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Dan Ewing in ‘Love and Monsters.’

Dan Ewing makes his Hollywood debut in Paramount Pictures’ comedy-adventure Love and Monsters, which follows humans who were forced underground after giant creatures took control of the land.

Formerly known as Monster Problems, the Queensland-shot film directed by South African-born Michael Matthews stars Dylan O’Brien as Joel Dawson, who reconnects over the radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee (Jessica Henwick).

Aiming to rekindle their romance, he ventures out to find her, battling all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.

Ewing plays Cap, a former naval officer who is giving Aimee and members of her colony sanctuary at sea. “My character has seen the brutal horrors of what these creatures are capable of and offers the colonists a real chance at survival,” the former Home and Away star tells If.

“Very Noah’s Ark. He also puts a great spanner in the works for Joel.

‘Bad Mothers’.

AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now has acquired the Us rights to Jungle Entertainment and Filthy Productions’ eight-part drama Bad Mothers from international distributor Red Arrow Studios International.

Starring Tess Haubrich, Mandy McElhinney, Jessica Tovey, and Shalom Brune-Franklin, Bad Mothers explores modern motherhood through the prism of four very different women as they juggle life’s big issues: love, family, careers, infidelity… and murder. Daniel MacPherson, Don Hany and Melissa George also star in the series, due to start streaming on Sundance Now May 7.

Bad Mothers was created by Filthy Productions’ Rachel Lang and Gavin Strawhan, who penned the scripts with Sarah Walker and Tim Lee. Chloe Rickard and Steven Zanoski produced, with Geoff Bennett, Sian Davies and Catriona McKenzie directing.

Sundance Now VP of programming Shannon Cooper said: “Sundance Now subscribers are looking for their next streaming obsession, and with its entertaining mix of comedy, drama, and plenty of surprises,...

AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now has acquired U.S. rights to the eight-part Australian drama “Bad Mothers” from distributor Red Arrow Studios International.

A hit for Australia’s Nine Network, “Bad Mothers” explores modern motherhood through four different women as they juggle love, family, careers, infidelity — and murder. The drama is produced by Jungle Entertainment in association with Filthy Productions.

It stars “Treadstone’s” Tess Haubrich, “Love Child’s” Mandy McElhinney, “Wonderland’s” Jessica Tovey, and “The Heart Guy’s” Shalom Brune-Franklin.

“Bad Mothers” will make its U.S. premiere on Sundance Now on May 7.

The series has already sold to territories including the U.K., France, Sweden, Middle East and Africa.

The storyline sees Sarah’s (Tess Haubrich) seemingly perfect life as a local doctor, mother and wife come crashing down the moment she discovers her husband having an affair with her best friend. When her friend turns up dead,...

Exclusive: Sundance Now has picked up the U.S. rights to Australian drama Bad Mothers starring Treadstone’s Tess Haubrich.

The AMC Networks-owned streaming service will launch the eight-part drama on May 7 after acquiring the rights from Red Arrow Studios International.

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The drama explores the underbelly of modern motherhood through the prism of four very different women as they juggle life’s big issues: love, family, careers, infidelity and murder.

Starring Haubrich, Mandy McElhinney (Love Child), Jessica Tovey (Wonderland), and Shalom Brune-Franklin (The Heart Guy), along with Daniel MacPherson (Strike Back) and Don Hany (East West 101) with guest star Golden Globe nominee Melissa George (The Good Wife...

Tess Haubrich in ‘Bad Mothers’.

Tess Haubrich jumped at the chance to play a key role in Bad Mothers at very short notice after Jessica Marais was forced to withdraw for health reasons – not least because she had never worked with female directors.

Sian Davies, Catriona McKenzie and Geoff Bennett directed the Nine Network’s ensemble comedy-drama from Jungle Entertainment and Filthy Productions.

“It’s quite shocking that I had never worked on shows with female directors, except on short films,” says Haubrich, whose credits include Pine Gap, Wolf Creek 2, Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, the Jackie Chan starrer Bleeding Steel and the Turner-Roache brothers Nekrotronic.

The Sydney-based actress was told one Friday night that she had won the role of Sarah in Bad Mothers and on the following Monday morning was in Melbourne for the start of two weeks pre-production.

However, she wasn’t there for the full two...

The cast of ‘Bad Mothers’

As parents, Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang agreed that being a mother can be an impossible job and that no matter how hard they try, women will sometimes feel they are bad mothers.

The Auckland-based founders of Filthy Productions came up with the concept of a comedy-drama about five mums whose kids go to the same school, overlaid with a murder mystery, and pitched it to the Nine Network.

