Mckenna Grace has a new role booked!
The 17-year-old actress recently featured in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Previously, she held roles in The Handmaid’s Tale and the 2017 film I, Tonya.
On Monday (April 22), it was confirmed that Mckenna will lead an upcoming teen romance movie!
Keep reading to find out more…
Mckenna is set to star in Everything I Never Did, Variety reports.
The project will be directed by Last Cab to Darwin filmmaker Jeremy Sims.
According to producers Spencer McLaren, D.J. McPherson, and Jack Christian, Everything I Never Did “is a bittersweet love story that throws away cliches and sparks with originality, spontaneity, and surprise. It tells the story of troubled teen Liam Black and Jenna Reid (Grace), a seriously ill girl, who together embark on a transformative journey of living and loving in the face of adversity.”
Additional casting details have not been revealed. Production will begin in late...
The 17-year-old actress recently featured in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Previously, she held roles in The Handmaid’s Tale and the 2017 film I, Tonya.
On Monday (April 22), it was confirmed that Mckenna will lead an upcoming teen romance movie!
Keep reading to find out more…
Mckenna is set to star in Everything I Never Did, Variety reports.
The project will be directed by Last Cab to Darwin filmmaker Jeremy Sims.
According to producers Spencer McLaren, D.J. McPherson, and Jack Christian, Everything I Never Did “is a bittersweet love story that throws away cliches and sparks with originality, spontaneity, and surprise. It tells the story of troubled teen Liam Black and Jenna Reid (Grace), a seriously ill girl, who together embark on a transformative journey of living and loving in the face of adversity.”
Additional casting details have not been revealed. Production will begin in late...
- 4/23/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Are you ready for some Lifetime holiday movie goodness?
Scroll down to find out which movies will be a part of It's a Wonderful Lifetime this holiday season.
There are plenty of festive treats on the way.
1. Merry Swissmas November 5 at 8/7c Alex (Jodie Sweetin) has wonderful memories of Christmas with her best friend Beth (Mikaela Lily Davies), until Beth starts dating Alex’s ex, Jesse (David Pinard). Because she has missed the last few Christmases with family due to her demanding job as an architect, Alex is excited to spend the holidays with her mother, Caroline (Jane Wheeler), who is opening an inn in Switzerland. Much to her dismay, she learns that Jesse and Beth are also visiting for the inn’s opening. When Alex meets Liam (Tim Rozon), a single father and the manager of her mother’s inn, Liam attempts to show her all the Christmas traditions...
Scroll down to find out which movies will be a part of It's a Wonderful Lifetime this holiday season.
There are plenty of festive treats on the way.
1. Merry Swissmas November 5 at 8/7c Alex (Jodie Sweetin) has wonderful memories of Christmas with her best friend Beth (Mikaela Lily Davies), until Beth starts dating Alex’s ex, Jesse (David Pinard). Because she has missed the last few Christmases with family due to her demanding job as an architect, Alex is excited to spend the holidays with her mother, Caroline (Jane Wheeler), who is opening an inn in Switzerland. Much to her dismay, she learns that Jesse and Beth are also visiting for the inn’s opening. When Alex meets Liam (Tim Rozon), a single father and the manager of her mother’s inn, Liam attempts to show her all the Christmas traditions...
- 10/11/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The Infernal Machine Trailer — Andrew Hunt‘s The Infernal Machine (2022) movie trailer has been released by MovieBox. The Infernal Machine trailer stars Guy Pearce, Alice Eve, Jeremy Davies, and Alex Pettyfer. Crew Andrew Hunt wrote the screenplay for The Infernal Machine. “Produced by Julian & Lionel Hicks, and Spencer McLaren.” Plot Synopsis The Infernal Machine‘s plot [...]
Continue reading: The Infernal Machine (2022) Movie Trailer: Controversial Author Guy Pearce is Drawn out of Hiding by an Obsessive Fan...
Continue reading: The Infernal Machine (2022) Movie Trailer: Controversial Author Guy Pearce is Drawn out of Hiding by an Obsessive Fan...
- 8/29/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Here is a wrap-up of all the news you need to know from Tuesday, July 19, 2022.
Breeders, the comedy series that explores the challenges of modern parenting, is sticking around at FX.
The series was renewed today by Nick Grad, President, Original Programming, FX Entertainment.
The beloved series, starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard concluded its third season on FX this week and all seasons are available to stream on Hulu.
"Breeders has given us the special opportunity to watch the 'Worsley' family grow with each season and FX is thrilled to order a fourth season that will bring the next chapter of this hilarious yet brutally honest take on being a parent in today's world," said Grad.
"Our thanks to creators Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison and Martin Freeman, the entire creative team, Daisy and the cast, the crew and everyone at Avalon, FX Productions and Sky."
"Their efforts are what...
Breeders, the comedy series that explores the challenges of modern parenting, is sticking around at FX.
