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"Playing detective can be murder." So be careful if you don't know what you're doing. A trailer has arrived online for a microbudget comedy-noir feature titled Trench, the first full feature made by up-and-coming Australian filmmaker Paul Anthony Nelson. Set in Melbourne, the story follows a struggling comedian name Sam Slade who decides to pretend to be a private detective in order to pay her rent. She takes on the case of a reclusive writer being stalked in her own apartment. But they end up over their heads in mystery, doing their best not to end up getting killed along the way. Starring Samantha E. Hill as Sam Slade, with a cast including Perri Cummings, David Lamb, Scott Major, Lulu McClatchy, Simon Godfrey, Robert Davis, and Cate Wolfe. This definitely seems homemade without any budget, but might be fun to watch. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Paul Anthony Nelson's Trench,...

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Trench

Logline: Reclusive writer Becky Holt is being stalked in her high-rise apartment, so Samantha Slade, failed stand-up comedian turned fledgling private eye, comes to her aid… for a fee, of course. But will her first case be the death of them?

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“Trench” is a girl-powered modern-day detective comedy/thriller, shot like a 1940s Film Noir and set in the city of Melbourne, Australia. When reclusive writer Becky Holt experiences strange phenomena in her apartment, her online call for help is answered only by Sam Slade — a stand-up comic on the skids who needs cash and fancies herself a private eye.

Newcomers Elias Anton and Ben Kindon are playing the leads in Barracuda, the 4-part Matchbox Pictures drama for ABC directed by Rob Connolly.

The ABC revealed the casts and storylines of its 2016 adult dramas, all previously commissioned and announced, at its upfronts presentation on Tuesday night.

The broadcaster confirmed a third season of Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys and announced two animated series. Planet 55 Studios. sci-fi/adventure Prisoner Zero follows teen heroes Tag and Gem and their mysterious friend Prisoner Zero.

Stark Production.s The Deep is the saga of the Nekton family who encounter leviathans swimming through sunken cities, modern day pirates lurking amidst floating black markets and mysterious guardians who conceal long lost secrets.

The teen-targeted slate also includes Ambience Entertainment.s Tomorrow, When the War Began, based on the novels by John Marsden. In Barracuda, Anton plays Danny Kelly, a Melbourne teenager who yearns for a gold medal...

Starship Troopers author Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 short story "All You Zombies" comes to life on the big screen next month in the sci-fi thriller Predestination. For those who want more than the previoiusly-released trailer and the first poster, the first seven minutes have just debuted online. This project reunites Ethan Hawke with his Daybreakers directors Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig.

Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent (Ethan Hawke) sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost. Sarah Snook co-stars as a woman whose troubled live intertwines with the Agent.

Noah Taylor, Christopher Kirby, Madeleine West and Freya Stafford round out the supporting cast. Check out the opening...

Ethan Hawke must save the future by protecting his past in a new poster for the time-bending thriller Predestination.

The actor reunites with Daybreakers filmmakers Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig for this sci-fi thriller, where he stars as a Temporal Agent who has been sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career for all eternity. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time.

Sarah Snook co-stars as a woman who crosses paths with this Agent after a tumultuous life, with the supporting cast rounded out by Noah Taylor, Christopher Kirby, Madeleine West and Freya Stafford. Based on the Robert A. Heinlein story "All You Zombies," Predestination arrives in theaters January 9, 2015. Take a look at the one-sheet below, and stay tuned for more footage and images as we get closer to this sci-fi thriller's release.

Stars: Ethan Hawke, Noah Taylor, Sarah Snook, Elise Jansen, Christopher Kirby, Madeleine West, Cate Wolfe, Jim Knobeloch, Freya Stafford, Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Rob Jenkins, Christopher Stollery | Written by Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Directed by The Spierig Brothers

Back in 2003, the Spierig Brothers directed a low budget farmhouse zombie horror called Undead. It was an entertaining and imaginative debut, and everyone looked forward to their next offering. It turned out we had to wait a while. In 2009, they released Daybreakers. Another imaginative genre offering, with an entertaining cast and some neat ideas. What would their next movie be?

After another long wait, we arrive in 2014 with Predestination.

Shown as the opening film for day four of the festival, Predestination is a difficult film to talk about without totally ruining it. So I’ll give you this much: after a tense opening sequence which introduces us to the film’s antagonist the...