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Daybreakers will bring the battle for blood to SteelBook 4K Ultra HD on September 16 exclusively from Lionsgate Limited for $34.99.

Featuring artwork by Tom Ralston, the 2009 sci-fi action horror film is presented in 4K with Dolby Vision Hdr and Dolby Atmos audio.

New Special Features:

Building the World of Daybreakers Art and Craft: The Actors of Daybreakers Gag Reel Art Department and Lighting Tests Costume, Hair, and Make-up Tests First Subsider Test Make-up Effects Tapes Stunt Department On the Set of Daybreakers

Legacy Special Features:

Audio Commentary with Directors Peter & Michael Spierig and Creature Designer Steve Boyle The Making of Daybreakers The Big Picture – 2000 Short Film by The Spierig Brothers Theatrical Trailer

Edward Dalton is a scientist-researcher in the midst of a global plague that has transformed most of the human population into vampires. As the ferocious Vampire Army clamors to harvest the remaining humans’ blood, Dalton reluctantly works to engineer...

Back in 2009, the German-Australian sibling duo of Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig, a.k.a. The Spierig Brothers, brought us the sci-fi action horror vampire film Daybreakers – and now, the Australia-based company Umbrella Home Entertainment is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the film by giving it a 4K and Blu-ray collector’s edition release! Copies are available for purchase at This Link.

The plot the Spierig Brothers crafted for Daybreakers has the following synopsis: Ten years after a plague turns most of the world’s population into vampires, a critical blood shortage causes panic and gruesome mutations among the reanimated. Edward, a vampire hematologist, tries to develop a blood substitute when he meets Lionel and Audrey, two fugitive humans who claim to have a possible cure. Edward casts his lot with them in the hope of perfecting the cure before it’s too late.

The film stars Ethan Hawke as Edward,...

Now available on VOD and digital platforms from XYZ Films, we have an exclusive look at Mark Hartley's Girl at the Window!

"In Girl At The Window, Amy (Ella Newton) and her mother (Silent Hill’S Radha Mitchell) move to a new home. Amy sees weird activity – her neighbor comes and goes at strange hours and she hears screams. Is her new neighbor and her mother’s new love interest the serial killer that’s killing her classmates?

From filmmaker Mark Hartley (genre documentary Not Quite Hollywood), this serial-killer-next-door thriller has plenty of kills, gore and suspense that will keep horror fans hooked."

Directed by: Mark Hartley Writers: Terence Hammond & Nicolette Minster Country of Origin: Australia Language: English Genre: Horror Distributor: XYZ Films Run Time: 120 min Cast: Radha Mitchell, Ella Newton, James Mackay, Karis Oka, and Vince Colosimo

"In this clip our two amateur sleuths, Amy (Ella Newton) and...

Radha Mitchell of Silent Hill and Pitch Black stars in the upcoming thriller Girl at the Window, a today a trailer for the film has arrived online along with the announcement that XYZ Films is going to be giving it a digital and VOD release on November 4th! So take a look at the trailer and see if this looks like a movie you’ll be adding to your watch list next month.

Described as “a blend of Rear Window and Disturbia” – which doesn’t seem necessary, since Disturbia was basically just a teen take on Rear Window – Girl at the Window is about what happens when

Amy and her mother move to a new home. Amy sees weird activity – her neighbor comes and goes at strange hours and she hears screams. Is her new neighbor and her mother’s new love interest the serial killer that’s killing her classmates?...

"Look at you, you're already under a spell..." Gravitas has released a new US trailer for Australian mystery thriller The Second, which is arriving in the US this fall after originally opening in Australia back in 2018. It's another story that mixes the intrigue of fiction from an author with reality and her own life. The persona of a celebrated author is threatened when her best friend and muse reveals the dark secret behind her first novel's provenance, igniting an incendiary tale of sex, lies & betrayal. Reviews say "director Mairi Cameron creates an prestige aesthetic that affects a sense of haunting isolation, and writer Stephen Lance's script manipulates time and memory to weave a disturbing tale of creation... What secrets are entangled in this fiction?" The film stars Rachel Blake, Susie Porter, Vince Colosimo, and Martin Sacks. Have a look. Here's the official US trailer (+ poster) for Mairi Cameron's The Second,...

When it comes to The Wog Boy, Frank Lotito has enjoyed a progression from stage to screen.

The Melbourne actor turned director went from joining Nick Giannopoulos, Vince Colosimo, and Alex Dimitriades in The Wogboys Live tour of 2015 to being behind the camera for the upcoming third instalment of the film franchise.

Slated for release early next year, Wog Boys Forever signals the return of Steve Karamitsis (Giannopoulos), who is working as a taxi driver and still single. His life takes a turn when he becomes the target of a revenge plan hatched by Brianna Beagle-Thorpe (Annabel Marshall-Roth), the Minister for Immigration, and her brother (Liam Seymour), who blame him for destroying their mother Raelene’s political career.

Vince Colosimo reprises his role as Frank Di Benedetto in the film, which is written and produced by Giannopoulos.

Lotito, who is long-time friends with Colosimo, said he was invited to work...