Execs at Nine suggested Strawhan and Lang find an Australian partner, which turned out to be Jungle Entertainment. The result is Bad Mothers, which launches on Nine at 9 pm on February 18 and across the ditch on Tvnz on February 20.

The ensemble show stars Tess Haubrich as Sarah, whose perfect life as a Gp, wife and mother is shattered when she discovers her husband Anton (Daniel MacPherson) is having an affair. Even worse, her best friend is...

Harry Greenwood.

Harry Greenwood graduated from Nida in 2012, so being named one of the Casting Guild of Australia’s 10 Rising Stars of 2018 could be considered as long overdue recognition.

“It has been a long haul,” the 29-year-old son of Hugo Weaving and artist Katrina Greenwood tells If. “It is nice to be recognised.”

Greenwood’s career has been on an upward trajectory since his breakthrough role as young Digger Bevan Johnson, the older brother of Kodi Smit-McPhee’s Thomas Johnson, in the 2015 Nine Network miniseries Gallipoli directed by Glendyn Ivin.

Next year could well be his biggest yet as he will be seen in Bad Mothers, the eight-part Nine Network comedy/drama from Jungle Entertainment and New Zealand-based Filthy Productions, and in two high-profile features: Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang and Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale.

Now shooting in Melbourne, Bad Mothers stars Melissa George,...

William McInnes and Sigrid Thornton in the ABC’s ‘SeaChange’ (Photo: ABC).

Eighteen years since SeaChange ended its 39-episodes run on the ABC, Sigrid Thornton and John Howard will be back on screen in 2019 in a contemporary version of the show created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox.

The Nine Network has commissioned eight one hour episodes as a co-production between ITV Studios Australia and Every Cloud Productions. Shooting starts next year with Every Cloud’s Cox and Fiona Eagger as executive producers alongside Thornton and ITV’s David Mott. ITV owns the format to the show which was produced by Artist Services for the ABC.

Twenty years on, Laura Gibson (Thornton) returns to the beachside paradise of Pearl Bay and this time it seems Pearl Bay needs Laura just as much as she needs it. Howard reprises his role as Bob Jelly, who was the mayor in the original.

Greg McLean's Wolf Creek TV show has been renewed for season two on Pop. The cable channel announced the second season renewal today, as part of it new programming slate.Based on the cult horror film of the same name, Wolf Creek season two will premiere on Pop in 2018. Jon Jarratt will return as terrifying serial killer Mick Taylor. Wolf Creek also stars Lucy Fry as Eve Thorogood and Dustin Clare as Sullivan Hill. The cast cals includes Andy McPhee, Damian de Montemas, and Jessica Tovey.Read More…...

Exclusive: Genre sales outfit has also struck a deal on Lemon Tree Passage to the Us.

Genre specialist sales agent Devilworks is ramping up its European Film Market (Efm) activity.

The company has boarded world sales on Red Christmas, Craig Anderson’s Australia horror-comedy which stars Dee Wallace (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial).

Wallace plays a mother who must protect her family who are tormented by a creepy stranger on Christmas day, the actress was also a producer on the project with Anderson. The film premiered at Sydney Film Festival, Fantasia and FrightFest.

Separately, Devilworks has struck a North American deal on its supernatural horror Lemon Tree Passage with Glass Pictures.

Starring Tim Pocock (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Jessica Tovey (Adore) and Andrew Ryan (Last Cab To Darwin), the film follows a group of young backpackers in Australia who discover that a legendary local ghost tale turns out to be true.

David Campbell directed the film and co-produced the screenplay...

Actor Jessica Tovey explains that without trust, consent and transparency on set, traumatic scenes can have traumatic repercussions

Once, before filming an intimate scene, my director sat my male co-star and me down with some Barbie dolls. She wanted to take us through exactly how we were going to do it on screen – how we would position our bodies, where the camera would be. She wanted to make us feel comfortable about something that is awkward and difficult to shoot by empowering us with knowledge about what we were about to do.

I’ve experienced similar care when shooting scenes of violence – when playing roles where I was kidnapped, assaulted, bound and gagged; ones where I had chairs hurled at me and had been thrown across a room. There were always strict protocols in place to avoid injury – but even then, when the camera rolled and my fellow actor performed...

The full trailer for Stan Original's Wolf Creek series has arrived.

All six episodes of the show will be available May 12 on the streaming platform.

In the new series, Mick Taylor (Jarratt) targets an American tourist family, but 19-year-old Eve (Lucy Fry) survives the massacre and sets out to exact revenge.