The series was renewed today by Nick Grad, President, Original Programming, FX Entertainment.
The beloved series, starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard concluded its third season on FX this week and all seasons are available to stream on Hulu.
"Breeders has given us the special opportunity to watch the 'Worsley' family grow with each season and FX is thrilled to order a fourth season that will bring the next chapter of this hilarious yet brutally honest take on being a parent in today's world," said Grad.
"Our thanks to creators Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison and Martin Freeman, the entire creative team, Daisy and the cast, the crew and everyone at Avalon, FX Productions and Sky."
"Their efforts are what...
- 7/19/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Tori Garrett’s Sit. Stay. Love. follows Annie Blake (Georgia Flood), an aid worker that returns to her family’s hometown of North Haven, Vermont for the first time since her mother’s passing three years prior.
Even surrounded by her loved ones, Annie can’t help but be distracted by her desire to help those in need, and hopes of an impending promotion. When her aunt, Claire, shows Annie a flyer asking locals to foster a dog from the local shelter for the holidays, Annie sets out to lend a hand.
Arriving at the shelter, she learns it’s shut, and that the vet has taken in the animals. The vet, it turns out, is Annie’s old high school debate team nemesis, Dylan (Ezekiel Simat). With his clinic considered unsuitable as a long-term home for the rescued animals, the pair decide to help the shelter owner open his doors once more.
Even surrounded by her loved ones, Annie can’t help but be distracted by her desire to help those in need, and hopes of an impending promotion. When her aunt, Claire, shows Annie a flyer asking locals to foster a dog from the local shelter for the holidays, Annie sets out to lend a hand.
Arriving at the shelter, she learns it’s shut, and that the vet has taken in the animals. The vet, it turns out, is Annie’s old high school debate team nemesis, Dylan (Ezekiel Simat). With his clinic considered unsuitable as a long-term home for the rescued animals, the pair decide to help the shelter owner open his doors once more.
- 11/9/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Paramount said Monday that it has acquired worldwide distribution rights to The Infernal Machine, a psychological drama/ thriller written and directed by Andrew Hunt and starring Guy Pearce. The pic just wrapped filming at Moviebox Studios’ facilities in the Algarve region of Portugal, which doubled for the U.S. Southwest border, and is now in postproduction.
Pearce plays Bruce Cogburn, a reclusive and controversial author who is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan. What ensues is a labyrinthine and treacherous game, creating a web of lies and manipulation that ultimately reveals the true meaning of The Infernal Machine. Alice Eve, Alex Pettyfer and Jeremy Davies also star.
Brothers Lionel Hicks and Julian Hicks and Spencer McLaren produced the UK-Portugal co-production from Moviebox in association with Spy Manor, Monte Productions and Filmology Finance. Richard S. Guardian, Michael Favelle, Jack Christian, DJ McPherson, Vanda Everke, Steve Jaggi and Alan Latham are executive producers.
Pearce plays Bruce Cogburn, a reclusive and controversial author who is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan. What ensues is a labyrinthine and treacherous game, creating a web of lies and manipulation that ultimately reveals the true meaning of The Infernal Machine. Alice Eve, Alex Pettyfer and Jeremy Davies also star.
Brothers Lionel Hicks and Julian Hicks and Spencer McLaren produced the UK-Portugal co-production from Moviebox in association with Spy Manor, Monte Productions and Filmology Finance. Richard S. Guardian, Michael Favelle, Jack Christian, DJ McPherson, Vanda Everke, Steve Jaggi and Alan Latham are executive producers.
- 10/11/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Psychological thriller shot entirely in Algarve region of Portugal doubling for US Southwest U.S. border.
Paramount Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the Guy Pearce psychological thriller The Infernal Machine.
The film is in post and scheduled for delivery in early 2022. Andrew Hunt wrote and directs the story about Bruce Cogburn, a reclusive and controversial author who is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan into a labyrinthine and treacherous game.
The cast includes Alice Eve, Alex Pettyfer, and Jeremy Davies. Brothers Lionel Hicks and Julian Hicks are producing with Spencer McLaren. Executive producers are Richard S. Guardian,...
Paramount Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the Guy Pearce psychological thriller The Infernal Machine.
The film is in post and scheduled for delivery in early 2022. Andrew Hunt wrote and directs the story about Bruce Cogburn, a reclusive and controversial author who is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan into a labyrinthine and treacherous game.
The cast includes Alice Eve, Alex Pettyfer, and Jeremy Davies. Brothers Lionel Hicks and Julian Hicks are producing with Spencer McLaren. Executive producers are Richard S. Guardian,...
- 10/11/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Little blue penguins will have a big role in Christine Luby’s You, Me and the Penguins, which has begun filming in Queensland.
Written by Annelies Kavan, the romantic comedy follows Tilly Monterey (Tammin Sursok), a compliance and outreach manager at the Animal Discovery Institute in San Diego, who realises her dream to work in the field after hearing the Crystal Bay Penguin Sanctuary is threatened with closure and its colony of Little Blue Penguins is scheduled to be relocated 2,500km away.
