Up next from Wyrmwood writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner is a shark attack survival movie titled Beast of War, and Variety brings news that the shark horror movie has been acquired for distribution by Signature Entertainment for the U.K. and Ireland, and Well Go USA for North America.
The period Wii film is loosely based on real-life events.
Beast of War “follows a warship carrying hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WWII. Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream out of the sky, and within minutes the ocean becomes a hell of steel, fire, oil and blood. While a handful of soldiers build a makeshift raft from floating debris as they cling to their lives, their biggest battle is yet to come. In the dark below, the ultimate apex predator — a great white shark — hunts in the wreckage and is drawn to the smell of fresh blood in the water.
The period Wii film is loosely based on real-life events.
Beast of War “follows a warship carrying hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WWII. Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream out of the sky, and within minutes the ocean becomes a hell of steel, fire, oil and blood. While a handful of soldiers build a makeshift raft from floating debris as they cling to their lives, their biggest battle is yet to come. In the dark below, the ultimate apex predator — a great white shark — hunts in the wreckage and is drawn to the smell of fresh blood in the water.
- 2/13/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Beast of War,” the upcoming shark thriller from Australian writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner (“Wormwood”) has been snapped up by Signature Entertainment for the U.K. and Ireland, and Well Go for North America.
Additional deals for the feature — being sold by Cornerstone Films, which launched the project at the 2023 AFM — include Dea Planeta (Spain), Just Entertainment (Benelux), Nos (Portugal), Galaxy Pictures (Australia & New Zealand), Gpi (Baltics), Capella (Cis), Tvn (Poland), Karpat Media (Romania & Hungary), Italia Film (Middle East), Tanweer (Turkey) and Filmfinity (South Africa).
Set during WWII and loosely based on real-life events, “Beast of War” follows a warship carrying hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WWII. Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream out of the sky, and within minutes the ocean becomes a hell of steel, fire, oil and blood. While a handful of soldiers build a makeshift raft from floating debris as they cling to their lives,...
Additional deals for the feature — being sold by Cornerstone Films, which launched the project at the 2023 AFM — include Dea Planeta (Spain), Just Entertainment (Benelux), Nos (Portugal), Galaxy Pictures (Australia & New Zealand), Gpi (Baltics), Capella (Cis), Tvn (Poland), Karpat Media (Romania & Hungary), Italia Film (Middle East), Tanweer (Turkey) and Filmfinity (South Africa).
Set during WWII and loosely based on real-life events, “Beast of War” follows a warship carrying hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WWII. Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream out of the sky, and within minutes the ocean becomes a hell of steel, fire, oil and blood. While a handful of soldiers build a makeshift raft from floating debris as they cling to their lives,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights excluding Australia and New Zealand and will launch sales at EFM next month on the romance Take My Hand starring Radha Mitchell and Adam Demos.
John Raftopoulos directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Dave Paterson about a widow who loses her job in London and returns to her native Australia where she reconnects with her childhood sweetheart. The cast includes Bart Edwards.
Blue Fox’s US distribution division has earmarked a release later this year on Take My Hand, which was produced by Blake Northfield of Bronte Pictures. Rialto distributes in Australia and New Zealand.
John Raftopoulos directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Dave Paterson about a widow who loses her job in London and returns to her native Australia where she reconnects with her childhood sweetheart. The cast includes Bart Edwards.
Blue Fox’s US distribution division has earmarked a release later this year on Take My Hand, which was produced by Blake Northfield of Bronte Pictures. Rialto distributes in Australia and New Zealand.
- 1/29/2024
- ScreenDaily
Returning for its 30th anniversary edition next year, Slamdance Film Festival has now unveiled its full film lineup for 2024. Kicking off with Oscar-winning filmmaker Carol Dysinger’s One Bullet, this year’s festival will showcase 32 features both in Park City and Salt Lake City from January 19-25 and online screenings will be available on the Slamdance Channel from January 22-28.
“Our 2024 Slamdance lineup is a testament to filmmakers who dare to push their stories to the very edge of filmmaking, making it deeply personal yet globally resonant,” said Festival Director Taylor Miller. “Their raw passion and risk-taking echo our commitment to exploring uncharted territories of cinematic expression. This year, we proudly host the most inclusive and accessible festival we’ve ever had, staying true to the core objectives I aimed to cultivate with our programmers when I took this job.”
The 2024 programming was selected from more than 9,000 submissions, 1,729 of which were features.
“Our 2024 Slamdance lineup is a testament to filmmakers who dare to push their stories to the very edge of filmmaking, making it deeply personal yet globally resonant,” said Festival Director Taylor Miller. “Their raw passion and risk-taking echo our commitment to exploring uncharted territories of cinematic expression. This year, we proudly host the most inclusive and accessible festival we’ve ever had, staying true to the core objectives I aimed to cultivate with our programmers when I took this job.”
The 2024 programming was selected from more than 9,000 submissions, 1,729 of which were features.
- 12/4/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Festival runs January 19-25 in person, January 22-28 online.
Slamdance Film Festival has announced the roster for its upcoming 30th anniversary edition, which is bookended by Carol Dysinger’s previously announced post-Afghanistan War documentary One Bullet and Vanessa Hope’s IDFA closing night documentary Invisible Nation, a profile of Taiwanese first female president Tsai Ing-wen.
Running January 19-25 in person and January 22-28 online, this year’s event returns to Yarrow Hotel in Park City where the festival launched and will showcase 32 features, of which 17 are world premieres, as well as 75 shorts, and five episodics.
Festival organisers said this year...
Slamdance Film Festival has announced the roster for its upcoming 30th anniversary edition, which is bookended by Carol Dysinger’s previously announced post-Afghanistan War documentary One Bullet and Vanessa Hope’s IDFA closing night documentary Invisible Nation, a profile of Taiwanese first female president Tsai Ing-wen.
Running January 19-25 in person and January 22-28 online, this year’s event returns to Yarrow Hotel in Park City where the festival launched and will showcase 32 features, of which 17 are world premieres, as well as 75 shorts, and five episodics.
Festival organisers said this year...
- 12/4/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The American Film Market kicks off Oct. 31 and runs through Nov. 5 in its new headquarters at the Le Meridien Delfina in Santa Monica. Industry screenings are set at theaters throughout the city and AFM’s conference series, the AFM Sessions, will take place at the Hilton Santa Monica Hotel. More than 245 companies and organizations are exhibiting at this year’s AFM, with national pavilions from China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Thailand and the U.K. In all, buyers from more than 65 countries are registered at the film market.
Here are some of the buzziest titles at AFM 2023:
Alphas
Director: Liam O’Donnell
Producers: Pierre Morel, Renee Tab, Christopher Tuffin, Matthew Chausse, Drew Bailey
Key cast: Martin Henderson
Story is set in a quiet surfing community where killer whales are enlisted to fend off great white sharks after a series of attacks. When the alpha great white shark proves too powerful to stop,...
Here are some of the buzziest titles at AFM 2023:
Alphas
Director: Liam O’Donnell
Producers: Pierre Morel, Renee Tab, Christopher Tuffin, Matthew Chausse, Drew Bailey
Key cast: Martin Henderson
Story is set in a quiet surfing community where killer whales are enlisted to fend off great white sharks after a series of attacks. When the alpha great white shark proves too powerful to stop,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
Company to show first footage in Santa Monica.
Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights on Bronte Pictures’ shark thriller Fear Below and is launching talks with buyers at the AFM next week.
Matthew Holmes directs the story of a team of professional divers in 1940’s Australia hired to locate a sunken car in a river whose efforts are thwarted by a deadly bull shark hunting in the waters.
When the divers discover they are working for ruthless criminals trying to recover their stolen gold bullion, the bank robbers prove to be as treacherous as what lurks beneath the surface.
Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights on Bronte Pictures’ shark thriller Fear Below and is launching talks with buyers at the AFM next week.
Matthew Holmes directs the story of a team of professional divers in 1940’s Australia hired to locate a sunken car in a river whose efforts are thwarted by a deadly bull shark hunting in the waters.
When the divers discover they are working for ruthless criminals trying to recover their stolen gold bullion, the bank robbers prove to be as treacherous as what lurks beneath the surface.
- 10/26/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Wyrmwood Road of the Dead and Wyrmwood: Apocalypse director Kiah Roache-Turner started the year by wrapping production on the spider-themed horror film Sting, and now Deadline reports that he’s moving on to a different “nature run amok” story, a World War II-set shark thriller called Beast of War.
Roache-Turner is reuniting with Cornerstone, the company that’s handling worldwide sales and distribution for Sting, on this new project. Cornerstone will be presenting Beast of War to potential buyers at the upcoming American Film Market.
