & Mrs Murder), the series is billed as a sprawling saga of adultery, scandal, manners and mayhem involving three enmeshed families across three generations The supporting cast includes Celia Pacquola, Daniel Henshall, Sophie Lowe, Alexander England, Catherine McClements, Dan Wyllie and Gina Riley. The protagonists are Anna (Snook) and her husband Xander (Corser), who is 15 years her senior. Both are former tennis professionals. Anna manages to juggle career and family until her brother Kingsley (Henshall) is caught philandering and she is called on to intervene.
- 4/13/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Rose Byrne, Ben Mendelsohn, Kieran Darcy-Smith and Vince Vaughn are among the judges for this year.s Heath Ledger Scholarship.
The winner, who will be named in early June, will get $US10,000 in cash and a two-year scholarship at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles, among other prizes.
Previous recipients were Cody Fern (The Last Time I Saw Richard), James Mackay (The Dressmaker, The Tomorrow People), Anna McGahan (Anzac Girls, House Husbands), Ryan Corr (The Water Diviner, Wolf Creek 2), Bella Heathcote (Dark Shadows, The Rewrite) and Oliver Ackland (Party Tricks, Blinder).
Presented by Australians in Film (AiF) , the award was created in 2008 to foster the education and career development of Australian actors in the Us.
The judging panel includes Byrne (Damages, The Internship, Neighbors), Mendelsohn (Bloodline, Exodus: Gods and Kings, The Dark Knight Rises), director Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here, By Way of Helena) and Vaughn (True Detective,...
The winner, who will be named in early June, will get $US10,000 in cash and a two-year scholarship at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles, among other prizes.
Previous recipients were Cody Fern (The Last Time I Saw Richard), James Mackay (The Dressmaker, The Tomorrow People), Anna McGahan (Anzac Girls, House Husbands), Ryan Corr (The Water Diviner, Wolf Creek 2), Bella Heathcote (Dark Shadows, The Rewrite) and Oliver Ackland (Party Tricks, Blinder).
Presented by Australians in Film (AiF) , the award was created in 2008 to foster the education and career development of Australian actors in the Us.
The judging panel includes Byrne (Damages, The Internship, Neighbors), Mendelsohn (Bloodline, Exodus: Gods and Kings, The Dark Knight Rises), director Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here, By Way of Helena) and Vaughn (True Detective,...
- 4/7/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: UK sales outfit boards thriller starring Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots.
UK sales outfit WestEnd Films has boarded Blue Ruin writer-director Jeremy Saulnier’s buzzed-about thriller Green Room.
Anton Yelchin and Imogen Poots star alongside Patrick Stewart in the thriller which began shoot this month and will be among the most in-demand elevated genre scripts at the Afm.
The film charts the story of a punk four-piece called The Ain’t Rights, who on the final days of a failed concert tour get more than they bargained for when they accept a shady last-minute gig at an isolated venue in the wilds of Oregon.
Their survival journey then sees white supremacists pitted against anarchists with Stewart on board to play the unflinching leader of the ferocious white supremacist fiefdom.
Principal photography began this month in and around Portland, Oregon.
Saulnier’s acclaimed 2013 thriller Blue Ruin debuted at Sundance and then went on to play in Cannes in the...
UK sales outfit WestEnd Films has boarded Blue Ruin writer-director Jeremy Saulnier’s buzzed-about thriller Green Room.
Anton Yelchin and Imogen Poots star alongside Patrick Stewart in the thriller which began shoot this month and will be among the most in-demand elevated genre scripts at the Afm.
The film charts the story of a punk four-piece called The Ain’t Rights, who on the final days of a failed concert tour get more than they bargained for when they accept a shady last-minute gig at an isolated venue in the wilds of Oregon.
Their survival journey then sees white supremacists pitted against anarchists with Stewart on board to play the unflinching leader of the ferocious white supremacist fiefdom.
Principal photography began this month in and around Portland, Oregon.
Saulnier’s acclaimed 2013 thriller Blue Ruin debuted at Sundance and then went on to play in Cannes in the...
- 10/29/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK sales outfit boards thriller starring Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots.
UK sales outfit WestEnd Films has boarded writer-director Jeremy Saulnier’s (Blue Ruin) buzzed-about thriller Green Room.
Anton Yelchin and Imogen Poots star alongside Patrick Stewart in the thriller which began shoot this month and will be among the most in-demand elevated genre scripts at the Afm.
The film charts the story of a punk four-piece called The Ain’t Rights, who on the final days of a failed concert tour get more than they bargained for when they accept a shady last-minute gig at an isolated venue in the wilds of Oregon.
Their survival journey then sees white supremacists pitted against anarchists with Stewart on board to play the unflinching leader of the ferocious white supremacist clan.
Saulnier’s acclaimed 2013 cult thriller Blue Ruin debuted at Cannes in the Directors’ Fortnight strand where it won the Fipresci Prize and went on to rack up a string...
UK sales outfit WestEnd Films has boarded writer-director Jeremy Saulnier’s (Blue Ruin) buzzed-about thriller Green Room.
Anton Yelchin and Imogen Poots star alongside Patrick Stewart in the thriller which began shoot this month and will be among the most in-demand elevated genre scripts at the Afm.
The film charts the story of a punk four-piece called The Ain’t Rights, who on the final days of a failed concert tour get more than they bargained for when they accept a shady last-minute gig at an isolated venue in the wilds of Oregon.
Their survival journey then sees white supremacists pitted against anarchists with Stewart on board to play the unflinching leader of the ferocious white supremacist clan.
Saulnier’s acclaimed 2013 cult thriller Blue Ruin debuted at Cannes in the Directors’ Fortnight strand where it won the Fipresci Prize and went on to rack up a string...