After receiving a begrudging welcome from head zoologist Fletcher (Jason Wilder), she joins the group in their efforts to turn the sanctuary around within the space of a week. As Fletcher teaches Tilly more about the sanctuary’s needs and the Little Blue penguins that they house, his belief in people, and even love, is reignited, while Tilly realises she has never felt more at home. In the end,...
Written by Annelies Kavan, the romantic comedy follows Tilly Monterey (Tammin Sursok), a compliance and outreach manager at the Animal Discovery Institute in San Diego, who realises her dream to work in the field after hearing the Crystal Bay Penguin Sanctuary is threatened with closure and its colony of Little Blue Penguins is scheduled to be relocated 2,500km away.
After receiving a begrudging welcome from head zoologist Fletcher (Jason Wilder), she joins the group in their efforts to turn the sanctuary around within the space of a week. As Fletcher teaches Tilly more about the sanctuary’s needs and the Little Blue penguins that they house, his belief in people, and even love, is reignited, while Tilly realises she has never felt more at home. In the end,...
- 7/12/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
The natural delights of Far North Queensland are the focus of a new 8K documentary that has begun production in the Sunshine State.
Designed to be a family co-viewing experience, Luke Wheatley’s Beyond the Reef will showcase the Great Barrier Reef, Daintree Rainforest, Fraser Island, and Whitsunday Islands, while offering insights and stories into the renowned landscapes.
The film is a co-production between the Steve Jaggi Company and In Three Production, with Beckie Adams (The 48 Hour Destination), Steve Jaggi and Spencer McLaren producing, and Kylie Pascoe and Kelly Son Hing co-producing.
Brisbane post-production facility Serve Chilled has been enlisted to deliver the film in Dolby Vision Hdr with an accompanying Dolby Atmos soundtrack, after Dop Simon Christidis captures the region with a Red Monstro 8k.
Wheatley said he was “hugely excited” to be partnering with Jaggi and the rest of the production team on the project.
“I am passionate...
Designed to be a family co-viewing experience, Luke Wheatley’s Beyond the Reef will showcase the Great Barrier Reef, Daintree Rainforest, Fraser Island, and Whitsunday Islands, while offering insights and stories into the renowned landscapes.
The film is a co-production between the Steve Jaggi Company and In Three Production, with Beckie Adams (The 48 Hour Destination), Steve Jaggi and Spencer McLaren producing, and Kylie Pascoe and Kelly Son Hing co-producing.
Brisbane post-production facility Serve Chilled has been enlisted to deliver the film in Dolby Vision Hdr with an accompanying Dolby Atmos soundtrack, after Dop Simon Christidis captures the region with a Red Monstro 8k.
Wheatley said he was “hugely excited” to be partnering with Jaggi and the rest of the production team on the project.
“I am passionate...
- 6/22/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
The Steve Jaggi Company is keeping cameras rolling in Queensland, commencing production on new romance Love in Bloom.
Shooting at a range of locations in and around Brisbane, the scripted feature is the directorial debut of Rogue Rubin and stars US actor Susie Abromeit (Jessica Jones) as Chicago florist Amelia Hart, who returns to the small Australian town of Primrose River to help plan her sister’s wedding.
When her soon-to-be-married little sister (Melina Vidler) and fiancé become marooned at a mountain retreat days before their wedding, Amelia and the best man, Grayson Tanner (Julian Haig), are tasked with stepping in to save the wedding.
Supporting cast include Monette Lee, Steven Tandy, Joey Vieira, and Jason Wilder.
The film is written by Georgia Harrison and is being produced by Steve Jaggi and Spencer McLaren, with Kylie Pascoe and Kelly Son Hing co-producing.
Pivot Pictures has been lined up for distribution in Australia,...
Shooting at a range of locations in and around Brisbane, the scripted feature is the directorial debut of Rogue Rubin and stars US actor Susie Abromeit (Jessica Jones) as Chicago florist Amelia Hart, who returns to the small Australian town of Primrose River to help plan her sister’s wedding.
When her soon-to-be-married little sister (Melina Vidler) and fiancé become marooned at a mountain retreat days before their wedding, Amelia and the best man, Grayson Tanner (Julian Haig), are tasked with stepping in to save the wedding.
Supporting cast include Monette Lee, Steven Tandy, Joey Vieira, and Jason Wilder.
The film is written by Georgia Harrison and is being produced by Steve Jaggi and Spencer McLaren, with Kylie Pascoe and Kelly Son Hing co-producing.
Pivot Pictures has been lined up for distribution in Australia,...
- 5/18/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Miah Madden, Georgia May-Davis, Sana’a Shaik, Mercy Cornwall and newcomer Aubri Ibrag lead the cast of Network 10/Netflix’s teen mystery drama Dive Club, now shooting in Port Douglas.