The script has the following synopsis: 1942. A warship carries hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WW2. Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream out of the sky, and within minutes the ocean becomes a hell of steel, fire, oil, and blood. With the vessel destroyed, a handful of soldiers build a makeshift raft from floating debris as they cling to their lives.
Roache-Turner is reuniting with Cornerstone, the company that’s handling worldwide sales and distribution for Sting, on this new project. Cornerstone will be presenting Beast of War to potential buyers at the upcoming American Film Market.
The script has the following synopsis: 1942. A warship carries hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WW2. Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream out of the sky, and within minutes the ocean becomes a hell of steel, fire, oil, and blood. With the vessel destroyed, a handful of soldiers build a makeshift raft from floating debris as they cling to their lives.
- 10/19/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Genre filmmaker Kiah Roache-Turner has reteamed with Cornerstone for his latest pic, Beast Of War, which the company will launch at the upcoming American Film Market.
Described as a “survival action thriller,” the film follows a band of soldiers stranded in the open ocean who must face a heart-pounding battle for survival against the ultimate apex predator — a great white shark.
Beast of War is produced by Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield and Pictures in Paradise’s Chris Brown and will begin production in 2024 in Australia and Malta. CreatureNFX’s director, Paul Trefry, will create practical creature effects from his studio in Australia. Trefry is well known for his work with directors such as James Cameron, Ridley Scott, and Baz Luhrmann.
Full synopsis reads: 1942. A warship carries hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WW2. Suddenly,...
Described as a “survival action thriller,” the film follows a band of soldiers stranded in the open ocean who must face a heart-pounding battle for survival against the ultimate apex predator — a great white shark.
Beast of War is produced by Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield and Pictures in Paradise’s Chris Brown and will begin production in 2024 in Australia and Malta. CreatureNFX’s director, Paul Trefry, will create practical creature effects from his studio in Australia. Trefry is well known for his work with directors such as James Cameron, Ridley Scott, and Baz Luhrmann.
Full synopsis reads: 1942. A warship carries hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WW2. Suddenly,...
- 10/19/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Film reteams the company with ‘Sting’ director Kiah Roache-Turner.
UK-based sales firm Cornerstone will launch Second World War shark thriller Beast Of War at next month’s American Film Market, ahead of production on the film beginning in 2024 in Australia and Malta.
The film sees Cornerstone reunite with Australian filmmaker Kiah Roache-Turner, with whom it previously collaborated on spider horror Sting, which Studiocanal is set to release in the UK, Australia-nz, France, Germany, Switzerland and Benelux.
Set in 1942, Beast of War pits a band of soldiers stranded in the open ocean against a great white shark.
Cornerstone will handle worldwide...
UK-based sales firm Cornerstone will launch Second World War shark thriller Beast Of War at next month’s American Film Market, ahead of production on the film beginning in 2024 in Australia and Malta.
The film sees Cornerstone reunite with Australian filmmaker Kiah Roache-Turner, with whom it previously collaborated on spider horror Sting, which Studiocanal is set to release in the UK, Australia-nz, France, Germany, Switzerland and Benelux.
Set in 1942, Beast of War pits a band of soldiers stranded in the open ocean against a great white shark.
Cornerstone will handle worldwide...
- 10/19/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Another shark movie is set to join the already bloody waters of the American Film Market, this time from Brit banner Cornerstone.
The company has reteamed with genre writer and director Kiah Roache-Turner (Sting, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, Nekrotronic) on his upcoming survival action thriller Beast of War, in which a band of soldiers stranded in the open ocean must face a heart-pounding battle for survival against the ultimate apex predator — a great white shark. Cornerstone will handle worldwide sales and distribution and will launch the project at the upcoming AFM.
Set in 1942, Beast of War follows a warship carrying hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WWII. Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream out of the sky, and within minutes the ocean becomes a hell of steel, fire, oil and blood. With the vessel destroyed, a handful of soldiers build a makeshift raft from floating debris as they cling to their lives.
The company has reteamed with genre writer and director Kiah Roache-Turner (Sting, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, Nekrotronic) on his upcoming survival action thriller Beast of War, in which a band of soldiers stranded in the open ocean must face a heart-pounding battle for survival against the ultimate apex predator — a great white shark. Cornerstone will handle worldwide sales and distribution and will launch the project at the upcoming AFM.
Set in 1942, Beast of War follows a warship carrying hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WWII. Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream out of the sky, and within minutes the ocean becomes a hell of steel, fire, oil and blood. With the vessel destroyed, a handful of soldiers build a makeshift raft from floating debris as they cling to their lives.
- 10/19/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Principal photography has begun on Take My Hand, a romantic drama feature starring Radha Mitchell (Finding Neverland), Adam Demos (UnReal), Bart Edwards (The Witcher), Meg Fraser (Bloody Hell) and former Big Brother contestant Xavier Molyneux making his film debut.
Former Neighbours star and singer Natalie Bassingthwaite (Elvis) is also among cast.
Director Raftopolous co-wrote the screenplay with Dave Paterson (2067) based on the true love story between himself and his current wife.
Take My Hand follows vibrant young Australian woman Laura, who forges a successful banking career in London and seemingly has the perfect marriage. Her world is turned upside down when she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and her husband starts to show his true colors. When a tragic accident leaves her a widowed mother with three sons, she returns home to Australia, and is reunited with Michael, a high school friend and a divorcee with one daughter, who...
Former Neighbours star and singer Natalie Bassingthwaite (Elvis) is also among cast.
Director Raftopolous co-wrote the screenplay with Dave Paterson (2067) based on the true love story between himself and his current wife.
Take My Hand follows vibrant young Australian woman Laura, who forges a successful banking career in London and seemingly has the perfect marriage. Her world is turned upside down when she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and her husband starts to show his true colors. When a tragic accident leaves her a widowed mother with three sons, she returns home to Australia, and is reunited with Michael, a high school friend and a divorcee with one daughter, who...
- 3/23/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Australian outfit Bronte Pictures is lining up musical feature film 1978, written by Pete McTighe, whose credits include Doctor Who, A Discovery of Witches, The Rising and The Pact.
The screenplay will take in the key narrative moments in the birth of Sydney’s gay and lesbian Mardi Gras and reimagines them in musical form.
Set in the heart of Kings Cross, the film explores the now infamous riots, community response and the internal conflict within the community leading up to the first Mardi Gras parade. The project is described to us as a “coming-of-age love story set gainst the backdrop of what would become a major civil rights milestone.”
Attracting 500,000 people each year, Sydney Mardi Gras has the largest Pride event in Oceania.
Producers are aiming to shoot in Australia in early 2024. Conversations are underway with key creatives.
Writer-exec producer McTighe is best known for writing multiple episodes of Doctor Who (including episode Kerblam!
The screenplay will take in the key narrative moments in the birth of Sydney’s gay and lesbian Mardi Gras and reimagines them in musical form.
Set in the heart of Kings Cross, the film explores the now infamous riots, community response and the internal conflict within the community leading up to the first Mardi Gras parade. The project is described to us as a “coming-of-age love story set gainst the backdrop of what would become a major civil rights milestone.”
Attracting 500,000 people each year, Sydney Mardi Gras has the largest Pride event in Oceania.
Producers are aiming to shoot in Australia in early 2024. Conversations are underway with key creatives.
Writer-exec producer McTighe is best known for writing multiple episodes of Doctor Who (including episode Kerblam!
- 2/23/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Australia-based Bronte Pictures has signed a sales deal with Archstone Entertainment for three new projects, which will be launched at this week’s EFM in Berlin.
The Greatest Surf Movie In The Universe is set to star Luke Hemsworth (Westworld), eleven-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater (Baywatch) and three-time world champion surfer and shark attack survivor Mick Fanning as their futuristic alter-egos. The off-beat adult comedy will include stop motion animation characters.
Clayton Watson (Matrix Reloaded) and Jake Ryan (Wyrmwood: Apocalypse) is due to star in action film Kane, about a man who works for an old-school crime boss with multiple personalities who is at war with a notorious gangster.
Thriller The Cost follows two men who kidnap the man who murdered their wife and sister fifteen years ago and take him to a remote location to dispense their own brutal form of justice. It stars Jordan Fraser-Trumble (Lawless:...
The Greatest Surf Movie In The Universe is set to star Luke Hemsworth (Westworld), eleven-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater (Baywatch) and three-time world champion surfer and shark attack survivor Mick Fanning as their futuristic alter-egos. The off-beat adult comedy will include stop motion animation characters.
Clayton Watson (Matrix Reloaded) and Jake Ryan (Wyrmwood: Apocalypse) is due to star in action film Kane, about a man who works for an old-school crime boss with multiple personalities who is at war with a notorious gangster.
Thriller The Cost follows two men who kidnap the man who murdered their wife and sister fifteen years ago and take him to a remote location to dispense their own brutal form of justice. It stars Jordan Fraser-Trumble (Lawless:...
