PARAMOUNT PICTURES - PARAMOUNT PLANNING PRODUCTION SLATE IN AUSTRALIA

Viacom's Paramount Pictures has opened offices in Sydney, Australia aimed at distributing Paramount and DreamWorks films in that country and also co-producing local film projects. Mike Selwyn, managing director of Paramount Australia, told today's (Wednesday) Sydney Morning Herald that the company plans to produce two to three films a year and will announce its first projects as early as June. "We also hope to work with films already in production." Selwyn suggested that Australian filmmakers could benefit from a Hollywood company that could provide "the assistance of a commercial eye." He told the newspaper: "Australia has so much talent in the industry and so many successful people, on both sides of the camera, it is surprising there have not been many bigger international successes."

21/02/2007