Obsessed With Film

Posted by Matt Holmes

Baz Luhrmann has only managed to direct two movies in ten years, so whenever he annouces a new project it is big news. His next movie is set to be titled Australia and is an epic set around the period prior to World War II down under starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.

More info from Coming Soon…

“[Australia].. centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Jackman) to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country’s most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier”.

Russell Crowe was originally cast in Hugh Jackman’s role but the actor reportedly said… “I do charity work, but I don’t do charity work for major studios.” in regards to the salary offered for his role in the film. I’ve said it before… one of the greatest actors that ever lived (IMO) but an absolute asshole.

With it’s $100 million budget the epic will be one of the most expensive movies ever made and will be entirely shot in Australia, with mostly an Australian cast.

On the choosing of the title “Australia”, Luhrmann said…

“When you say ‘Casablanca’ or ‘Oklahoma!’ it means big. It means vast… I’m not saying this film is Australia. It’s a metaphor for a state of mind, for the faraway”.

Whether you like Luhrmann’s films or not, you have to sit up and take notice whenever he is working on a new project. Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge are spectacular films that are visually stunning and although both riddled with problems, when you watch them you are transported into another world completely. Expect Australia to be in the same vein.

source - cinematical, coming soon

categories - Australia, Movie News

Further Reading

• 20th Century Fox force Luhrmann to change AUSTRALIA ending?

• Images from Kidman/Jackman/Luhrmann’s epic AUSTRALIA

• First pic of Jackman in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia

• Phil says AUSTRALIA is epically boring!

• AUSTRALIA trailer!

No Comments »

There are no comments yet. Head on over to our FORUM instead... although chances are there ain't much happening there either. Start a new topic or something, maybe one day it'll take off.

Leave a comment