- 2/13/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Scheduled to shoot in September, the cast is yet announced.
Australia’s Odin’s Eye Entertainment (Oee) has secured major pre-sales on Matthew Holmes’ shark movie Fear Below, First bites to the picture have gone to Signature Films (UK), Program Store (France), A Contracorriente Films (Spain) and Just Media (Benelux).
Set in 1940’s Australia, the film follows a team of professional divers hired to locate a sunken car from a river but who are thwarted by a large deadly bullshark hunting in the waters.
Scheduled to shoot in September, the cast is yet announced.
The film is a Bronte Pictures production,...
Australia’s Odin’s Eye Entertainment (Oee) has secured major pre-sales on Matthew Holmes’ shark movie Fear Below, First bites to the picture have gone to Signature Films (UK), Program Store (France), A Contracorriente Films (Spain) and Just Media (Benelux).
Set in 1940’s Australia, the film follows a team of professional divers hired to locate a sunken car from a river but who are thwarted by a large deadly bullshark hunting in the waters.
Scheduled to shoot in September, the cast is yet announced.
The film is a Bronte Pictures production,...
- 5/22/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
It’s been a little over seven years since Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead was unleashed onto the world, and now co-writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner is back with a follow-up, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, that expands on all the zombie-fueled (quite literally in this case) madness from the first movie, and delivers up even more carnage and chaos in the sequel as well. For Apocalypse, Roache-Turner reteamed with three of the co-stars from Road of the Dead—Bianca Bradey, Luke McKenzie and Jay Gallagher—and explores the post-apocalyptic world where zombies still pose a huge threat to humanity, but also can be helpful all the same.
But does the usefulness of the zombies come with a hefty price tag attached? There’s only one way to find out—check out Wyrmwood: Apocalypse for yourself once it arrives on digital platforms this Thursday, April 14th, courtesy of XYZ Films.
Recently, Daily Dead had...
But does the usefulness of the zombies come with a hefty price tag attached? There’s only one way to find out—check out Wyrmwood: Apocalypse for yourself once it arrives on digital platforms this Thursday, April 14th, courtesy of XYZ Films.
Recently, Daily Dead had...
- 4/13/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Zombie Action-Horror Wyrmwood: Apocalypse has released new BTS photos and gory character posters ahead of the April 14 VOD release from XYZ Films.
Rhys lives in the zombie-infested wasteland. His job is to capture civilians and deliver them to what’s left of the military. When Rhys captures a half-zombie-half-human named Grace, he comes to believe she is the key to ending the apocalypse.
Check out the trailer.
The latest feature from Australian filmmaking brother duo Kiah Roache-Turner and Tristan Roache-Turner, whose previous collaborations include their breakout feature debut Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead, which premiered at the 2014 Fantastic Fest and put them on the map internationally for their creative use of low-budget gore and highly effective horrific story, and the 2018 TIFF Midnight Madness premiere Nekrotronic. The two share co-writing credits while Kiah handles direction with energetic ease and Tristan produces.
With a mix of new and familiar faces from...
Rhys lives in the zombie-infested wasteland. His job is to capture civilians and deliver them to what’s left of the military. When Rhys captures a half-zombie-half-human named Grace, he comes to believe she is the key to ending the apocalypse.
Check out the trailer.
The latest feature from Australian filmmaking brother duo Kiah Roache-Turner and Tristan Roache-Turner, whose previous collaborations include their breakout feature debut Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead, which premiered at the 2014 Fantastic Fest and put them on the map internationally for their creative use of low-budget gore and highly effective horrific story, and the 2018 TIFF Midnight Madness premiere Nekrotronic. The two share co-writing credits while Kiah handles direction with energetic ease and Tristan produces.
With a mix of new and familiar faces from...
- 4/5/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Alright horror fans, the new new trailer has dropped for XYZ Films’ Wyrmwood: Apocalypse.
Rhys lives in the zombie-infested wasteland. His job is to capture civilians and deliver them to what’s left of the military. When Rhys captures a half-zombie-half-human named Grace, he comes to believe she is the key to ending the apocalypse.
The latest feature from Australian filmmaking brother duo Kiah Roache-Turner and Tristan Roache-Turner, whose previous collaborations include their breakout feature debut Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead, which premiered at the 2014 Fantastic Fest and put them on the map internationally for their creative use of low-budget gore and highly effective horrific story, and the 2018 TIFF Midnight Madness premiere Nekrotronic. The two share co-writing credits while Kiah handles direction with energetic ease and Tristan produces.
With a mix of new and familiar faces from the creative worlds of the Roache-Turner brothers , Wyrmwood: Apocalypse stars Luke McKenzie,...
Rhys lives in the zombie-infested wasteland. His job is to capture civilians and deliver them to what’s left of the military. When Rhys captures a half-zombie-half-human named Grace, he comes to believe she is the key to ending the apocalypse.
The latest feature from Australian filmmaking brother duo Kiah Roache-Turner and Tristan Roache-Turner, whose previous collaborations include their breakout feature debut Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead, which premiered at the 2014 Fantastic Fest and put them on the map internationally for their creative use of low-budget gore and highly effective horrific story, and the 2018 TIFF Midnight Madness premiere Nekrotronic. The two share co-writing credits while Kiah handles direction with energetic ease and Tristan produces.
With a mix of new and familiar faces from the creative worlds of the Roache-Turner brothers , Wyrmwood: Apocalypse stars Luke McKenzie,...
- 3/25/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Watch the Trailer for Wyrmwood: Apocalypse: "The latest feature from Australian filmmaking brother duo Kiah Roache-Turner and Tristan Roache-Turner, whose previous collaborations include their breakout feature debut Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead, which premiered at the 2014 Fantastic Fest and put them on the map internationally for their creative use of low-budget gore and highly effective horrific story, and the 2018 TIFF Midnight Madness premiere Nekrotronic. The two share co-writing credits while Kiah handles direction with energetic ease and Tristan produces.
With a mix of new and familiar faces from the creative worlds of the Roache-Turner brothers , Wyrmwood: Apocalypse stars Luke McKenzie, Bianca Bradey (Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead), Shantae Barnes-Cowan (Total Control), Tasia Zalar (Mystery Road), Jay Gallagher, and Nicholas Boshier (Soul Mates).
Blake Northfield (Streamline) produced alongside Tristan Roache-Turner, and Todd Brown and Maxime Cottray executive produced for XYZ Films.
Synopsis: Rhys lives in the zombie-infested wasteland. His job...
With a mix of new and familiar faces from the creative worlds of the Roache-Turner brothers , Wyrmwood: Apocalypse stars Luke McKenzie, Bianca Bradey (Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead), Shantae Barnes-Cowan (Total Control), Tasia Zalar (Mystery Road), Jay Gallagher, and Nicholas Boshier (Soul Mates).
Blake Northfield (Streamline) produced alongside Tristan Roache-Turner, and Todd Brown and Maxime Cottray executive produced for XYZ Films.
Synopsis: Rhys lives in the zombie-infested wasteland. His job...
- 3/25/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
In the Roache-Turner brothers’ Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, soldier Rhys (Luke McKenzie) lives in a zombie-infested Australian wasteland.
Rhys is on an arc of redemption as he turns against his evil bosses and joins forces with a group of rebel survivors to help rescue a girl who holds the cure to the virus.
Also starring are Shantae Barnes Cowan as Maxi, Jake Ryan as the Colonel, Bianca Bradey as Brooke, Tasia Zalar as Grace, Jay Gallagher as Barry and Nick Boshier as the Surgeon General.
Written by Kiah and Tristian Roache-Turner, and directed by Kiah, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse is a sequel to their 2015 cult hit Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
Blake Northfield and Tristan Roache-Turner produce for Bronte Pictures and Guerilla Films respectively. Screen Australia and Screen Nsw financially supported the production.
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse will be in cinemas February 10 via Studiocanal.
The post ‘Wyrmwood: Apocalypse’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
Rhys is on an arc of redemption as he turns against his evil bosses and joins forces with a group of rebel survivors to help rescue a girl who holds the cure to the virus.
Also starring are Shantae Barnes Cowan as Maxi, Jake Ryan as the Colonel, Bianca Bradey as Brooke, Tasia Zalar as Grace, Jay Gallagher as Barry and Nick Boshier as the Surgeon General.
Written by Kiah and Tristian Roache-Turner, and directed by Kiah, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse is a sequel to their 2015 cult hit Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
Blake Northfield and Tristan Roache-Turner produce for Bronte Pictures and Guerilla Films respectively. Screen Australia and Screen Nsw financially supported the production.
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse will be in cinemas February 10 via Studiocanal.
