Lights, Camera, Melbourne: Mayor Hopes City Can Become ‘Movie Capital’ of the South

Residents can expect more large-scale box office productions in the newly-dubbed ‘garden city.’

An image of the Melbourne CBD with Flinders Street Station and Yarra River in the foreground taken from Southbank in Victoria, Australia. A. Ming/The Epoch Times

Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece has high hopes for Australia’s cultural capital, and says it can become the “movie capital” of the Southern Hemisphere.

UK pop singer Robbie Williams’ biopic, Better Man, was filmed in Melbourne and was directed, co-produced, and co-written by Victorian filmmaker Michael Gracey.