Standard is in SD, so good if you watch it on your phone I guess
Donât Look Up, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett, premieres on Netflix on Christmas Eve. Itâs also released in cinemas across Australia this week.
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Another Australian drama.
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New Great Barrier Reef Netflix Documentary âPuffâ Makes a Splash
Netflixâs first Australian Original documentary Puff: Wonders of the Reef, filmed in Queenslandâs Great Barrier Reef, is available to stream worldwide from tomorrow.
The hour-long feature documentary was supported by the Queensland Government through Screen Queenslandâs Screen Finance Program and produced by Wild Pacific Media and Port Douglas-based BioQuest Studios.
Narrated by celebrated Australian actress Rose Byrne ( Bridesmaids, Like A Boss, Irresistible), Puff: Wonders of the Reef follows a baby pufferfish as he embarks on an aquatic odyssey, travelling through a wondrous, micro-world full of fantastical creatures as he searches for a home on the Great Barrier Reef.
In creating Puff , local production and cinematography company BioQuest Studios developed the super-macro camera techniques that so beautifully capture the glorious underwater world, up closer than ever before.
Screen Queensland CEO Kylie Munnich said tomorrowâs drop of the Netflix nature documentary comes at the end of a huge year for local, interstate and international screen production in Queensland.
âYear to date in 2021, Screen Queensland supported a total of 37 films, series and games, generating almost $300 million in production expenditure and 3,750 Queensland jobs,â said Ms Munnich.
âScreen Queensland is proud to support Queensland producers like BioQuest Studios, who film locally and engage our skilled and experienced workforce to create high-end productions right here at home for export to audiences worldwide.â
Cinematographer and Producer Pete West of BioQuest Studios said he is proud to highlight the natural marvels of his home state to Netflixâs global audience of millions.
â Puff: Wonders of the Reef has given us an opportunity to showcase just a small part of the incredible biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef,â said Mr West.
âWe used cinematic techniques and macro motion control equipment developed especially for the film and for our work with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (Townsville) and other Queensland marine research centres.â
As the Far North Queensland Screen Champion, Speaker of the Queensland Parliament and Member for Mulgrave, Curtis Pitt confirmed the Governmentâs commitment to developing the screen industry in the stateâs Far North.
âThis year concludes the delivery of the three-year Far North Queensland Screen Production Strategic Plan, which facilitated a range of local industry development programs, alongside the State Governmentâs commitment to create Screen Queensland Studios: Cairns, set for completion mid next year,â said Mr Pitt.
âIn 2022 we have extended this strategy to capture North Queensland, in our aim to support more locally-produced films and series and attract more international and interstate productions into the region.
âPuff: Wonders of the Reef , The Steve Jaggi Companyâs This Little Love of Mine and Dive Club, as well as Universal Studio Groupâs Irreverent were all filmed in FNQ and are on or upcoming on Netflix worldwide.â
âPlus, Lonestar Productionsâ second season of the SBS Food and NITV cooking and culture program Strait to the Plate is also currently in production.â
Puff: Wonders of the Reef is a BioQuest Studios and Wild Pacific Media production for Netflix, with major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Screen Queensland.
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The upcoming scifi film Mother/Android⊠in the US it is released by Hulu but seems Netflix has picked it up internationally⊠not Disney.
Huge viewing numbers for Donât Look Up despite the negative reviews.
According to Netflix, in its first week alone, global audiences spent a whopping 111 million hours streaming the movie, pushing it to the top of the charts.
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I actually really enjoyed Donât Look Up. I would say 8 out 10 people I have talked to about the movie have also enjoyed it.
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I throughly enjoyed it⊠I can never buy Jonah Hill as Meryl Streepâs son though⊠lol
3 seasons of Manifest added to Netflix.
Manifest still on 9Now until September 2022.
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The BBC released the trailer for the sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders on New Yearâs Day. Itâs expected to stream on Netflix in Australia sometime this year.
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The as-yet-untitled film will air in 2024, is creator Nick Parkâs first Wallace and Gromit outing since 2008âs Oscar-nominated A Matter of Loaf and Death and will be the sixth to feature the lovable man and dog partnership across almost 35 years.
Netflix will air in all non-UK territories and will take UK rights several months after the film premieres on the BBC.
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Re Iron Chef. They would be better off getting all the original series from Japan on there rather than another reboot. Recent attempts at rebooting this show have failed spectacularly, nothing beats the original.
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