The post ‘Wyrmwood: Apocalypse’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
- 11/25/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The Advent Calendar Trailer: "Shudder, AMC Networks’ streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural will premiere writer/director Patrick Ridremont’s ornate and elegant French horror fantasy The Advent Calendar exclusively on Thursday, December 9th. Combining Faustian themes and allusions with European folklore and tense, chilling terror, the Shudder Original film provides some highly original holiday season horror.
Eva, an ex-dancer, is now using a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life. Some of them are good, but most of them are bad, really bad. Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again – even if it causes death and destruction to everyone she holds dear around her.
The Advent Calendar world premiered earlier this year at London’s Frightfest...
Eva, an ex-dancer, is now using a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life. Some of them are good, but most of them are bad, really bad. Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again – even if it causes death and destruction to everyone she holds dear around her.
The Advent Calendar world premiered earlier this year at London’s Frightfest...
- 11/4/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
There is more good news for the Roache-Turner brothers’ zombie action-thriller Wyrmwood: Apocalypse following its Australian premiere last week, with XYZ Films acquiring the global distribution rights and planning a US release of the film.
Written by Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner, and directed by Kiah, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse is a sequel to their 2015 cult hit Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
The film follows special-forces soldier Rhys, played by lead actor Luke Mckenzie, who teams up with a group of super-powered survivors to save a young woman from death by military experimentation. The cast also includes Nick Boshier, Jake Ryan, Bianca Bradey, Tasia Zalar, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, and Jay Gallagher.
Producing are Bronte Pictures, Guerilla Films, Tristan Roache-Turner, and Blake Northfield.
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse will be one of XYZ’s first releases since launching its North American distribution division.
US distribution EVP James Emanuel Shapiro is set to work closely with XYZ president of...
Written by Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner, and directed by Kiah, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse is a sequel to their 2015 cult hit Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
The film follows special-forces soldier Rhys, played by lead actor Luke Mckenzie, who teams up with a group of super-powered survivors to save a young woman from death by military experimentation. The cast also includes Nick Boshier, Jake Ryan, Bianca Bradey, Tasia Zalar, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, and Jay Gallagher.
Producing are Bronte Pictures, Guerilla Films, Tristan Roache-Turner, and Blake Northfield.
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse will be one of XYZ’s first releases since launching its North American distribution division.
US distribution EVP James Emanuel Shapiro is set to work closely with XYZ president of...
- 11/3/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: XYZ Films is launching international sales rights (minus Australia) at the virtual AFM on zombie action thriller Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, which the company will also release in the U.S. next year via its new domestic distribution division.
The film, which recently played at the Sitges, Sydney and Brisbane film festivals, is a sequel to 2014 Australian horror film Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead and is directed by Kiah Roache-Turner.
Pic follows a soldier in a zombie-infested Australian wasteland who has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors for the Surgeon General in hopes of finding a cure. Cast includes Luke McKenzie (Wentworth), Goran D. Kleut (Alien: Covenant), Bianca Bradey and Shantae Barnes-Cowan.
Script comes from Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner, and the film was produced by Bronte Pictures, Guerilla Films, Tristan Roache-Turner and Blake Northfield.
The rights deal was negotiated by XYZ’s Vice President, Finance & Production Maxime Cottray and...
The film, which recently played at the Sitges, Sydney and Brisbane film festivals, is a sequel to 2014 Australian horror film Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead and is directed by Kiah Roache-Turner.
Pic follows a soldier in a zombie-infested Australian wasteland who has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors for the Surgeon General in hopes of finding a cure. Cast includes Luke McKenzie (Wentworth), Goran D. Kleut (Alien: Covenant), Bianca Bradey and Shantae Barnes-Cowan.
Script comes from Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner, and the film was produced by Bronte Pictures, Guerilla Films, Tristan Roache-Turner and Blake Northfield.
The rights deal was negotiated by XYZ’s Vice President, Finance & Production Maxime Cottray and...
- 11/3/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The Roache-Turner brothers’ Wyrmwood: Apocalypse has joined the line-up for Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.
Other Aussie films on the genre festival’s program include shorts Evie, to screen in special session shorts, and Nest, which will play the Noves Visions strand.
Written by Kiah and Tristian Roache-Turner, and directed by Kiah, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse is a sequel to their 2015 cult hit Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, which also played Sitges after premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The film, invited to play in the Midnight X-Treme section, follows special-forces soldier Rhys, played by Luke Mckenzie (who starred in the first film), who teams up with a group of super-powered survivors to save a young woman from death by military experimentation. Starring alongside are Jake Ryan, Bianca Bradey, Tasia Zalar, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Jay Gallagher and Nick Boshier.
Blake Northfield and Tristan Roache-Turner produce for Bronte Pictures and Guerilla Films respectively.
Other Aussie films on the genre festival’s program include shorts Evie, to screen in special session shorts, and Nest, which will play the Noves Visions strand.
Written by Kiah and Tristian Roache-Turner, and directed by Kiah, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse is a sequel to their 2015 cult hit Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, which also played Sitges after premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The film, invited to play in the Midnight X-Treme section, follows special-forces soldier Rhys, played by Luke Mckenzie (who starred in the first film), who teams up with a group of super-powered survivors to save a young woman from death by military experimentation. Starring alongside are Jake Ryan, Bianca Bradey, Tasia Zalar, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Jay Gallagher and Nick Boshier.
Blake Northfield and Tristan Roache-Turner produce for Bronte Pictures and Guerilla Films respectively.
- 9/8/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
With Greater Sydney facing another two weeks in lockdown, the growing Covid-19 threat has led to mixed reactions regarding productions in the state as movements become more constricted.
More than 900 people have been infected in Nsw since the Bondi cluster was discovered last month.
The outbreak has led Victoria – which is due to begin a snap five-day lockdown of its own from midnight on Thursday – to close its border with Nsw and Act as of this week, with Queensland also extended border restrictions to all of Greater Sydney, including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong, and Shellharbour.
Meanwhile, Western Australia has reinstated border restrictions with Queensland and Nsw, while South Australia has closed its border with Nsw, the Act, and some parts of Queensland. Tasmania remains closed to people from greater Sydney.
The rise of the Delta strain is another blow to productions that have already had to navigate the unpredictable nature of the pandemic.
More than 900 people have been infected in Nsw since the Bondi cluster was discovered last month.
The outbreak has led Victoria – which is due to begin a snap five-day lockdown of its own from midnight on Thursday – to close its border with Nsw and Act as of this week, with Queensland also extended border restrictions to all of Greater Sydney, including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong, and Shellharbour.
Meanwhile, Western Australia has reinstated border restrictions with Queensland and Nsw, while South Australia has closed its border with Nsw, the Act, and some parts of Queensland. Tasmania remains closed to people from greater Sydney.
The rise of the Delta strain is another blow to productions that have already had to navigate the unpredictable nature of the pandemic.
- 7/15/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
In writer-director Tyson Wade Johnson’s debut feature Streamline, a prodigious 15-year-old swimmer with the world at his feet (Levi Miller) self-destructs after his father (Jason Isaacs) is released from prison. Inside of the pool he lives a life of rigorous perfectionism and outside of it, his existence is lonely and hollow.
Starring alongside are Laura Gordon, Jake Ryan, Tasia Zalar, Sam Parsonson, Hunter Page-Lochard and Joey Vieira. There is also a small cameo role from Ian Thorpe, one of the film’s executive producers.
Streamline is a Bronte Pictures production, produced by Blake Northfield, Nathan Walker and Jay Douglas, made with with assistance from Screen Queensland, Screen Australia and Pantalon Pictures.
The film will premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival followed by CinefestOz, ahead of a national theatrical release September 2 via Umbrella Entertainment.
The post ‘Streamline’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
Starring alongside are Laura Gordon, Jake Ryan, Tasia Zalar, Sam Parsonson, Hunter Page-Lochard and Joey Vieira. There is also a small cameo role from Ian Thorpe, one of the film’s executive producers.
Streamline is a Bronte Pictures production, produced by Blake Northfield, Nathan Walker and Jay Douglas, made with with assistance from Screen Queensland, Screen Australia and Pantalon Pictures.
The film will premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival followed by CinefestOz, ahead of a national theatrical release September 2 via Umbrella Entertainment.
The post ‘Streamline’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
- 7/13/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Gary Hamilton among executive producers.
Arclight Films has acquired worldwide sales rights to the completed post-apocalyptic zombie thriller Wyrmwood: Apocalypse from Bronte Picture and Guerilla Films and launches talks today (June 21) at the virtual Cannes market.
Jake Ryan from The Great Gatsby, Luke McKenzie from BBC Films’ Perfect Sense, Bianca Bradey from The Osiris Child, and Jay Gallagher from Nekrotronic star in the sequel to 2014 Fantastic Fest selection and 2015 Trieste Science+Fiction Festival award winner Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead.