Joining them is model Joshua Heuston in his screen debut, as well as Alexander Grant and Joseph Spanti.
The Steve Jaggi Company series follows four 16-year-olds who are skilled divers: Maddie (Madden), Lauren (Davis), Anna (Ibrag) and Stevie (Shaik).
After a cyclone, Lauren, the group’s charismatic trailblazer, goes missing. With the mystery of her disappearance, the arrival of a new friend, Izzie (Cornwall) and suspicious holes in the official investigation, the girls are plunged into a desperate search of their own that raises more questions the deeper they dive.
Netflix co-commissioned the show with Network 10, who has the first window in Australia.
Steve Jaggi is the showrunner and series creator, producing with Spencer McLaren, with Kelly Son Hing and Kylie Pascoe co-producing.
Joining them is model Joshua Heuston in his screen debut, as well as Alexander Grant and Joseph Spanti.
The Steve Jaggi Company series follows four 16-year-olds who are skilled divers: Maddie (Madden), Lauren (Davis), Anna (Ibrag) and Stevie (Shaik).
After a cyclone, Lauren, the group’s charismatic trailblazer, goes missing. With the mystery of her disappearance, the arrival of a new friend, Izzie (Cornwall) and suspicious holes in the official investigation, the girls are plunged into a desperate search of their own that raises more questions the deeper they dive.
Netflix co-commissioned the show with Network 10, who has the first window in Australia.
Steve Jaggi is the showrunner and series creator, producing with Spencer McLaren, with Kelly Son Hing and Kylie Pascoe co-producing.
- 11/9/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Hayley MacFarlane.
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights excluding the first window in Australia to Dive Club, a 12-episode teen mystery drama from the Steve Jaggi Company.
Due to shoot in Port Douglas in late October, supported by Screen Queensland, the production will inject nearly $8 million into the economy and create more than 110 jobs.
Created by Steve Jaggi, the showrunner, the series follows four skilled teenage divers who go hunting for items lost by tourists. After one girl disappears, the discovery of her mobile phone leads her friends to suspect she was murdered.
The directors all worked on previous Jaggi productions: Hayley MacFarlane (Swimming for Gold), Rhiannon Bannenberg (Rip Tide) and Christine Luby (This Little Love of Mine).
The writing team comprises Georgia Harrison, Adrian Powers, Claire Harris and newcomer Caera Bradshaw.
Netflix co-commissioned the series with Network 10, which has the first window in Oz. Post will be handled by Brisbane-based Serve Chilled.
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights excluding the first window in Australia to Dive Club, a 12-episode teen mystery drama from the Steve Jaggi Company.
Due to shoot in Port Douglas in late October, supported by Screen Queensland, the production will inject nearly $8 million into the economy and create more than 110 jobs.
Created by Steve Jaggi, the showrunner, the series follows four skilled teenage divers who go hunting for items lost by tourists. After one girl disappears, the discovery of her mobile phone leads her friends to suspect she was murdered.
The directors all worked on previous Jaggi productions: Hayley MacFarlane (Swimming for Gold), Rhiannon Bannenberg (Rip Tide) and Christine Luby (This Little Love of Mine).
The writing team comprises Georgia Harrison, Adrian Powers, Claire Harris and newcomer Caera Bradshaw.
Netflix co-commissioned the series with Network 10, which has the first window in Oz. Post will be handled by Brisbane-based Serve Chilled.
- 9/27/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Thriller film, “Kidnapped” is close to wrapping up one of the latest movies into production in Australia, following the disruption caused by the coronavirus and stay-at-home restrictions.
Production is now under way in and around Port Douglas in the far North of Australia’s Queensland state, with a shoot that runs Aug. 17 to Sept. 9. The operation is following Covid-safe protocols established at national level and also those devised by the Queensland government.
Written by Shanrah Wakefield and directed by Vic Sarin, the film’s story is told through the eyes of woman living with her family in a tropical paradise. It is idyllic until their four-year-old daughter goes missing. Solving the mystery of her disappearance reveals previously hidden information about the family.
The cast is headed by Claire van der Boom and Todd Lasance.
The film is structured as an unofficial Australia-Canada co-production, involving Brisbane-based Steve Jaggi Company and Canada’s Sepia Films.
Production is now under way in and around Port Douglas in the far North of Australia’s Queensland state, with a shoot that runs Aug. 17 to Sept. 9. The operation is following Covid-safe protocols established at national level and also those devised by the Queensland government.
Written by Shanrah Wakefield and directed by Vic Sarin, the film’s story is told through the eyes of woman living with her family in a tropical paradise. It is idyllic until their four-year-old daughter goes missing. Solving the mystery of her disappearance reveals previously hidden information about the family.
The cast is headed by Claire van der Boom and Todd Lasance.
The film is structured as an unofficial Australia-Canada co-production, involving Brisbane-based Steve Jaggi Company and Canada’s Sepia Films.
