Australian directors Dael Oates and Owen Trevor have joined forces with executive producer Lucas Jenner to form Rabbit Content Australia.
In collaboration with Rabbit in the US, Oates, Trevor and Jenner have established an independent Asia Pacific presence based in Sydney with Business Development partner Tom Marks overseeing the Melbourne office.
In addition to Oates and Trevor, the roster launches with established international directors Bobby Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber, There’s Something about Mary), Jackson+Karinja and 2013 Oscar nominees, The Fines (Sean and Andrea Fine). The latter directorial duo has their Inocente in the running for a Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award. Last month, The Fines’ Life According to Sam was screened in the Sundance Film Festival’s Documentary Premieres section.
“The business of creating advertising is changing so rapidly at the moment,” said Jenner. “Rabbit is focused on how to find new solutions for the challenges faced by clients and agencies. In this climate, we believe a company needs to be stocked with multi-disciplinary creatives who are able to work across diverse fields such as events, photography, web content and film.”
Review: Drew Hancock Makes Feature Directorial Debut With “Companion”
"Iris, wake up!"
Early in "Companion," lovely Iris and her nerdy-nice boyfriend Josh are driving to a secluded lake house for a stay with friends. Iris wakes from a nap and lovingly tells Josh she was dreaming about him. They reminisce about how they first met at the supermarket. All those oranges tumbling onto the floor! Ha ha.
In 20 minutes, absolutely everything about this sweet scene will be turned on its head in a terrifying and sinister manner. You will be surprised and shocked. Unless you saw the trailer, which reveals the whole thing.
And so we begin with a dilemma, dear moviegoer. "Companion," an exceedingly clever and entertaining sci-fi-horror-thriller-comedy by Drew Hancock in his feature debut, has more twists and turns than a corkscrew. But it's utterly impossible to write about the film without revealing the first of those twists.
So if you like coming in totally cold to a movie, then we're sorry to see you go, but stop reading! Otherwise, stay with us — we promise there'll be more surprises to come.
Moving on: Iris (Sophie Thatcher) and Josh (Jack Quaid) arrive at the estate. A nervous Iris stops at the door, worried that Josh's friends won't like her. He urges her to simply brighten up and act happy.
Kat (Megan Suri), Josh's ex, greets them. She is gorgeous, and frosty to Iris. Eli (Harvey Guillén) and his handsome boyfriend Patrick (Lukas Gage) are nicer. Then there's Sergey (Rupert Friend), Kat's aloof Russian boyfriend — sugar daddy, really — and owner of the house. The password to his devices is Stalin's birthday, which tells you something.
Things get dark, quickly. The next morning, someone dies. They will not be the first — this is a horror movie. And suddenly Iris, caked in blood,... Read More