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Are you counting down the days til you can watch Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller in the Netflix sci-fi film Escape from Spiderhead? Well, while you're waiting, the friendly Screen Queensland team has gifted us with beautiful location shots featured in this film in our monthly Australian Location Spotlight. Treat your eyes to the Gold Coast region, Scenic Rim and the Whitsundays.

Have you heard the buzz down in Victoria? Construction is well underway for Dockland Studios Melbourne who are gaining a new super stage and water tank!

See how Ausfilm Members are conquering 2021 already with fantastic news from Rising Sun Pictures, MR. X, The Post Lounge and Screen NSW. Plus lots of updates from Mod, Screenwest, South Australian Film Corporation, Screen Tasmania and so much more!

Are you following us on Instagram? Check out our latest content in our Insta Highlights: February's Location Spotlight, Spotlight On: Taika Waititi, What Our Members Are Up To and that's just the beginning!

Happy reading and stay safe,

The Ausfilm Team

Screen Queensland is proud to present the mesmerizing locations used for the Netflix Original feature Escape from Spiderhead.

The majority took place on the Gold Coast region, as well as the Texas-like Darlington countryside, Scenic Rim. Filming also took place in the Whitsundays in the north-east coast of Queensland, lending the film a large sense of scope.

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Supported through a AU$46 million (US$36 million) investment from the Victorian Government, Stage 6 will be one of the largest in the southern hemisphere at 3,700 sqm (40,000 sqft).

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Congratulations to the fantastically gifted Aussie nominees for Best Visual Effects at the 93rd Academy Awards®.

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Buoyed by a boom in motion picture and series production, Rising Sun Pictures reached maximum staff capacity and executed its expansion plans.

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MR. X welcomes the talented Simon Maddison, Gillian Howe, Derek Wentworth and David Crawford.

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The fabulous Bronwyn Ketels has been promoted to General Manager and Head of Post-Production.

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George Clooney and Julia Roberts have been cast in Universal Pictures' Ticket to Paradise shooting in Queensland in November 2021.

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Interceptor will be directed by best-selling Australian action and thriller writer Matthew Reilly, and will star Elsa Pataky and Luke Bracey.

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After filming the first season in New Zealand, The Wilds Season 2 is set to film primarily on the Gold Coast from April 2021.

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Mod's holographic visuals brought a raft of advantages to the cast and crew, as well as an impressive futuristic aesthetic and atmospheric sensibility.

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Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Alex Dimitriades jump on board with Jamie Dornan to star in South Australia’s largest ever TV production.

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Screenwest’s Film Friendly program includes online resources for local councils, shires and government departments to better understand filming processes.

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Mr Jeff M. Hayes left a big legacy and was instrumental in many careers within Australia’s screen industry from the 80’s into the early 2000s.

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The production was filmed in NSW, with feature animation co-produced and completed by Animal Logic Entertainment in Sydney. Watch interviews with producer Zareh Nalbandian and exec producer Jodi Hildebrand.

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Funded by the Tasmanian Government, both Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky and Sidelines were showcased at the Australian International Documentary Conference.

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Diving In and Playing with Sharks had their World Premieres at Sydney Film Festival in 2020 and Sundance this year.

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Supported by Screen Tasmania, it was the first show filmed in Tasmania following lockdown.

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Glendyn Ivin’s Penguin Bloom, starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver, reached the top spot in the Aussie box office in recent weeks.

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Interested in seeing more of what our Members have been up to? What about February's Location Spotlight? Head to our Highlights on our Instagram! 

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