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OMNILAB MEDIA AND KMM CREATE NEW DIGITAL FILM COMPANY



SYDNEY, 16 November 2007

Omnilab Media, Australia/NZs largest, privately owned, vertically integrated content development and media service business and Kennedy Miller Mitchell (KMM), the company behind the award winning Happy Feet, Babe and Mad Max movies - today announced their partnership in a significant new digital media company.

George Miller said, The brave new age of digital film-making is little more than a decade old. It offers extraordinary possibilities for storytellers like us who strive to break new ground with each of our movies. KMM had been looking for a partner to start a new Australian owned and based digital film company for quite a while. I had found it heartbreaking to watch the home-grown talent pool that emerged in Australian cinema go overseas because there was no continuity of high-end work in this country.

KMMs partnership with Omnilab Media and the Mapp family is our attempt to stop history repeating itself and reverse this Australian brain drain. We have the perfect union of Omnilab Medias management, resources and infrastructure with KMMs creative film making expertise. Omnilab Media have built a very successful business in an uncertain climate and this, together with KMMs aspiration to achieve the highest level of storytelling, is a great match. We really see this as a strong marriage with a view to making many beautiful children over a long period of time!

Omnilab Media Managing Director Christopher Mapp said, When we first entered into discussions with KMM at the beginning of the year, we were all inspired at the thought of creating a hub of film making excellence here in Australia. With a consistent stream of exceptional creative projects coming into this new company, we have made firm investments and commitments to grow and expand the team. Im pleased to say we have already attracted back some of the best Australian creative talent from around the world.

The new company will be based at Omnilabs facility in Yurong Street, East Sydney. Commenting on its future potential, KMMs Doug Mitchell said, Right from the beginning we made the decision to join forces with the Mapp family and personally invest in this new company to help build and grow the Australian digital film making industry. We have been inspired by the New Zealanders who are leading the way with their comprehensive film making on such works as Lord of the Rings and King Kong, and who are now attracting the worlds top filmmakers.

The new companys future strategy has been agreed by Omnilab Media, the Mapp family and KMM with Christopher Mapp adding, We are continuing to invest in the industry for the long term and this new venture with KMM is a true extension of our passion and drive to grow digital film making in Australia.

With the new company in place and a growing team of top talent, George Miller concluded, We now have a very real opportunity to build on past successes with a continuous flow of ambitious projects and together, contribute to the future of digital cinema.

ABOUT KMM

Kennedy Miller Mitchell is Australias most renowned film and television production company. Lead by Oscar winner, George Miller, and his producing partner, Doug Mitchell, KMM has been at the forefront of Australian storytelling since 1972 when Miller formed the company with long time friend, Byron Kennedy, who died tragically in 1983.

In 2007 George Miller won the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Animated Feature Film for the smash hit KMM production Happy Feet, starring Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman and Hugo Weaving.

Another KMM production, the breakout success, Babe, would collect a total of seven Academy Award nominations, winning the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. In addition, Babe garnered four BAFTA Award nominations and won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture  Comedy/Musical. KMM went on to produce the sequel, Babe: Pig in the City in 1998.

The moving KMM drama Lorenzos Oil, earned Miller, with Nick Enright, his first Oscar nomination, for Best Original Screenplay. The film starred Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon, who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.

The first KMM feature, Mad Max, was also one of the first Australian movies to win international acclaim. Mad Max launched the career of Mel Gibson, and spawned two successful sequels. Following rapidly in the wake of this success came Nightmare at 20,000 Feet a segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie and The Witches of Eastwick, starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer.

KMM also produced John Duigans The Year My Voice Broke and Flirting, launching the careers of Thandie Newton and Naomi Watts, as well as Philip Noyces Dead Calm which brought Nicole Kidman to the worlds attention.

Kennedy Miller Mitchell has won more than 25 AFI Awards, 10 Logies and various international awards many for their outstanding television productions. Their six-hour miniseries, The Dismissal, broke all ratings records in Australia. KMM went on to produce the acclaimed series Bodyline casting Hugo Weaving in his first major role. Cowra Breakout, Vietnam, The Dirtwater Dynasty, and Bangkok Hilton, again starring Nicole Kidman, all followed to great acclaim.


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