The sequel picks up the action in a zombie-infested Australian wasteland where soldier Rhys has dedicated his life to tracking...
Arclight Films has acquired worldwide sales rights to the completed post-apocalyptic zombie thriller Wyrmwood: Apocalypse from Bronte Picture and Guerilla Films and launches talks today (June 21) at the virtual Cannes market.
Jake Ryan from The Great Gatsby, Luke McKenzie from BBC Films’ Perfect Sense, Bianca Bradey from The Osiris Child, and Jay Gallagher from Nekrotronic star in the sequel to 2014 Fantastic Fest selection and 2015 Trieste Science+Fiction Festival award winner Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead.
The sequel picks up the action in a zombie-infested Australian wasteland where soldier Rhys has dedicated his life to tracking...
- 6/21/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Storm Ashwood’s war thriller Escape and Evasion will be released on Netflix next month after the streamer negotiated a deal with production company Bronte Pictures.
The film follows a lone soldier (Josh McConville) who returns home in search of solace after his men are killed on a mission in Myanmar. Hiding a dark secret and confronted by an unrelenting journalist (Bonnie Sveen), he’s forced to face the ghosts of his past one last time.
The cast also includes Hugh Sheridan, Rena Owen, Steve Le Marquand and Firass Dirani.
Escape and Evasion was released theatrically last year via The Backlot Films after its world premiere at the 2019 Gold Coast Film Festival.
Despite being released just prior to the onset of Covid-19 and the subsequent closure of cinemas, the film still managed to garner acclaim, with Josh McConville winning Best Actor at the 2020 Veteran Film Awards, and Escape and Evasion...
The film follows a lone soldier (Josh McConville) who returns home in search of solace after his men are killed on a mission in Myanmar. Hiding a dark secret and confronted by an unrelenting journalist (Bonnie Sveen), he’s forced to face the ghosts of his past one last time.
The cast also includes Hugh Sheridan, Rena Owen, Steve Le Marquand and Firass Dirani.
Escape and Evasion was released theatrically last year via The Backlot Films after its world premiere at the 2019 Gold Coast Film Festival.
Despite being released just prior to the onset of Covid-19 and the subsequent closure of cinemas, the film still managed to garner acclaim, with Josh McConville winning Best Actor at the 2020 Veteran Film Awards, and Escape and Evasion...
- 3/28/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
A large property outside Dural in north-west Sydney has been transformed into a post-apocalyptic world to accommodate the latest installment of the Roache-Turner brothers’ Wyrmwood franchise.
Now in its third week of production, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse follows special-forces soldier Rhys, played by lead actor Luke Mckenzie (reprising his role from the first film), who teams up with a group of super-powered survivors to save a young woman from death by military experimentation.
The horror, a sequel to Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, will also feature Nick Boshier, Jake Ryan, Bianca Bradey, Tasia Zalar, Shantae Barnes Cowan, and Jay Gallagher.
Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner wrote the script, with the former also directing. Bronte Pictures are co-producing with the brothers’ Guerilla Films.
Bronte Pictures CEO Blake Northfield told If his association with Kiah and Tristian started outside of the film industry.
“Kiah and I both used to work at (swimwear company) Aussiebum over a decade ago,...
Now in its third week of production, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse follows special-forces soldier Rhys, played by lead actor Luke Mckenzie (reprising his role from the first film), who teams up with a group of super-powered survivors to save a young woman from death by military experimentation.
The horror, a sequel to Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, will also feature Nick Boshier, Jake Ryan, Bianca Bradey, Tasia Zalar, Shantae Barnes Cowan, and Jay Gallagher.
Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner wrote the script, with the former also directing. Bronte Pictures are co-producing with the brothers’ Guerilla Films.
Bronte Pictures CEO Blake Northfield told If his association with Kiah and Tristian started outside of the film industry.
“Kiah and I both used to work at (swimwear company) Aussiebum over a decade ago,...
- 2/9/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Hugh Sheridan and Blake Northfield.
Back to the Rafters and Five Bedrooms star Hugh Sheridan plans to make his feature writing and directing debut on The Dance, a coming-of-age drama which follows a teenager who fulfills his dream of joining the Australian Ballet School.
Produced by Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield, the film will explore love, death, sexuality, drugs and loneliness set in the highly competitive world of theatre.
As a graduate of Nida, Vca and the Australian Ballet School, Sheridan says he could have set the story within any of these schools. He chose the Ballet School because he believes dancers are the most underrated athletes and artists in Australia.
“Writing The Dance has been an extremely cathartic experience for me and it was ultimately Covid lockdown that allowed me the time to pen a story that I’d had in me for many years,” says the actor/musician whose credits include House Husbands,...
Back to the Rafters and Five Bedrooms star Hugh Sheridan plans to make his feature writing and directing debut on The Dance, a coming-of-age drama which follows a teenager who fulfills his dream of joining the Australian Ballet School.
Produced by Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield, the film will explore love, death, sexuality, drugs and loneliness set in the highly competitive world of theatre.
As a graduate of Nida, Vca and the Australian Ballet School, Sheridan says he could have set the story within any of these schools. He chose the Ballet School because he believes dancers are the most underrated athletes and artists in Australia.
“Writing The Dance has been an extremely cathartic experience for me and it was ultimately Covid lockdown that allowed me the time to pen a story that I’d had in me for many years,” says the actor/musician whose credits include House Husbands,...
- 9/15/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Nakkiah Lui, Sarah Kern and Tai Hara.
Screen Australia today announced $2.7 million of production funding, going towards two features, one TV drama, one children’s drama and five online projects.
The slate includes the Roache-Turner brothers’ Wyrmwood Apocalypse, sequel to 2014’s Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead; writer/director Sara Kern’s debut feature Vesna; Nakkiah Lui and Gabe Dowrick’s ABC comedy Preppers; and a second season of Komixx Entertainment’s Itch.
Screen Australia head of content Sally Caplan said: “This slate of projects is testament to the breadth of Australian storytellers and what they’re capable of creating when supported. We are committed to elevating the careers of emerging talent and it’s exciting to see the likes of Sara Kern making her feature film debut, Nakkiah Lui creating her first longer form TV series and actor Tai Hara moving into directing with online series Colour Blind.”
“I’m...
Screen Australia today announced $2.7 million of production funding, going towards two features, one TV drama, one children’s drama and five online projects.
The slate includes the Roache-Turner brothers’ Wyrmwood Apocalypse, sequel to 2014’s Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead; writer/director Sara Kern’s debut feature Vesna; Nakkiah Lui and Gabe Dowrick’s ABC comedy Preppers; and a second season of Komixx Entertainment’s Itch.
Screen Australia head of content Sally Caplan said: “This slate of projects is testament to the breadth of Australian storytellers and what they’re capable of creating when supported. We are committed to elevating the careers of emerging talent and it’s exciting to see the likes of Sara Kern making her feature film debut, Nakkiah Lui creating her first longer form TV series and actor Tai Hara moving into directing with online series Colour Blind.”
“I’m...
- 8/26/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Around the World.’
Global streaming platform Red Bull TV has bought Around the World, a documentary which follows the journeys of 10 freestyle footballers from different cultures and backgrounds to the Freestyle Football World Cup – the sport’s biggest prize.
The producer, Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield, negotiated the deal with the streamer’s parent company, Austrian-based Red Bull Media House.
Home to sports, music, and lifestyle/culture programming, Red Bull TV is available for free on Apple TV and on connected TVs, smartphones, tablets and on its website.
Its YouTube channel has 9.2 million subscribers. Northfield, who has kept the Australian/New Zealand rights, intends to launch a boutique international sales arm of Bronte Pictures.
Directed and shot by Frenchmen Tom Chevé, David Amouzegh and Clement Reubrecht as both a feature doc and six-part series, Around the World was filmed in nine countries, including competitors from a village in Kenya, Tokyo, Chile and the Us.
Global streaming platform Red Bull TV has bought Around the World, a documentary which follows the journeys of 10 freestyle footballers from different cultures and backgrounds to the Freestyle Football World Cup – the sport’s biggest prize.
The producer, Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield, negotiated the deal with the streamer’s parent company, Austrian-based Red Bull Media House.
Home to sports, music, and lifestyle/culture programming, Red Bull TV is available for free on Apple TV and on connected TVs, smartphones, tablets and on its website.
Its YouTube channel has 9.2 million subscribers. Northfield, who has kept the Australian/New Zealand rights, intends to launch a boutique international sales arm of Bronte Pictures.
Directed and shot by Frenchmen Tom Chevé, David Amouzegh and Clement Reubrecht as both a feature doc and six-part series, Around the World was filmed in nine countries, including competitors from a village in Kenya, Tokyo, Chile and the Us.
- 4/5/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavy and growing toll on the screen industry, resulting in the postponement of numerous TV shows including the Seven Network’s Holey Moley and widespread job losses.