A poster for the show has also been revealed (see below).

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The series stars Fry (11.22.63, The Preppie Connection, Vampire Academy), Jarratt (Wolf Creek, The Last Outlaw, Picnic at Hanging Rock) and Dustin Clare (Strike Back, Anzac Girls, Spartacus: War of the Damned).

Also featured are Deborah Mailman (Offspring, Redfern Now, The Sapphires), Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, Redfern Now, The Sapphires), Jessica Tovey (Wonderland, Dance Academy, Home and Away), Jake Ryan (Wentworth, Fat Tony & Co, Underbelly: Razor) and Richard Cawthorne (Catching Milat, Fat Tony & Co., Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms), and guest stars Robert Taylor (Longmire) and Gary Sweet (House Husbands...

Mick Taylor’s return is teased in a new, brief promo video for the six-episode Wolf Creek series, premiering later this year on the Australian streaming service Stan.

Comprised of six one-hour episodes, the Wolf Creek series is directed by Tony Tilse and Greg McLean (director of Wolf Creek and Wolf Creek 2) from a script by Peter Gawler and Felicity Packard.

All six episodes are set to debut exclusively on Stan in mid-2016. John Jarratt will reprise his role as Mick Taylor and Lucy Fry (11/22/63) will play Eve, the young woman pursuing the serial killer.

We’ll keep Daily Dead readers updated on the Wolf Creek series as more details are revealed. In the meantime, we have highlights from the previous press release as well as the new teaser video:

From the Press Relesae (via mUmBRELLA): Ten years since the release of the hugely successful feature film Wolf Creek,...

Outback killer Mick Taylor will return this year in a six-episode Wolf Creek series on the Australian streaming service Stan, and a new teaser video offers a glimpse at the vengeful 19-year-old Eve, who’s looking to give Mick a taste of his own torturous medicine.

Comprised of six one-hour episodes, the Wolf Creek series is directed by Tony Tilse and Greg McLean (director of Wolf Creek and Wolf Creek 2) from a script by Peter Gawler and Felicity Packard. All six episodes are set to debut exclusively on Stan in mid-2016. John Jarratt will reprise his role as Mick Taylor and Lucy Fry (11/22/63) will play Eve, the young woman pursuing the serial killer.

We’ll keep Daily Dead readers updated on the Wolf Creek series as more details are revealed. In the meantime, we have highlights from the previous press release as well as the new teaser video:

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Lemon Tree Passage is an Australian Horror-Thriller that is set around the local ghost story that goes like this: A tormented biker that was struck and killed in a hit and run now apparently haunts the backroads of a small Australian town.

Three American Backpackers, Maya (Jessica Tovey), Amelia (Pippa Black) and Sam (Nicholas Gunn), meet a couple of Aussie larrikins, Geordie (Tim Phillips) and Oscar (Andrew Ryan), that recite the spooky urban legend to the trio and off they all go to test the theory. Unsurprisingly, horror ensues.

Lemon Tree Passage starts off strong. There’s a few good scares, the cast are all particularly strong and the atmosphere is quite effective, due to some superb cinematography.

The problem comes later as the story progresses. The plot developments come off feeling more than a little silly and contrived, dispensing of the great atmosphere...

The Australian streaming service, Stan, has released the first teaser trailer for their new, six-part mini-series based on Greg Mclean's horror franchise Wolf Creek. Greg McLean, who wrote and directed the original films, will also return for this mini-series.

John Jarratt returns as the series baddy along with Lucy Fry (“Vampire Academy”), Deborah Mailman (“Offspring”), Dustin Clare (“Strike Back”), Miranda Tapsell (“Redfern Now”), Richard Cawthorne (“Catching Milat”), Jake Ryan (“Wentworth”), and Jessica Tovey (“Wonderland”).

Synopsis:

Wolf Creek, a six-part drama series, is a psychological thriller set in the world that fans of the films will recognise – but this time things are [Continued ...]...

Originally revealed in February, the Wolf Creek miniseries is now coming to fruition, as production has begun on the project with a full cast in front of the camera, including John Jarratt as the malevolent Outback killer Mick Taylor.

Directed by Tony Tilse and Greg McLean (who helmed the films Wolf Creek and Wolf Creek 2) and written by Peter Gawler and Felicity Packard, the Wolf Creek miniseries (titled Wolf Creek) will comprise six one-hour episodes that will all debut at the same time in mid-2016 exclusively on the streaming service Stan.

