Filmmaker George Miller is taking Warner Bros to court in Australia, alleging that the company reneged on paying him a multimillion-dollar bonus for the 2015 action hit Mad Max: Fury Road. The veteran Aussie writer-director, who launched the Mad Max franchise in 1979 with Mel Gibson in the title role, claims the…

A video showing footage from the Warner Bros.’ distributed Mad Max: Fury Road without the CGI effects posted last Thursday on YouTube is now trending on social media with 1.72M views (and climbing) in less than a week, which shows the film’s strong fan base and staying power of this action eye-candy from director Georg…

In a bid to attract Hollywood and local productions, the government of Australia’s New South Wales announced a $15M (AUD$20M) fund on Wednesday. The move by the Oz state was spearheaded by Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts, Troy Grant, who made no bones about the aim. “We have our sights firmly set on stealing…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has closed Charlize Theron to star in Fast 8, which director F. Gary Gray and producer Neal Moritz move into production next month for release on April 14, 2017. Theron, who’s coming off a memorable action turn in Mad Max: Fury Road, will play a new character in the blockbuster franchise…

EXCLUSIVE: Abbey Lee, last seen in Mad Max: Fury Road, has been set to co-star in Office Christmas Party opposite Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, TJ Miller and Kate McKinnon. Will Speck and Josh Gordon are directing the script by Laura Solon. Scott Stuber, Guymon Casady and Daniel Rappaport are producing. Lee will…

Tonight’s Oscars ceremony was filled with a mix of expected wins and a few key surprises. Mad Max: Fury Road rode the craft categories to the most wins of the night with six, twice its closest rival. That means it was good news for its studio Warner Bros in the final tally. It was also a good night for A24, the young…

Spotlight won Best Picture tonight at the 88th Annual Academy Awards, handed out at the Dolby Theatre inHollywood. Mad Max: Fury Road came into the night with the second-most nominations — 10 — and won six trophies, twice as many Oscars as its closest rival. The Revenant, which had a leading 12 noms, and…

The earnest journalism procedural Spotlight won the Best Picture Oscar tonight to cap one of the most entertaining Academy Awards broadcasts in recent memory. The night saw The Revenant‘s Leonardo DiCaprio win his first Oscar, Warner Bros’ Mad Max: Fury Road take the most trophies with six after romping through the…

The sound editing teams for Game Of Thrones were the biggest winners tonight at at the 63rd Golden Reel Awards, taking home trophies for Best Sound Editing: TV Short Form – Dialogue/ADR and Best Sound Editing: TV Short Form – FX/Foley. But the biggest drama came on the film side of things, as the sound editors on…

Mad Max: Fury Road, The Danish Girl and Beasts of No Nation took the film prizes at the 18th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, which were handed out tonight at the Beverly Hilton. Mad Max, which won for Excellence in Fantasy Film, and Danish Girl (Period Film) are among the Costume Design Oscar nominees this…

The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild tonight honored the best and brightest from the professionals who do the hard work of making the stars and talent look gorgeous or, at least, credibly beaten up, credibly terrifying, or credibly alien. American Horror Story: Hotel was far and away the night’s biggest winner…

Jenny Beavan has done it all in her lengthy career, costuming musicals, period dramas, plays and winning an Oscar for A Room With A View. But Mad Max: Fury Road was an entirely new experience. It was the challenge of working on a tentpole directed by George Miller that attracted Beavan, who scored her 10th career…