Many offices have closed so staff are working remotely and series that are still shooting have closed sets and reduced the number of extras.
Filming of Fremantle/10’s Neighbours stopped today and will resume on Monday to give the creative team time to withstand any impact from Covid-19 by such means as using smaller crews and having less crossover between location and studio crews.
“The impact and devastation to the screen industry will be extreme, there is no doubt about it,” Fremantle CEO Chris Oliver-Taylor told If today.
“Health comes first, then current productions and third the forward slate. Development continues and we are talking to networks internationally and locally about the forward slate.”
Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield,...
Many offices have closed so staff are working remotely and series that are still shooting have closed sets and reduced the number of extras.
Filming of Fremantle/10’s Neighbours stopped today and will resume on Monday to give the creative team time to withstand any impact from Covid-19 by such means as using smaller crews and having less crossover between location and studio crews.
“The impact and devastation to the screen industry will be extreme, there is no doubt about it,” Fremantle CEO Chris Oliver-Taylor told If today.
“Health comes first, then current productions and third the forward slate. Development continues and we are talking to networks internationally and locally about the forward slate.”
Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield,...
- 3/18/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Escape and Evasion.’
It’s an all too familiar story: Australian films open in a handful of cinemas with minimal marketing and publicity and audiences don’t go because they don’t know where or when these films are playing.
The latest examples are Storm Ashwood’s war thriller Escape and Evasion and Miranda Nation’s debut feature, relationships drama Undertow, which both launched last weekend.
Produced by Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield, Escape and Evasion stars Josh McConville as Seth, the sole survivor of a mission gone wrong. Bonnie Sveen is Rebecca, whose brother Josh (Hugh Sheridan) was one of the casualties.
Rebecca confronts Seth, who reports her to his Major (Rena Owen). Firass Dirani plays Welshy, one of four soldiers on the mission, with Steve Le Marquand as Carl, an ex-soldier who lives in Myanmar.
The Backlot launched the film, which had its world premiere at the Gold Coast Film Festival last year,...
It’s an all too familiar story: Australian films open in a handful of cinemas with minimal marketing and publicity and audiences don’t go because they don’t know where or when these films are playing.
The latest examples are Storm Ashwood’s war thriller Escape and Evasion and Miranda Nation’s debut feature, relationships drama Undertow, which both launched last weekend.
Produced by Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield, Escape and Evasion stars Josh McConville as Seth, the sole survivor of a mission gone wrong. Bonnie Sveen is Rebecca, whose brother Josh (Hugh Sheridan) was one of the casualties.
Rebecca confronts Seth, who reports her to his Major (Rena Owen). Firass Dirani plays Welshy, one of four soldiers on the mission, with Steve Le Marquand as Carl, an ex-soldier who lives in Myanmar.
The Backlot launched the film, which had its world premiere at the Gold Coast Film Festival last year,...
- 3/9/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Blake Northfield and Heath Davis.
Writer-director Heath Davis and Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield are teaming up for Blood Red Sky, a feature inspired by the Australian bushfire crisis.
The pair intends to donate 25 per cent of the film’s profits to the rural fire services in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland.
Due to shoot in Nsw and Queensland late this year, the narrative will follow a motley crew of volunteer firefighters and courageous locals who must overcome their personal and political differences when a bushfire threatens their picturesque country town.
Northfield aims to raise the budget from government agencies and international partners. Greg Apps will come on board as casting director. “We have very high expectations on cast,” says the producer, whose credits include Storm Ashwood’s thrillers The School and Escape and Evasion.
Rejecting any suggestion that the public has witnessed more than enough devastation either in person or on television,...
Writer-director Heath Davis and Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield are teaming up for Blood Red Sky, a feature inspired by the Australian bushfire crisis.
The pair intends to donate 25 per cent of the film’s profits to the rural fire services in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland.
Due to shoot in Nsw and Queensland late this year, the narrative will follow a motley crew of volunteer firefighters and courageous locals who must overcome their personal and political differences when a bushfire threatens their picturesque country town.
Northfield aims to raise the budget from government agencies and international partners. Greg Apps will come on board as casting director. “We have very high expectations on cast,” says the producer, whose credits include Storm Ashwood’s thrillers The School and Escape and Evasion.
Rejecting any suggestion that the public has witnessed more than enough devastation either in person or on television,...
- 1/16/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘H is for Happiness.’
For producer, director, writer and distributor Robert Connolly, the clear challenge for Australian filmmakers is to create cinema works that speak to the issues the world is facing.
For writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner and his producer brother Tristan Roache-Turner, the solution to the declining indie market lies partly in developing multiple projects with various producers.
Coupled with that is the brothers’ willingness to spend hundreds of hours working with distributors to sell each film and push for more screens.
Producer Julie Ryan laments the increasing trend by some government agencies to encourage producers to pitch feature projects to streaming services rather than via the traditional sales agent/distributor model.
“I am not against having my film released on a streaming service but there isn’t any incentive for them to invest upfront and replace the market funds that were traditionally covered by the sales agent advance and Australia-New Zealand distribution guarantee,...
For producer, director, writer and distributor Robert Connolly, the clear challenge for Australian filmmakers is to create cinema works that speak to the issues the world is facing.
For writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner and his producer brother Tristan Roache-Turner, the solution to the declining indie market lies partly in developing multiple projects with various producers.
Coupled with that is the brothers’ willingness to spend hundreds of hours working with distributors to sell each film and push for more screens.
Producer Julie Ryan laments the increasing trend by some government agencies to encourage producers to pitch feature projects to streaming services rather than via the traditional sales agent/distributor model.
“I am not against having my film released on a streaming service but there isn’t any incentive for them to invest upfront and replace the market funds that were traditionally covered by the sales agent advance and Australia-New Zealand distribution guarantee,...
- 1/15/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Macario De Souza, the writer/director behind ‘6 Festivals’.
Screen Australia has announced production funding for three feature films and one online project, to a total of $1.4 million.
The slate includes supernatural drama You Won’t Be Alone from writer/director Goran Stolevski and producers Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings of Causeway Films; and 6 Festivals, a drama centred on a group of friends who commit to a bucket list of music festivals over one summer from writer/director Macario De Souza.
Also receiving funding are writer/director Tyson Johnston’s Streamline, about a prospective teen Olympic swimmer to played by Levi Miller; and Moments of Clarity, an online animated comedy about the existential truths of ordinary life from writer/director Tim Logan.
In addition to the above slate, completion funding was supplied to See Picture’s comedy feature June Again. Written and directed by JJ Winlove and produced by Jamie Hilton,...
Screen Australia has announced production funding for three feature films and one online project, to a total of $1.4 million.
The slate includes supernatural drama You Won’t Be Alone from writer/director Goran Stolevski and producers Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings of Causeway Films; and 6 Festivals, a drama centred on a group of friends who commit to a bucket list of music festivals over one summer from writer/director Macario De Souza.
Also receiving funding are writer/director Tyson Johnston’s Streamline, about a prospective teen Olympic swimmer to played by Levi Miller; and Moments of Clarity, an online animated comedy about the existential truths of ordinary life from writer/director Tim Logan.
In addition to the above slate, completion funding was supplied to See Picture’s comedy feature June Again. Written and directed by JJ Winlove and produced by Jamie Hilton,...
- 10/15/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Australian Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe said to be circling project as swim consultant.
Levi Miller, who starred in Pan opposite Hugh Jackman, will play the lead in and Jason Isaacs is in negotiations to join the Australian swim drama Streamline, which Arclight Films represents for worldwide sales.
The story centres on a 15-year-old swimming prodigy known simply as “Boy” who self-destructs after his father is released from jail. Isaacs would play the father.
Five-time Australian Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe is also said to be circling the project as a swim consultant and mentor for the production.
Commercials and...
Levi Miller, who starred in Pan opposite Hugh Jackman, will play the lead in and Jason Isaacs is in negotiations to join the Australian swim drama Streamline, which Arclight Films represents for worldwide sales.
The story centres on a 15-year-old swimming prodigy known simply as “Boy” who self-destructs after his father is released from jail. Isaacs would play the father.
Five-time Australian Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe is also said to be circling the project as a swim consultant and mentor for the production.
Commercials and...
- 8/13/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
‘Nekrotronic.’
Kiah Roache-Turner’s Nekrotronic opened in the Us last weekend as a multi-platform release.
Momentum Pictures launched the sci-fi horror comedy starring Monica Bellucci, Ben O’Toole, David Wenham, Caroline Ford, Tess Haubrich and Bob Epine Savea in cinemas in 10 cities and on VOD and digital HD.
The eOne-owned distributor did not share box office figures, which are typically modest for day-and-date releases. The benefit of the theatrical exposure is that the reviews and publicity give the film a profile which pays off in ancillary revenues.