A mother and daughter deal with an ambiguous and uncertain threat that binds them closer together in The Girl at The Window, a new thriller helmed by Mark Hartley and starring Radha Mitchell, Vince Colosimo and Ella Newton.

Producer Antony I. Ginnane describes the feature, now shooting in Melbourne, as a mix between Rear Window and Disturbia.

The film is the prolific producer’s 72nd, and already looks set to reach a wide audience – international sales agent Blue Fox Entertainment has already sold the it to territories including USA, UK, South Africa, Indonesia, Cis (Commonwealth of Independent States) and the Middle East.

“Audiences worldwide love thrillers, and our script is filled with twists and turns that will engage and excite. I’m looking forward to seeing Mark Hartley work with our terrific cast to bring this story to life,” Ginnane says.

The script is penned by Terence Hammond (Last Dance) and Nicolette Minster,...

Blue Fox handles sales.

LA-based Blue Fox Entertainment and Australian producer Antony I. Ginnane have announced the start of principal photography in Melbourne on Radha Mitchell thriller The Girl At The Window.

Mark Hartley is directing the film from a screenplay by Terence Hammond (Last Dance) and Nicolette Minster under strict Covid Safety protocols.

Ginnane, whose producing credits include Screamers and Patrick, described the project about a mother and daughter dealing with an ambiguous threat that brings them closer together as a blend of Rear Window and Disturbia.

Mitchell’s credits include Silent Hill, Finding Neverland and the Has Fallen...

Stars: Jason Isaacs, Temuera Morrison, Ken Jeong, Daniel Gillies, Dan Ewing, Jet Tranter, Mark Coles Smith, Trystan Go, Ken Jeong, Izzy Stevens, Dena Kaplan, David Roberts, Vince Colosimo, Katrina Risteska | Written by Luke Sparke, Dale Dye, Felix Williamson | Directed by Luke Sparke

Released in 2018 the Australian alien invasion film Occupation caught a lot of people off guard with the amount of action and the quality of the effects it produced on a low budget. Now the sequel Occupation: Rainfall is here, the success of the original allowing it the luxury of a $25,000,000 dollar budget. That’s about one-tenth of the Hollywood blockbusters it’s competing with. Can it hold its own against the competition, or is resistance to the Disney Empire futile?

Occupation: Rainfall picks up two years after the original and things aren’t going well for humanity and their alien allies. And we can see why right from the start,...

Monster Pictures will release sci-fi Occupation: Rainfall, written and directed by Luke Sparke, January 28, 2021 on 120 screens.

The follow up to 2018’s Occupation picks up two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth where survivors in Sydney, Australia are fighting back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end. With the alien invaders hell-bent on making Earth their new home, the race is on to save mankind.

The cast includes Ken Jeong, Daniel Gillies, Dan Ewing, Dena Kaplan, Temuera Morrison, Mark Coles Smith, Jet Tranter, Lawrence Makoare, David Roberts, Vince Colosimo, Zac Garred, and Trystan Go, as well as Jason Isaacs as the voice of Steve the alien.

Produced by Carly and Carmel Imire, and co-executive producer Todd Williams, The film features VFX by Creative Cupids, Fin and a range of independent artists.

We have a new trailer for Occupation: Rainfall. This serves as a sequel to 2018's Occupation and is said to be one of Australia's biggest ever sci-fi movies ever made. The teaser has made its way online ahead of the movie's world premiere screenings at Monster Fest 2020, which is taking place on October 30 in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. But before that happens, we've been offered a looking at what is coming down the pipeline, and it looks like a massive, wild spectacle.

The trailer opens with a shot of a city on fire, with some voiceover letting us know how dire the situation on Earth has become. We then get a tease of an uneasy alliance formed between humans and a member of the invading alien race that has put the world in such peril. It is very much just a teaser, with lots of impressive shots consisting of gigantic space stations,...

Roger Monk.

When screenwriter Roger Monk was offered a gig on the Aquarius Films/Sbs crime caper The Unusual Suspects, he seized the opportunity to channel his favourite film, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

Tonally he saw similarities with Pedro Almodóvar’s Oscar-winning 1988 black comedy-drama about a woman who embarks on a strange journey to try to discover why lover suddenly left her without any explanation.

Set in Sydney’s affluent Eastern suburbs, The Unusual Suspects revolves around the theft of a $10 million necklace from self-made Filipino businesswoman Roxanne Waters’ home during her twins’ birthday party,

The suspects include including socialite Sara Beasley, whose life is crumbling fast, and her long-suffering nanny, Evie De La Rosa, a godmother of sorts for other Filipino domestic workers.

“The show is about female frenemies, disparate characters who come together through circumstance and become friends,” Monk tell If.

Producers Angie Fielder...

‘Occupation: Rainfall’ Dop Wade Muller and Luke Sparke.

Aiming to cash in on the anticipated global success of Occupation: Rainfall, filmmaker Luke Sparke is developing a raft of features and TV series spanning horror, drama, time-travel and comedy.

The writer-producer-director is assembling a team of writers on these projects, all of which he intends to shoot in Australia.

“On Occupation: Rainfall I had an amazing team working with me and I’m excited to keep moving forward with them,” he tells If.

