Australia
Essential Media and Entertainment: does business LA style with 'Vice President of Drama Development'
The Hilton-Collie imperium continues to expand in the United States as Essential Media and Entertainment hooks a well-regarded Melbourne transplant…
Star Trek Into Darkness
The latest entry to this popular sci-fi franchise, once more directed by JJ Abrams, is palatable but perfunctory and predictable.
Screenwriters' Conference 2013:The Eclectic Writer - pleasures and pains of working in multiple genr
With Rick Kalowski in the chair, Tom Schulman, Andrew Knight, Jacquelin Perske and Keith Thompson contemplated a basic fact in…
Southern Light Alliance: Tim White's great wheel of life takes another turn, this time to Adelaide
Everyone is doing the alliance dance, but veteran Tim White's deal to create an Adelaide company will propel some primed…
Ratings: Wednesday, 8th May 2013
Nine pips Seven with its banging theory. We compare figures with the rankings a year ago.
Ratings: Thursday, 9th May 2013
Those people who argue that the ABC is a hotbed of radicals massaging an audience of champagne socialists should check…
IFT: new sales company launches at Cannes
Benaroya Pictures and Miscellaneous Entertainment have entered into a joint venture to launch International Film Trust (IFT), a new sales…
Brief: Heath Ledger Scholarship finalists announced
The Heath Ledger Scholarship, run by LA-based Australians in Film, allows a winner and two runners up to go to…
Nine vs Ten: Cricket broadcast rights head to court
Ten has reportedly made a $500 million, five year offer for all Cricket Australia broadcast rights. Nine, which has held…
FSM: secures director Phil Meatchem
FSM has announced the addition of Phil Meatchem, formerly of Filmgraphics, to its creative roster. As a director and animation…