The director trimmed five minutes of exposition scenes after the world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, resulting in more favourable reviews, particularly from genre websites.
For example, We Are Movie Geek’s Marc Butterfield hailed the film as “hilarious, fun, action packed, and full of gross, splashy, gooey moments; in other words, fantastic.”
Butterfield observed: “The movie has a nice amalgamation of story elements from Ghostbusters,...
Kiah Roache-Turner’s Nekrotronic opened in the Us last weekend as a multi-platform release.
Momentum Pictures launched the sci-fi horror comedy starring Monica Bellucci, Ben O’Toole, David Wenham, Caroline Ford, Tess Haubrich and Bob Epine Savea in cinemas in 10 cities and on VOD and digital HD.
The eOne-owned distributor did not share box office figures, which are typically modest for day-and-date releases. The benefit of the theatrical exposure is that the reviews and publicity give the film a profile which pays off in ancillary revenues.
The director trimmed five minutes of exposition scenes after the world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, resulting in more favourable reviews, particularly from genre websites.
For example, We Are Movie Geek’s Marc Butterfield hailed the film as “hilarious, fun, action packed, and full of gross, splashy, gooey moments; in other words, fantastic.”
Butterfield observed: “The movie has a nice amalgamation of story elements from Ghostbusters,...
- 8/13/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
George Pullar.
George Pullar and newcomer Ashlyn Louden-Gamble have won the lead roles in Moon Rock for Monday, a coming-of-age road movie from first-time writer-director Kurt Martin.
Pullar, whose star is on the rise after roles in Fighting Season, Playing for Keeps and A Place to Call Home, will play homeless teenager Tyler.
Tyler is on the run from the cops when he meets Monday (Louden-Gamble), a terminally ill 11-year-old, at a train station. Forming an unlikely bond, they embark on a road trip across the country in search of a moon rock which Monday believes will heal her. The pair is pursued by the police who believe Tyler has kidnapped the girl.
Jim Robison, who formed Lunar Pictures after an affable split from Blake Northfield’s Bronte Pictures, will produce. Shooting is due to start in Sydney and Coober Pedy on August 26, funded by private investors and the Producer Offset.
George Pullar and newcomer Ashlyn Louden-Gamble have won the lead roles in Moon Rock for Monday, a coming-of-age road movie from first-time writer-director Kurt Martin.
Pullar, whose star is on the rise after roles in Fighting Season, Playing for Keeps and A Place to Call Home, will play homeless teenager Tyler.
Tyler is on the run from the cops when he meets Monday (Louden-Gamble), a terminally ill 11-year-old, at a train station. Forming an unlikely bond, they embark on a road trip across the country in search of a moon rock which Monday believes will heal her. The pair is pursued by the police who believe Tyler has kidnapped the girl.
Jim Robison, who formed Lunar Pictures after an affable split from Blake Northfield’s Bronte Pictures, will produce. Shooting is due to start in Sydney and Coober Pedy on August 26, funded by private investors and the Producer Offset.
- 8/12/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Levi Miller.
After playing kids in Red Dog: True Blue, A Wrinkle in Time, Jasper Jones and Pan, Levi Miller is set to take on his most mature role in writer-director Tyson Johnston’s debut feature Streamline.
Miller will play a 15-year-old swimming prodigy who self-destructs after his long absent father is released from jail.
Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield and Nathan Walker will produce the drama which is intended to go into production in Queensland in late 2019.
The movie is a deeply personal project for the La-based filmmaker, who grew up as a competitive swimmer and is drawing on memories from those times.
“It’s a movie about my own experiences growing up inside of a broken family without a father around,” he tells If.
“It’s about the pains my mum and my brothers and I all lived with at certain stages in our lives and the silly things...
After playing kids in Red Dog: True Blue, A Wrinkle in Time, Jasper Jones and Pan, Levi Miller is set to take on his most mature role in writer-director Tyson Johnston’s debut feature Streamline.
Miller will play a 15-year-old swimming prodigy who self-destructs after his long absent father is released from jail.
Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield and Nathan Walker will produce the drama which is intended to go into production in Queensland in late 2019.
The movie is a deeply personal project for the La-based filmmaker, who grew up as a competitive swimmer and is drawing on memories from those times.
“It’s a movie about my own experiences growing up inside of a broken family without a father around,” he tells If.
“It’s about the pains my mum and my brothers and I all lived with at certain stages in our lives and the silly things...
- 5/15/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Escape and Evasion’.
The Gold Coast Film Festival will open in early April with the Australian premiere of Damon Gameau’s 2040, and close with the world premiere of Storm Ashwood’s war film Escape and Evasion.
Good Thing Productions’ 2040 comes to the festival from its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it screened as part of the Kplus section of the Generation program. Gameau will walk the red carpet, and the screening will be followed by a Q&A.
Escape and Evasion, produced by Blake Northfield for Bronte Pictures, was filmed on the Gold Coast in the Currumbin Valley. It explores the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder on a lone surviving soldier.
The Gold Coast Film Festival will this year screen some 107 films over 12 days, with three world premieres and 10 Australian premieres.
Among the other world premieres are Caitlin Farrugia and Michael Jones’ comedy drama Maybe Tomorrow,...
The Gold Coast Film Festival will open in early April with the Australian premiere of Damon Gameau’s 2040, and close with the world premiere of Storm Ashwood’s war film Escape and Evasion.
Good Thing Productions’ 2040 comes to the festival from its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it screened as part of the Kplus section of the Generation program. Gameau will walk the red carpet, and the screening will be followed by a Q&A.
Escape and Evasion, produced by Blake Northfield for Bronte Pictures, was filmed on the Gold Coast in the Currumbin Valley. It explores the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder on a lone surviving soldier.
The Gold Coast Film Festival will this year screen some 107 films over 12 days, with three world premieres and 10 Australian premieres.
Among the other world premieres are Caitlin Farrugia and Michael Jones’ comedy drama Maybe Tomorrow,...
- 3/1/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Innuendo’
Producer-exhibitor Blake Northfield and filmmaker-actor Saara Lamberg had never met until they joined Cinegar Bar, the new independent filmmakers co-operative founded by Heath Davis.
It was a fortuitous meeting for both as Northfield agreed to screen Innuendo, the Finnish-Australian’s debut feature as a director, at his Byron Bay cinema Pighouse Flicks.
In the psychological thriller she plays Tuuli, a nude art class model who moves to Melbourne from Finland and endures a string of broken relationships. Andy Jans-Brown plays Lucky, whose friendship with Tuuli goes sour, with Andy Hazel as Thomas, a sensitive uni student and Brendan Bacon as charismatic chainsaw sculptor Ben.
It will premiere at Pighouse Flicks on March 15 with a Q&A session attended by Lamberg and Jans-Brown, and will play for at least a week.
Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, the film screened last year at Melbourne’s Cinema Nova, has been released on VOD and played on 9Gem.
Producer-exhibitor Blake Northfield and filmmaker-actor Saara Lamberg had never met until they joined Cinegar Bar, the new independent filmmakers co-operative founded by Heath Davis.
It was a fortuitous meeting for both as Northfield agreed to screen Innuendo, the Finnish-Australian’s debut feature as a director, at his Byron Bay cinema Pighouse Flicks.
In the psychological thriller she plays Tuuli, a nude art class model who moves to Melbourne from Finland and endures a string of broken relationships. Andy Jans-Brown plays Lucky, whose friendship with Tuuli goes sour, with Andy Hazel as Thomas, a sensitive uni student and Brendan Bacon as charismatic chainsaw sculptor Ben.
It will premiere at Pighouse Flicks on March 15 with a Q&A session attended by Lamberg and Jans-Brown, and will play for at least a week.
Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, the film screened last year at Melbourne’s Cinema Nova, has been released on VOD and played on 9Gem.
- 2/24/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Pj Hogan.
Pj Hogan has set his next film: The Calligrapher, a comedy adapted from the debut novel by British writer Edward Docx.
Hogan is co-writing the screenplay with Docx and will direct the film to be shot in London late this year as a UK-Australian co-production.
The producers are Cecilia Cordeiro of UK-based Mgr Films and Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield, whose credits include Storm Ashwood’s thriller Escape and Evasion and his debut feature The School.
Published in 2003, the novel is described as a modern tale of sexual mores and city life involving spurned lovers, seduction, revenge and surprising secrets.
The protagonist is Jasper Jackson, a calligrapher and incorrigible philanderer who elaborately orchestrates his seductions. He is transcribing, for a wealthy client, 30 of John Donne’s Songs and Sonnets when he spies an aloof beauty outside his window. For the first time he falls helplessly in love. Eventually he gets his comeuppance.
Pj Hogan has set his next film: The Calligrapher, a comedy adapted from the debut novel by British writer Edward Docx.