The sequel to his 2018 sci-fi thriller Occupation will have its world premiere at Monster Fest in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, followed by a cinema release via Monster Pictures.

The slate includes Blitzkrieg, a World War 2 thriller about a group of bomber pilots who crash land in Germany and must survive the horrors they find, and The 34th Battalion, which will follow four friends from Maitland in...

Trystan Go and Dan Ewing in Occupation: Rainfall.

Writer-director Luke Sparke always intended to shoot Occupation: Rainfall, the sequel to his 2018 sci-fi thriller Occupation, in three blocks.

However lengthy delays in the second and third blocks resulted in fresh additions to the cast in Jet Tranter, Mark Coles Smith, David Roberts and Dena Kaplan.

Tranter (Tidelands) took over from Stephanie Jacobson as a key leader on the human resistance who tries to end the war with aliens.

Coles Smith is a commando with Roberts as another resistance leader and Kaplan as a fighter pilot.

They joined the previously announced cast of Dan Ewing, Temuera Morrison, Ken Jeong, Daniel Gillies, Lawrence Makoare, Vince Colosimo, Trystan Go, Zac Garred, Kat Risteska, Ben Chisholm, Erin Conner, Izzy Stevens and John Reynolds.

Filming wrapped in December after delays caused by a dispute with the Meaa. “With the film being so big, we always planned...

One of the biggest Indian Film Festivals outside of India, the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne has just announced its nominations for its annual awards ceremony. The festival is presented by the Victorian Government, is an annual festival that takes place in the cultural melting pot, Melbourne. This year's theme of the festival is Courage with over 58 films selected and to be screened in 21 languages.?

Apart from an exciting line up of some of the best Indian film talent set to visit the city to attend the celebrations at the festival, the annual award night will be held on 8th August the Palais Theatre, which is an iconic landmark of the city. ?

Each year the festival has had the privilege of some of the biggest Australian film talent on the jury panel. After a successful past few years, this year the jury comprises of some of the most renowned and...

Lisa McCune and Peter Helliar in ‘How to Stay Married.’

Lisa McCune and Daniel Gillies are the final additions to the cast of Luke Sparke’s sci-fi thriller Occupation: Rainfall.

Shooting in the Gold Coast, Newcastle, Sydney, the Snowy Mountains and Alice Springs, the sequel to Occupation sees the survivors of an intergalactic invasion fight back in a desperate ground war.

In her first film role since Josh Lawson’s The Little Death, McCune plays the military commander in charge of ground forces in the Sydney siege. The Los Angeles-based Gillies is a hard-line military leader that will do whatever it takes to win the alien war.

Temuera Morrison, Dan Ewing, Stephany Jacobsen, Aaron Jeffery, Zac Garred, Izzy Stevens and Trystan Go reprise their roles, joined by Crazy Rich Asians’ Ken Jeong, Lawrence Makoarely, Vince Colosimo and Tamala Shelton.

“Daniel has been on my radar for a few years now.

Izzy Stevens and Temuera Morrison in ‘Occupation Rainfall.’

Four weeks into the 12-weeks shoot on Occupation: Rainfall, writer-director Luke Sparke declares the sequel will be four times bigger in scale and ambition than the original Occupation.

The filmmaker is delighted with the performance of Ken Jeong, who has filmed his role as an American character who holds the key to the mystery of the rainfall.

Sparke was happy to encourage the Crazy Rich Asians and Hangover star to improvise, observing: “We let him loose to ad lib. He brings his unique style to the role, a very dry character. He had the crew in stitches at times.”

Co-written by Sparke and Felix Williamson, the sequel picks up two years after the intergalactic invasion of Earth as survivors in Sydney fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount, the resistance and their unexpected allies uncover a plot that could...

“Crazy Rich Asians” star Ken Jeong is starring in “Occupation: Rainfall,” the sequel to the 2018 Australian science-fiction movie “Occupation.”

Jeong will begin shooting in early October in Australian locations including the Hunter Valley and the Gold Coast. Other cast members include Temuera Morrison (“Aquaman”), Dan Ewing, Stephany Jacobsen, Aaron Jeffery, Zac Garred, Izzy Stephens, Trystan Go, Lawrence Makoare, Vince Colosimo and Tamala Shelton.

Director Luke Sparke returns to helm the sequel with Monster Pictures on board as distributors across Australia and New Zealand.

“We’re building a whole new world with ‘Occupation: Rainfall’ and to have Ken join the film alongside our awesome returning cast members is mind blowing,” Sparke said.”I’ve admired his work and his successes for years and can’t wait to see what brings to the project when he arrives here to shoot in October.”

“Occupation: Rainfall” picks up two years into the intergalactic invasion of earth,...

Ken Jeong.

In a casting coup writer-director Luke Sparke has signed Crazy Rich Asians’ Ken Jeong to play the lead in Occupation: Rainfall.

The sequel to Sparke’s sci-fi thriller Occupation starts a four-month shoot spanning the Gold Coast, Newcastle, Sydney, the Snowy Mountains and Alice Springs tonight.

Temuera Morrison, Dan Ewing, Stephany Jacobsen, Aaron Jeffery, Zac Garred, Izzy Stephens and Trystan Go will reprise their roles from the original film.