- 9/7/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Claire van der Boom and Todd Lasance with director Vic Sarin.
Claire van der Boom and Todd Lasance are playing a US-based couple whose young daughter is abducted while they are on holiday at an Australian resort in Kidnapped, an unofficial Australian-Canadian co-production.
Produced by the Steve Jaggi Company and directed by Canadian Vic Sarin, the thriller is mid-way through a four-week shoot at Port Douglas.
The screenplay by Shanrah Wakefield follows Savannah Morgan (van der Boom) and her US husband Brad (Lasance), who go to the resort with their four-year-old daughter Aria (Molly Wright).
When Aria goes missing from the resort’s Kidz Club, a heart-pounding race to find her daughter leads Savannah to a shocking discovery about her family.
“I feel very lucky to be shooting here in Far North Queensland; It’s an idyllic, tropical setting that brings a contrast to the story of my character searching for her kidnapped daughter,...
Claire van der Boom and Todd Lasance are playing a US-based couple whose young daughter is abducted while they are on holiday at an Australian resort in Kidnapped, an unofficial Australian-Canadian co-production.
Produced by the Steve Jaggi Company and directed by Canadian Vic Sarin, the thriller is mid-way through a four-week shoot at Port Douglas.
The screenplay by Shanrah Wakefield follows Savannah Morgan (van der Boom) and her US husband Brad (Lasance), who go to the resort with their four-year-old daughter Aria (Molly Wright).
When Aria goes missing from the resort’s Kidz Club, a heart-pounding race to find her daughter leads Savannah to a shocking discovery about her family.
“I feel very lucky to be shooting here in Far North Queensland; It’s an idyllic, tropical setting that brings a contrast to the story of my character searching for her kidnapped daughter,...
- 9/6/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Georgia Flood and Ezekiel Simat.
Georgia Flood and Ezekiel Simat are starring in The Dog Days of Christmas, a romantic comedy directed by Don’t Tell’s Tori Garrett, which is now shooting on the Gold Coast.
Produced by the Steve Jaggi Company and scripted by American Holly Hester, the US-set movie revolves around Flood’s Annie Blake, an aid worker who has just finished an international mission and heads home to North Haven, Vermont, to spend the holidays with her family.
When the local animal shelter closes, Annie steps in to save it with the help of Dylan (Simat), the local vet and old school nemesis.
Adhering to strict Covid Safe filming practices and guidelines set by the Queensland government, the production is shooting at Warner Bros. Movie World and the hinterland.
All crew members are wearing personal protective equipment and the nurse on set is taking daily temperature checks,...
Georgia Flood and Ezekiel Simat are starring in The Dog Days of Christmas, a romantic comedy directed by Don’t Tell’s Tori Garrett, which is now shooting on the Gold Coast.
Produced by the Steve Jaggi Company and scripted by American Holly Hester, the US-set movie revolves around Flood’s Annie Blake, an aid worker who has just finished an international mission and heads home to North Haven, Vermont, to spend the holidays with her family.
When the local animal shelter closes, Annie steps in to save it with the help of Dylan (Simat), the local vet and old school nemesis.
Adhering to strict Covid Safe filming practices and guidelines set by the Queensland government, the production is shooting at Warner Bros. Movie World and the hinterland.
All crew members are wearing personal protective equipment and the nurse on set is taking daily temperature checks,...
- 8/27/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
(L-r) Christine Luby, Liam McIntyre and Saskia Hampele on set (Photo credit: David Fell).
Saskia Hampele and Liam McIntyre (The Flash) are starring in the romantic comedy This Little Love of Mine, one of the first feature films to roll in the post Covid-19 era.
Now shooting in Cairns and produced by the Steve Jaggi Company, the film follows Hampele as Laura, a successful Australian-born lawyer in San Francisco who is on the cusp of promotion.
McIntyre and Lynn Gilmartin play Chip and Gem, her childhood friends. The firm’s biggest client, Chip’s grandfather (Martin Portus), asks Laura to travel to the Australian island where she grew up to deliver a contract to make Chip his heir.
The contract promises to make Chip a billionaire and Laura a partner in the firm. When she gets to the island there is immediate chemistry between Laura and Chip, making her question where it she truly belongs.
Saskia Hampele and Liam McIntyre (The Flash) are starring in the romantic comedy This Little Love of Mine, one of the first feature films to roll in the post Covid-19 era.
Now shooting in Cairns and produced by the Steve Jaggi Company, the film follows Hampele as Laura, a successful Australian-born lawyer in San Francisco who is on the cusp of promotion.
McIntyre and Lynn Gilmartin play Chip and Gem, her childhood friends. The firm’s biggest client, Chip’s grandfather (Martin Portus), asks Laura to travel to the Australian island where she grew up to deliver a contract to make Chip his heir.