Set in the same universe as the Wolf Creek movies (its exact spot on the timeline has not been revealed), the miniseries will follow a 19-year-old named Eve (played by Lucy Fry), who sets her vengeful sights on Mick Taylor after he slaughters her family. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates. We have the official press...

The Australian streaming service, Stan, has started production on a new six-part mini-series based on Greg Mclean's horror franchise Wolf Creek (I think it's definitely a franchise now). In a press release, the service revealed the full cast as well as the plot details. It was also revealed that Greg McLean, who wrote and directed the original films, will also return for this mini-series.

John Jarratt returns as the series baddy along with Lucy Fry (“Vampire Academy”), Deborah Mailman (“Offspring”), Dustin Clare (“Strike Back”), Miranda Tapsell (“Redfern Now”), Richard Cawthorne (“Catching Milat”), Jake Ryan (“Wentworth”), and Jessica Tovey (“Wonderland”).

Synopsis:

Wolf Creek, a six-par [Continued ...]...

The tables are turned on serial killer Mick Taylor in the latest iteration of Wolf Creek commissioned by Stan, which starts shooting today at the Adelaide Studios and numerous locations in South Australia.

Vampire Academy.s Lucy Fry plays Eve, an American tourist in the six-part series directed by Tony Tilse and Greg Mclean, scripted by Peter Gawler and Felicity Packard.

John Jarratt.s Mick sets out to murder Eve.s family but she survives, rebuilds her shattered existence and vows revenge.

The series will have a markedly different tone to Mclean.s horror movies, focusing on Eve.s journey. Stan content and product director Nick Forward tells If, .No one wanted to make a 6-hour horror movie. We spent six months with the producers and writers looking for a hook for a televisual drama.

.Mick Taylor is still the grim reaper but this is a thriller about Eve.s journey.

Lemon Tree Passage, an Australian supernatural thriller inspired by an urban legend, will open in a limited number of cinemas on October 31, tying in with Halloween.

Produced by Jeremy Ervine and directed and co-written by David Campbell, the plot follows three American backpackers who learn about the ghost of a motorcyclist that stalks young motorists and encounter something far more evil.

The cast is headed by Jessica Tovey (Wonderland, Tracks), Pippa Black (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Nicholas Gunn (The Hunters Club, Neighbours), Tim Phillipps (TV.s Chopper, The Secret Circle), Tim Pocock (Dance Academy) and Andrew Ryan (Not Suitable for Children, Tomorrow, When the War Began).

Campbell and Erica Brien wrote the screenplay after he saw a segment aired on Today Tonight in 2010 dealing with teenagers who were caught speeding in Lemon Tree Passage Road in Port Stephens and told the cops they saw a ghostly light.

A YouTube...

The Australian shot horror title Lemon Tree Passage has an exciting trailer. The clip shows several new friends and a ghostly light. Released in the land of Oz through Odin's Eye Entertainment, Lemon Tree Passage has not found North American distribution, as of yet. The film stars Nicholas Gunn (The Devil's Whispers), Jessica Tovey, and Pippa Black. Bright lights await below. The film's story is based on an old legend. The myth of Lemon Tree Passage is founded on one man's fatal motorcycle accident. Now, it is believed that his ghost haunts the hills around Lemon Tree. Four friends are determined to see if this urban legend is true. The trailer for the film offers a few scares. The four friends might have had more fun at the beach. Only terror awaits them at Lemon Tree Passage! Release Date: Tba. Director: David Campbell. Writers: Erica Brien and David Campbell. Cast: Jessica Tovey,...

The line-up for this year's Film4 FrightFest in London has just been announced – and boy, is it a doozy! Sporting a record-breaking 38 UK/European premieres and 11 world premieres, this August is going to be an exciting time in the genre calendar.

Check it all out right here, including lots of new images!

This year Film4 FrightFest will be moving from its previous home at Leicester Square's Empire Cinema to the nearby Vue Cinema (also on Leicester Square), prompting an ingenious reshuffle of the screening arrangements.

All main screen films will be presented at different times across three different screens, with two extra screens reserved for single-slot screenings of the various films hitting this year's Discovery Screens.

Here's the full list of goodies:

Main Screens (5, 6, 7)

Thursday Aug 21

Opening Night Film - The Guest (UK Premiere)

Director: Adam Wingard. Cast: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelley, Leland Orser. USA 2014. 99 mins.

Film4 FrightFest 2014, returning for its 15th year, unveils its biggest line-up ever. From Thurs 21 August to Monday 25 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Vue West End, Leicester Square, to present sixty-four films plus twenty shorts across five screens. There are sixteen countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-eight UK or European premieres and eleven world premieres.