Also joining the cast for the sequel are Lawrence Makoare, Vince Colosimo and Tamala Shelton, with more names to be revealed.

Sparke said: “We’re building a whole new world with Occupation: Rainfall and to have Ken join the film alongside our awesome returning cast members is mind blowing. I’ve admired his work and his successes for years and can’t wait to see what brings to the project when he arrives here in October.”

Co-written by Sparke and Felix Williamson,...

“This is what happens when you make up stories,” one character says about three-fourths of the way through the confidently ambitious “The Second,” and the line is a succinct summation of the deceptively deep goings-on beneath the film’s faintly sordid surface. The maiden project developed and produced under the Screen Queensland Originals program in partnership with the streaming service Stan (the film is playing commercially now and will commence it’s Stan stand July 20), “The Second” is a sexy and satisfying thriller that toys with time, memory and the provocative side of storytelling.

In keeping with the mysterious spirit of the proceedings, shhh — no names, please: riding the crest of her well-received and best-selling erotic thriller, the Writer (Rachael Blake) is off to her family’s sprawling and regally laid-out country estate for a sex-fueled working weekend with her boyfriend the Publisher (Vince Colosimo). Soon after they settle in,...

Denmark-based LevelK has acquired international sales rights to Australian filmmaker Mairi Cameron’s sexy psychological thriller, ”The Second” which recently world premiered at Gold Coast Film Festival.

“The Second,” which marks the first Original feature ordered by streaming service Stan, stars Rachel Blake (“Sleeping Beauty”), Susie Porter (“Hounds of Love”) and Vince Colosimo (“Chopper”).

“The Second” follows a successful author riding high on the international acclaim of her first book, a sexually explicit autobiography. While preparing her second novel, the author’s best friend and muse reappears in her life and threatens to reveal the dark secret behind the memoir’s provenance, sparking an incendiary tale of sex, lies and betrayal.

Ordered by streaming service Stan, “The Second” was produced by Leanne Tonkes and writer/producer Stephen Lance at Australian company Sense and Centsability and Dust Bunny Productions. Screen Queensland, Mind Blowing World, and The Post Lounge co-financed the film.

Rachael Blake and Mairi Cameron on the set of 'The Second'. (Photo: Stephen Lance.)

Production kicked off last week in south east Queensland on Stan.s first feature, The Second..

The psychological thriller, first announced early last year, is being directed by Mairi Cameron and produced by Leanne Tonkes and writer Stephen Lance. Tonkes and Lance have previously worked together on the 2014 feature My Mistress.

Shooting will take place in Brisbane and through the Western Downs region including Dalby.s Jimbour House, Jandowae and Lake Broadwater..

.Stephen Lance and I are delighted to be launching Mairi.s feature career and to be working with Amy Hobby and Anne Hubbell of Tangerine Entertainment — two wonderful advocates of female filmmakers," said Tonkes..

The Second.follows two female friends whose lives entwine in the pages of an elusive second novel. Cast includes Rachael Blake, Susie Porter, Vince Colosimo, Martin Sacks and Susan Prior.

Rachael Blake and Mairi Cameron on the set of "The Second. (Photo: Stephen Lance.)

Production kicked off last week in south east Queensland on Stan.s first feature, The Second..

The psychological thriller, first announced early last year, is being directed by Mairi Cameron and produced by Leanne Tonkes and writer Stephen Lance. Tonkes and Lance have previously worked together on the 2014 feature My Mistress.

Shooting will take place in Brisbane and through the Western Downs region including Dalby.s Jimbour House, Jandowae and Lake Broadwater..

.Stephen Lance and I are delighted to be launching Mairi.s feature career and to be working with Amy Hobby and Anne Hubbell of Tangerine Entertainment — two wonderful advocates of female filmmakers," said Tonkes..

The Second.follows two female friends whose lives entwine in the pages of an elusive second novel. Cast includes Rachael Blake, Susie Porter, Vince Colosimo, Martin Sacks and Susan Prior.

Peter Weir on the set of his last feature 'The Way Back'.

Adg CEO Kingston Anderson told If earlier this year that he was angling for a high-profile director to present the Feature award at this year's Adg awards.

Now we know who it is: Peter Weir will present the Best Direction in a Feature Film award at the awards in Melbourne.

Weir will bestow the award on one of the five nominees; Garth Davis (Lion), Simon Stone (The Daughter), Ben Young (Hounds of Love), Craig Boreham (Teenage Kicks) and Jonnie Leahy (Skin Deep).

.It is a great privilege to have one of Australia.s pre-eminent directors, Peter Weir, presenting the award for Best Direction in a Feature Film," said Adg CEO Kingston Anderson..

"We have a tradition at the awards to have our best feature directors presenting this award. Directors who have presented the award in the past include Fred Schepisi,...

Anthony Lapaglia in 'A Month of Sundays'.

Anthony Lapaglia (Lantana) and Melanie Lynskey (Heavenly Creatures) are set to star in Sbs crime thriller Sunshine.

They.ll be joined by local actors Kim Gyngell, Tiarnie Coupland, Vince Colosimo, Leah Vandenberg, Paul Ireland and Trudy Hellier.

