With four major film and television projects under his belt this year, 2025 is officially shaping up to be the year of Mark Coles Smith. On the small screen, Mark has impressed audiences as journalist Justin Guthrie in the Netflix megahit Apple Cider Vinegar, and once again stepped into the famous customised Akubra of Detective…
Thanks to our friends at Rialto Distribution, we’re giving you the chance to win one of five double passes to see the new WWII shark horror, Beast of War, in cinemas October 9. 1942. A warship carries hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WW2. Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream…
Three bloody and brutal shark horror films have been released in Australia this year, all putting their own spin on the well-explored sub-genre. First, we were treated to Matthew Holmes’ excellent period piece Fear Below, which sees a ragtag team of 1940s pearl divers go head-to-head with an aggressive bull shark while trying to retrieve…
A ferocious new Australian feature, Beast of War takes WWII soldiers from the battlefield into the jaws of the deep. The trailer for Beast of War has dropped, marking the arrival of one of the biggest and boldest Australian films of the year – a high stakes thriller that cranks up the genre into a…
Forget every shark film you’ve seen before. Writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner and producer Blake Northfield are set to make bloody waves with Beast of War, their bold new take on the much-adored horror sub genre. By Matthew Eeles On the day Cinema Australia spoke with Kiah Roache-Turner, the filmmaker was deep into editing the last two…
Screen NSW, Screen Queensland, Bronte Pictures and Pictures in Paradise have announced that principal photography has officially commenced in Australia on Beast Of War, the eagerly awaited shark thriller helmed by acclaimed genre director Kiah Roache-Turner (Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, Nekoronic, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, Sting). This gripping production is a collaboration between Bronte Pictures (known…
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