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On that, how does one even go about summing up 2020?
From the pandemic effectively shutting down the screen industry overnight, to policy shifts that signal quite a different future, it has been a momentous, difficult and important year.
To borrow 2020’s most overused word, much of what we’ve seen has been unprecedented. But at the same time, the pandemic has sped up shifts that were already happening.
For instance, pre-covid, we were wrapped up in discussion about theatrical windows and just how streaming was affecting the cinema business.
That conversation, of course, has only accelerated.
For all our e-subscribers, throughout the break we’ll send you newsletters with what we thought were our best, most pertinent and enjoyable reads of 2020 (I promise they’re not all just about Covid). If you’re not signed up, do so here.
On that, how does one even go about summing up 2020?
From the pandemic effectively shutting down the screen industry overnight, to policy shifts that signal quite a different future, it has been a momentous, difficult and important year.
To borrow 2020’s most overused word, much of what we’ve seen has been unprecedented. But at the same time, the pandemic has sped up shifts that were already happening.
For instance, pre-covid, we were wrapped up in discussion about theatrical windows and just how streaming was affecting the cinema business.
That conversation, of course, has only accelerated.
- 12/14/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
If.com.au is on holiday hiatus, resuming January 6, 2020.
For all our e-newsletter subscribers, throughout the break we’ll send newsletters with what we thought were our best and most pertinent stories of 2019.
It’s been our pleasure to report this year on a busy sector, and we look forward to seeing how key issues play out in the year to come.
Notably, after years of policy stasis, the screen industry has promise of change in 2020.
The Federal Government has committed to a staged process of media regulation reform, and in its sights is whether local content requirements should be imposed on Svod services like Netflix, Amazon and Stan.
As part of this, Screen Australia and Acma will release an options paper in early 2020 that will look at how to best support Australian stories in a modern, multi-platform environment.
The government announcement comes on the heels of Disney+ and AppleTV+ launching in the Australian market.
For all our e-newsletter subscribers, throughout the break we’ll send newsletters with what we thought were our best and most pertinent stories of 2019.
It’s been our pleasure to report this year on a busy sector, and we look forward to seeing how key issues play out in the year to come.
Notably, after years of policy stasis, the screen industry has promise of change in 2020.
The Federal Government has committed to a staged process of media regulation reform, and in its sights is whether local content requirements should be imposed on Svod services like Netflix, Amazon and Stan.
As part of this, Screen Australia and Acma will release an options paper in early 2020 that will look at how to best support Australian stories in a modern, multi-platform environment.
The government announcement comes on the heels of Disney+ and AppleTV+ launching in the Australian market.
- 12/19/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
South Australia is small, but it packs a punch.
According to data from Screen Australia’s most recent Drama Report, in the five financial years from 2012-13 to 2016-17, South Australia captured on average 5 per cent of drama production expenditure in Australia. However, the state’s output often ranks among the most country’s most notable.
In recent years, the South Australian Film Corporation (often alongside the Adelaide Film Festival) has supported feature films like Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale and The Babadook, Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai, Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling’s Cargo, Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country and Samson and Delilah, Sophie Hyde’s 52 Tuesdays, Rosemary Myers’ Girl Asleep, Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country, John Curran’s Tracks and Jeremy Sims’ Last Cab to Darwin. Upcoming Sa projects also include Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding and Shawn Seet’s reimagining of Storm Boy.
The...
According to data from Screen Australia’s most recent Drama Report, in the five financial years from 2012-13 to 2016-17, South Australia captured on average 5 per cent of drama production expenditure in Australia. However, the state’s output often ranks among the most country’s most notable.
In recent years, the South Australian Film Corporation (often alongside the Adelaide Film Festival) has supported feature films like Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale and The Babadook, Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai, Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling’s Cargo, Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country and Samson and Delilah, Sophie Hyde’s 52 Tuesdays, Rosemary Myers’ Girl Asleep, Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country, John Curran’s Tracks and Jeremy Sims’ Last Cab to Darwin. Upcoming Sa projects also include Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding and Shawn Seet’s reimagining of Storm Boy.
The...
- 9/25/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
There has been some speculation over which role Derek Luke (Notorious, Trauma) will play in the upcoming Captain America:The First Avenger film but BlackFilm confirmed it earlier today he is cast as Gabe Jones of the Howling Commandos squadron in World War II.
Since most of the film takes place in World War II many fans guessed it might be Jones, but some had hoped it would have been Sam “Snap” Wilson, Aka The Falcon, the first African-American superhero in the Marvel Universe who frequently teams up with Captain America in the comics.
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Jones pre-dates the Falcon as the first African-American soldier introduced in the Marvel Universe in 1963, when he initially appeared in the war comic Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos about an integrated combat squadron. Created by the legendary team of Stan Lee and the late Jack Kirby, Jones was...
Since most of the film takes place in World War II many fans guessed it might be Jones, but some had hoped it would have been Sam “Snap” Wilson, Aka The Falcon, the first African-American superhero in the Marvel Universe who frequently teams up with Captain America in the comics.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images
Jones pre-dates the Falcon as the first African-American soldier introduced in the Marvel Universe in 1963, when he initially appeared in the war comic Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos about an integrated combat squadron. Created by the legendary team of Stan Lee and the late Jack Kirby, Jones was...
- 3/12/2011
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
Canceled TV ShowsCanceled ShowsFrom "Law & Order" to "Ugly Betty," TV series are dropping like flies. No shows are getting hurt more than new TV dramas, many of which employ talented Black actors. We take a look at some of the shows that have been canned and the actors that we'll miss now that they're off the air."Defying Gravity," ABCOn air for just one season, sci-fi/drama "Defying Gravity," featured actors Malik Yoba and Karen LeBlanc as an American astronaut couple aboard a spaceship on a six-year voyage in outer space. After just 13 episodes, ABC decided not to renew the show."FlashForward," Abcabc also passed on renewing another season of science fiction series "FlashForward," starring Michael Ealy and Courtney B. Vance after just 22 episodes."The Deep End," ABCOnly seven episodes in, Nicole Ari Parker and Mechad Brooks' both lost their gig when ABC canceled the courtroom drama "The Deep End.
- 5/18/2010
- Essence
We’ve been pretty excited for NBC’s newest field/hospital drama Trauma, about a group of first responders in San Francisco, and the heroic feats they go through on a daily basis. Last week, we brought you a special sneak peak at the show’s pilot, and now there’s a brand new video podcast showing off Cameron Boone, one of the main characters of the show (played by Miracle at St. Anna’s Derek Luke).
The video podcast is a brief narrative in the voice of Cameron in which he talks about the things that go on for both him and the victims of a trauma. NBC has been on promotions overload with this new program, with the first four minutes of the premiere up on NBC.com. Also, they have stepped up the social networking of Trauma with both Facebook and Twitter pages for fans.
Along with Derek Luke,...
The video podcast is a brief narrative in the voice of Cameron in which he talks about the things that go on for both him and the victims of a trauma. NBC has been on promotions overload with this new program, with the first four minutes of the premiere up on NBC.com. Also, they have stepped up the social networking of Trauma with both Facebook and Twitter pages for fans.
Along with Derek Luke,...
- 9/28/2009
- by Matt Raub
- The Flickcast
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