The four-part drama is set in the outer-west suburb of Sunshine and its surrounds, and is a co-production between Essential Media and Carver Films..

The show follows Jacob, a young South Sudanese-Australian basketball player who is on the cusp of being picked up by U.S. scouts for the U.S. College league. .

Lapaglia plays Eddie, an ex-player now operating a small sports store in Sunshine who agrees to coach Jacob.s underperforming team, The Sunshine Kings..

In the midst of doing everything he can to make the draft, Jacob finds himself answering to Sunshine-raised lawyer Zara Skelton (Lynskey) when he is caught up in a...

Claudia Karvan as Josephine Newton.

The ABC has revealed the first part of its 2017 slate, with more programs to be unveiled in February.

The schedule includes over 20 new Australian shows, in addition to new seasons for established titles such as You Can't Ask That, Cleverman, Janet King and The Doctor Blake Mysteries..

Cleverman is returning.—.with a season that ABC TV's Richard Finalyson calls "a little less dark than the first".—.as is Glitch. The second season of the Matchbox zombie drama will be co-produced by Netflix and the ABC.

Perhaps the highest-profile new program comes from the team behind Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox:.Newton's Law stars Claudia Karvan as Josephine Newton, "a suburban solicitor with an over-developed sense of responsibility who attempts to return to her briefly glorious stint at the Bar."

Finlayson describes the eight-episode show as "really broad and light and funny.

The Warriors.

Filming has started in Melbourne on The Warriors, an eight-part Indigenous comedy drama for the ABC.

Lisa McCune, John Howard and Vince Colosimo will star alongside a cast of emerging Indigenous actors.

The Warriors, which explores the world of Aussie Rules, is the brainchild of Tony Briggs (The Sapphires) and Robert Connolly (Paper Planes, Barracuda).

The series has been exclusively written and directed by Indigenous Australians, including Jon Bell (Cleverman), Briggs and newcomer Tracey Rigney..

Directors include Adrian Russell Wills (Wentworth), Beck Cole (Black Comedy), Steven McGregor (Croker Island Exodus, Redfern Now), Catriona McKenzie (The Circuit, Redfern Now and The Gods of Wheat Street)..

Producers are Connolly, John Harvey and Liz Kearney, and Justin Monjo is story producer.

The Warriors follows two new Afl recruits - plucked from obscurity into fame and fortune - and two established players, who have been thrown together into a share house in Melbourne.

Dave Eastgate, Lawrence Leung and Stephanie Son in Maximum Choppage.

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Head of ABC TV comedy Rick Kalowski has commissioned a stand-alone pilot, a prototype he intends to test for further pilots, and he.s developing a sitcom to be filmed in front of a studio audience.

In a further break from the traditional approach to comedy, Kalowski is developing several shows that are each built around an established performer-writer. All that is in addition to eight series which are either in production or post.

The stand-alone pilot deals with an unusual subject- mental illness. Details of that sitcom are under wraps but Kowalski tells If he.s looking for other projects that are suitable material for pilots.

The studio-based comedy could be the ABC.s first since Mother and Son, the Geoffrey Atherden-created classic which ran until 1994. The show is being developed with writer . producer Marieke Hardy and would...

Sometimes doing the right thing can get you in a world of trouble, which is illustrated in Swerve, currently available on Blu-ray and DVD. David Lyons stars as Colin, who witnesses a fatal car crash and rescues a beautiful woman named Jina (Emma Booth), along with a briefcase full of cash. Despite his best intentions, Colin is forced to go on the run with Jina from her husband (Jason Clarke), a corrupt cop, and a deadly criminal (Travis McMahon). We have an exclusive clip from this thriller, where Colin tries to get the truth out of Jina while hiding out on a train.

While driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin (David Lyons, TV's Revolution, Eat, Pray, Love) witnesses a two-car crash that leaves one driver decapitated. The good-hearted Colin pulls a beautiful and mysterious young woman, Jina (Emma Booth, Parker, The Boys Are Back), from the wreckage, along with a suitcase full of money.

The Nine Network.s crime drama Fat Tony & Co. easily won its timeslot on Sunday night. The premiere of the Screentime-produced series starring Robert Mammone as the infamous criminal Tony Mokbel drew 1.379 million viewers in the five capital cities. Adding the regional audience of 443,263, the first episode had a national average of 1.834 million, peaking at 2.06 million.

The second episode was watched by 1.236 million in the capitals/1.6 million. The nine-part series features other original members of the Underbelly franchise including Vince Colosimo as Alphonse Gangitano, Gyton Grantley as Carl Williams, Les Hill as Jason Moran, Madeleine West as Danielle McGuire, Simon Westaway as Mick Gatto, Gerard Kennedy as Graham Kinniburgh, and Kevin Harrington as Lewis Moran The premiere of season four of Seven.s Downton Abbey pulled 1.125 million (down 206,000 on the launch of season three last year) in the capitals, 1.74 million nationally, and ABC.s Rake had 617,000.

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The Nine Network.s gambit of moving the Schapelle Corby telemovie from Monday to Sunday night has backfired as the show was beaten comprehensively by the premiere of Seven.s Inxs: Never Tear Us Apart.

