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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Lord of the Rings,” “Elvis” and “Faraway Downs” star David Wenham is to reprise one of other his best-known roles in upcoming feature “SPIT.” The picture is a sequel to 2003 comedy crime thriller “Gettin’ Square,” in which Wenham played Johnny ‘Spit’ Spitteri, a recently-released ex-convict and Sam Worthington (“Avatar”) played an older brother trying to keep the kid out of trouble. Production of “SPIT” has got underway in Gold Coast and Brisbane, Queensland and will continue through May. The new film is directed by ‘Gettin’ Square” and “The Railway Man” director Jonathan Teplitzky, from a screenplay by Queensland-based writer and lawyer Christopher Nyst. It is produced by Trish Lake of Queensland-based Freshwater Pictures alongside Greg Duffy, Felicity McVay and Wenham. It received major production investment from Screen Australia with local distribution by Transmission Films and international rights sales managed by Moviehouse Entertainment.

Breakout Australia comedy Colin From Accounts is back in production.

EXCLUSIVE: Teresa Palmer (The Clearing, The Fall Guy), Miranda Richardson (Good Omens, Spider) and Danielle Macdonald (The Tourist, Patti Cake$) and a host of other names have joined Nicole Kidman‘s light-hearted Australian drama series The Last Anniversary.

Colin From Accounts, the breakout Australian comedy, is launching on Paramount+ in the U.S.

Totally in character! Vanessa Hudgens couldn’t help but take a playful swipe at her ex-boyfriend Austin Butler while chiming in on the debate surrounding his Elvis voice.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefRising star Phoenix Raei joins Hugo Weaving as the lead of “The Rooster,” an Australian mystery drama film in which a small-town cop discovers the dead body of his best friend.The film, which has just completed principal photography in Victoria state, is directed by actor Mark Leonard Winter (“Escape From Pretoria”), making his debut as a feature director.As performers, Weaving and Winter have previously appeared together in “Measure for Measure” and “The Dressmaker.”Raei, who has recent credits in “Clickbait,” “Stateless” and “The Night Agent,” stars in “The Rooster” as the cop who confronts Weaving’s volatile character, a forest-dwelling hermit who was the last person known to have seen his pal. Other cast include: Helen Thomson (“Elvis,” “Top of the Lake”), Rhys Mitchell (“Cake,” “Upper Middle Bogan”), Bert La Bonte (“Surviving Summer,” “Five Bedrooms”), John Waters (“Offspring,” “Mystery Road”), Camilla Ah Kin (“Wakefield,” “Holding the Man”), Robert Menzies (“Little Tornadoes,” “Glitch”) and Deirdre Rubenstein (“Force of Destiny,” “Superwog”).“ ‘The Rooster’ is a gripping story about friendship and how hope can come from unlikely places.

Kacey Musgraves celebrates the love between Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley.

David Bowie, explaining how they almost worked on a project together in Berlin.The director, who worked with the late musician on the soundtrack for 2001’s Moulin Rouge!, told NME about how Bowie’s classic track ‘Changes’ impacted his life.“From the moment I first heard this song, I was a huge Bowie fan,” Luhrmann said. “I eventually worked with him [on the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack] and then towards the end of his life, he became a very good friend.“He used to come round and we’d walk the dogs.

One of hip hop’s kings is paying homage to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Springwatch.The beloved actor, now starring in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, featuring on BBC One’s The One Show and commented on a preview of the long-running nature series.After the feed cut back to the studio away from hosts Chris Packham Michaela Strachan, Hanks said the show was “something else.”“Can we just say how great the BBC is?” Hanks commented. “You’re not going to get that live every night in the United States.“That is just something else.”Thanks @tomhanks! We couldn’t have put it better ourselves.

Elvis Presley biopic.Set to be released in cinemas on June 24, Elvis charts the iconic musician’s career through his complicated relationship with manager Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).Butler, who plays Elvis, recalled in an interview with GQ UK how his body “started shutting down” after filming concluded in March 2021. He was later diagnosed with a virus that simulates appendicitis and spent a week bedridden.“The next day I woke up at four in the morning with excruciating pain, and I was rushed to hospital,” Butler said.

Elvis Presley biopic, showcasing lead star Austin Butler.Set to be released in cinemas on June 24, Elvis charts the iconic musician’s career through his complicated relationship with manager Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).A synopsis reads: “The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker spanning 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America.”The clip shows Butler’s Elvis performing at the Louisiana Hayride at the start of his career in 1954, as his shaking hips cause pandemonium among the audience. You can check out the clip below.“Now I don’t know nothing about music,” Parker, played by Hanks, says in the clip.

Austin Butler as the King of Rock and Roll.The trailer begins with Elvis’ long-time manager, Colonel Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks, narrating the tale. “There are some who make me out to be the villain of this hear story,” Parker says as the trailer gets rolling.

Director Baz Luhrmann has announced several prominent Australian stars will join the cast of his Elvis Presley biopic.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaBaz Luhrmann’s upcoming musical drama “Elvis” has added several prominent Australian actors to its cast. Richard Roxburgh, Helen Thomson, David Wenham, and Dacre Montgomery have joined an ensemble that includes the previously announced Tom Hanks, Austin Butler and Olivia DeJonge.Roxburgh, who worked with Luhrmann on “Moulin Rouge!,” will portray Elvis’s father, Vernon Presley.