- 10/29/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Kieran Darcy-Smith.s By Way of Helena, a revenge thriller set in a West Texas frontier town, is getting an even stronger Aussie flavour.
Liam Hemsworth, William Hurt and Alice Braga star in the independently-financed film which is now shooting, and Benedict Samuel has joined the cast.
Hemsworth plays David, a Texas Ranger who is sent to an isolated town in the 1880s to investigate a series of murders. Harrelson plays Abraham, the charismatic and unsettling preacher who seems to hold the townsfolk in a fearful grip.
Samuel is cast as a Brit who visits the town with his father and brother to participate in one of the preacher.s notorious manhunts, in which they choose a Mexican man, woman or child to hunt down and kill.
Matt Cook penned the Helena screenplay and executive produces. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are the producers and WestEnd Films is the international sales agent.
Liam Hemsworth, William Hurt and Alice Braga star in the independently-financed film which is now shooting, and Benedict Samuel has joined the cast.
Hemsworth plays David, a Texas Ranger who is sent to an isolated town in the 1880s to investigate a series of murders. Harrelson plays Abraham, the charismatic and unsettling preacher who seems to hold the townsfolk in a fearful grip.
Samuel is cast as a Brit who visits the town with his father and brother to participate in one of the preacher.s notorious manhunts, in which they choose a Mexican man, woman or child to hunt down and kill.
Matt Cook penned the Helena screenplay and executive produces. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are the producers and WestEnd Films is the international sales agent.
- 10/8/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
• Another big name has been launched into consideration for Ridley Scott’s sci-fi film The Martian. Emmy winner Jeff Daniels is the latest actor in talks to join Matt Damon in the movie about a stranded astronaut struggling to survive. Daniels would play the Nasa director dealing with the crisis back on Earth. Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig and Kate Mara may also star in the film written by Drew Goddard (World War Z) and adapted from the self-published book of the same name by Andy Weir. [THR] • Aubrey Plaza, Molly Shannon, Fred Armisen, Ron Livingston, and Clea DuVall have signed on for Fresno,...
- 10/7/2014
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside Movies
Maddie Hasson has been cast in I Saw The Light, writer-director Marc Abraham’s biopic about country music legend Hank Williams. She will play Billie Jean, a 19-year-old who pursued by Williams (Tom Hiddleston) after his divorce from Audrey (Elizabeth Olsen). She eventually becomes his second wife — and his widow. Hasson recently wrapped the indie pic A Light Beneath Their Feet and starred on ABC Family’s Twisted. She is repped by UTA, the Beddingfield Company and Coast to Coast Talent Group.
Emory Cohen has landed a role in By Way Of Helena, a revenge Western from director Kieran Darcy-Smith. Matt Cook wrote the script, which made the 2009 Black List. Liam Hemsworth stars as an 1880s Texas Ranger sent to an isolated frontier town to investigate a series of murders. There he squares off against a fearsome local preacher (Woody Harrelson). Cohen will play Isaac. His recent credits include Beneath The Harvest Sky,...
Emory Cohen has landed a role in By Way Of Helena, a revenge Western from director Kieran Darcy-Smith. Matt Cook wrote the script, which made the 2009 Black List. Liam Hemsworth stars as an 1880s Texas Ranger sent to an isolated frontier town to investigate a series of murders. There he squares off against a fearsome local preacher (Woody Harrelson). Cohen will play Isaac. His recent credits include Beneath The Harvest Sky,...
- 10/3/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
After last week’s news about Netflix securing The Blacklist for a record fee, a similar story came to light this week concerning the pre Batman prequel series Gotham. Now rather than getting it day and date after Us broadcast as per Breaking Bad and From Dusk Till Dawn, Gotham’s entire run will just arrive on Netflix after it’s finished its TV broadcast. Worse news is that this means you have to wait for Channel 5 to get their finger out and schedule it on one of their three channels and then muck it around the schedule just to confuse you further and for it to finish its run there. Kind of takes the wind out the sails doesn’t it? I wouldn’t expect to see Gotham on Netflix until this time next year at best but we will see.
In better news David Wain’s relatively well...
In better news David Wain’s relatively well...
- 9/8/2014
- by Chris Holt
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
• Julia Roberts has joined fellow Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow and 12 Years A Slave nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor in the remake of the 2009 Argentinian film The Secret in Their Eyes. The original feature won the Best Foreign Language film Oscar in 2010. Billy Ray, who wrote the screenplay for The Hunger Games and Captain Phillips, will write and direct the story about a former Mi-5 agent (Ejiofor) on a joint task force with the FBI, who thinks he’s finally found the man who murdered the daughter of his former partner and friend (Roberts). [Deadline]
• Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette will star in the relationship drama Miss You Already.
• Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette will star in the relationship drama Miss You Already.
- 9/5/2014
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside Movies
When an Australian tourist disappears in Cambodia, his companions have reason not to tell the whole truth to the authorities. But on returning to Sydney, the unsolved mystery begins to take a deep emotional toll on them all. Abetted by an in-demand Antipodean cast - Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Banshee's Antony Starr and co-writer Felicity Price - actor Kieran Darcy-Smith makes an impressive directing debut with this evocative psychological drama.
- 9/5/2014
- Sky Movies
When an Australian tourist disappears in Cambodia, his companions have reason not to tell the whole truth to the authorities. But on returning to Sydney, the unsolved mystery begins to take a deep emotional toll on them all. Abetted by an in-demand Antipodean cast - Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Banshee's Antony Starr and co-writer Felicity Price - actor Kieran Darcy-Smith makes an impressive directing debut with this evocative psychological drama.
- 7/30/2014
- Sky Movies
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