The Inxs drama produced by Shine Australia drew 1.974 million viewers in the 5 city metropolitan areas, dwarfing the 1.022 million for FremantleMedia.s Schapelle. The national audience was 2.88 million for the Inxs saga versus 1.339 million for Schapelle.

.I think most people are over Schapelle,. one former network programmer told If this morning. Either that or far more people were attracted to the story of the iconic band and the death of lead singer Michael Hutchence.

Directed by Daina Reid and written by Dave Warner and Justin Monjo, the two-part series stars Luke Arnold, Nicholas Masters, Ido Drent, Andy Ryan, Alex Williams and Hugh Sheridan.

In part 2, which airs this Sunday at 8.30pm, Hutchence finds a new love in Paula Yates,...

The Nine Network today revealed details of its upcoming telemovie on Schapelle Corby, a miniseries on Gina Rinehart and a telemovie chronicling a near- disaster involving a Qantas flight.

The network.s 2014 slate also includes a factual series which follows Australian diplomats as they deal with Aussies in crisis in Thailand, relationships documentary Married at First Sight, dating show When Love Comes To Town and a new, six-part current affairs series, Inside Story.

FremantleMedia.s Schapelle features Krew Boylan as the 27-year-old beauty school dropout from the Gold Coast who was arrested at Bali airport with 4.2kg of marijuana in a boogie board bag. The cast includes Jacinta Stapleton as her sister Mercedes, Denise Roberts as her mother Ros, Colin Friels as her father Mick, Les Chantery as her mentor Ron Bakir, Vince Colosimo as lawyer Robin Tampoe, Francis Greenslade as Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Michael Croaker as Federal Police boss Mick Keelty.

The Nine Network today revealed details of its upcoming telemovie on Schapelle Corby, a miniseries on Gina Rinehart and the chronicle of a near- disaster involving a Qantas flight.

The network.s 2014 slate also includes a series in which Australian diplomats reveal how they saved Aussies in crisis abroad, relationships documentary Married at First Sight, dating show When Love Comes To Town and a new current affairs series, Inside Story.

FremantleMedia.s Schapelle will star Krew Boylan as the 27-year-old beauty school dropout from the Gold Coast who was arrested at Bali airport with 4.2kg of marijuana in a boogie board bag. The cast includes Jacinta Stapleton as her sister Mercedes, Denise Roberts as her mother Ros, Colin Friels as her father Mick, Les Chantery as her mentor Ron Bakir, Vince Colosimo as lawyer Robin Tampoe, Francis Greenslade as Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Michael Croaker as Federal Police boss Mick Keelty.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced that The Great Gatsby will be released on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD on August 27. The studio has released a trailer for this home video release, and we also have the cover art and full press release with all the official details. Take a look at footage from director Baz Luhrmann's adaptation then read on for all the special features details.

Experience F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece like never before when The Great Gatsby arrives onto Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital Download on August 27 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Directed by Oscar nominee Baz Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby is the haunting American tale of a Midwestern writer who moves to New York and becomes entangled in the life of his captivating, wealthy neighbor.

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The Great Gatsby is in theaters this Friday, May 10. A unique and imaginative retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic story, director Baz Luhrmann wows audiences with fantastic music, spectacular visuals and stunning costumes combined with all the enduring drama of the original classic and a talented international cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire. Breathtaking sets and gorgeous costumes combined with the music and cast make it the must-see 3D film of Summer 2013, and to celebrate The Great Gatsby's release, we're holding a giveaway where you could win tons of great prizes. Continue reading for how you can win big in anticipation of this sure-to-be classic drama.

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The ABC has begun production of a new legal series which will showcase the talent of Australia’s acting talent pool.

The announcement:

Marta Dusseldorp (A Place to Call Home, Jack Irish, Crownies) returns as Senior Crown Prosecutor Janet King in the title role of the powerful new eight hour mini-series for ABC1, which begins production today.

Joining the cast are Vince Colosimo (Underbelly, The Great Gatsby) as Chief Superintendent Jack Rizzoli, and Damian Walshe-Howling (Underbelly, Brothers In Arms, The Time of Our Lives) as Owen Mitchell, a rising star prosecutor – each crucial in Janet’s campaign to expose the truth behind a shocking murder that strikes at the very heart of the justice system.

Also appearing in the compelling high stakes legal thriller are John Howard (Fury Road, Packed to the Rafters, All Saints), Sonia Todd (Rake, Home and Away, McLeod’s Daughters), Jessica Napier (Sea Patrol, McLeod’s Daughters), Deborah Kennedy (Rake,...

ABC Crownies spin-off, Janet King, has started production.

The eight-hour legal mini-series marks the return of Marta Dusseldorp (A Place to Call Home, Jack Irish) as Crownies senior crown prosecutor Janet King.

Joining the cast are Vince Colosimo (Underbelly) as chief superintendent Jack Rizzoli and Damian Walshe-Howling (Underbelly) as rising star prosecutor Owen Mitchell..Other new cast members include John Howard (Packed to the Rafters), Sonia Todd (Rake), Jessica Napier (Sea Patrol), Deborah Kennedy (Rake) and Tiriel Mora (Rake).

