Australia’s Porchlight Films To Go Dark After 23 Years

Tom Grater International Film ReporterIn response to a spike of COVID-19 cases in Melbourne, authorities in Australia have closed the borders between the country’s two most populous states – Victoria and New South Wales. The move effectively stops travel between its two major film hubs of Melbourne and Sydney.Melbourne, in Victoria, confirmed a record 127 new cases of the virus and two deaths overnight; local health officials have begun shutting down some neighbourhoods in response.

Marvel‘s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is heading back to production amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australian auteur George Miller is getting into business with Beijing-based real estate giant Sunac China. The Chinese property developer has closed a deal to co-finance Miller's forthcoming "epic love story" Three Thousand Years of Longing, co-staring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorSunac Culture has pre-bought Chinese distribution rights to George Miller’s anticipated fantasy-romance Three Thousand Years Of Longing.Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton are due to star in the feature, which was meant to start production in March but was pushed back by the pandemic.

Brian Austin Green was spotted out in Los Angeles with Australian model Tina Louise more than one month after his split from Megan Fox.The BH90210 alum, 46, and the Maxim model, 38, grabbed lunch at a local taco eatery on Tuesday, June 30. Photos obtained by the Daily Mail show Green dressed down in a white T-shirt and ripped jeans, with a face mask slung around his neck to protect himself amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Johnny Depp‘s libel case against The Sun is about more than a few bucks; it’s a battle to reveal the truth about his toxic marriage to Amber Heard once and for all — at least in a legal sense.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentA British court has ruled that Johnny Depp is in breach of a court order for failing to disclose texts that allegedly show him trying to get hold of drugs.The ruling by Judge Andrew Nicol Monday was made as part of the actor’s libel action against Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun newspaper, to be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice in London next month.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorJohnny Depp’s libel battle with British tabloid newspaper The Sun has suffered a blow after a High Court judge ruled that he failed to comply with a disclosure order in relation to a series of “drug texts” he sent during a trip to Australia five years ago.Depp is suing Dan Wootton, the executive editor of The Sun, and the Rupert Murdoch-owned British tabloid’s publisher, News Group Newspapers, for defamation over an article in April 2018 that referred to him as

Sally Lindsay has turned down offers from 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here' "most years". The 46-year-old actress has been approached several times by ITV bosses to camp out in the Australian jungle, but she continues to say no as she refuses to take part in one particular Bushtucker Trial.

The premiere date for Bachelor In Paradise was announced this morning and with it came a juicy new trailer all about the blonde 25-year-old.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorBest known for playing Captain Boomerang in “Suicide Squad,” Jai Courtney first gained attention in 2010 portraying Varro on Starz’s “Spartacus: Blood and Sand.” Since then, the Aussie actor has appeared in “Jack Reacher” and “A Good Day to Die Hard,” followed by “Divergent” and its sequel, “Insurgent.” He’ll next be seen in “Stateless” as Cam Sanford, a guard at an immigration detention center in the Australian desert.

Rebel Wilson has transformed herself since cementing her place as a dynamite presence in the Hollywood film industry.“I took something that was seen as a disadvantage — no one thinks if you’re fat that you’re going to be an actress and everyone’s going to love you — and turned it into a positive,” the Pitch Perfect star told Australia’s Daily Life in January 2015. “Bigger girls do better in comedy.