The contract promises to make Chip a billionaire and Laura a partner in the firm. When she gets to the island there is immediate chemistry between Laura and Chip, making her question where it she truly belongs.
- 6/29/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Julian Cullen and Kimie Tsukakoshi in ‘The Bureau of Magical Things.’ (Photo credit: Mark Taylor)
Screen production in Queensland is set to restart with the second season of Jonathan M. Shiff Productions’ The Bureau of Magical Things and a rom-com feature from the Steve Jaggi Company.
The cameras will roll on Shiff’s children’s fantasy, which was shut down in March, on June 29 on the Gold Coast.
On the same day, Jaggi and director Christine Luby will begin shooting This Little Love of Mine in Cairns. Scripted by Georgia Harrison, it’s a co-production with Nicely Entertainment, an La-based distribution and production company recently launched by former Gaumont exec Vanessa Shapiro.
Jaggi is producing with Kelly Son Hing and Spencer McLaren; the cast will be announced next week.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said Shiff’s 20-part series is employing more than 200 cast and crew and injecting more than $8.5 million into the State’s economy.
Screen production in Queensland is set to restart with the second season of Jonathan M. Shiff Productions’ The Bureau of Magical Things and a rom-com feature from the Steve Jaggi Company.
The cameras will roll on Shiff’s children’s fantasy, which was shut down in March, on June 29 on the Gold Coast.
On the same day, Jaggi and director Christine Luby will begin shooting This Little Love of Mine in Cairns. Scripted by Georgia Harrison, it’s a co-production with Nicely Entertainment, an La-based distribution and production company recently launched by former Gaumont exec Vanessa Shapiro.
Jaggi is producing with Kelly Son Hing and Spencer McLaren; the cast will be announced next week.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said Shiff’s 20-part series is employing more than 200 cast and crew and injecting more than $8.5 million into the State’s economy.
- 6/18/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Rosie Lourde (l) with Cindy Busby (Photo credit: David Fell).
Rosie Lourde is making her feature film directing debut on Romance on the Menu, a romantic comedy from the Steve Jaggi Company now shooting in Brisbane.
Scripted by Americans Casie Tabanou and Alison Spuck, who wrote Jaggi’s Back of the Net, the film stars Canadian Cindy Busby (Heartland) as New York restaurateur Caroline Wilson, who inherits a café in Lemon Myrtle Cove, Australia.
As she renovates the business to sell, she begins to fall in love with the place, its people and charming local chef Simon Cook (Tim Ross).
While her ex-fiancé Nathaniel (Joey Vieira) begging her to take him back and pressing work commitments back home, she is faced with a big decision: Give up her New York life and stay in Lemon Myrtle Cove or return to the big city.
Naomi Sequeira plays Beth with Marita Wilcox as Marla,...
Rosie Lourde is making her feature film directing debut on Romance on the Menu, a romantic comedy from the Steve Jaggi Company now shooting in Brisbane.
Scripted by Americans Casie Tabanou and Alison Spuck, who wrote Jaggi’s Back of the Net, the film stars Canadian Cindy Busby (Heartland) as New York restaurateur Caroline Wilson, who inherits a café in Lemon Myrtle Cove, Australia.
As she renovates the business to sell, she begins to fall in love with the place, its people and charming local chef Simon Cook (Tim Ross).
While her ex-fiancé Nathaniel (Joey Vieira) begging her to take him back and pressing work commitments back home, she is faced with a big decision: Give up her New York life and stay in Lemon Myrtle Cove or return to the big city.
Naomi Sequeira plays Beth with Marita Wilcox as Marla,...
- 12/4/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Peyton List on the set of ‘Swimming for Gold.’
American actress Peyton List, who starred in the Disney Channel series Jessie and the spin-off Bunk’d, is playing the protagonist in young adult feature film Swimming for Gold.
Now shooting in Brisbane, the narrative follows List’s Claire Carpenter, a 17-year-old elite swimmer who is reluctantly sent to Australia to coach a boys’ swimming team after a jet ski accident left her with a fear of water.
Lauren Esposito co-stars as Mikayla Michaels, Claire’s rival and sworn enemy with whom she is forced to share a room at the swimming camp.
Daniel Needs is Liam, the captain of the boys’ team who challenges Claire, explaining that if they don’t win, the camp will be forced to close.
The director Hayley MacFarlane is making her feature film debut after directing several shorts and spending several years in the UK directing reality shows Big Brother,...
American actress Peyton List, who starred in the Disney Channel series Jessie and the spin-off Bunk’d, is playing the protagonist in young adult feature film Swimming for Gold.
Now shooting in Brisbane, the narrative follows List’s Claire Carpenter, a 17-year-old elite swimmer who is reluctantly sent to Australia to coach a boys’ swimming team after a jet ski accident left her with a fear of water.
Lauren Esposito co-stars as Mikayla Michaels, Claire’s rival and sworn enemy with whom she is forced to share a room at the swimming camp.