Former Crownies cast members who are returning include Hamish Michael, Ella Scott Lynch, Andrea Demetriades, Peter Kowitz, Christopher Morris, Indiana Evans, Jeanette Cronin, Aimee Pedersen and Lewis Fitz-Gerald.

The series is being produced by Screentime for the ABC.

Screentime.s executive chairman, Des Monaghan said: .Screentime is delighted that the strength of this production has attracted such an outstanding calibre of cast, to realise characters both new and returning. They will...

The Australian Army’s 34th Battalion arrived in France in 1916 and fought against the Germans on the Western Front. The unit’s little-heralded story will be chronicled in the ensemble war drama The 34th Battalion.

A soccer hardman and Hollywood action star, Vinnie Jones and Avatar’s Stephen Lang will now join a cast that includes Luke Hemsworth (brother of Chris and Liam Hemsworth), Emilie de Ravin (Brick), Charles Mesure (Desperate Housewives), Les Hill and Andrew Lees of Rescue Special Ops, Claire van der Boom (Hawaii Five-0), Tony Bonner (Quigley Down Under, and Vince Colosimo (Body of Lies), respectively.

Jones will play the British-born Lieutenant-Colonel who led the battalion, while Lang is a U.S. officer who is part of the squad.

Ian Sparke will serve as executive producer and his son Luke Sparke will be making his directorial debut on the feature. The father-son team also wrote the screenplay.

The Giacomo Variations

John Malkovich will re-team with Austrian film director Michael Sturminger for a big screen adaptation of the chamber opera play "The Giacomo Variations".

Malkovich will play the role of an aging Casanova, reliving past exploits in a surreal series of operatic flashbacks. [Source: Screen Daily]

The 34th Battalion

Vinnie Jones and Stephen Lang have joined the ensemble cast of the $20 million saga "The 34th Battalion" about an Australian Army unit that fought heroic battles against the Germans during World War I.

Jones will play the British-born Lt. Colonel who led the battalion. Lang plays a U.S. officer. Luke Hemsworth, Emilie de Ravin, Charles Mesure, Les Hill, Claire van der Boom, Tony Bonner, Andrew Lees and Vince Colosimo also star. [Source: Deadline]

Left Behind

Ashley Tisdale has been cast in the reboot of the Bible-inspired Rapture-themed film series "Left Behind". Tisdale will play Chloe Steele, daughter to Nicolas Cage's Ray Steele character.

34th Battalion casts Vinnie Jones, Stephen Lang in World War I film Vinnie Jones and Stephen Lang are set for The 34th Battalion where they'll join the existing cast of Luke Hemsworth, Emilie de Ravin, Charles Mesure, Les Hill, Claire van der Boom, Tony Bonner, Andrew Lees and Vince Colosimo. Deadline reports that the film which is budgeted at $20 million tells of an Australian Army unit that battled the Germans heroically in the first World War. Lang of James Cameron's Avatar is in as a U.S. officer while Jones plays a British Lieutenant-Colonel who leads the battalion. Ian Sparke wrote the script with his son Luke who makes his directorial debut on the film which focuses on four men from rural New South Wales who, in 1916, joined the army following the Gallipoli campaign.

34th Battalion casts Vinnie Jones, Stephen Lang in World War I film Vinnie Jones and Stephen Lang are set for The 34th Battalion where they'll join the existing cast of Luke Hemsworth, Emilie de Ravin, Charles Mesure, Les Hill, Claire van der Boom, Tony Bonner, Andrew Lees and Vince Colosimo. Deadline reports that the film which is budgeted at $20 million tells of an Australian Army unit that battled the Germans heroically in the first World War. Lang of James Cameron's Avatar is in as a U.S. officer while Jones plays a British Lieutenant-Colonel who leads the battalion. Ian Sparke wrote the script with his son Luke who makes his directorial debut on the film which focuses on four men from rural New South Wales who, in 1916, joined the army following the Gallipoli campaign.

Veteran Australian producer Al Clark will receive the Aacta Raymond Longford Award in recognition of his three-decade career which has included iconic films such as Chopper and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Clark, who emigrated from the UK in the 1980s after representing music acts such as the Sex Pistols and Phil Collins, has produced or executive produced 19 feature films. He has also served on the board of the Australian Film Commission (1989-1992) and participated in official juries of several international film festivals, including the San Sebastian and Valladolid Film Festivals.

..With a love of films that always transcends the frustrations of getting them made, I.ve tried to choose distinctive projects, to navigate them soundly, to find gifted people to work with, and to bring out the best in their considerable talents," Clark said after being told of the award. "I.m grateful to Aacta for...

A host of Australian talent have confirmed involvement in the upcoming World War One epic feature film The 34th Battalion. Actors Charles Mesure (Desperate Housewives, V), Luke Hemsworth (Bikie Wars) and Les Hill (Underbelly) are the latest actors to be attached to the project, along with Emilie de Ravin of Lost fame. They join other attached actors Nick Farnell, Clare Van Der Boom, Henry Nixon, Andrew Lees, Vince Colosimo, Ashley Zuckerman, Khan Chittenden, Jake Ryan and Damian de Montemas. Auditions were held across the country in July. Only two spots in the main cast remain unfilled, though producers have said they are .circling a number of high profile actors. to take on the roles. The production will then move to regional Nsw where locations have been scouted. Producers have described the spots as ...a real find.. Earlier this month, the film enjoyed a very successful time at the American Film Market.

