Mockbuster

Mockbuster (2026)

If you can't beat Hollywood... knock it off.

A struggling filmmaker’s opportunity collides with chaos and compromise when Sharknado’s notorious studio, The Asylum, invites him to direct a "mockbuster."

Date of release
2026-07-10
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Anthony Frith

Casting

Interesting facts

Mockbuster is a 2025 Australian documentary film directed by Anthony Frith. It is a behind-the-scenes look at Frith's experience of making a mockbuster film called The Land That Time Forgot for American studio The Asylum.

Production

The film was presented at Marché du Film at Cannes Film Festival in April 2024, as part of "Adelaide goes to Cannes". The film is a "double-feature" directorial debut for Anthony Frith (who also works as a tutor with the University of South Australia), with the creation of The Land That Time Forgot along with Mockbuster.

Funding for Mockbuster was provided by Screen Australia, with the South Australian Film Corporation and the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund, in association with VicScreen. Additional funding was provided by KOJO Studios, Green Marble Productions, and Time Horse Productions.

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