Daniel Needs is Liam, the captain of the boys’ team who challenges Claire, explaining that if they don’t win, the camp will be forced to close.
The director Hayley MacFarlane is making her feature film debut after directing several shorts and spending several years in the UK directing reality shows Big Brother,...
- 8/14/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The distributor has taken the unusual step of acquiring worldwide rights to J.D. Scott’s sports drama.
Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Spirit Of The Game theatrically in partnership with Purdie Distribution on October 7.
The 1950s-set tale tells the true story of a group of young missionaries who travel to Australia to spread the gospel and wind up helping the fledgling national basketball team as it prepares for the 1956 Olympic Games. Kevin Sorbo stars.
“We could not be more excited about releasing Spirit Of The Game with Purdie Distribution,” said Peter Goldwyn, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films. “This is an inspiring sports drama which showcases the compatibility of faith and competition.”
Goldwyn released sports film Facing The Giants, which grossed more than $10m.
“This is a bold film about big ideas and depicts an amazing true story that has never been told before,” said Brandon Purdie, founder of Purdie Distribution. “Spirit Of The...
Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Spirit Of The Game theatrically in partnership with Purdie Distribution on October 7.
The 1950s-set tale tells the true story of a group of young missionaries who travel to Australia to spread the gospel and wind up helping the fledgling national basketball team as it prepares for the 1956 Olympic Games. Kevin Sorbo stars.
“We could not be more excited about releasing Spirit Of The Game with Purdie Distribution,” said Peter Goldwyn, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films. “This is an inspiring sports drama which showcases the compatibility of faith and competition.”
Goldwyn released sports film Facing The Giants, which grossed more than $10m.
“This is a bold film about big ideas and depicts an amazing true story that has never been told before,” said Brandon Purdie, founder of Purdie Distribution. “Spirit Of The...
- 5/5/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Mark Coles Smith will present at the 2016 Australian Directors Guild Awards.
Fred Schepisi, Lisa McCune and Mark Coles Smith will present at the 2016 Australian Directors Guild Awards - which will be broadcast nationally for the first time.
The presenter lineup also includes Catherine McClements, Lucy Honigman, Anna McGahan, Damian Walshe-Howling, Ray Meagher, Craig Monahan and Spencer McLaren.
The annual awards celebrate the outstanding work of Australian screen directors over the past year and the winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Sofitel Melbourne on Collins on Friday May 6.
Nazeem Hussain will host this year's ceremony and Aurora community channel (channel 183 on Foxtel) will broadcast the awards.
Adg chief executive, Kingston Anderson, said the guild was very excited to be able to secure the broadcast of the 2016 awards for the first time.
.It is very important to profile the talented directors that Australia has across all genres and the...
Fred Schepisi, Lisa McCune and Mark Coles Smith will present at the 2016 Australian Directors Guild Awards - which will be broadcast nationally for the first time.
The presenter lineup also includes Catherine McClements, Lucy Honigman, Anna McGahan, Damian Walshe-Howling, Ray Meagher, Craig Monahan and Spencer McLaren.
The annual awards celebrate the outstanding work of Australian screen directors over the past year and the winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Sofitel Melbourne on Collins on Friday May 6.
Nazeem Hussain will host this year's ceremony and Aurora community channel (channel 183 on Foxtel) will broadcast the awards.
Adg chief executive, Kingston Anderson, said the guild was very excited to be able to secure the broadcast of the 2016 awards for the first time.
.It is very important to profile the talented directors that Australia has across all genres and the...
- 4/28/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Writer-director Robert Mond.s debut feature The Subjects will be released worldwide on multiple platforms in October.
The thriller.s novel concept revolves around eight misfits who are paid handsomely to take part in a secret trial to test a new drug. Locked in a room for eight hours, each person discovers he or she suddenly has assumed superhuman powers.
So the tension mounts as each is forced to make a choice: to become a superhero or a supervillain.
Shot in Melbourne last July/August, the film was financed by David Redman.s Instinct Entertainment, a consortium of investors, the producer offset and the UK.s Head Gear, which cash-flowed the offset.
Instinct Distribution is releasing the film worldwide in October, with launches planned at Comic-Con in Sydney and New York and other Comic-Con events around the world.
Mond, who has written and directed numerous short films, produced with Redman,...
The thriller.s novel concept revolves around eight misfits who are paid handsomely to take part in a secret trial to test a new drug. Locked in a room for eight hours, each person discovers he or she suddenly has assumed superhuman powers.
So the tension mounts as each is forced to make a choice: to become a superhero or a supervillain.
Shot in Melbourne last July/August, the film was financed by David Redman.s Instinct Entertainment, a consortium of investors, the producer offset and the UK.s Head Gear, which cash-flowed the offset.
Instinct Distribution is releasing the film worldwide in October, with launches planned at Comic-Con in Sydney and New York and other Comic-Con events around the world.
