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How much for Breakfast at Tiffany's? Around $300,000
Truman Capote’s original manuscript of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, with his hand-written annotations has been bought by a Russian billionaire for…

Fifty shades of arthouse?
Independent director Gus Van Sant has shot a sex scene test reel featuring Alex Pettyfer in a pitch to direct…

Mrs. Brown and her boys are coming to Australia
Agnes Brown is travelling ‘Down Under’ with hopes of seeing the Big Banana.
Media Super: increases offset cashflow cash by $10 million
Media Super, the industry superannuation fund, has announced that it will increase the money it has available to cashflow the…

Snowtown director casts Michael Fassbender as Macbeth
Company behind The King's Speech to produce latest adaptation of 'the Scottish play'.

Screenplay, novel, movie: Sony options The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion's debut novel The Rosie Project has not only been sold to over 30 countries, it’s also just had…

Dark Mofo Films tour Scandinavian screen talents
Violent. Visceral. Tense. Intense. MONA’s first curated film program takes a tour of Scandinavian screen talents in stories real and…
Oh God: The Bible goes feature as Burnett moves on to AD
Mark Burnett's dramatised documentary series The Bible did big ratings on the History Channel in the US, and will now…
BRIEF: ABC buys Ricky Gervais' Derek
Ricky Gervais' half-hour comedy, which was produced by Derek Productions for Channel 4, is heading to Australia after the ABC…

Celebrating 100 Years of Indian Film
When India screened its first feature film 100 years ago, filmmakers could hardly have imagined the event would one day…