Hogan is co-writing the screenplay with Docx and will direct the film to be shot in London late this year as a UK-Australian co-production.
The producers are Cecilia Cordeiro of UK-based Mgr Films and Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield, whose credits include Storm Ashwood’s thriller Escape and Evasion and his debut feature The School.
Published in 2003, the novel is described as a modern tale of sexual mores and city life involving spurned lovers, seduction, revenge and surprising secrets.
The protagonist is Jasper Jackson, a calligrapher and incorrigible philanderer who elaborately orchestrates his seductions. He is transcribing, for a wealthy client, 30 of John Donne’s Songs and Sonnets when he spies an aloof beauty outside his window. For the first time he falls helplessly in love. Eventually he gets his comeuppance.
- 2/21/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘The Coming Back Out Ball Movie.’
The final two Australian films released theatrically this year, Storm Ashwood’s The School and Sue Thomson’s The Coming Back Out Ball Movie have two things in common with numerous other Oz titles.
The Backlot Films launched both films on a handful of screens with minimal marketing – but the producers see the modest grosses as only a small part of the overall picture, alongside qualifying for the Producer Offset, overseas sales and festival exposure. Moreover, The Coming Back Out Ball Movie is expected to have a reasonably long life outside commercial cinemas.
Ashwood’s debut feature, a supernatural thriller which stars Megan Drury, Nicholas Hope, Will MacDonald, Texas Watterston and Milly Alcock, had a multi-platform release in the Us in October via Vertical Entertainment. Cinema Management Group has sold the title to more than 20 markets including Germany, Korea and Japan.
“Internationally we’ve...
The final two Australian films released theatrically this year, Storm Ashwood’s The School and Sue Thomson’s The Coming Back Out Ball Movie have two things in common with numerous other Oz titles.
The Backlot Films launched both films on a handful of screens with minimal marketing – but the producers see the modest grosses as only a small part of the overall picture, alongside qualifying for the Producer Offset, overseas sales and festival exposure. Moreover, The Coming Back Out Ball Movie is expected to have a reasonably long life outside commercial cinemas.
Ashwood’s debut feature, a supernatural thriller which stars Megan Drury, Nicholas Hope, Will MacDonald, Texas Watterston and Milly Alcock, had a multi-platform release in the Us in October via Vertical Entertainment. Cinema Management Group has sold the title to more than 20 markets including Germany, Korea and Japan.
“Internationally we’ve...
- 12/17/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Stars: Blake Northfield, Kendal Rae, Lisa Chappell, Helmut Bakaitis, Jake Ryan, Goran D. Kleut, Anna Demidova, Jim Robison, Miyuki Lotz, Madison Haley, Fiona Press | Written by Dee McLachlan, Rena Owen | Directed by Dee McLachlan
Joining the long list of haunted house flicks is Australian offering Out of the Shadows from Dee McLachlan. The director’s last feature was 10Terrorists in 2012 (with a couple of episodes of Wentworth inbetween). Has this long gestation period allowed for a horror masterclass? Read on to find out!
Our plot revolves around Detective Eric Hughes (Blake Northfield) and his heavily pregnant wife Katrina (Kendal Rae) the couple find themselves taking residence in a former midwifery with a dark past whilst Eric attempts to unravel the truth behind a grisly murder. As spooky events transpire, we’re left to question whether Katrina mental state is beginning to unravel or if she is truly the victim of...
Joining the long list of haunted house flicks is Australian offering Out of the Shadows from Dee McLachlan. The director’s last feature was 10Terrorists in 2012 (with a couple of episodes of Wentworth inbetween). Has this long gestation period allowed for a horror masterclass? Read on to find out!
Our plot revolves around Detective Eric Hughes (Blake Northfield) and his heavily pregnant wife Katrina (Kendal Rae) the couple find themselves taking residence in a former midwifery with a dark past whilst Eric attempts to unravel the truth behind a grisly murder. As spooky events transpire, we’re left to question whether Katrina mental state is beginning to unravel or if she is truly the victim of...
- 12/7/2018
- by Chris Ellis
- Nerdly
‘Escape and Evasion.’
Bronte Pictures is set to produce four features next year after signing deals for two films and a feature documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Pascal Borno’s Conquistador Entertainment acquired worldwide rights to Storm Ashwood’s thriller Escape and Evasion, which follows a soldier who returns home in search of solace after his men are killed in Burma.
Instrum International agreed to handle global sales on Around the World, a documentary on freestyle football written and directed by David Amouzegh, Tom Cheve and Clement Reubrecht.
Vertical Entertainment collared North American rights to Ashwood’s debut feature The School, a supernatural horror/thriller which Bronte Pictures co-produced with Lunar Pictures’ Jim Robison.
The film starring Megan Drury as a surgeon whose son has fallen into a coma and who becomes trapped in an abandoned school where she is threatened by feral children, will open in Us...
Bronte Pictures is set to produce four features next year after signing deals for two films and a feature documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Pascal Borno’s Conquistador Entertainment acquired worldwide rights to Storm Ashwood’s thriller Escape and Evasion, which follows a soldier who returns home in search of solace after his men are killed in Burma.
Instrum International agreed to handle global sales on Around the World, a documentary on freestyle football written and directed by David Amouzegh, Tom Cheve and Clement Reubrecht.
Vertical Entertainment collared North American rights to Ashwood’s debut feature The School, a supernatural horror/thriller which Bronte Pictures co-produced with Lunar Pictures’ Jim Robison.
The film starring Megan Drury as a surgeon whose son has fallen into a coma and who becomes trapped in an abandoned school where she is threatened by feral children, will open in Us...
- 9/17/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Sales team handles worldwide rights.
Conquistador Entertainment is in Toronto talking up two news titles on its sales roster to worldwide buyers – Escape And Evasion, and thriller D-Railed.
The sales team represents Bronte Pictures’ Escape And Evasion, which is in post in Sydney and delves into the psychosis of Seth, a returned war veteran.
When the sister of one of his fallen comrades begins to question an official report into the death, Seth is drawn into a world of collusion and government secrets.
Escape And Evasion shot on the border of Myanmar and Thailand and in the Queensland rainforests of...
Conquistador Entertainment is in Toronto talking up two news titles on its sales roster to worldwide buyers – Escape And Evasion, and thriller D-Railed.
The sales team represents Bronte Pictures’ Escape And Evasion, which is in post in Sydney and delves into the psychosis of Seth, a returned war veteran.
When the sister of one of his fallen comrades begins to question an official report into the death, Seth is drawn into a world of collusion and government secrets.
Escape And Evasion shot on the border of Myanmar and Thailand and in the Queensland rainforests of...
- 9/8/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Blue Fox Entertainment (Primal Rage) has acquired North American rights to the Australian horror thriller Out of the Shadows from Evolutionary Films, who plans a to release the film day-and-date in the UK. Out of the Shadows stars Blake Northfield in the story of a newly-wed detective who moves into his dream home unaware of the building’s dark history. […]...
- 3/20/2018
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Cinema Management Group (Cmg) handles sales for Australia’s Bronte Pictures.
Shooting has begun at Gladsville Mental Asylum, the notorious institution and oldest of its kind in Australia.
Storm Ashwood directs The School starring Megan Drury as a surgeon and mother of a comatose son who becomes trapped in a building haunted by children from her past. The film is scheduled for delivery in October.
The Gladesville Mental Asylum was founded in the late 1830s and was infamous for harsh treatment including the use of electric shock therapy. The site houses more than 1,200 unmarked graves.
The cast includes Will McDonald and theatre director Nicholas Hope, as well as youngster Jack Ruwald.
Blake Northfield and Jim Robison are producing for Bronte Pictures, while Phil Hunt and Compton Ross of Headgear Films are executive producers.
Edward Noeltner’s (pictured) Cmg acquired worldwide sales rights excluding Australia and New Zealand and launched pre-sales in Berlin.
Rights have gone...
Shooting has begun at Gladsville Mental Asylum, the notorious institution and oldest of its kind in Australia.
Storm Ashwood directs The School starring Megan Drury as a surgeon and mother of a comatose son who becomes trapped in a building haunted by children from her past. The film is scheduled for delivery in October.
The Gladesville Mental Asylum was founded in the late 1830s and was infamous for harsh treatment including the use of electric shock therapy. The site houses more than 1,200 unmarked graves.
The cast includes Will McDonald and theatre director Nicholas Hope, as well as youngster Jack Ruwald.
Blake Northfield and Jim Robison are producing for Bronte Pictures, while Phil Hunt and Compton Ross of Headgear Films are executive producers.
Edward Noeltner’s (pictured) Cmg acquired worldwide sales rights excluding Australia and New Zealand and launched pre-sales in Berlin.
Rights have gone...
- 4/3/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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