Mond, who has written and directed numerous short films, produced with Redman,...
- 6/22/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Vallance, left, and Miranda in the independently distributed Surviving Georgia
Independent producer Spencer McLaren has claimed he was forced to set up his own distribution company to ensure his film Surviving Georgia found an audience after he was unable to persuade existing distributors to take it on.
McLaren, whose film opened to a limited release at the weekend, told Encore that films that fall between arthouse and mainstream struggle to find an appropriate distributor. Surviving Georgia was directed by Sandra Sciberras and Kate Whitbread, and shot for a budget of a million dollars. It stars Holly Valance and Pia Miranda as sisters Rose and Heidi dealing with the reappearance of their odd mother Georgia (Caroline O’Connor) into their lives. The film also features Shane Jacobson and McLaren.
From his conversations with larger distributors, McLaren said: “I had one person say, ‘If you had Meryl Streep we’d distribute it.
Independent producer Spencer McLaren has claimed he was forced to set up his own distribution company to ensure his film Surviving Georgia found an audience after he was unable to persuade existing distributors to take it on.
McLaren, whose film opened to a limited release at the weekend, told Encore that films that fall between arthouse and mainstream struggle to find an appropriate distributor. Surviving Georgia was directed by Sandra Sciberras and Kate Whitbread, and shot for a budget of a million dollars. It stars Holly Valance and Pia Miranda as sisters Rose and Heidi dealing with the reappearance of their odd mother Georgia (Caroline O’Connor) into their lives. The film also features Shane Jacobson and McLaren.
From his conversations with larger distributors, McLaren said: “I had one person say, ‘If you had Meryl Streep we’d distribute it.
- 10/18/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The producer of Australian film Surviving Georgia has insisted that there was no intention to fool the public after a positive comment left anonymously by a reader on The Guardian’s website was promoted in publicity material as if it was an endorsement from the British newspaper itself.
The comment from “lutherfilms” said:
“Overall a film that touches your heart, and leaves you with a smile. What more could you want?”
But producer Spencer McLaren told Encore there was no intention to mislead filmgoers and there had been a slip-up by his marketing team. The film opens in Australia later this week.
Directed by Sandra Sciberras and Kate Whitbread, the film starring Pia Miranda, Holly Valance and Shane Jacobson came under fire last week from Stale Popcorn’s Glenn Dunks and Crikey’s Luke Buckmaster who pointed out the trailer suggests the film received four stars and glowing praise from The Guardian.
The comment from “lutherfilms” said:
“Overall a film that touches your heart, and leaves you with a smile. What more could you want?”
But producer Spencer McLaren told Encore there was no intention to mislead filmgoers and there had been a slip-up by his marketing team. The film opens in Australia later this week.
Directed by Sandra Sciberras and Kate Whitbread, the film starring Pia Miranda, Holly Valance and Shane Jacobson came under fire last week from Stale Popcorn’s Glenn Dunks and Crikey’s Luke Buckmaster who pointed out the trailer suggests the film received four stars and glowing praise from The Guardian.
- 10/10/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Film Victoria has announced a new round of investment funding worth $992,500.
The recipients are the feature Surviving Georgia, Southern Star drama Offspring, a Princess Pictures comedy, two documentaries and an online portal to complement the Sbs doco series Second Australians.
Talking about the significant investment on television, Film Victoria Sandra Sdraulig said the small screen was essential for the state, because of the consistency of expenditure and employment opportunities..
The chosen projects are:
Online
The Multicultural History Portal
The Chocolate Liberation Front; Producers Dan Fill, Frank Verheggen ; Writer Andrew Jacobuwicz.
A series of interactive documentary features that capture the history of immigration to Australia. It will act as a companion piece to Second Australians.
Documentary
The First Interview
Jungle Pictures; Producer Fiona Cochrane; Writer/Director Dennis Tupicoff; Network ABC
A documentary that goes bacck to Paris, 1886, to a conversation between great French scientist Michel-Eugene Chevreul and famous photographer Nadar – the...
The recipients are the feature Surviving Georgia, Southern Star drama Offspring, a Princess Pictures comedy, two documentaries and an online portal to complement the Sbs doco series Second Australians.
Talking about the significant investment on television, Film Victoria Sandra Sdraulig said the small screen was essential for the state, because of the consistency of expenditure and employment opportunities..
The chosen projects are:
Online
The Multicultural History Portal
The Chocolate Liberation Front; Producers Dan Fill, Frank Verheggen ; Writer Andrew Jacobuwicz.
A series of interactive documentary features that capture the history of immigration to Australia. It will act as a companion piece to Second Australians.
Documentary
The First Interview
Jungle Pictures; Producer Fiona Cochrane; Writer/Director Dennis Tupicoff; Network ABC
A documentary that goes bacck to Paris, 1886, to a conversation between great French scientist Michel-Eugene Chevreul and famous photographer Nadar – the...
- 5/20/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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