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by Alex Billington
June 8, 2026
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“Are you panicked yet?” Giant Pictures has revealed their full official trailer for a documentary film called Mockbuster, a clever meta comedy from Australian filmmaker Anthony Frith. This is not a faux doc, it’s a real doc film about the infamous studio known as The Asylum. A look at what it’s actually like to make a bonafide B-movie. Formed in 1997, The Asylum has been creating rip-off B-movie blockbusters for decades (called “mockbusters”) and releasing them to fans who want to watch this unabashed junk and laugh their butts off. Mockbuster is a comedic, behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of Anthony Frith’s own dinosaur film The Land That Time Forgot for The Aslyum, which made in 6 days in Adelaide. “Throughout the film shoot, Frith navigates the gloriously chaotic orbit of Asylum producer Brendan Petrizzo and studio founders David Rimawi, David Latt, and Paul Bales as he attempts to keep a prehistoric adventure afloat amid rubber dinosaurs, last-minute rewrites, and caffeinated panic.” The doc will be out to watch this July. It’s an amusing B-movie version of Megadoc, taking us into the wacky world of making (bad) movies. Enjoy.
Here’s the main official trailer for Anthony Frith’s doc film Mockbuster, direct from Giant’s YouTube:
You can rewatch the teaser trailer for Anthony Frith’s Mockubster doc right here for the first look again.
A struggling Australian filmmaker takes his final shot at redemption with Sharknado’s notorious studio, The Asylum. Tasked with shooting a lost-world dinosaur movie in suburban Adelaide in under a week, he also films the chaos behind the scenes. Between demanding LA execs, a baffled cast, and his own creeping self-doubts, he finds hilarity, mayhem, and an unexpected kind of success. Mockbuster is directed by the acclaimed Australian writer / filmmaker Anthony Frith, director of the film The Land That Time Forgot previously and other geek projects. Produced by Naomi Ball, Sandy Cameron, David Elliot-Jones, and Cam Rogers. This initially premiered at the 2025 Adelaide Film Festival last year. The doc is supported by Screen Australia, with South Australian Film Corporation, Adelaide Film Festival Fund, VicScreen. This premiered at the Adelaide Film Fest & also played at the 2026 Santa Barbara Film Festival. Giant Pics debuts Frith’s Mockbuster doc in select US theaters + on VOD starting July 10th, 2026. Details on the film’s official site.
