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Australian producer Kylie du Fresne from Goalpost Pictures joins journalist Caris Bizzaca to talk about Upgrade, the genre feature she produced with Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions (Get Out, Paranormal Activity). She talks about the differences between the US studio system and the Australian screen industry, what she learnt about creating genre films from Upgrade’s writer/director Leigh Whannell (writer of the Saw and Insidious franchises), and why Upgrade was brought to Australia in the first place – including the importance of the Producer Offset in getting it made. Links: Producer Offset 101 video; Find out more about the Producer Offset; More podcast episodes, and more, at Screen News.
Screen Australia Senior Development Executive Nerida Moore and Senior Manager of Program Operations Diana Burnett join journalist Caris Bizzaca from Screen News to discuss what development funding actually is, what the big changes in these guidelines are, and what they will mean for the Australian screen industry.
Rosemary Blight and Ben Grant from Goalpost Pictures talk to Screen News journalist Caris Bizzaca about Official Co-productions in TV.
Founding pod-mother and film journalist Caris Bizzaca returns to gush with Maria over multiple viewings of Wonder Woman: the movie AND the movement. Plus! The Mummy stars Tom FREAKIN Cruise and Sofia Boutella pop by to talk gender bent monster movies and scary female characters.