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After holding up a diner in Pulp Fiction and going toe-to-toe with The Hulk in the MCU, Tim Roth is now establishing himself as a bona fide action star with his new movie, Seven Snipers. Along with a fellow Marvel vet and some established action stars, Seven Snipers looks to be a new action thriller, loosely inspired by Akira Kurosawa's classic samurai film, Seven Samurai. The film is currently doing the sales rounds at this week's Cannes market, and the first look at Roth in the movie has been revealed.

The movie was announced by Deadline, along with the first look at Tim Roth as one of the titular seven snipers. Only a still has been released to the general public, but lucky viewers and prospective buyers at Cannes have seen some actual footage from the new action movie. Seven Snipers is directed by Sandra Sciberras (The Dustwalker) and written by Andrew O'Keefe.

Exclusive: Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction) is starring in under-the-radar action-thriler Seven Snipers alongside Radha Mitchell (Olympus Has Fallen), Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) and Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four).

Currently in pos-tproduction having shot in the Australian outback in December 2024, the feature focuses on a retired sniper hiding out on an Australian ranch who gets her elite team of killers back together to protect her daughter when a warlord, seeking revenge, hunts her down. Above is a first look.

Capture, which will continue sales at this week’s Cannes market, has inked deals for Germany (Splendid), Spain (AContraCorriente), Eastern Europe, Cis and the Baltics (Daro), Benelux (Spi International), the Middle East (Phoenicia), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), South Korea (Noori), India (Star Entertainment), the Philippines (Pioneer), Turkey (Moviebox) and Airlines (Ricochet).

The film is directed by Sandra Sciberras (The Dustwalker) from a screenplay by Andrew O’Keefe, and produced by Tristan Barr (Head Count) and Sciberras.

The Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) has partnered with the Victorian College of Arts (Vca) to spotlight films from the 2020 and 2021 graduating classes on its MIFFPlay online platform.

Films from Vca’s 2020 cohort from were delayed by several Victorian lockdowns, with many students only now finishing work on their graduating projects.

One of the short films in the showcase will be All We Have Is Time, a sci-fi drama written and directed by Masters student Fraser Pemberton.

He describes it as a project that meditates on the concept of time.

”In Melbourne we’ve all experienced the days blending together and feeling like we’re caught in a time loop,” he tells If.

In a normal year Pemberton would have put this project long behind him, with production held back for seven months. He and his fellow students were writing films while unsure as to when they could begin and...

‘The Chase’.

The Seven Network has commissioned Beat the Chasers, a spin-off of game show The Chase that will see contestants taking on four Chasers at once – The Supernerd, Goliath, The Tiger Mum and The Shark – for a prize pool of over $500,000.

To be produced by ITV Studios Australia and hosted by Andrew O’Keefe, the show is based on a UK format created by Potato, part of and distributed by ITV Studios.

Seven Network programming director Angus Ross said: “The Chase has proven unbeatable at 5.00pm, so we can’t wait to supersize it with Beat The Chasers. The prize money is bigger than ever before in each round, and it builds to a thrilling, high-stakes finale.”

“We’re excited to see some of the country’s best brains test themselves against a formidable line-up of Chasers, with all the fun, tension and play-along we love – but dialed up to eleven.

Santiago Segura’s “Father There Is Only One 2” has punched €2.14 million ($2.5 million) across its first five days in Spain over July 29-Aug. 2, according to Comscore, maintaining its bid to become Europe’s first Covid-19 era blockbuster.

With some cinema theater takings still to come in, the box office trawl is at least 21% up on opening figures for the family comedy franchise’s first installment, which went on to become Spain’s biggest movie release of 2019, earning a final €14.2 million ($16.1 million) from an Aug. 1 bow.

This year’s opening box office has been made on one more day at the box office, with the sequel bowing on a Wednesday, and the first installment on a Thursday. But “Father 2” grossed $2.5 million from 23% fewer screens in Spain, according to Comscore — some movie theaters remain closed because of Covid-19 — and largely over a weekend that caught many Spaniards going on or returning from vacation.

A documentary series on the history of the Australian continent, makeover series Bringing Sexy Back and a crime show starring Rebecca Gibney are among the highlights of the Seven Network.s 2014 line-up.

The previously announced miniseries Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs and new seasons of The X Factor; My Kitchen Rules, House Rules, The Amazing Race Australia and Dancing with the Stars are among the other local shows which the network is counting on to continue its run of seven straight years as the primetime ratings leader.

Essential Media & Entertainment will produce Australia: The Story of Us, which will use CGI and dramatic re-enactments to chronicle the history of the Australian people, places and events from the first footprints to the present day.

Bringing Sexy Back is a makeover series which aims to transform ordinary Australians into something extraordinary. It.s an original Seven format being produced in-house.

Larry Emdur has been connected to a revamped version of The Price is Right. The breakfast television presenter, who currently hosts The Morning Show alongside Kylie Gillies, is believed to be in talks to front the old game show when it returns after the original host Ian Turpie passed away last week. According to The Daily Telegraph, The Price is Right is scheduled to air on weekday evenings on the Seven Network later this year. A Seven insider said: "He's the logical choice and, talk is, the only real choice at this stage." However, Deal or No Deal host Andrew O'Keefe has suggested that Emdur would be too busy to take on the role. He said: "I think Laz has a bit on his plate at the moment, but he does have a particular fondness for the razzle dazzle of the game (more)...

Andrew O'Keefe has revealed that he feels "restless" in his job as host of Deal or No Deal. The star, who has three children with wife Eleanor, said that he likes spending time at home so would have to quit one of his current roles if he ever wanted to take on a new television project. O'Keefe has presented Deal or No Deal for eight years, and has also hosted Weekend Sunrise alongside Samantha Armytage since 2006. He told National Features: "I've got a young family, so I have been quite happy to do what I know how to do and not stretch myself too far. I can't do any more than I am doing for fear of cannibalising one or other of the projects through over-exposure. "I'm getting to the point where a certain restlessness is setting in, [but] in order (more)...