Are you ready for a monstrous and memorable mayhem of killer claws, cannibalism, cult classics, murderous musicals, chiller thrillers, graphic novel action and sick celluloid masterpieces? Then prepare yourself for the biggest, strongest and most eclectic must-see programme in Film4 FrightFest’s history.

From the opening night turbo-driven thrill-ride The Guest to the UK premiere of the closing night mesmeric sci-fi fantasy The Signal, FrightFest has netted the latest works from genre big-hitters such as Eli Roth (The Green Inferno), Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins (Show...

A new poster has arrived for Weinstein Co's "Tracks" starring Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver, which "The King's Speed" directore John Curran is helming. The film tells the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson (Wasikowska), a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan (Driver) who begins to photograph her voyage. Emma Booth, Melanie Zanetti, Jessica Tovey and Rainer Bock are also in the cast of the drama which opens in theaters from May 23rd, 2014.

One of the young actresses who has seen her star rise in Hollywood over the past few years is Mia Wasikowska. With roles in movies such as The Kids are All Right, Jane Eyre, Lawless, and Stoker, as well as the tv show In Treatment, her presence in a project increases its interest. It was no different with her newest feature, titled Tracks. The film is directed by John Curran, and the screenplay is adapted by Marion Nelson from a book by Robyn Davidson. Wasikowska stars onscreen alongside Adam Driver, Emma Booth, and Jessica Tovey, and a new trailer for the film has now been released. The trailer can be seen below.

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A new trailer has been released for the upcoming drama Tracks.

Directed by John Curran, Tracks stars Mia Wasikowska as Robyn Davidson, who leaves her city life when she decides to go on a solo trek through 1,700 miles of Australian desert with only her dog and four camels for company.

Tracks also features Girls star Adam Driver as National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan, who begins to catalogue her voyage.

Tracks is based on Davidson's memoir of her experience and is adapted into a screenplay by Marion Nelson.

It also stars Melanie Zanetti, Robert Coleby, Jessica Tovey and Emma Booth.

Wasikowska has previously starred in films including Stoker, Only Lovers Left Alive and Alice in Wonderland.

The biographical drama opens in UK cinemas on April 25. No Us dates have been announced.

Sneak Peek a new trailer supporting director John Curran’s adventure drama "Tracks", starring Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver, Emma Booth, Melanie Zanetti and Jessica Tovey:

"...director John Curran ('The Painted Veil') and the producers of 'The King's Speech', bring you the film 'Tracks', which tells the remarkable true story of 'Robyn Davidson' (Wasikowska), a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert.

"Accompanied by her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery.

"Along the way, she meets 'National Geographic' photographer Rick Smolan (Driver) who begins to photograph her voyage..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Tracks"...

Writer-director David Campbell should be making a splash on the festival circuit soon with his debut feature, Lemon Tree Passage. When a group of young backpackers learn of a ghost said to appear in the rear-view mirror of a speeding car they set out to recreate it with the help of some locals. After speeding down Lemon Tree Passage, a remote road surrounded by dense woods, their jubilation turns to terror as one by one each passenger begins to disappear in a violent fashion.  Isolated and ten thousand miles from home, the tourists find themselves caught in the clutches of a malevolent force much more heinous than the local myth they set out to experience.Jessica Tovey, Nicholas Gunn, Pippa Black, Tim Phillipps, Andrew Ryan, Tim...

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Odin.s Eye Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to Lemon Tree Passage, an Australian supernatural thriller directed and co-written by David Campbell.

The South Australian-shot film inspired by an urban legend had its first screening on Saturday at the European Film Market in Berlin.

Campbell and Erica Brien wrote the screenplay after he saw a segment on Today Tonight in 2010 dealing with teenagers who were caught speeding in Lemon Tree Passage Road in Port Stephens, Nsw, and told the cops they saw a ghostly light.

A video of the sighting has been viewed more than 330,000 times on YouTube and some locals believe it.s the spirit of a motorcyclist who was killed on the road.

The plot follows three American backpackers who learn about the ghost of a motorcyclist that stalks young motorists and encounter something far more evil.

The cast includes Jessica Tovey (Tracks, TV's Wonderland), Pippa Black...

After getting a look at the new international poster for John Curran’s Tracks earlier this week, eOne has launched the new UK trailer ahead of its release on our shores in the spring.

The film made its debut out in Venice at the tail-end of last summer, with Mia Wasikowska (Lawless, Alice in Wonderland) starring in the lead, garnering some early buzz for her performance.