Luke Hemsworth and "V" actor Charles Mesure are set to lead an impressive cast for the upcoming Wwi-set Australian film "The 34th Battalion".

The $20 million project follows The 34th Battalion, the Australian infantry group formed just after the disastrous Gallipoli campaign.

The film's story follows four friends from the town of Maitland in rural New South Wales who join the group and serve on the Western Front.

In their first engagement, they saved the French town of Villers-Bretonneux. They later played key roles in the battle of Amiens and the battle of St Quentin Canal, the first full breach of the Hindenburg Line.

Emilie de Ravin, Les Hill, Nick Farnell, Clare van der Boom, Henry Nixon, Andrew Lees, Vince Colosimo, Ashley Zuckerman, Tony Bonner and Khan Chittenden also star.

Luke Sparke will direct and co-wrote the script with his father Ian Sparke. Shooting kicks off early next year.

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Antony Partos and Sonar Music, the team behind the music of The Slap have led the nominees for the Australian Guild of Screen Composers, announced this morning while Burning Man, Storm Surfers 3D, Santa’s Apprentice and Needle are the four nominees for feature film score.

The announcement:

Today we pay tribute to the leading lights of Australian screen composition with the announcement of nominees for the 2012 Screen Music Awards. The event, to be held this year in Melbourne on Monday November 19th, is jointly staged by Apra (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers). It is the only Australian event where the music and screen industry gather to celebrate excellence in the composition of music for film and television.

Across twelve awards categories Apra and the Agsc are today proud to recognise 61 composers, and 40 works as representing the best in Australian screen composition for...

"Face to Face," an award-winning film from Australian director Michael Rymer, will be the first film to debut as part of Mousetrap Films' monthly film series Film Festival Flix, the company announced on Monday. "Face to Face," adapted from a play by David Williamson, portrays a young construction worker (Vince Colosimo) charged with assaulting his boss. He must then defend his actions in a conflict resolution meeting in front of a group of community members. It won awards at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Newport Beach International Film Festival and Michael...

A new Australian film in limited release has opened quietly across just 16 screens.

Billed as Australian noir, Swerve had its world premiere at last year’s Melbourne International Film Festival and opened the Australian Film Festival in March.

Directed by Craig Lahiff and produced by Helen Leake the film took $24,487 at the box office for a $1,530 screen average.

The original strategy to be released in the USA through Cohen Media Group before Australia. In February Leake told Encore: “Our Australian market is so tricky I thought why not start overseas and bring it back home. We have to balance this tightrope really well and break through the little film syndrome.”

Set in the dusty country town of Neverest, around a suitcase full of cash, Swerve stars Jason Clarke, Emma Booth, Vince Colosimo, David Lyons and Roy Billing.

In a wide release of 467 screens, Ridley Scott’s sci-fi film Prometheus took...

The first trailer has launched for one of the most expensive films ever shot in Australia.

Baz Luhrmann’s 3D interpretation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has debuted on YouTube and Apple Trailers this morning.

The film received a reported $10-12m rebate to shoot in Nsw by the Nsw Film & Television Industry Attraction Fund.

With a budget of an estimated $127m, the film was shot Sydney’s Fox Studios involving a key Australian crew of creative’s including Luhrmann’s Oscar winning wife Catherine Martin as both producer and production/costume designer, producer Anton Monsted, editor Jason Ballantine, screenwriter Craig Pearce, as well as Kiwi Simon Duggan, with hundreds of extra crew and cast employed.

As well as an international cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway there is a strong Australian cast including Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan,...

An Australian film noir has announced it will open in June but will hold back on its Us release.

Swerve, which had its world premiere at last year’s Melbourne International Film Festival, will now open on June 7.

The film will have a modest open of around 20 screens locally, the distribution company, Jump Street Films has told Encore.

Produced by Helen Leake’s Duo Art Productions and written and directed by Craig Lahiff, Swerve is an outback neo-noir story with a strong cast from Emma Booth, Jason Clark, David Lyons, Vince Colosimo and Roy Billing.

When Encore last spoke with Leake, the film, which sold to Cohen Media Group for distribution in the Us, was going to see a simultaneous release however the film will now be held back in the States after a local release.

Australian thriller Swerve has secured distribution in America and the United Kingdom.

British film sales company Moviehouse Entertainment announced at the Berlin Film Festival's European Film Market on Wednesday that the feature had been sold to the Cohen Media Group for North America and High Fliers for the UK.

Independent distributor Jump Street Films will release the film locally in June, in conjunction with production company Duo Art Entertainment. The film will be released simultaneously in both Australia and the Us.

Swerve, which has also sold in the Middle East, Italy and Germany, is written and directed by Craig Lahiff. Described as Australian noir, the film follows Colin (Jason Clarke), who finds a briefcase full of money at the scene of a fatal accident. After turning it into the local cop, Colin finds himself at the centre of series of fateful events.

The film's cast also includes Emma Booth, Roy Billing and Vince Colosimo.