A lot of mainstream films are shot in Australia (Where the Wild Things Are, Knowing, Wolverine, just to name a few from 2009) because of the favorable exchange rate.  But the Australian dollar, which was worth about 55 cents when I lived there in 2003, closed at 95 cents on Friday, and some say could hit $1.10 by next year. And all because of a secret coalition of Jew bankers.  WB had planned to shoot The Green Lantern in Sydney, but now they’re pulling out after the dollar dropped 30% just in the six months since the production was planned.

The NSW government announced in April it had secured the “Green Lantern” shoot at Fox Studios and production was to have started in November. Martin Campbell (“Casino Royale”) is set to direct Ryan Reynolds (“The Proposal”) in the big screen comic book adaptation, which is set for a summer 2011 release.  Industry sources here suggest “Green Lantern” will move to Mexico or Canada. [THR]

So what does this mean for you the moviegoer?  Nothing, really.  I just thought you guys should know.  I didn’t want you to hear it from someone else.  Reached for comment, Paul Hogan pointed to Mexico on a map and said, “That’s not a movie studio, THAT’s a movie studio,” pointing at Australia.  When I pointed out that both were just places on a map and not movie studios at all, he just cut off a slice of the salami he was holding and put it in his mouth and started chewing, staring right at me.  It was as if he hadn’t heard me at all.