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Celebrities and their big-budget films complicate the picture for Australian stories
By music and pop culture reporter Paul Donoughue
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US actors Matt Damon, Melissa McCarthy and Tom Hanks have all recently been filming in Australia.
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Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the US, film and TV producers have been trying to figure out how to keep the content pipeline flowing.
As Kate Marks, the CEO of Ausfilm, told a parliamentary inquiry in December, the world is now looking at [Australia] as a destination for producing high-quality international screen content .
âWeâre certainly busyâ: behind the boom in overseas film and TV production
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While Idris Elba arrived quietly and Jane Seymour stayed in a standard hotel, Matt Damon is going through his Australian quarantine before shooting the new
Thor instalment and possibly a second movie in style.
The Oscar-winning star of the
Bourne series and his family are sharing a rented house in the Byron Bay area with two unnamed American philanthropists after they all arrived on a private plane last Saturday. They are funding their own trip at a reported cost of âhundreds of thousands of dollarsâ, including flights, rent, private security, police monitoring, staff, cleaning, meals and regular medical checks during quarantine.
The annual Screen Forever conference is shifting online next month, following recent challenges around COVID-19 and border restrictions.
Originally set for November 2020 on the Gold Coast, it then rescheduled for February but Screen Producers Australia yesterday announced an entirely digital offering from 16-18 February.
SPA CEO Matthew Deaner said “Given the current environment and the need to prioritise the health and safety of our industry and the wider community, we are committing to cultivate business opportunities and connections for Australia’s screen practitioners through the establishment of Screen Forever’s new interactive digital platform.
“I would like to thank our Partners – especially Principal Partner Screen Queensland – for adapting with us through this ever-changing environment. Thank you also to the outstanding speakers, moderators and producers who are committing their valuable time and knowledge to helping us build such a strong and vital program fo