Robyn (Mia Wasikowska) spends two hardscrabble years in the Alice Springs area learning how to train and care for camels (feral herds of which number in the thousands in Western Australia) in order to prepare for her journey. Finally ready to embark with her animals, she realizes she is woefully underfunded and, despite her desires for self-sufficiency, accepts a fee from National Geographic in exchange for a written piece. The magazine adds a condition: she must allow photographer Rick Smolan (Adam Driver) to photograph...

Following its bow on the festival circuit last year, with stop-offs at Venice, Telluride, and Toronto, John Curran’s Tracks will soon be heading into cinemas on our shores this spring.

Based on a true story, the drama stars Mia Wasikowska in the lead, and after receiving some excellent reviews on the circuit – you can read our review here – early buzz has this as a potential contender for the Oscars this time next year.

Its arrival in Australia is less than two months away, and now a new international poster has surfaced online, with Wasikowska journeying across the desert.

Robyn (Mia Wasikowska) spends two hardscrabble years in the Alice Springs area learning how to train and care for camels (feral herds of which number in the thousands in Western Australia) in order to prepare for her journey. Finally ready to embark with her animals, she realizes she is woefully underfunded and,...

Australia's Lemon Tree Passage is the site of many accounts of alleged paranormal activity. The story goes that if you drive really fast down the road, you will see the image of a ghost in your rearview mirror. True? Probably not. Perfect fodder for a horror flick? You betcha.

News has just come out of the American Film Market that writer/director David Campbell is currently in the post-production stage of a supernatural thriller that explores the urban legend. You can read the plot crunch below, and expect more news about the film as we learn it.

Lemon Tree Passage stars Jessica Tovey, Pippa Black, Tim Pocock, Nicholas Gunn, Piera Forde, and Andrew Ryan.

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When a group of young backpackers learn of a ghost which is said to appear in the rearview mirror of a speeding car, they set out to recreate it with the help of some locals.

Writer-director David Campbell is in post-production on the Australian supernatural thriller Lemon Tree Passage.

The film stars Jessica Tovey, Pippa Black and Andrew Ryan.

When a group of young backpackers learn of a ghost of which is said to appear in the rearview mirror of a speeding car, they set out to recreate it with the help of some locals.

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Check out the first French poster for Anne Fontaine's Two Mothers (Perfect Mothers) with Naomi Watts and Robin Wright. Watts and Wright star as two lifelong female friends who fall for each other's sons (Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville). The cast of the Christopher Hampton-adapted film from the novel by Doris Lessing, also has Ben Mendelsohn, Sophie Lowe, Gary Sweet, Jessica Tovey, Alyson Standen and Charlee Thomas on board. Two Mothers was picked up for N. American distribution by Exclusive Releasing at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

Check out the first French poster for Anne Fontaine's Two Mothers (Perfect Mothers) with Naomi Watts and Robin Wright. Watts and Wright star as two lifelong female friends who fall for each other's sons (Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville). The cast of the Christopher Hampton-adapted film from the novel by Doris Lessing, also has Ben Mendelsohn, Sophie Lowe, Gary Sweet, Jessica Tovey, Alyson Standen and Charlee Thomas on board. Two Mothers was picked up for N. American distribution by Exclusive Releasing at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

“Two Mothers” is from director Anne Fontaine (“Coco Before Chanel”), based on the book “The Grandmothers” by Doris Lessing. The film looks like a serious exploration of what happens when you fall in love with your best friend’s teenage son. And, er, your teenage son falls in love with her. Complications, as they say, ensue. Of course, this being Hollywood, the older women are played by spectacularly gorgeous gals. That would be Naomi Watts and Robin Wright, playing the childhood friends and older women, with Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville playing their teenage sons/lovers. “Two Mothers” is set to make its debut at Sundance next year. Also starring Ben Mendelsohn, Sophie Lowe, Gary Sweet, Jessica Tovey, and Alyson Standen...

Short film The Maker triumphed at the Bondi Short Film Festival Awards on Saturday, walking away with four prizes, including Best Film and the People.s Choice Award.

The popular festival, now in its twelfth year, was held at the iconic Bondi Beach Pavilion in front of a sell-out crowd.

The list of 14 finalists was deliberated over by a well-known panel of judges.from the flim and television industry, including Noni Hazlehurst, Christiaan Van Vuuren, Jessica Tovey, Kristy Best, Dr Ruth Harley and Andrew McFarlane.

