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- ↑ Michael Bodey (6 May 2015). "Shane Abbess: Method director's seven-year itch". The Australian. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ↑ Oliver Pfeiffer (23 February 2015). "Infini director Shane Abbess on bringing back classic sci-fi | SciFiNow – The World's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Magazine". SciFiNow. Retrieved 6 May 2017.