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.”
Is “Glicked” The New “Barbenheimer”? “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” Hit Theater Screens
"Barbenheimer" was a phenomenon impossible to manufacture. But, more than a year later, that hasn't stopped people from trying to make "Glicked" — or even "Babyratu" — happen.
The counterprogramming of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" in July 2023 hit a nerve culturally and had the receipts to back it up. Unlike so many things that begin as memes, it transcended its online beginnings. Instead of an either-or, the two movies ultimately complemented and boosted one another at the box office.
And ever since, moviegoers, marketers and meme makers have been trying to recreate that moment, searching the movie release schedule for odd mashups and sending candidates off into the social media void. Most attempts have fizzled (sorry, "Saw Patrol" ).
This weekend is perhaps the closest approximation yet as the Broadway musical adaptation "Wicked" opens Friday against the chest-thumping sword-and-sandals epic "Gladiator II." Two big studio releases (Universal and Paramount), with one-name titles, opposite tones and aesthetics and big blockbuster energy — it was already halfway there before the name game began: "Wickiator," "Wadiator," "Gladwick" and even the eyebrow raising "Gladicked" have all been suggested.
"'Glicked' rolls off the tongue a little bit more," actor Fred Hechinger said at the New York screening of "Gladiator II" this week. "I think we should all band around 'Glicked.' It gets too confusing if you have four or five different names for it."
As with "Barbenheimer," as reductive as it might seem, "Glicked" also has the male/female divide that make the fan art extra silly. One is pink and bright and awash in sparkles, tulle, Broadway bangers and brand tie-ins; The other is all sweat and sand, blood and bulging... Read More