Director of the Bondi Short Film Festival, Francis Coady said, "It is heartening to see such large crowds of people supporting independent Australian film year on year. We look forward to unearthing and presenting more wonderful films in 2013 and beyond.. A full list of winners can be found below..

Showtime Movie Channels .Best Film Award' The.Maker .. Directed by Christopher Kezelos Proof Sunglasses .Best Script...

Animal Kingdom star Ben Mendelsohn along with model turned actress Sophie Lowe, Aussie TV actor Gary Sweet and newcomer Jessica Tovey has come aboard The Grandmothers film, which already stars Robin Wright-Penn, Naomi Watts, James Frecheville and Xavier Samuel. It will be directed by Anne Fontaine, who had a major Hollywood hit with Coco Before [...]

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Almost exactly two months after our first report, The Grandmothers has added a few more to its cast. As Australian site If (via ThePlaylist) reports, Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom, The Place Beyond the Pines), one-time Lisbeth Salander candidate Sophie Lowe, Gary Sweet, and Jessica Tovey have all boarded the film, which already stars Robin Wright, Naomi Watts, James Frecheville, and Xavier Samuel.

Based on a story by Doris Lessing, the Anne Fontaine-directed, Christopher Hampton-written picture stars Wright and Watts as “two lifelong friends who fall in love with each others’ teenage sons.” I guessed back in December that Frecheville and Samuel would be playing the sons, due to pertinent factors like age and general physical appearance, and this latest casting makes it even more likely — unless the teenage boys will be played by a 42 and 54-year-old men. Now that would be interesting.

Production began today in Sydney, with...

Ben Mendelsohn, Sophie Lowe, Jessica Tovey and Gary Sweet have joined the cast of "The Grandmothers" for Gaumont and Mon Voisin reports iF Magazine

An adaptation of the 2003 novella by Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing, the story follows two childhood friends and neighbors (Naomi Watts, Robin Wright) who each fall in love with the other’s teenage son (James Frecheville, Xavier Samuel), much to the disgust of the boys’ wives.

French director Anne Fontaine ("Coco Before Chanel") helms the English-language feature from a script by Christopher Hampton ("Atonement"). An eight week shoot kicked off in Australia yesterday.

While his turn as the unstable Pope in "Animal Kingdom" turned heads, Ben Mendelsohn's first couple attempts to conquer Hollywood haven't quite worked out. Last fall he featured in"Killer Elite" and the disastrous Nic Cage/Nicole Kidman vehicle "Trespass." But, looking much more promising, he's got "Cogan's Trade" and "The Place Beyond The Pines" hitting theaters (or at least festivals) sometime this year, and he's lining up another project with some serious predigree. Along with model turned actress Sophie Lowe, Aussie TV actor Gary Sweet and newcomer Jessica Tovey, Mendolsohn has come aboard "The Grandmothers" with Naomi Watts and Robin Wright. An adaptation of the 2003 novella by Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing, and penned by "Atonement" and "Dangerous Liaisons" scribe Christopher Hampton, the story involves two childhood friends and neighbors who each fall in love with...

Australian actors Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom), Sophie Lowe (The Slap) and Gary Sweet (Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) and Jessica Tovey (underbelly) have been announced as supporting cast in the new Australian/French co-production The Grandmothers.

Starring Naomi Watts and fellow Australian Xavier Samuel, as well as Robin Wright and James Frecheville the film is a collaboration between producer Andrew Mason of Hopscotch Features and French producer Phillipe Carcassonne (The Illusionist, Coco avant Chanel) with Anne Fontaine (Coco avant Chanel) directing.

The film will be Fontaine’s English-language directorial debut with he script is adapted from Doris Lessing’s novel of the same name by Oscar winning Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement).

The eight-week shoot is scheduled to take place around Sydney with a ScreenNSW investment of $3.3m, expected to stimulate $57.8m of spend in the state and create more than 3,300 jobs for cast, crew and extras.

Australian actors Ben Mendelsohn, Sophie Lowe and Gary Sweet.have joined the cast of Australian-French co-production The Grandmothers..

They join the principal cast of Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville in a tale about two lifelong friends who fall in love with each other's teenaged sons. Jessica Tovey (Underbelly, Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo) will also make her feature debut in the film.

The Grandmothers has been adapted for the screen by Academy Award-winning writer Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement) from a story written by Nobel Prize for Literature winner Doris Lessing.

The eight-week shoot marks the English-language debut for director Anne Fontaine (Coco avant Chanel) and is due to begin on Monday (February 6) in Sydney.

