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The Deb had the honor of being the closing film at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, and Rebel Wilson's directorial debut left quite an impression. The Australian star, whose film is based on the stage play by Hannah Reilly, leans into her comic roots by bringing to the festival a cheeky, outrageous musical about two teens who come together to participate in a small town's annual debutante ball. The Deb's timing feels fortuitous; it feels like a natural companion to the Mean Girls musical released earlier this year.

The Deb

Director Rebel WilsonWriters Hannah Reilly, Meg Washington, Rebel WilsonCast Ben Turland, Susan Prior, Sheree da Costa, Ioane Saula, Naomi Sequeira, Steph Tisdell, Tara Morice, Shane Jacobson, Hal Cumpston, Rebel WilsonCharacter(s) Razzie, Dimity, Damo, Shell, Lucinda, Janette, Tish, Mitch, Rick, DancerRuntime 121 MinutesGenres Comedy, Musical The Rebel Wilson Musical Comedy Is Entertaining

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Beneath the idyllic surface of Australia’s Sunshine Coast, a sinister tale of lies, lust, and revenge unfolds in The 13th Summer, a tense new psychological thriller from director Tam Sainsbury (Perfect Messy Holiday). Set to make its UK digital debut on 9 September 2024, this gripping drama is brought to audiences by Reel 2 Reel Films.

The 13th Summer centres on Ben (Nathan Phillips – Snakes on a Plane) and Vee (Hannah Levien – Brand New Cherry Flavour), a couple whose marriage is on the verge of collapse. In a last-ditch effort to save their relationship, they travel to a secluded beach house for their annual holiday with their best friends, Kate (Bec Hewitt – Home and Away) and Patrick (Jeremy Stanford – Relic). But things take a strange turn when Kate and Patrick never arrive. Instead, Ben and Vee find Alex (Ben Turland – Neighbours), a mysterious British backpacker who is inexplicably staying at the house in their absence.

A beach vacation turns deadly in 13th Summer, now available on digital platforms from Indican Pictures, and we have an exclusive clip you can watch right now!

"During their annual vacation to the beach, two vacationing sweethearts Ben and Vee encounter a mysterious hiker who draws them into a twisted web of lies, deceit, revenge and ultimately, murder. From Director Tam Sainsbury (Perfect Messy Holiday) and writer Jeremy Stanford (“Crash Zone”), 13th Summer also stars Georgie Parker (“All Saints”) and Ben Turland (“Neighbours”)."

Release Details

On Demand Release: August 6, 2024 Digital Availability: Apple TV, Prime Video, Fandango At Home, Google Play, DirecTV and more Run Time: 110 Minutes Rating: Not Rated

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Lady On Fire

Cutting edge French director and screenwriter Céline Sciamma has been appointed as president of the jury at the Giornate degli Autori (aka Venice Days), a sidebar to the Venice Film Festival. She will preside over a special jury made up of 27 young European cinephiles present in a campus. “[Sciamma] has thoroughly upended the basic structure of our society and masterfully created new images and new memories. With her latest film, ‘Petite Maman,’ she has provided further proof that the prevailing canon of film production can indeed be challenged,” said Venice Days’ artistic director Gaia Furrer. Sciamma’s earlier credits include: “Bande de filles” in 2014; “Tomboy” in 2011 and “Naissance des Pieuvres” in 2009. The appointment is a homecoming of sorts for the director of “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” ever since she was shortlisted for the 2014 Lux Prize at 27 Times Cinema, the initiative organized by Giornate degli Autori, the...

Paramount-owned British network Channel 5, Australia’s Network 10 and Fremantle are looking to a post-Neighbours future and working on a primetime thriller from Neighbours exec Jason Herbison, starring Stay Close actor Jo Joyner.

Filming will get underway shortly in Australia on four-parter Riptide, which will follow Alison (Joyner), whose life is plunged into despair when her new Australian husband vanishes after a morning surf. It quickly becomes obvious there is more to the story than meets the eye as she sets out to investigate his disappearance.

Joyner will play the lead and Herbison created the show. He was an exec on Channel 5/Network 10 miniseries Lie With Me and Neighbours, the soap produced by Fremantle for Channel 5 and Network 10’s (and streamer 10 Peach) that is about to end after three-and-a-half decades, as the UK network pushes further into original drama such as Riptide.

Joining Joyner is Ciarán Griffiths and Australian actors David Berry, Peter O’Brien, Ally Fowler (Wentworth), Pia Miranda, rising stars Benny Turland, Asher Yasbincek and Yazeed Dahar, and newcomers Benjamin Samaddar and Sonya Suares.

“Lie With Me proved incredibly popular with our viewers and I’m looking forward to expanding our drama slate even further, working hand in hand with our production partners Fremantle Australia and Network 10,” said Greg Barnett, Commissioning Editor, Factual Entertainment, Unscripted, Channel 5 & Paramount+.