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'Dance Academy' star Xenia Goodwin shooting in New York (courtesy Werner Film Holdings).

Screenwriter Samantha Strauss makes her feature debut this month with Dance Academy, based on the show she created with producer Joanna Werner in 2010..

Earlier feature scripts went nowhere, the writer tells If. "I.d written a film before that had a young female protagonist and that was incredibly difficult to get up. We were told at the time that it.s not a market for Australia."

But the support of StudioCanal and the show's German partner Zdf made a Dance Academy feature possible, and Strauss is thrilled with the result.

"Everything I.ve ever worked on, you just hate everything you.ve ever written and every moment is awful and you can.t imagine what it looks like," she said..

"This is the first experience where. no I shouldn.t say that (laughs). But when we saw the rough cut,...

Leading Tvc production house Revolver and former Screen Australia and Goalpost Pictures executive Martha Coleman have launched film and TV production banner Revlover.

The new company is developing a big slate of projects with entities such as Goalpost, Foxtel, eOne and Transmission Films.

Christopher Sharp, former director of development at Screen Queensland and development executive at Screen Australia, is Revlover.s head of development.

Founded in the 1990s and owned by Steve Rogers and Michael Ritchie, Revolver represents Justin Kurzel, The Glue Society.s Matt Devine and Gary Freedman, Rogers, Simon McQuoid, Tim Godsall and a number of other directors with whom Coleman is keen to work.

.Michael and Steve have been wanting to expand into long form film and television for some time but they know that many commercials companies who try to cross over fail because they work outside of the industry, not within it, . says Coleman, a...

Superman:Requiem is a fan film written, directed, and produced by Gene Fallaize and is starring Martin Richardson as Clark Kent/Superman, Julian McDowell as Perry White, Audrey Kaipio as Cat Grant, Robert Hartley Wainwright as the film's villain, Alex Luthor the estranged son of Lex Luthor and Stacy Sobieski as Ali Noels - who is this film's version of Lois Lane. Why they are changing Lois - I have no clue and do not agree with it. This film is about Superman losing his powers and has to somehow find a way to get them back to save the world from an evil villain whilst learning many things about himself throughout his journey. The film takes place during the "Donner-verse." The story loosely follows the events after the first two Reeve's films and is set exactly three years after Superman Returns. (So does this mean we will also have the Super-kid?...

Last Friday we reported that actor Martin Richardson would be playing Clark Kent/Superman in the upcoming fan-film 'Superman: Requiem', and today we have a brand new poster which gives us our first good look at the costume being used, as well as who our leading lady and villain will be. Stacy Sobieski (Pictured above-left) will be play a new character called Ali Noels, a reporter at the Daily Planet that Clark has feelings for. Robert Hartley Wainwright (Pictured above-right) will be playing the films villain, Alex Luthor, estranged son to Lex Luthor. Here's the official press release for details on the new characters and movie: London, April 4, 2011 – Cupsogue Pictures announced further casting details today for fan-film ‘Superman: Requiem’. Stacy Sobieski will play Ali Noels, a new character for this Superman movie, who is leading opposite Martin Richardson who was announced as Superman/Clark Kent last Friday. In the film,...

Last Friday we reported that actor Martin Richardson would be playing Clark Kent/Superman in the upcoming fan-film 'Superman: Requiem', and today we have a brand new poster which gives us our first good look at the costume being used, as well as who our leading lady and villain will be. Stacy Sobieski (Pictured above-left) will be play a new character called Ali Noels, a reporter at the Daily Planet that Clark has feelings for. Robert Hartley Wainwright (Pictured above-right) will be playing the films villain, Alex Luthor, estranged son to Lex Luthor. Here's the official press release for details on the new characters and movie: London, April 4, 2011 – Cupsogue Pictures announced further casting details today for fan-film ‘Superman: Requiem’. Stacy Sobieski will play Ali Noels, a new character for this Superman movie, who is leading opposite Martin Richardson who was announced as Superman/Clark Kent last Friday. In the film,...