The film is being produced by Hopscotch Productions' Andrew Mason; Fontaine's long-time collaborator Philippe Carcassonne; as well as French producers' Mon Voisin's Michel Feller and Dominique Besnehard. Hopscotch's Troy Lum...

Australian actors Ben Mendelsohn, Sophie Lowe and Gary Sweet.have joined the cast of Australian-French co-production The Grandmothers.. They join the principal cast of Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville in a tale about two lifelong friends who fall in love with each other's teenaged sons. Jessica Tovey (Underbelly, Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo) will also make her feature debut in the film. The Grandmothers has been adapted for the screen by Academy Award-winning writer Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement) from a story written by Nobel Prize for Literature winner Doris Lessing. The eight-week shoot marks the English-language debut for director Anne Fontaine (Coco avant Chanel) and is due to begin on Monday (February 6)...

Australian actors Ben Mendelsohn, Sophie Lowe and Gary Sweet.have joined the cast of Australian-French co-production The Grandmothers.. They join the principal cast of Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville in a tale about two lifelong friends who fall in love with each other's teenaged sons. Jessica Tovey (Underbelly, Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo) will also make her feature debut in the film. The Grandmothers has been adapted for the screen by Academy Award-winning writer Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement) from a story written by Nobel Prize for Literature winner Doris Lessing. The eight-week shoot marks the English-language debut for director Anne Fontaine (Coco avant Chanel) and is due to begin on Monday (February 6)...

A former Sydney police officer portrayed in Underbelly: The Golden Mile has won her defamation case against the show. Wendy Hatfield, who was played by former Home and Away actress Jessica Tovey in the Australian crime drama last year, claimed that the scriptwriters damaged her character by sexually linking her with Sydney nightclub owner John Ibrahim and accusing her of perjury. According to The Daily Telegraph, the verdict in her favour was formally delivered in the Supreme Court yesterday, but all other details of the settlement have been kept confidential. Since (more)...

Red Dog, Oranges and Sunshine, Face to Face and The Eye of the Storm have received nominations for Best Feature Film at this year’s If Awards.

Red Dog won the most nominations, appearing in nine categories, with Oranges and Sunshine nominated in eight and Face to Face in six categories.

Nominated in the Best Direction category is Michael Rymer for Face to Face, Kriv Stenders for Red Dog and Justin Kurzel for Snowtown while Best Script nominees are Michael Rymer for Face to Face, Rona Munro for Oranges and Sunshine and Daniel Taplitz for Red Dog.

Best Documentary nominees are Mrs Carey’s Concert directed by Bob Connolly, I Am Eleven directed by Genevieve Bailey and Orchids: My Intersex Adventure directed by Phoebe Hart.

With its strong ensemble cast the Face to Face actors are up against David Wenham for Oranges and Sunshine, Josh Lucas for Red Dog and...

Todd Lasance has dismissed rumours that he is dating former Home and Away co-star Jessica Tovey. The pair, who played Summer Bay lovers Aden Jefferies and Belle Taylor, set tongues wagging at the recent Logie Awards ceremony by spending most of the night in each other's company. Additionally, Tovey reportedly added fuel to the fire by joking that Lasance was her "husband" in a conversation with a photographer. However, speaking to TV Week about the possibility of real-life love, Lasance insisted: "The fans would love to see that - but no, Jess and (more)...

Gold Logie

Ray Meagher (Home and Away) - Winner!

Esther Anderson (Home and Away)

Wil Anderson (The Gruen Transfer)

Rebecca Gibney (Packed To The Rafters)

Adam Hills (Spicks And Specks)

Paul McDermott (Good News Week)

Rove McManus (Rove)

Shaun Micallef (Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation) Most Popular Actor

Hugh Sheridan (Packed To The Rafters) - Winner!

Luke Jacobz (Home and Away)

Todd Lasance (Home and Away)

Ray Meagher (Home and Away)

Erik Thomson (Packed To The Rafters) Most Popular Actress

Rebecca Gibney - (Packed To The Rafters) - Winner!

Esther Anderson (Home and Away)

Rebecca Breeds (Home and Away)

Jessica Marais (Packed To The Rafters)

Jessica Tovey (Home and Away) Most Popular Presenter

Shaun Micallef (Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation) - Winner!

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Home and Away star Rebecca Breeds has admitted that she is feeling "really encouraged" following her recent Logie nod. The 21-year-old, who plays Summer Bay's Ruby Buckton, is in the running for this year's 'Most Popular Actress' prize alongside co-stars Esther Anderson (Charlie Buckton) and Jessica Tovey (Belle Taylor). Speaking to TV Week about the recognition, Breeds commented: "I'm (more)...